Wow! Another great effort against an SEC team. The UMass defense just keeps getting better and better. We held State to 23 points and had two INT's. The Minutemen run defense was stout repeatedly held the Bulldogs to short gains. Fitzgerald did run effectively, but he does that to everyone. The defense did all this against a much bigger Mississippi State offense.
The offense too played well. Isabella was better than anyone State had. I though the O-line played well against a team with a five-star defensive lineman and very good team speed (when was the last time you saw someone catch Marquis Young from behind?). Mississippi State had only given up 24 points for the season at home.
I also liked the intensity of play by the Minutemen. UMass went right at 'em all game. Quote from Marquis Young:
“We don’t want moral victories. We don’t want ‘we almost had them,’ we want the win. We
come out here and work hard every week at practice and we respect our opponent we respect
who we’re playing. We respect the SEC.”
Keep up that attitude and we could win our final three games of 2017.
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The UMass website says it was a near upset.
The Mississippi State site says the Bulldogs held on. Read the quotes by Dan Mullen about UMass.
The Hampshire Gazette says UMass put a scare into Mississippi State.
The Clarion-Ledger reports the Bulldogs avoided disaster.
The Starksville Daily News says Mississippi State survived a UMass scare.
The Boston Herald reports UMass put up a fight.
Dan Mullen said he didn't think the Mississippi State player who was ejected for targeting was trying to hurt Comis.
247Sports reports Mississippi State survived a UMass scare.
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UNLV beat Hawaii in Vegas. Hawaii drops to 3-5 for the season.
Coastal Carolina almost upset Arkansas.
In what must have been an exciting game, Old Dominion defeated Charlotte 6-0.
Temple beat a slumping Navy.
Tennessee beat Southern Mississippi to snap a four-game losing streak. Vols "fans" are trying to organize a boycott to force a coaching change.
Ohio had already beaten Miami of Ohio on Tuesday 45-28. The Bobcats are 7-2 for the season.
Georgia Southern fell to 0-8.
Appalachian State lost their first Sun Belt game in a shootout with ULM.
Delaware rallied past Maine.
FIU beat Texas San Antonio to become bowl eligible.
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