Game Day Akron--November 7th, 2015

The weather is supposed to be partly sunny with a high of 61 degrees at Gillette----and that's about as good as it gets for November. Hope to see everyone there.

Today UMass faces another good defense but offensively challenged team. The Minutemen need to score when the chances allow. We can't miss field goals or throw interceptions inside the red zone.

We can't not make fourth-and-one's to give the Zips' offense a short field. A couple of turnovers by the Minutemen defense would help.

Just play hard and cut down on the mistakes. A win today would be a big boost for everyone's morale

Go Offense! Go "D"! Go UMass!!

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Matty Vautour says some wins would be consolation for the seniors. Tajae Sharpe needs five catches to break Jimmy Moore's all-time UMass single season record. Moore did it in fifteen games.

The NCAA record of 155 for single season catches is held by Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green in 2009.

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Today's game will be nationally televised on CBSSports Channel.

Dan Malone previews the Zips game.

Dan has five keys to the game.

Scouting the Zips by the numbers.

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Ohio.com says the Zips are preparing for another aerial assault.

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Temple scored 60 points on SMU last night.

Notre Dame plays Pitt today.

FIU meets Charlotte .

Colorado plays 9th-ranked Stanford.

BC tries to break a five game losing streak against North Carolina State.

UConn is a six-point favorite over 2-6 Tulane.

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