Sunday, September 23, 2018

UMass Football News--September 23rd, 2018

Well the Minutemen turned it on yesterday. The UMass defense out-hit Charlotte. They pressured the QB all day. When the 49ers completed a pass, the defenders were there. The defense had 4 sacks and we stopped the 49ers on four out of five fourth down attempts.

Bryton Barr had an epic day: 21 tackles, 4.0 TFL 1 sack.

Third string QB Michael Curtis engineered 42 points. He ran for 2 TD's and passed for two. When he ran he took good angles and did not get lit up at the end of the carry.

Marquis Young had a 94 yard kickoff return and averaged 6.2 yards a carry.

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New Uniforms
The hair team
Coach McCall and the 2018 hoops team



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UMass write-up here.

Charlotte's write-up here.

Josh Walfish reports the Minutemen started fast.

The Daily Collegian said Mike Curtis willed UMass to win over Charlotte.

MassLive reports UMass ended a three-game skid.

Fox Sports said Curtis accounts for four TD's, beats Charlotte.

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Duquesne played Hawaii tough at Aloha Stadium.

Boston College's stay in the top-25 was brief as they were handled by Purdue 30-13.

Miami was up 31-0 and dominated FIU 31-17.

Ohio could not hold 21 point lead over Cincinnati.

Big plays pushed USF past East Carolina.

Undefeated North Texas crushed Liberty 47-7

BYU ran over FCS McNeese State 30-3.

Georgia used turnovers to defeat Missouri 43-29.