UMass Football News--November 23rd, 2025

 The Greenfield Recorder says Bowling Green is UMass' last chance to avoid a winless season.

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The Daily Collegian reports UMass plays Bowling Green in the season finale.

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Draft Kings has UMass a 16.5 point underdog.

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Temple was throttled by Tulane 37-13. Half way through the season the Owls looked like a sure bet for six wins and bowl game. However now they're 5-6 and have to face a tough North Texas team to get to six wins.

Bryant lost to Stony Brook 35-28 to finish their season 3-9. 

Iowa edged Michigan State to run their record to 7-4. 

Oklahoma held Missouri's vaunted rushing attack to 70 yards and beat the Tigers 17-6. 

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UConn won a shoot-out at FAU to run their record to 9-3. The Huskies should rise in the "others receiving votes" in the AP Top-25 poll.

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UMass Football News--November 22nd, 2025

 Coach Harasymiak's weekly video press conference for the Bowling Green game.

Both AJ Hairston and Brandon Rose are out. Grant Jordan will get the start. 

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UMass has their game notes for Bowling Green up.

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Bowling Green in turn has their game notes for UMass up.

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The Daily Collegian reports UMass will face Bowling Green and a last chance for a victory. 

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The NIU student newspaper, after the Minutemen's loss to the Huskies, to finish winless. 

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UConn made the "others receiving votes" in this week's Top-25 voting. The Huskies can run their record to 9-3 with a win over FIU today. 

Boston College has a bye. The Eagles meet Syracuse on November 29th for a chance to avoid a winless FBS schedule.

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UMass Football News--November 21st, 2025

 Rene and Christian do Episode #31 of the Flagship Podcast.

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With one week to go in the season Western Michigan is in the MAC conference lead at 6-1. 

Central Michigan, Miami (Ohio) and Toledo all have two losses.

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Pro Football Network has a complete breakdown of the chances to make the MAC championship game with tie-breakers going into the last week.

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In the Group-of-Five, Tulane, North Texas and James Madison are in contention for a playoff berth.

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UMass Football News--November 20th, 2025

 Ohio has their post-game press conference.

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The Athens Post reports Sieh Bangura had a career day against the Minutemen. 

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Hustle Belt says the Bobcats pulled away. 

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Miami (Ohio) beat Buffalo last night to the MAC championship game in sight. 

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Central Michigan dominated on the ground and the clock to beat the Kent State Golden Flashes last night. 

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Bet MGM has the MAC Conference championship odds. 

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UMass Football News--November 19th, 2025

 Well, UMass suffered an honorable defeat against Ohio. The Minutemen played hard and made some plays. They were up against a bigger, healthier, more talented team.

The announcers said the Bobcat offensive line had been healthy and playing together all season. UMass' injury-riddled O-line has been in flux all year.

There was a big talent gap between the teams. Ohio has the league's best QB in Parker Navarro and in Sieh Bangura, the league's best running back.  

UMass is #131 in FBS rushing offense. In addition, the Minutemen do not have a RB in the MAC conference's top-25. That's pretty astounding. Fixing the running game is one of the top priorities for the off season.

It was a watchable game and UMass played hard.

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UMass write-up here. 

Ohio write-up here. 

The Minuteman Command sums up the game here. 

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Western Michigan beat Northern Illinois to keep the top spot in the league. 

Akron beat Bowl Green 19-16 on a couple big plays.

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Game Day--Ohio 2025

 UMass faces a tough MAC opponent today. The Bobcats almost  beat Rutgers at their place to open the season and are in strong contention for the MAC championship. Ohio has a Power Four sized point spread.

The objective for the Minutemen is just to play better. Getting the offense to make some drives and score some points would be a morale booster. It would be a motive for improvement in the off season.

One defense, if we could make Ohio work for their points, the final score could be respectable. 

The game is available on the CBS Sports Network, which is part of many cable systems.

I'll be watching and cheering for the Minutemen. Go UMass!

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CBS Sports has details on the game.

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College Football News predicts Ohio 44 UMass 7

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Hustle Belt previews today's game between the Bobcats and the Minutemen.

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College Sports Wire predicts Ohio 35 UMass 0

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Covers reports Ohio has Sieh Bangura who is the MAC conference leading rusher and also predicts he'll have a big night against the UMass defense.

Bangura leads the MAC with 173-927 5.4 AVE 11 TD's. 

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UMass Football News--November 17th, 2025

 The Athens Post has everything you need to know about Ohio's final home game against UMass

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Bleacher Nation thinks the Bobcats will cover the 32.5 point spread. Remember the point spread is not a scale of the strength of the two teams, it's an inducement to have equal numbers of betters on both sides of the bet. Probably not many people want to take the UMass side.

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Sports Book Wire predicts Ohio 41 UMass 6. A good prop bet would be if the Minutemen score a touchdown..

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Hustle Belt has MAC conference bowl bid projections for Week #12. Eight MAC teams are in the running for a bowl game.

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USA Today's college football rankings after 11/17/25.  UMass and Boston College are the only two teams with double-digit losses.

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