My mother told me there be days like this but not 6 years. The natives are restless, if not disgusted. Attendance has tanked and even paid season ticket holders are not showing up. Heads will probably roll at the end of the season.

A gullible poster is being feed miss information, the track team lost 4 scholarships because of football. The loss of scholarships is untrue and if it were, it could have easily been as a stop gap of the significant losses in basketball. Not to mention no sport has made money at UMass in the past few years.

My maroon glasses have not fallen off. The IPF in 2020 should help with recruiting. We have a chance in the second half of this season going 500 and 2018 should be a good year. then we'll see minor improvements to McGuirk.

Don't expect any movement in the AAC in the next few years and will be curious of the AAC and A10 new contracts. With the Big12, MAC and Big East contracts coming up in 2027, think 2025 will be the year that we commit to a conference. Until then we will carry on and right the ship.

2017
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Loss to Hawaii 35-38
Loss to Coastal 28-38
Loss to ODU 7-17
Loss to Temple 21-29
Loss to Tenn 13-17
Loss to Ohio 50-58

The end of Michael Traini piece.

Quote:Umass now heads into a very unique break in their schedule thanks to some rescheduling that was done to accommodate the USF Bulls and the American Athletic Conference in the wake of hurricane cancellations this year. Next week is their previously-scheduled bye week, but by virtue of moving their USF trip, they have an additional bye week on the 14th of October. That gives the Minutemen three weeks to prepare for homecoming and the Georgia Southern Eagles, a team that is also currently winless and in serious struggles like the Minutemen are.

The team has to use this break to heal and to focus on their next opponent, one of their few remaining chances to get a win this season. UMass hasn't won a homecoming game since defeating New Hampshire in 2009, yet another reason that October 21st's contest against Georgia Southern is important. If UMass has any hope of avoiding a winless 2017 campaign, it is likely their best chance to win will be on homecoming.

What this break also gives the UMass administration is significant time to evaluate where this program is going and what the problems are that are currently impeding its progress. UMass cannot afford to be 0-6 right now, but they are, and something is going to have to change in order to get this team headed in the right direction. We cannot speculate on or speak to specifics, but we do believe that the Minutemen admin have seen (and heard) a lot of things that cannot make them happy.

The extended break can be good for UMass, provided it is used the right way. Let's hope we see the results the next time the Minutemen take the field this season.

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