Hello everyone and welcome to the UMass bandwagon. Us sickos who have been here in the basement for years are happy to have you on board.
This game was obviously incredible. Pop Watson is instantly the best QB we've ever had. The offense looked amazing. Our defense has never had 3+ TOs in any meaningful game I can remember. They made big tackles in a way we never had. Special teams was excellent and penalties were limited, two areas that have routinely caused us heartbreak for years. Seems like this team will be fun to watch!!!
For long term stuff, I think fans were maybe hoping for 3-4 wins this year (we play 2 FCS teams), and now of course are hoping for more. We have a second year head coach, Joe Harasymiak ,who has rebuilt the team after not having a full recruiting cycle last time around.
Many have asked for years why have any hope for UMass and even before this win, there was some reason to have hope. Harasymiak was a good hire and we actually have recently committed to being the top funding team on the MAC for NIL, facilities, and staff. So there was reason to believe, but maybe we're ahead of schedule.
Anyway, pleased to have you aboard! Come root for us as we apparently challenge for a MAC title and our first bowl game? But honestly we have no idea what happens from here!!
My take has always been that we should be the destination for the #1 punting recruit every year. I think this guy (Phillipson) is a 2nd year player out of Australia and he freakin rules!
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u/FuzzyWDunlop UMass Minutemen Sep 04 '26
Hello everyone and welcome to the UMass bandwagon. Us sickos who have been here in the basement for years are happy to have you on board.
This game was obviously incredible. Pop Watson is instantly the best QB we've ever had. The offense looked amazing. Our defense has never had 3+ TOs in any meaningful game I can remember. They made big tackles in a way we never had. Special teams was excellent and penalties were limited, two areas that have routinely caused us heartbreak for years. Seems like this team will be fun to watch!!!
For long term stuff, I think fans were maybe hoping for 3-4 wins this year (we play 2 FCS teams), and now of course are hoping for more. We have a second year head coach, Joe Harasymiak ,who has rebuilt the team after not having a full recruiting cycle last time around.
Many have asked for years why have any hope for UMass and even before this win, there was some reason to have hope. Harasymiak was a good hire and we actually have recently committed to being the top funding team on the MAC for NIL, facilities, and staff. So there was reason to believe, but maybe we're ahead of schedule.
Anyway, pleased to have you aboard! Come root for us as we apparently challenge for a MAC title and our first bowl game? But honestly we have no idea what happens from here!!