UMass Football News--October 6th, 2025

 Coach Harasymiak says "we have a quarterback issue."

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Michigan Live says Dynamite defense led the Broncos to their 3rd straight road victory.

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The Daily Collegian reports UMass fell in their first conference game since 2015.

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Mass Live has a photo gallery from the Western Michigan game. 

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Kent State opens as a 3-point favorite over UMass.

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Barstool Sports points out Kent State has a history of playing really, really tough schedules.

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Big shakeup in the AP top-25 this week. Missouri is up to #14.

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MISERY LOVES COMPANY II

Boston college got blasted by Pitt Saturday. The Eagles are 1-4 for the season and have Clemson, UConn, Louisville, Notre Dame, SMU, Georgia Tech and Syracuse remaining..

UConn, BTW, has won three in a row and crushed FIU 51-10.  

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UMass Football News--October 5th, 2025

 This turned out to be a pretty good game. The UMass offense's lack of production negated a pretty heroic effort by the Minutemen defense. Western Michigan scored 7 points in the first half and was held to 4-11 on third downs. Five UMass defensive players had nine or more tackles.

Western Michigan has probably the best defense in the MAC. As a case in point, they held Michigan State scoreless in the second half of their game against the Spartans.

However, UMass could have done better. A holding penalty turned a rushing TD into a field goal. 

In the third and fourth quarters UMass drove to the Broncos' 13, 15 and 25 yard lines. We ended up scoring zero points. In the first of these AJ Hairston took an absolutely horrific sack that ruined that chance. He threw an INT to stop the second. 

 Despite the loss, the Minutemen defense is rapidly improving. We can still win some games in the MAC if the offense gets better.

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UMass write-up here. 

Broncos write-up here. 

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The Minuteman Command reports UMass loses to Western Michigan in their MAC conference opener.

The Hampshire Gazette reports UMass suffers a fifth straight loss. 

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Temple rallied past UTSA by scoring 21 points in the third quarter. 

Maine handled Bryant 34-14.

Iowa had a bye.

Missouri had a bye.

UMass' next opponent Kent State, fell to Oklahoma 44-0. 

Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan in overtime. 

Central Michigan Michigan was upset by Akron. 

Miami (Ohio) held Northern Illinois to 220 total yards and beat the Huskies 25-14. 

Ohio was upset by Ball State 20-14. 

Bowling Green had a bye.

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Current MAC standings is here. Buffalo and Western Michigan currently lead the league at 2-0.

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Game Day--Western Michigan 2025

 

UMass draws a tough opponent for Homecoming. The Broncos have the MAC's best defense and they (so far) are in contention for the league championship.

The Minutemen need a better performance from the offense. We're dead last or next to last in all of FBS in multiple offensive categories.  UMass has not had a good quarter running the ball since the first quarter of the Temple game---15 quarters ago. The defense looked good against Missouri. We made plays.

The offense needs to make plays and show some life today. Even if we don't win, a decent offense performance would portend some league wins later in the season.

I'll be there, cheering for the Minutemen.

Go UMass!

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The Minuteman Command report Jacquon Gibson has been the lone constant in the UMass offense.

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Hustle Belt previews the UMass-Western Michigan game and predicts Broncos 24 Minutemen 7.

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Pick Dawgz thinks Western Michigan will beat the -13.5 spread.

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Action Network thinks UMass will cover the spread.

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Next week's opponent Kent State gets Oklahoma this week.  

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UMass Football News--October 3rd, 2025

 Western Michigan has their game notes for UMass up.

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Hustle Belt has their MAC conference power ratings for Week #5.  UMass is again last. Western Michigan, by virtue of upsetting MAC favorite Toledo and blasting FCS Rhode Island is 3rd.

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Bleacher Nation says take Western Michigan to cover the 13.5 point spread.

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The Minuteman Command has this week's injury report. 

Coach Harasymiak said QB Brandon Rose might be available for this week's game. Rose did not show a lot during the opening loss to Temple, but the staff brought him in and he probably will get at least one more shot this season.

Defensive backs Kendall Bournes,  Keith Sarkodieh, Jeremiah McGill and Ryan Barnes will also be available for the Broncos game.

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Hustle Belt previews this week's games between Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio) as well as Central Michigan vs Akron.

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Bleacher Report predicts Western Michigan 34 UMass 20.

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UMass Football News--October 2nd, 2025

 Mike and Rene talk about the Missouri game on Episode #24 of the Flagship Podcast.

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The Daily Collegian reports UMass hosts Western Michigan to open MAC conference play. 

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HERO Sports looks at the contenders for the MAC conference championship after Week #5.  Western Michigan, this week's UMass opponent, is ranked #3.

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 Tyler Martin is on the Jason Witten Collegiate Man-of-the-Year watch list.

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UMass Football News--October 1st, 2025

 

 

Timmy Hinspeter had a breakout day against Missouri. He was among one of the national leaders in tackles for last Saturday.

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Sports Book Wire predicts Western Michigan 31 UMass 15.

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Minuteman Command reports UMass is still deciding between three QB's for the MAC opener. 

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After Week #6, College Football News predicts a 1-11 season for UMass.

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Associated Press previews the upcoming Broncos-Minutemen game.

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College Football TV ratings are up 19% over last year and up 36% over the last five years.

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