Monday, September 11, 2023

UMass Football News--September 11th, 2023

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 Liam Coen former UMass QB and current Kentucky assistant coach had a medical episode while at work.

Coen holds numerous UMass passing records including pass attempts, completions, passing yards, passing TD's and career passing efficiency. 

Another article here.

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Newsday reports Miami WR Gage Larvadian lit up the UMass defense.

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247Sports has five takeaways from Minnesota's 25-6 win over Eastern Michigan.

Hustle Belt recaps the Gopher's win over Eastern Michigan.

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Stats after three games:

Bad. UMass is #123 in total defense (#54 last year). #127 in scoring defense (#103 last year).

Good. UMass is #104 in total offense (#128 last year). #97 in passing offense (#115 last year). Scoring #75 (#130 last year).

Good defense. UMass is tied for #1 in the nation in defensive TD's. #16 in fumble recoveries, #57 in SACKS, #99 in TFL.

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I watched the Cal-Auburn game on DVR last evening. Cal should have won the game. The Bears missed three field goals and had a interception for a TD called back by an inadvertent whistle by a ref.

The Cal defense was a much better physical match-up with Auburn than the Minutemen were. They held Robby Ashford to 11 total yards. Against UMass, when he hit the line of scrimmage there were usually no Minutemen defenders within five yards of him.

UMass did score more points against the Tigers than Cal did.

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