Another excellent effort by the UMass defense. The Minutemen held Arkansas State to 68 total yards in the first half. They had 3 SACKS and 8 TFL. For the second time this season, the defense held an opponent to zero third down conversions, going 0-8 against the Red Wolves. Arkansas State was held to 275 yards of total offense.
The offense woke up. UMass had 475 yards of offense and actually scored TD's in the second half. I stand by my contention all UMass' offense needs is an effective QB.
Olsen continued to struggle with his accuracy. He still tends to float passes high and that led to a pick-six that was the winning points for the Red Wolves.
Two bad calls and one great call:
In the second quarter quarter UMass drove to the AK State two. A gadget pass by George Johnson went incomplete. An option run by Olsen was run down from behind. I would have put Campiotti under center and run right over Josh Atwood's ass three straight times. Even a field goal in that series would have ultimately won the game.
One great call: on the two-point conversion try to tie the game, the pass call was perfect. When the ball left Druzo's hand it looked like a sure score. However, the Arkansas State defender absolutely blew up Isaac Ross and stopped him short of the goal line.
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UMass Write-up here.
Arkansas State write-up here.
The UMass Daily Collegian says the Minutemen came up inches short.
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Upsets weekend.
Tulane lost to UCF and will probably fall out of the top-25.
Toledo and Buffalo played earlier in the week.
Stony Brook lost to Towson.
Eastern Michigan had a bye.
Temple gave up a TD with 40 seconds to play and lost to Houston.
UConn continued their amazin' run and upset Liberty. That makes the Huskies bowl eligible and knocks the Flames out of the Top-25.
Texas A&M lost a defensive struggle to Auburn.
Army lost another defensive struggle to Troy 10-9.
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