Well, it was a picture perfect November day. The sky was hard blue and sun felt warm. It was not windy and the conditions were as near perfect as you could ask for in late fall. The attendance was over 10,000 and the amazin' UMass fan base continues to show up with little positive reinforcement.
However, football ended the season with a thud. UMass played a mistake-ridden non-competitive game. The Minutemen turned the ball over four times. Two fumbles (one by Olsen) and two INT's.
Merriweather gained 49 yards on the first series. After he went out, Minutemen backs gained 33 yards for the rest of the game.
You can't put this one all on the coaches. UMass did not execute all day. In one sequence, UMass punted on fourth-and-medium near mid-field. It was the correct call as you don't want to give Army a short field. Koloziey dropped the ball on the Army two yard line, but the entire UMass punt cover team did not have any idea where the ball was. Nobody fielded the ball and we eventually batted it into the endzone for a touch back, which effectively made it a 15-yard punt.
I don't know if it was a hangover from three straight road trips and a big effort against Texas A&M, but nobody made any plays for UMass yesterday.
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UMass write-up here.
Army write-up here.
Gazette write-up here.
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Tulane won and Toledo lost Friday.
Stony Brook's season is over.
Temple lost to ECU ending their season at 3-9
Eastern Michigan beat Central Michigan to tie for the MAC West title.
New Mexico State blew out Liberty 49-14 (WTF?!)
Buffalo lost to Kent State in overtime.
UConn is waiting for a bowl bid.
Arkansas State was blown out by Troy.
Texas A&M beat #6 LSU 38-23. The Aggies rushed for 274 yards. They had 207 against the Minutemen defense.
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