UMass Football News--November 14th, 2025

 The Minuteman Command reports the quarterback room was a disappointment.

When AJ missed the wide open Jax Markovich in the first quarter, it really hurt UMass' chances against a stout Northern Illinois defense. It's the story of this whole year. No one is making plays.

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Hustle Belt says Northern Illinois dominates UMass 45-3.

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Forbes has a post on how the MAC conference and ESPN made mid-week football popular. 

Except for sports, there is literally nothing else to watch.. 

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MAC conference tie-breakers for who gets to go the the championship game.

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UMass Football News--November 13th, 2025

 This is surreal. Every time I think it can't get worse, it does.

Nothin' left for this season but survival.

I did like the Minuteman's uniforms. The white helmets with the flag decal and the black uni's were very sharp.  I liked it much better than the grays. They should keep that combo.

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UMass write-up here. 

Northern Illinois write-up here. 

The Minuteman Command says UMass blasted by NIU. 

Coach Harasymiak's post game press conference. 

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Buffalo lost to Central Michigan.

Western Michigan beat Ohio to go to 5-1 in the MAC conference. 

MAC conference standings with two weeks to go.

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Game Day--Northern Illinois 2025

 Northern Illinois is leaving the MAC for the Mountain West, so this might be the last Huskies-Minutemen game for a while. UMass is 0-2 all-time against Northern Illinois. We were destroyed both times in 2012 and 2013 by scores of 0-63 and 19-63 under Charlie Molnar.

The Huskies offense is truly horrid and tonight is the Minutemen's best chance for a win in 2025. If we lose to NIU, an 0-12 season is looming..

If UMass can clean up the mistakes, we could be competitive. Northern Illinois has a better defense than we do, so scoring more than 10 points is the goal.

I'll be cheering for the Minutemen. Go UMass!

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The Minutemen Command reports Coach Harasymiak is expecting a battle against NIU.

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The Hampshire Gazette says winless and injured UMass faces Northern Illinois Wednesday. 

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Hustle Belt previews the game and predicts the NIU defense will prevail against the even-more-horrid UMass offense 17-3.

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Covers.com says take the under (43.5 points) as the two worst offenses in football won't reach 43 combined points.

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Holy Crap! College football News predicts UMass 20 NIU 17.

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College Sports Wire predicts Northern Illinois 20 UMass 7.

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The Northern Star reports NIU looks to right past wrongs against the Minutemen.

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UMass Football News--November 11th, 2025

 NIU finally has their game notes for UMass up.

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Hustle Belt has their weekly MAC Conference power rankings up. UMass and NIU meet tomorrow in the battle for the bottom. 

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Sports Book Wire has some stats on the Minutemen-Huskies game. The literal two worst offenses in college football collide.

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Bleacher Nation thinks UMass will beat the spread but only have a 23% chance to win the game.

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Hustle Belt has their Monday MAC Conference musings. Akron's beat-down of UMass was their largest margin of victory in 23 years..

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Ohio, Miami (Ohio), Buffalo and Western Michigan are still neck-and-neck for the conference title.

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40 college football players are suspended after three brawls last week.

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UMass Football News--November 10th, 2025

 UMass hosts Northern Illinois tomorrow at 7:00 PM.

Still no game notes from the Huskies. 

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The Daily Collegian previews the UMass-Northern Illinois game and points out the struggling offenses on both teams. 

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College Football News breaks down the MAC Championship race for the rest of the season. 

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College Football News predicts bowl games for UMass opponents Iowa, Missouri, Miami (Ohio), Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Temple.

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UMass Football News--November 9th, 2025

 The 2-7 Northern Illinois Huskies open as a 10.5 point favorite over the Minutemen.

Interesting stat: NIU is #133 in FBS scoring at 12.2 points/game and UMass is #134 in FBS scoring at 11.3 points a game. 

UMass is dead last (#134) in total offense, NIU is #132. Two really, really bad offenses..

However, Northern Illinois is #55 in total defense. UMass is #127 in total defense.

UMass is #129 in scoring defense. Since the Minutemen struggle to score more than 10 points a game, the Huskies should win comfortably

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Temple lost a close one to Army 14-13.

Bryant beat Albany 27-24 for their first ever CAA victory. 

Iowa lost a heart-breaker to Oregon on a last minute field goal.

Missouri was handled by Texas A&M 38-17. 

Kent State plays Akron on the 11th.

Buffalo plays Central Michigan on the 12th.

Ohio plays Western Michigan on the 11th.

Bowling Green fell to 1-5 in the MAC with a 27-21 loss to Eastern Michigan. 

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While on the treadmill yesterday, I watched UConn beat Duke. Great game. Eight lead changes. That was the second ACC team the Huskies beat this year.

 MISERY LOVES COMPANY VI

Boston College fell to 1-9 as they were crushed by SMU 45-13.

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UMass Football News--November 8th, 2025

 Coach Harasymiak has his weekly press video press conference.

Another piece of bad news as he says LB Timmy Hinspeter is likely out for the season. Hinspeter was among the best of the transfers and a major loss to the already weak Minutemen defense.

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Northern Illinois, next Wednesday's UMass opponent was crushed by Toledo 42-3 in their last game.  

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NIU's weekly press conference for the UMass game. 

No game notes from the Huskies yet. 

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Vegas odds for the MAC conference championship. UMass of course, is already eliminated.

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