UMass Football New--October 22nd, 2017

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The UMass fans at the game--- including me, stood and clapped at the end of a cathartic win over Georgia Southern. It was not a grind-it-out 27-24 win that I had hoped for. UMass broke out. The Minutemen set offensive records. We had the biggest win margin of the FBS era. We forced defensive turnovers. There have been a lot of long somber drives back to New Hampshire in the Blog household. Last night there was joy for all UMass fans. Enjoy it. Minutemen fans earned it as much as the team did.

• UMass had 320 yards rushing with a 7.3 yards a carry. The defense held GSU to 3.3 yards a carry.
• The Minutemen had an all-time 670 yards of offense.
• UMass did not give up a sack.
• GSU had it's third player ejected for targeting in two games.
• In further proof the stars were aligned, all three New England teams won: BC beat Virginia, UConn beat Tulsa and Rutgers even won a Big 10 game.

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UMass writeup here.

GSU write-up here.

Mark Chiarelli of MassLive reports a revised lineup and a first half blitz allows UMass to win big.

Chiarelli also says UMass set program records despite some unusual personnel situations.

Matty Vautour says a fast start sparked the first win of the season.

Matty also reports Ross Comis and Andrew Ford drove the Minutemen to a win.

The UMass Daily Collegian report UMass picked up a blowout win.

Savanah Now says UMass dominated.

SB Nation says it's time to fire Tyson Summers.

The Enterprise News says BC and UMass cruise to wins.

MDJ online reports UMass romps past mistake-prone Georgia Southern.

UPDATE:

UnderDog Dynasty says GSU moves to 0-6 after being drubbed by UMass.

Fox Sports reports Bilal Ally and Ross Comis lead UMass past Georgia Southern.

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Hawaii had a bye.

Appalachian State scored 20 unanswered points to edge Coastal Carolina.

Old Dominion suffered their fifth straight loss.

Temple lost to Army in overtime.

Alabama trampled Tennessee.

Ohio crushed Akron.

Mississippi State clobbered Kentucky.

Maine edged Albany by two points.

The gloom in Provo deepened as BYU fell to 1-7.

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