Ball State was expected to be very good on defense---and they were. But, we seemed to have a real bad game by our quarterbacks. Mike Wegzyn was 9-25 with 2 INT's one for a TD. His longest completion was 7 yards. Mike was not close to his receivers all day and nearly had a couple of more picks. He was replaced by A.J. Doyle who did not do any better. We only had 6 first downs and 118 total yards.
The UMass defense was excellent however. Despite being on the field for 35 1/2 minutes, the defense held Bowling Green to 17 points, 16 first downs and 282 total yards. D'Metrius Williams had 3 BKUP's and was all over the place in the first quarter. Kessan Messiah had 16 TT. The Falcons averaged 2.5 yards a carry and punted 8 times. Bowling Green was 4-17 on third downs and should have been 0-2 on fourth down tries.
UMass was on the wrong side of several penalty calls, including one I don't think I've ever seen before--- excessive celebration on a fourth down stop.
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Also on the plus side, I thought the UMMB had its best performance of the Anderson era and it was great to see Tom Hannum back directing the UMass percussion section.
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UMass' write up on the game.
Bowling Green's take on the game here.
D'Metrius Williams had a great game on the field and had a major thumb failure at halftime.
Matty V. said the offense failed the team.
Harry Plumer says the offense continues to run in reverse.
He also remarks on the play of Williams and Messiah.
The Boston Herald said the offense failed UMass.
The UMass Daily Collegian said UMass couldn't overcome offensive woes.
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Under more of the "Misery loves company" dept: Boston College has no defense.
It's a really bad year for New England college football as UMass, Boston College and UConn have a combined 3-18 record against FBS teams.
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