Sunday, November 20, 2016

Sunday after BYU--November 20th, 2016

Well yesterday was a beautiful day. The weather was outstanding. Had fun talking with the friendly BYU fans and seeing Cougar stadium. Worth noting was the invocation at the start of the game that included prayer for a safe trip home for UMass players and fans.

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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