Wednesday, November 22, 2017

UMass Football News--November 22nd, 2017

The Salt Lake Tribune wonders if BYU OC Ty Detmer is on the hot seat after the Cougars only scored 10 points on UMass.

The Deseret News says BYU needs a quarterback.

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FIU HC Butch Davis has rediscovered the joy of coaching. I'll bet the UMass coaching staff feels the same thing.

FIU Sports has a first look at the Panthers game against WKU.

The C-USA site also previews the FIU-WKU game. Over the last three games, FIU QB Alex McGough has a 70% completion rate...

McGough has gone 194-303-2269 7 INT's 13 TD's 226.9 yards/game 135.5 EFF

Injured WR Thomas Owens leads C-USA in receptions/game. His status for the UMass game is unknown.

FIU is 10th in conference scoring and 8th in scoring defense.

Vegas has WKU over FIU by 2.5.

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The Valley News looks at coaching vacancies in 2017, which includes two teams UMass played Tennessee and Georgia Southern.

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SB Nation has a post on the first round of the FCS playoffs. James Madison is rated #1. Stony Brook and New Hampshire play in the first round.

New Hampshire has made the FCS playoffs for 14 consecutive years.

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