Monday, October 30, 2017

UMass Football News--October 30th, 2017

Andrew Ford was released from the hospital Saturday night. He also Tweeted he's feeling OK and appreciated all the support he received.

Matty Vautour reports, despite some issues, Saturday was the best win in FBS program history for 
UMass.

Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" recaps the Minutemen's win.

The Enterprise News reports UMass gets a win in double overtime.

The Winston-Salem Journal says key penalties cost the Mountaineers in a double overtime loss.

The Citizen-Times reports UMass clips Appalachian State in double overtime.
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There is no Vegas line yet on the UMass Mississippi State game because of Ford's injury. The Vegas Insider consensus line has the Bulldogs by 28.

The Clarion Ledger looks at Mississippi State after their latest win (scroll down a bit till they get to some stuff on the UMass game). Note the Bulldogs get Alabama the week after UMass, so they might be looking ahead, just a bit.

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BYU fans are enjoying their first FBS win of the 2017 season.

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CBS Sports thinks coaches from Mississippi State and Appalachian State have a shot at being named HC at Florida.

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Can the readership help be out with a couple of questions? I didn't understand a couple of plays from Saturday's game.

On the play where the Appalachian State kick returner muffed the catch and then ended batting the ball out of the rear of the endzone----why was that not a safety? He touched the ball in the field of play. Is possession required in order for it to be a safety?

Then on the Ross Comis late hit. I thought once the play stepped out of bounds, the play was over and so the late hit was a dead ball foul. Then after that there were multiple fouls in the scrum resulting from the late hit. The officials initially said the foul on Comis would be enforced, but then offset everything. I though UMass should have had the ball 15 yards from where the late hit occurred and then offsets on both sides. ..

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