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The UMass defense played another good game. After giving up an easy opening drive, the defense held the Huskies to 10 points for the rest of the game. They added two fourth-down stops and sealed the win when Lee Moses picked off Pindell's pass with about three minutes to go in the game.
The UMass offense rang up 444 yards, which included 197 yards rushing. The Minutemen had 20 first downs to UConn's eleven. The two-score comeback was the first time in FBS that the Minutemen had done that.
The Minutemen wanted it more and it showed. Good work by everyone!
Geeze guys, it's a lot more fun doing the blog after a victory.
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Josh Wallfish said UMass rallies past UConn behind a strong offensive line.
He also reports UMass overcame adversity to win at UConn. Josh mentions the sad news UMass QB Andrew Ford's career at UMass is over with a torn ACL.
Quote about Ford from the article:
"Ford finishes his career in the top three of several categories in the UMass record books. His 560 completions are third most in school history, one shy of Todd Bankhead’s second-place mark. He was 63 yards short of Bankhead for second-most passing yards, finishing in third with 6,955 yards. His 57 touchdown passes were second most and his 63 percent completion percentage was second best."
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The Berkshire Eagle says UMass rallies in the fourth quarter to beat UConn.
MassLive reports Marquis Young runs for 148 yards to defeat UConn.
The UMass Daily Collegian said the Minutemen defense turned in their best performance of the season.
The Hartford Courant said it was a wet, depressing day for UConn.
The UConn Blog reports the Huskies collapsed late.
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Duquesne had a bye.
BC beat Miami Friday.
Georgia Southern crushed #25 Appalachian State Thursday night 34-14.
FIU stayed atop the C-USA East with a 38-17 win over Western Kentucky.
USF gave up a program-record 57 points and lost to Houston 57-36.
Coastal Carolina continued their run to a bowl game by defeating Georgia State.
Liberty had a bye.
BYU, starting a true freshman QB, lost 7-6 to Northern Illinois.
Jake From re-established his status as Georgia's QB with a win over the Gators.
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