...maybe we shouldn't talk about losing games right now.... not exactly our best year to on bad teams
Did Stony Brook end up beating Towson? BTW I don't think anyone said anything bad about UMass in this thread.
I was following the play by play and they somehow got to the Miami 5 down 1 with 12 seconds and completed a pass and had time run out on them.
Is the weather so bad they couldn't kick a chip shot FG?
You are saying UMass-Amherst's press is more inquisitive than UConn's press?!!?!When asked, Whip said the play had worked earlier in the game. Maybe so when the defense was spread out. Not so much in a goal line stand defense.
You are saying UMass-Amherst's press is more inquisitive than UConn's press?!!?!
I was at the game. UMass dominated the first half. Kickoff return for a TD put them up 20 with 5 min left in the 1st half.I was following the play by play and they somehow got to the Miami 5 down 1 with 12 seconds and completed a pass and had time run out on them.
Is the weather so bad they couldn't kick a chip shot FG?
UMAss blows a 27 point second half lead and folks are asking about the last play? When was the last time a team scored 41 points in a half, took a 4 td lead in to the locker room, got shut out in the second half, and lost?
I get that scoring is fun and we have not had fun in years, but losing is losing, so no I am not trading losses we have this year for tough losses to Miami, BG, and the dregs of the SEC and PAC12.
I am generally a pretty paranoid guy when it comes to point shaving, but holy cow. How does someone not investigate this game?
UMass was getting 5.5/6. What would there be to investigate?
That it was point shaving and UMass was supposed to cover and lose. Or someone picked up Miami (OH) on the moneyline at halftime. You would need a coach to be in on the scam, which would make it much less likely, but that game was about as crazy an outcome as I have ever seen. Any time you see a team deliberately do something completely insane at the end of the game to lose it, you should be at least a little suspicious.
I'm not really buying the point shaving theory but that game still baffles me. Maybe it's just a case of a head coach thinking he is smarter than everyone else. There is absolutely no reason for a team like UMass to take their foot off the gas against anybody! They are just not that good. They were having success running the ball and should have run it down their throats in the second half. Miami switched from man defense to zone. It was obvious to everyone but Whipple that they were not going to have the same success in the air. But they kept trying to the tune of zero points and 2 interceptions.
Honestly if he has that much non faith in your kicker he better have the entire soccer team in for tryouts this week.
I asked because the end made no sense. Was just curious how you get stopped inside the five and let time expire.[/QUOTE
Fair q. I'm just curious how you blow a 27 point lead in 30 mins. I'm also curious how u score 41 points in one half and a goose egg in 2d.