UMass Football News--November 11th, 2018

The Minutemen defense played creditably for most of the game. The defense gained one turnover and forced six punts. However, BYU's defense smothered the UMass offense for most of the game after the first quarter. Ross Comis after the best game of his life last week, seemed out of sync. He missed picking up open receivers and (after the first quarter) seemed indecisive on using his running ability. There were also a couple of drops: one by Kyle Horn and another by Sadiq Palmer that did not help.

The Cougars are a Power Five team. To beat them we would have had to play better. At times it seemed as if we could play with them. For a significant portion of the game, we didn't.

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UMass write-up here.

BYU write-up here.

Josh Wallfish said the Cougar defense was overwhelming.

The Daily Collegian said just 25 yards of offense in the third quarter doomed the Minutemen.

The Daily Herald reports the BYU stood tall.

The Boston Herald said UMass couldn't keep pace with BYU.

It was a bittersweet day for BYU QB Tanner Mangum.

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Duquesne beat conference-leading Sacred Heart to run their record to 7-3.

Clemson ran over Boston College 27-7.

Neal Brown's Troy team scored 32 unanswered points to beat Georgia Southern.

FIU got run over by FAU 49-14.

Marshall handled Charlotte 30-13.

Miami of Ohio beat Ohio last Wednesday for their first victory over the Bobcats since 2012.

Cincinnati beat USF 35-23 in sub-freezing temperature.

 Coastal Carolina was handled by Arkansas State 44-16.

Liberty played Virginia tough, but lost 45-24.

Georgia dominated Auburn 27-10. The Bulldogs looked better than the score indicted.

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