We did have a few positive things happen in Boulder. Tajae Sharpe had a big day (11-138 yards).
UMass had receivers open most of the first half. The Minutemen also had good looks at a number of new players as a whole bunch of redshirt freshman made their debut.
From the UMass notes:
The first-time Minutemen were Jarell Addo, Kelton Brackett, Ross Comis, Sharif Custis, Larry Franklin, Jordin Hamilton, Dan Jonah, Jake Largay, Connor Lemieux, James Oliphant, Joe Previte, Jeremy Rodriguez and Marquis Young.
Brackett (UAB) and Franklin (Vanderbilt) have NCAA Division I FBS
experience prior to transferring to UMass ahead of the 2015 season.
Marquis Young looked like he had good speed to go with some shifty moves. He went 7-62 0 LOSS 8.9 AVE.
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Dan Malone looks behind the numbers at Colorado.
Dan also reports what I said here yesterday: Frohnapfel looked rusty.
Dan looks at the Minutemen's bowl watch.
Dan says it's too early to draw any conclusions about the Minutemen. What he says is true about the Minutemen's whole OOC schedule. Colorado at Boulder would be a tough draw for most Group-of-Five schools. We seem to have a knack for running into teams having their best season in years. Remember Texas Tech with Michael Crabtree? Maine had their only CAA championship in 15 years in 2013. And this year Temple beats Penn State for the first time since the Wisconsin Ice Age. Notre Dame is being touted for a playoff birth.
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Matty Vautour looks at UMass' play at Colorado.
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Philly.com says two big wins give Temple fans a reason to dream.
Temple RB Jahad Thomas has run for 332 yards in two games and also has a 102 yard kick return.
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The Westside Gazette says FIU is legit.
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Brian Kelley believes the Irish can play for the National Championship.
Notre Dame moves on with DeShone Kizer as quarterback.
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