UMass played a strong first half that mirrored the Minutemen's efforts against all of the Power Five schools we've played so far.
The second half was a self-inflected run of errors that turned a close game into a disheartening rout. Those 30 minutes were about the worst half of football I've seen a UMass team play in my memory. An my memory goes back to 1970...
The only option is to forget about it and try to do better next week against Hawaii.
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| Some UMass fans made the trip |
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UMass writeup.
BYU writeup.
BYU post game notes has quotes from Whipple and UMass players.
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Dan Malone reports UMass gave up 44 unanswered points in the second half.
Matty Vautour says UMass fell apart in the second half.
The Salt Lake Tribune says a blocked punt started rout.
The Deseret News report Cougar special teams came up big in a rout of UMass.
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The Florida Gators beat LSU in a game that featured a lot of talking.
Boston College blanked UConn.
FIU gained their first win ever against Marshall.
Mississippi State gave up 58 points in a loss to Arkansas.
Temple crushed Tulane 31-0.
Old Dominion kept their championship hopes alive by beating Florida Atlantic.
Louisiana Tech won their 7th straight to win C-USA's West title.
South Carolina won their sixth game to become bowl eligible.
Wagner beat St. Francis to finish their season 6-5.
Hawaii blocked a late field goal to edge Fresno State 14-13.
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