UMass Football News--November 10th, 2026

 UMass game notes for Toledo.

Toledo's game notes for UMass.

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Pop Watson is MAC conference's co-offensive Player-of-the-Week.

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The Minuteman Command reports Coach Harasymiak wants a more consistent UMass for the Toledo game.

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MAC Reporter Online previews Wednesday's  Rockets-Minutemen game 

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Yahoo Sports reports the College Football Playoffs could benefit teams like Toledo.

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Meanwhile, ESPN offers $1.7 billion for media rights to the 2027 college football playoffs.

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UMass Football News--November 9th, 2026

 WWLP reports Coach Harasymiak reflects on the Ball State win and looks ahead to Toledo.

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Vegas has UMass a 14.5 point underdog to Toledo.

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Fan Duel has Toledo with a 78.4% chance to win.

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MAC Reporter Online previews Tuesday's MAC conference games.

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 Ty Harding is among the candidates for the Comeback Player-of-the-Year.

As I said in a previous post, Harding makes a difference when he's in there.  The UMass offense is in attack mode when he's playing.

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Pop Watson wins his second New England Gold Helmet Award of the season.

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UMass Football News--November 8th, 2026

 UMass announces an eight-year apparel partnership with Under Armour.

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 Toledo's UMass week press conference. 

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BC lost to Florida State. 

UConn lost to North Carolina. 

UMass is the FBS team with the most wins in New England.

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College Football News has UMass at #114 after this weekend's games.

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UMass Football News--November 7th, 2026

 

Coach Harasymiak's press conference for the Toledo game week.

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The MAC Blog "By-the-Belt" has its "Monday Musings" post on the past week's MAC conference results.

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WWLP has a post on Harasymiak's press conference.

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The Toledo Blade has five takeaways from the Rockets win over Sacramento State. 

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What the Rockets have is Andrew Zock.  He won the Buck Buchanan award as the best DL in FCS football and he is rolling with Rockets. He leads the MAC with QB pressures by a wide margin.

UMass needs to probably double-team him to keep Zock  from being in the backfield all game.

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UMass-Toledo will air at 7:30 pm on the CBS sports network.

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UMass Football News--November 6th, 2026

 Coach Harasymiak's post-game press conference on the victory over Ball State.

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The Daily Collegian says UMass back in the win column after overcoming some costly mistakes.

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The Muncie Star Press reports Ball State loses a heartbreaker.

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Red Shirt Sports says UMass is two wins from Bowl Eligibility. 

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Another Red Shirt Sports writer predicts UMass vs Delaware in the Fenway Bowl.

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MAC Reporter Online recaps the mid-week MAC conference results.

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 Ty Harding (wearing #2 this year) fumbled twice in the game against Ball State. However, except for Pop Watson, Harding may be UMass' best offensive player. When Harding plays, the Minuteman offense has an extra gear.

So far, he's 7 GP 34-397 11.7 AVE 2 TD's 56.7 YARDS/GAME. He also has rushed 5-95 1 TD 19 YARDS/CARRY. 

 IMHO, if Harding can stay healthy, UMass should be in contention for that bowl game.

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UMass Football News--November 5th, 2026

 

Well, UMass sure made it more difficult than needed, but Pop Watson starred in overtime to give UMass its fifth victory of the season. Five wins is the most in FBS era history and sets up for more possible achievements.

A bowl game is still in play, as is a .500 season. The Minutemen's win is the first time since 2011 UMass has had a winning record in November.

A missed easy field goal, three points instead of a TD in the forth quarter, and giving up a late opponent TD to tie the game made it more difficult than needed, but UMass deserved the win. Minutemen fans finally have a season to celebrate.

Maybe more good things to come.

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UMass write-up here. 

Ball State write-up here.

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The Minuteman Command says UMass pulled it out. 

The Hampshire Gazette reports Pop Watson propels UMass to victory. 

The MAC Blog "Bye-the-Belt" reports UMass snaps a 20-game home FBS losing streak. 

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Central Michigan ran over Eastern Michigan 35-7. 

Sacramento State gave Toledo all they could handle, but fell 20-17.  

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Game Day-- Ball State 2026

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It's a big game for the Minutemen today. UMass needs to stop the slide of a four-game losing streak. The game is at home at McGuirk and according to Harasymiak, the Minutemen should be close to full strength. UMass really needs this game to have a shot at a .500 season. A win would make an FBS record for UMass and provide momentum for the final three games.

UMass needs to get serious and win this game. Ball State is in the Minutemen's wheelhouse. A win today would  be a major milestone for the program.

I'll be watching and cheering for our side.

Go UMass!

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Harasymiak calls the Riccio gift a "Pivotal  Moment" for the UMass football program.

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The Star Press scouts the Ball State-UMass game and predicts a Minuteman victory.

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The MAC blog "By-the-Belt" has two stories"

MAC Week #8 power rankings.

 10 things you need to know before watching mid-week MACtion.

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College Sports Wire predicts UMass 24 Ball State 23.

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Last night Ohio beat Akron 28-20. 

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You gotta watch this run by Akron RB Jordan Gant. He runs through the entire Ohio defense.

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Buffalo won another overtime game against Miami (Ohio).

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