Day after articles

Screen Cap– UMass sacks Ryan. Right Click for a larger view.
A lot of after action reports today. The Boston papers typically focus on the UMass penalties. They don’t mention how much pressure the UMass defense developed on Ryan. We were collapsing the pocket all game long. I would like to see how many knockdowns we [...]

No moral victories!

Coach Brown nearly took the head off Matt Goldstein in the post-game interviews. He said there were no moral victories at UMass. He was right. We had the horses to play with Boston College.
We did not make some plays we needed to make.
Never the less, I was happy with:
The defensive tenacity. We kept playing UMass [...]

ESPN360 Coverage map

The UMass-BC is available only on ESPN360. Scroll down thursday’s blog entry for more details.
Besides Verizon, ESPN360 is offered a a bunch of small providers.
The ACC has a coverage map here. If you have an off-brand DSL, you might be on page two of the map.

Lots of reading before the game

The Boston Herald has four articles this one and this one concerns today’s game. These two come at it from a BC angle here and here .
The Sporting News covers the game here .
Jeff Thomas of the Springfield Republican rings in here .
CSN covers the top 25 in FCS/I-AA games here .
The CSN also does [...]

Results poll closes at midnight

We’ve already set a season record for votes in the “results” poll to the right. We’re up forty votes from the UMass-Maine poll, which was the previous record holder.
The poll closes at 11:59 tonight.

More BC game articles

The Boston Globe has an article about Coen’s history with Boston College.
The Globe also covers BC’s laudable practice of scheduling New England FCS/I-AA teams.
The internet allows everyone to be a sportswriter and this gentlemen expect Matt Lawrence to be “stopped in his tracks” by his Eagles.
A Seattle newspaper covers the game.
Matt Vautour has a game [...]

Some bulletin board material for UMass Players

Somebody spent a lot of time on this .
If the mods pull it, e-mail me, I’ve got it on screen capture.
And a Boston College blogger goes off his meds. Be sure to read the “View my complete profile” section.

Watch the game live on ESPN360

Right click on the image for a larger view .
If you have Verizon DSL, you can watch the UMass-Boston College live over the internet. This CNN-Money story specifically mentions the UMass-BC game .
TECH NOTES:

The ESPN360 feed works great with my setup. The video quality is much superior to the feed from CN8.
The ESPN360 website is [...]

UMass-BC is creating a lot of buzz

The Daily Collegian looks at the long history of UMass-BC football.
The Collegian also looks at UMass QB Liam Coen’s history with BC.
The Boston Herald covers BC Safety Jamie Silva’s long friendship with Coen.
Another game article from the Collegian here .
Boston College’s Matt Ryan is having a lot of people jump on his bandwagon as a [...]

Guest Blog– Eagle in Altanta

Last year this Blog and and Navy Blog “Pitch Right” swapped guest blog posts.
This year I did a guest post on the excellent Boston College Blog “Eagle in Atlanta“. Now that Blog answers some questions for us.
1. My first question concerns a matter in which I cheerfully admitthat I was wrong. I thought BC would [...]