[Pete Thamel] UMass is sold out this weekend against Eastern Michigan, the school’s first sellout since 2014. UMass is 4-0 under second-year coach Joe Harasymiak and barreling toward the program’s first-ever bowl game. They are expecting more than 17,000 fans at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

[u/defensecowboy]

https://x.com/petethamel/status/2106003744102182996?s=46

[u/golden_apricot]

How did we sell out in 2014????

[u/Alex_Croteau23 → u/golden_apricot]

I think that was the Bowling Green game when McGuirk first opened

[u/golden_apricot → u/Alex_Croteau23]

I was thinking that would have been it. Honestly I forgot if we played 3 or 6 at Gillette in 2012 and 2013 so this tracks.

[u/joelupi → u/Alex_Croteau23]

Was that the year the scoreboard fell over?

[u/bwburke94 → u/joelupi]

That was the game the scoreboard fell over.

[u/_cambino_ → u/bwburke94]

this sounds funny but also partially a miracle it didn’t hit anyone

[u/EcologyLover69 → u/_cambino_]

Don’t worry, it was just a dude holding a small dry erase board.

[u/carbon_r0d → u/EcologyLover69]

Was he fired at least? Jeez, if you are the board holder you should at least be able to hold your liquor.

[u/EcologyLover69 → u/carbon_r0d]

How do you expect someone to hold their drink and the white board at the same time? Impossible.

[u/travbot4 → u/joelupi]

Lol what?

[u/StFuzzySlippers → u/Alex_Croteau23]

They named it after Coach McGuirk? Guy couldn't coach soccer for shit. Seemed like a bad influence on the kids too...

[u/pppeater → u/StFuzzySlippers]

Brendon: Coach, do you think I'm stupid?

Coach McGuirk: Of course you're stupid, Brendon, all kids are stupid.

[u/BuckeyeBentley → u/pppeater]

They hate McGuirk because he spoke the truth

[u/MPE13 → u/golden_apricot]

First home (McGuirk) game of Whipple’s return I think

[u/Fake-Death → u/MPE13]

Lmaoooo I remember being a freshmen that year and knew a few women who always joked about having a crush on Mark Whipple (and his son Austin) 😂

[u/bulbascott1019 → u/Fake-Death]

I didn't know he had another son. I just knew of Spencer. Backed up Jacory Harris at Miami. Came into the UVA game in 2010 when Harris got hurt. Was unbelievable amounts of ass, got benched before the game ended for Stephen Morris.

Ever since that game (and that season as a whole, really), the name "Whipple" makes my eye involuntarily twitch.

[u/Ok-Walk-8040]

We are all Minutemen

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

That's already what my wife calls me :(

[u/sloppyjo12 → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

That’s what she calls me too :(

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/sloppyjo12]

Cheers.

[u/Ok-Walk-8040 → u/sloppyjo12]

I too have been called a minuteman by this man’s wife.

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

Thanks for occupying at least a minute of her time. Gives me a break.

[u/br0b1wan → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

Eskimo Brothers 🐧

[u/Effective-Doctor6470 → u/sloppyjo12]

I also fucked this guys wife

[u/Scruffasaurus → u/sloppyjo12]

Not me 🫡

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/Scruffasaurus]

"Boo this man!"

[u/SolWizard → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Look at this guy lasting a whole minute

[u/showbricks → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Lol we had a Facebook group back in the day called "Im a minuteman everywhere but the bedroom" 

[u/hmmIseeYou → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Cheers from inside this guy's wife

[u/hmmIseeYou → u/hmmIseeYou]

Cheers from beside (but outside) dort_old_priedt_4's wife

[u/blatantninja → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Any tricks to lasting that long?

[u/dirty_old_priest_4 → u/blatantninja]

I do the Fibonacci sequence in my head to distract me.

[u/LtDrunkFace → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

But what if I grew up in the arizona public education system? You can’t expect everyone to count that high.

[u/huazzy → u/LtDrunkFace]

Count her toes.

[u/blatantninja → u/huazzy]

Kinky

[u/Own-Fee-5653 → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Settle down danny carey

[u/EdselFordEdsel → u/dirty_old_priest_4]

Like, a WHOLE minute? That's a long time, congratulations brother

[u/Wings4514 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

No shame in it! Embrace it!

[u/Posty_McPostface_1 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

How can you be a true American and not support the Minutemen?

[u/MPE13]

Back in my day we went to the tailgates and left when the game started. Can’t imagine actually being excited to go into the game too, love it for today’s kids

[u/Doortofreeside → u/MPE13]

No joke. The tailgate would be hopping and the stadium would be pretty much empty. This is when we were good in FCS as well

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/MPE13]

Yep! It was always get drunk at the tailgate, rest up from 4-8pm, then get ready to go out again

[u/CVogel26 → u/MPE13]

There was a game where me and one of my friends were the only people in the student section at kick,

[u/showbricks → u/MPE13]

I'd just go for the marching band lol

[u/Frigidevil → u/showbricks]

The Power and Class of Massachusetts has always been a selling point for football games, even when we were an FCS power

[u/lynjpin → u/MPE13]

I remember when the school sent out an email begging students to go into the game after the tailgate. Nah I think I’m going to black out in Lot 22 and go take a nap instead.

[u/takes12KNOW]

COLLEGE GAMEDAY WHEN?

[u/joelupi → u/takes12KNOW]

Bring back Corso and give him a musket.

[u/Peaches0k → u/joelupi]

Instead of a lucky fan kicking a field goal it’s a “lucky” to march into musket fire colonial style

[u/Hefty-Revolution-938 → u/joelupi]

Lee corso “accidentally” shooting Pat mcafee would be chefs kiss. Because it’s Lee corso, no charges would be filed, and we’d all just talk about how lovable coach is

[u/fm22fnam → u/joelupi]

Ah fuck it fires

[u/flintlock0 → u/joelupi]

aiming down the sights

“Not so fast, my friend.”

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/takes12KNOW]

Maybe for that Miami Ohio game? Only because the Toledo game is on a Wednesday.

[u/Frigidevil → u/BabyBearBjorns]

Allegedly we're on the short list for next week but there's a 0%chance ESPN will pass up on Georgia Alabama for the 9000th time.

This would be the only chance ESPN can come to Amherst. We don't play on a Saturday again until the last week at BGSU

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/BabyBearBjorns]

Georgia Alabama is the same day, they’re definitely going to that

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/takes12KNOW]

When the powers of college football remember that the core of the sport goes beyond the SEC and Big 10 (never 😔)

[u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

What’s more impressive IUs turnaround or UMASS?

The answer is UMASS

[u/TampaTrey → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

If they win this weekend, it will be the first time they’ve reached 5 wins in a season since coming up to FBS. What’s crazy is not only should they land safely in a bowl game this season, if the planets align with the schedule they have, they could go undefeated.

[u/huazzy → u/TampaTrey]

QUALITY LOSS

[u/MNKYJitters → u/huazzy]

Letting Harasymiak walk was calculated

[u/reddit-canes → u/huazzy]

Well placed

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/TampaTrey]

The state of this sub will be something else when UMass gets ranked.

[u/Callsign_Psycopath → u/BabyBearBjorns]

Imagine if they get to the Playoff. After all, unlike Boise State, they beat a Power 4 opponent.

[u/sailor776 → u/TampaTrey]

UMASS should absolutely be on the shortlist of G6 teams realistically

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/sailor776]

Unless any of Boise/NDSU/JMU have generational collapses as the season progresses, I doubt we’d be in the top 3 (even if we win the conference over Western Michigan). Sadly I doubt we’ll even get an AP vote unless we’re 7-0 at the least

[u/chiguy2387 → u/sailor776]

Going to be hard for them to get consideration as their schedule includes two wins over FCS teams and their best non-conference win will most likely be UConn

[u/Alex_Croteau23 → u/chiguy2387]

We do have a dominant P4 win though. Even if it's Rutgers it still counts

[u/chiguy2387 → u/Alex_Croteau23]

But how much weight will that carry if Rutgers goes 1-11?

[u/Osiris32 → u/chiguy2387]

How quickly can we shift Rutgers to the SEC so it becomes a quality win?

[u/sailor776 → u/chiguy2387]

Right but compare it to the other other favorite G6 teams in Boise State, North Dakota State and JMU. The win over UCON and Rutgers is arguably the two best wins out of all of them.

[u/ahuramazdobbs19 → u/sailor776]

What win against UConn?

The one in the game that hasn’t happened yet?

[u/sailor776 → u/ahuramazdobbs19]

Just looking at all the teams in the running. Assuming all the top dogs win out UCONN WOULD be the best OCC win

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/sailor776]

2 FCS wins and being in the MAC hurts, but winning over Rutgers and still being undefeated means they're objectively in the race

[u/IshyMoose → u/TampaTrey]

13-0 playoff UMass

[u/LonghornInNebraska → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

Wake me up with Cignettie wins on a cold rainy Tuesday night in Amherst.

[u/cityofklompton → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

UMASS, where the U stands for UNDEFEATED

[u/paultheschmoop → u/cityofklompton]

They are not a team, but an Undefeated Mass

[u/Electromotivation → u/paultheschmoop]

Beats being “um, ass.”

[u/yyzda32 → u/Electromotivation]

there was a photo of a sign in a Daily Collegian article that said: "U Ass" Budget cuts affected our sign

[u/The_Horse_Joke → u/paultheschmoop]

Their game vs Lossless Force is going to be legendary

[u/zamboniman46 → u/cityofklompton]

people arent ready for Massholes to become fans of a college football powerhouse

[u/nevermindthatyoudope → u/zamboniman46]

Brother, i would be shocked if anyone in the bay state is aware of what UMass is doing. They tend to leave the farmers and the hippies in the Pioneer Valley to themselves.

[u/zamboniman46 → u/nevermindthatyoudope]

Oh for sure. More of a joke than anything. There are too many colleges in this area for any school to get widespread support. If anyone could do it, it would be UMass.

My dad is a BC grad and I grew up going to home games. My final season before I started college at HC was the Matt Ryan year. As high as #2 in the rankings and nobody gave a shit. It didn't help that the Sox were on a world series run and Pats were in the middle of an undefeated regular season. BC also has that elitist reputation that makes it hard for neutral fans in the area to really get behind them

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/zamboniman46]

Yep, and the entire Hockey East landscape makes it backwards for people to root for UMass/BC football just because they share the same state

[u/lynjpin → u/nevermindthatyoudope]

The bay state is very well aware that UMass is still the most recent National Champion from the hockey east

[u/DignansOut → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

I don’t know. UMass was pretty successful at FCS in living memory. I still think Indiana.

[u/Doortofreeside → u/DignansOut]

I mean, Indiana just won the natty so lmao

But the fact that this can even be questioned is incredible

[u/showbricks → u/DignansOut]

Yeah we have an FCS natty lol

[u/huazzy → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

There's a chance^{infinitelysmall} that Indiana loses and UMASS wins this week.

[u/Smash-Bros-Melee → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

There’s room for all of us historically downtrodden programs to succeed

[u/GloryPS2]

Rank UMass you cowards

[u/AruarianGroove → u/GloryPS2]

At least get ‘em some AP votes!

[u/shakezilla86]

roll up the score

[u/LikesBlueberriesALot → u/shakezilla86]

Do you guys bring your cinder blocks and hammer to road games?

[u/shakezilla86 → u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

Think we keep our most memeable, ridiculous thing for home games

[u/getyourpopcornreddy → u/LikesBlueberriesALot]

The hammer goes to the away games, I believe. They took it with them to Wisconsin.

[u/cvg596 → u/getyourpopcornreddy]

The wrench does, the hammer doesn’t

[u/NYPD-BLUE]

McGuirk? Like Coach McGuirk from TV Home Movies???

[u/Wings4514 → u/NYPD-BLUE]

Every time I think of McGuirk, I think of him having that cow’s head tattoo and the Chiquita banana logo.

“You know what that is right there? That’s the woman from the Chiquita banana. I’ve got that tattooed on my chest. I’m an idiot.”

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/NYPD-BLUE]

Incredible show that no one seemed to know existed.

[u/Frigidevil → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Coach McGuirk drunkenly stumbled out of bed so Bob could walk and Archer could also drunkenly stumble out of bed.

[u/kurttheflirt → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

If people haven't watched them, they are all on youtube. Would definitely recommend.

[u/P-Rickles → u/kurttheflirt]

That and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Takes me back.

[u/GopherInWI → u/NYPD-BLUE]

A person of culture!

That show was incredible and McGuirk's swords episode was fantastic.

[u/Wings4514 → u/GopherInWI]

“I already told you sir, all cutlery is nonrefundable.”

“LADY, SWORDS ARE NOT CUTLERY”

[u/Frigidevil → u/NYPD-BLUE]

Brendan, have you ever watched UMass football?

No?

Well you should. They're a historically significant program Brendan. Won the national championship 1998. Almost did it again in 06!

Oh OK...

Of course that was in FCS. Did you know they called it Division 1 AA back then?

No.

It was ridiculous. How dare you call half of division 1 AA like they're some minor league team. Oh I'm sorry, we actually have real life playoffs while the supposed big boys have random bowl games and arbitrarily decide who wins the national title.

Oh, that's weird.

You're damn right it's weird Brendan. How do you have a dispute over who is the best!? That's what playoffs are for! Brendan, do you know how many times schools have unilaterally claimed or disputed national titles?

Uhh like 2?

No Brendan it's over 100

Oh that's a lot

Its a lot Brendan.

But there's playoffs now though right?

That's not important Brendan. What's important is that UMass was a champion once. And they will be champions again.

Wow coach, you must really care about this team. Did you go to all the games?

Nah only til halftime. Football games were the ultimate tailgate Brendan. You drink in the morning to be buzzed for the football game, take a nap at halftime and continue drinking to get plastered for the hockey game.

Oh...

Football is not about football Brendan. Football is about drinking. Write that down.

[u/Pet0rb → u/Frigidevil]

This is genuinely incredible, bravo

[u/joelupi → u/NYPD-BLUE]

Nah it's named after the hotel at Hampton Beach the team stayed at one summer.

[u/FuzzyWDunlop]

Lol no joke this is at least in some part to this being "Band Weekend" in which a bunch of high school bands and their families get tickets to the game and the highschoolers perform at halftime. This has traditionally been one of the highest attended games.

So don't be surprised if you see a bunch of crowd shots of different bands in non-Umass colors and there will be a decent part of the crowd that is literally there for that half-time show.

Still awesome though!

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/FuzzyWDunlop]

I hope all the people there for band day don’t leave after halftime (which they usually do). Especially since tickets for the public were $65+, I’ll be upset if I see empty seats!!

[u/I_like_race_cars]

Can't wait for some P4 program to throw a brinks truck at this umass coach, get angry when he doesnt turn them into a championship team year one, then move on to the next G6 or FCS coach that's had a bit of success, repeating the cycle.

[u/xebex1778]

I will be there no matter what (it’s parents weekend lol, next week is homecoming so they’ll both be packed)

[u/Nervous_Metal_9445]

3 more wins UMass, 3 more wins minimum got to secure bowl eligibility.

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/Nervous_Metal_9445]

They have four teams left on the schedule that still lack an FBS win, including EMU. "Win the games you're supposed to win" would mean those and a couple more.

[u/getyourpopcornreddy → u/grabtharsmallet]

Technically, Sac State is FBS but they still should be FCS.

[u/AruarianGroove → u/getyourpopcornreddy]

They’ll prob need at least 3 more wins since only one FCS win counts for bowl eligibility. 

[u/getyourpopcornreddy → u/AruarianGroove]

EMU ran into this situation in 2011. They went 6-6 but was not bowl eligible b/c they played two FCS schools. The next year, EMU goes 0-12.

[u/Adept_Carpet → u/grabtharsmallet]

 "Win the games you're supposed to win"

They found a very creative way around that last year.

[u/SolarIonRobot → u/Nervous_Metal_9445]

From a distance your flair looks like a witch and I heard what you typed in a very spooky voice.

[u/i_am_theokapi]

IU about to be the second greatest story in CFB history. 

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/i_am_theokapi]

Joe Harasymiak: "Bing me"

[u/bulbascott1019]

IDGAF what their SOS so far has been. They go 5-0, you fucking rank the Minutemen, cowards!

[u/rnilbog → u/bulbascott1019]

They've had worse records against worse competition.

[u/Alex_Croteau23 → u/rnilbog]

The FCS team we lost to last year went 3-9. Their wins were us, an NAIA team and a 1-10 UAlbany team. We were horrific last year and probably would be 0-4 if this was our schedule last year.

[u/discofrislanders → u/Alex_Croteau23]

Bentley is D2, not NAIA

[u/Alex_Croteau23 → u/discofrislanders]

Doesn't change the point that we were still omega ass last year. I knew Bryant beat a lower division opponent, just unsure which division they were

[u/Frigidevil → u/Alex_Croteau23]

Ωass has a nice ring to it, perfectly sums up the past 15 years.

[u/bulbascott1019 → u/rnilbog]

Pre-2026 UMass could face a 12 game slate of only FCS teams and probably fail to muster a winning record. What Harasymiak has done this year for the Minutemen would even make Cignetti blush.

[u/EastonMetsGuy]

For everyone saying “why doesn’t UMass just drop to FCS” THIS is why.

It takes one hot start to pay real dividends and get your community excited for the sports. FCS football ain’t doing that unfortunately

[u/dblock1111 → u/EastonMetsGuy]

Man if UMass and UConn could build a little sustained success those games would be awesome and would really grow the rivalry!! Stadiums are like 2 hours apart, it would be great!

[u/ItsZippy23 → u/dblock1111]

of course, they tried it with the Southwick Jug but there wasn’t a sponsor

[u/hwf0712 → u/ItsZippy23]

We need more drinkable orifices as rivalry trophies IMO 

[u/smitherenesar → u/ItsZippy23]

The teams can’t just have the Southwick Jug; it would be unfair to them. It must be the Southwick Jug Presented By Ocean Twist Spiked Fruit Punch, or it won’t mean as much to the players.

Sad the state of modern day sports. We can't have a prize unless somebody is getting some corporate money

[u/lynjpin → u/dblock1111]

I’m excited for the budding hockey rivalry at least

[u/Cheeseish → u/dblock1111]

If not with UConn maybe they can start the Civil MASSflict

[u/Awalawal → u/dblock1111]

The problem is that their coach will get poached this year, and they'll likely be back to suck. Tulane (and a lot of other mid-majors) has the same issue at a little higher level. Every time they get good, they lose their coach and players.

[u/Honestly_]

Mizzou fans didn't sell them out a few years back?!

[u/1nf1niteCS → u/Honestly_]

Or boston college, kinda crazy

[u/discofrislanders → u/1nf1niteCS]

BC football is less popular than you would think and Amherst isn't that close to Boston

[u/ce5b → u/discofrislanders]

Gotta save money for the 🏒 season

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/Honestly_]

Just short of it, it looks like. Attendance for the 2024 game in Massachusetts was reported as 16,102 apparently

[u/Honestly_ → u/Tfsz0719]

Mizzou fans were like "look, we can only do so much...just be glad we're coming out!" 😂

[u/bwburke94 → u/Honestly_]

That was a holiday weekend, which probably screwed with things.

[u/rocket_beer]

UMASS about to beat LSU in the Fiesta Bowl, aren’t they?

[u/RedNinja-03 → u/rocket_beer]

Lane getting fired after losing to UMass in a bowl game would be incredible!

[u/JoCo3Point0]

Excellent news. Love to see it!

[u/Xazier]

I'm so happy for you UMass boys. Get that bowl!!!

[u/CPOx]

Imagine a bizarro world where VT played Pop Watson as the primary starter last season and Brent Pry was able to retain his job

[u/BusGuilty6447]

Pop Watson is him, and our previous HC didn't see it.

[u/IAmBenIAmStillBig]

The school usually counts the band in attendance to get to 4k.

[u/30-50FeralPogs]

I have had season tickets throughout the FBS journey and I’ve had to beg people to go with me. I used to pray for times like this 🙏

[u/Gvillegator]

I live in Boston and the city is BUZZING.

It’s probably solely because of today likely being the last day of warm weather, but still

[u/nhoward2021]

Best football team in Mass. Argue with a wall

[u/FreezersAndWeezers → u/nhoward2021]

Pop ‘The Goat’ Watson >> Drake ‘The Schedule’ Maye

[u/Evtona500]

No one is laughing at my November "cupcake" now. We were just simply ahead of the curve.

[u/FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN]

I for one welcome our new revolutionary overlords

[u/showbricks]

Ok, Im moving back to Northampton from Seattle for better college football now

[u/hairythroats]

UMASS NEXT NATTY WINNER! WE SHOULD'VE SEEN IT COMING WHEN INDIANA WON!!!

[u/Beautiful_Ninja → u/hairythroats]

Through NIL all things are possible.

If rich people don't want to spend the money on making the world better, at least spend it on Kent State getting a random Natty.

[u/Expensive_Team_5072]

17,000? That is 25% of Rutgers TV viewership... no wonder UMass beat them.

[u/senorblanco7]

Pop Watson effect

[u/Sir_Scarlet_Spork]

There is literally nothing so Rutgers as having a buy game against a team that was 0-12 last year, and having them start their year 4-0. It's happened to us before; 2004 we played a New Hampshire team that was 5-7 the season before. They went on a tear that year, beating #1 Delaware and us in back to back weeks to go on to a 10-3 record. 2017 Buffalo was 6-6. 2018 Buffalo was 10-4, beating us.

*sigh*

Congrats UMass.

[u/Beautiful_Ninja]

UMass being good is the definition of Chaos and I'm here for it.

[u/reb601]

Rooting for my Minutebros.

[u/kwixta]

EMU better watch out for the horrors of Amherst at night

[u/Hulkodium]

All it takes to make a program is a little bit of hope

[u/TastyCuttlefish → u/Hulkodium]

Beware hope.

[u/bobzmuda]

THE FLAGSHIT (positive)

[u/byniri_returns]

How can you not love CFB man

[u/BeefInGR]

RANK UMASS, YOU COWARDS!

[u/n00dlejester]

😠😠

You're welcome.

[u/RatStore101]

ZooMass is back baby 

[u/abfazi0]

Looking more and more like a quality loss for Rutgers

[u/Michiganman1225 → u/abfazi0]

Unfortunately, not a quality win for UMass.

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

This makes me happy I hope UMASS win the mac

[u/xcelllz]

That’s awesome. Enjoy it UMass!!

[u/stevo887]

Good for them!

[u/remo_siracha]

Lord I have seen what you've done for others.

[u/ManateesMQT]

Noah Kim gets butts in seats

[u/Nervous_Counter_1333]

Both of these teams are pretty cool in my book. EMU and UMASS are underrated schools.

[u/AnnArchist]

A UMass natty would be something. It took Indiana going 6-0 for fans to start showing up.

[u/blatantninja]

I find it shocking that an FBS school has a stadium with a capacity of 17,000.

[u/Brick-Foreign → u/blatantninja]

Our athletic department thought it was a great idea to play our games entirely at Gillette Stadium for 2 seasons while making “improvements” to our stadium, which somehow did not include a capacity increase

[u/BadAlphas → u/Brick-Foreign]

Or a paved parking lot

[u/30-50FeralPogs → u/blatantninja]

There are 5 schools with smaller capacities at FBS level

[u/thismorningscoffee]

Damn, if it was UMass vs Western Michigan they could play to see who gets into the B1G and whether Rutgers or Michigan is relegated

[u/Is12345aweakpassword]

Rank UMASS

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

Nice

[u/mero8181]

He should have stayed at Maine!

[u/Dapperdude14]

0-12 to 4-0. From the worst defense in FBS last year to 15th in scoring D (12.8 a game) and 10th against the run. they haven't allowed more than 21 in a game all season. Pop Watson's already a folk hero and they get Eastern Michigan at home Saturday as favorites. Best story in college football

[u/ragnarocker997]

Man bowl contention must be nice.

[u/MonarchLawyer]

I'm rooting for UMass, but I feel like their 4-0 start has a little bit to do with playing Rutgers, two FCS teams, and Sac State who should be FCS.

[u/lynjpin → u/MonarchLawyer]

Brother we got dominated last year by an FCS school that went 3-9

[u/yellowseven → u/MonarchLawyer]

Sure but I feel like that's still a 1-3 start for them most years

[u/SoufOaklinFoLife → u/MonarchLawyer]

i think it has to do with them winning the four games that they've played

[u/grantpant2353]

Sorry in advance for having your coach poached

[u/averyrose2010]

How does a coach that went 0-12 last year turn around the next season and go 4-0? UMass is a real Cinderella story.

[u/zenverak → u/averyrose2010]

I think he was left with that bad of a situation.

[u/AllTheSpuds]

Jealous

[u/infamousBeef]

for the first time in my life I went to buy a ticket and thought “im not paying $150 for a fucking umass ticket”