UMass Football News--October 17th, 2024

 

College Football Tour visits UMass and McGuirk and gives a positive review.

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UMass reveals a Noon kickoff time for the Liberty and UConn games.

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College Football News predicts UMass will go 1-5 over it's last six games. 

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Hustle Belt's week #7 MAC football power rankings has UMass falling to #12.

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UMass Football News--October 16th, 2024

 Sports Illustrated reports on what Eli Drinkwitz wanted to see from his offense against UMass.

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Missou fans made the trek to UMass.

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And predictably, one of the local anti-football trolls has a predictably stupid take on the game.

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You remember Vanderbilt's epic win over Alabama. Our old friend Diego Pavia engineered it.

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That image of Jim Reid with Yankee Conference bean pot trophy that's on the web, guess who's blog they got it off.

 Lots more images from the 1989 UMass media guide in the "Scans from UMass programs" link in the blog sidebar.

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The latest college football playoff prediction does not include Missouri.

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UMass Football News--October 15th, 2024

 

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Hustle Belt recaps Missouri's win over UMass at McGuirk.

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Power Missou recaps the Tigers win over the Minutemen. 

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The Hampshire Gazette reports UMass sets up for the bye week and then Wagner. 

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ESPN has a comprehensive look at this week's Top-25 including #6 Georgia and #21 Missouri.

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UMass Football News--October 14th, 2024

 UMass enters a bye week and the Minutemen could use it. Several UMass players were injured in the Missouri. The already thin running back room needs some recovery time and we lost several offensive linemen. Playing a team as big as Missouri has its drawbacks.

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Dean Wendel of the Daily Collegian has a nice essay on the college football experience. 

College football is special. It's a fun place in a sometimes depressing world. UMass fans had a taste of it Saturday. The amazin' UMass fans continue to turn out. Imagine if we went into the Tigers game 4-1. Imagine if we had a chance.

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Missouri climbed two spots in the AP poll after defeating UMass.

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Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz was gracious in his post game press conference. 

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Hustle Belt recaps the Tigers-Minutemen game.

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UMass Football News--October 13th, 2024

 I've been watching UMass football for decades. Yesterday's game reminded me of when we played BC back in the seventies and they out-weighed us 50 pounds per man. Missouri was the biggest team I've seen at McGuirk. Most of the Minutemen defense was roughly as tall as the shoulder pads of the Tigers offensive linemen. Their TE was a giant and they could all run. The size differential was just as bad with the Minutemen offense against the Missouri defense.

I've criticized UMass play sometimes this year, but not yesterday. I think the Minutemen put up an excellent effort against a full bore Top-25 SEC team. Missouri pulled away in the third quarter and the Tigers were gentlemen and called off the dogs in the fourth by running between the tackles.

Still, I think no UMass fan should bad mouth the team for losing that game. The Minutemen played with heart and I'm proud of them.

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UMass write-up here.

 Missouri write-up here.

The Hampshire Gazette said Missouri overwhelms UMass.

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Eastern Michigan, who were 4-1 on the season, lost to Miami (Ohio) 38-14. 

Toledo got upset by Buffalo 30-15. The MAC championship game is wide open.

CCSU handled Mercyhurst 38-20.

Northern Illinois beat Bowling Green in a defensive struggle.

Wagner lost to Columbia 24-6. 

Mississippi State played Georgia close but lost 41-31.

Liberty beat FIU in overtime on Wednesday.

UConn had a bye.

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Game Day--Missouri 2024

 Today we start our swing through the SEC. UMass is over matched with Power Five teams, but we need the $$ for our budget. Today's game is unusual as its a straight home-and-home with no guarantee. The Tigers are a strong team and they can probably make the score anything they want.

For UMass it's a chance to play against the top of college football. Each Minuteman player can use it to increase his football skills. Lets do our best and work on being better.

I'll be there cheering for the Maroon & White. Go UMass!

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Rock M Nation looks at today Misouri-UMass game.

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Doc's Sports thinks UMass will beat the spread.

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Power Mizzou thinks the Tigers will win 33-3 or 37-13.

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Sports Book Wire predicts Tigers 42 UMass 10.

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WWLP says UMass and Missouri will play for the first time.

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The Greenfield Recorder reports UMass girds for battle with #21 Missouri.

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Hustle Belt previews the Tigers-Minutemen battle. 

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UMass Football News--October 11th, 2024

 Sports Book Wire predicts Missouri 34-UMass 16

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Hustle Belt keeps UMass at #10 in the MAC conference power rankings. 

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The Daily Collegian reports UMass gears up for #21 Missouri.

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News Day reports Missouri hopes to bounce back against FCS UMass..  Gotta love the Associated Press.

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The Hampshire Gazette says UMass looks to protect its home turf against Missouri. 

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The Columbia Daily Wire says the Tigers offensive line is under performing.

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