Sunday--September 14th, 2014

Yesterday was quite a day. I listened to the game over a creaky Wi-Fi network and there was an apocalyptic  thunderstorm here in Virginia Beach during the late second half.

The Minutemen battled all day. I especially liked the UMass drive to Vanderbilt's four yard line with less than a minute to play. I think the Minutemen showed a lot of heart. Trey Dudley-Giles 74 yard return was electric. UMass had 20 first downs. Eight different players caught a pass for the Minutemen.

We made some plays and we didn't make some plays. But remember we're doing this against BCS teams. Losing to Maine is crushing. Losing to Central Michigan 0-37 is crushing. This wasn't.

Last week I said we didn't score 45 points last year until the 6th game. UMass only scored 140 points the whole year in 2013. This year we have 76 points in three games all against BCS teams.

We'll get there. Let's give Penn State a hard time next week.

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Dan Malone says late game collapse dooms the Minutemen.

Jamal Wilson suffered a broken leg in the game.

Coach Whipple says UMass will look at the kicking situation this week in practice. After Blake Lucas missed a 22 yard field goal to send the game into overtime, Whipple will take another look at FR Matthew Wylie.

Dan says inconsistent play from the Minutemen's leaders led their downfall.

Video interviews with Whipple and Frohnapfel after the game.

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Matty Vautour has missed opportunities doomed the Minutemen.

Matty has more on Jamal Wilson's injury. Matty also reports Ryan Johnson, Zeke Edmonds and Lucas Kolter all played. We've been hearing good things about Johnson and Edmonds, but Kolter must have been doing well to make the travel squad.

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Vanderbilt Blog Anchor of Gold comments on the game.

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The MAC had a good win yesterday as Bowling Green beat Indiana, but a couple of bad losses too.

All the MAC results here.

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BC upset USC.

Colorado lost to Arizona State.

Penn State edged Rutgers

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