Maine - UMass Game Thread

[Mountaineer]

Nice win Black Bears.

[mainejeff]

Albany beats Maine

I wanna do-over.

[LastMinuteman]

UMass has multiple personality disorder I think.

Umass destroys Albany
Albany beats Maine
Maine beats UMass?

WTH?

Not so much a multiple personality disorder as agoraphobia. UMass is 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road.

[danefan]

UMass has multiple personality disorder I think.

Umass destroys Albany
Albany beats Maine
Maine beats UMass?

WTH?

Not so much a multiple personality disorder as agoraphobia. UMass is 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road.

Wow...

[LastMinuteman]

The official costs Maine a TD and they settle for a FG.

Maine 13 UMass 7

jeff, are you watching it???

Even the UMass radio guys felt your QB didn't put his knee down...

I don't know if they covered this on the broadcast, but the officials called it a fake knee, and the new rule is that if the QB even so much as fakes taking a knee, he's called as if he actually took a knee. I saw that in a Texas Tech game earlier this year when they faked the knee before the half and threw a bomb for a TD, but had it called back. That said, I seriously doubt Brusko was trying to fake taking a knee there, there would be no reason for the defense to expect him to take a real knee in that situation, but the officials weren't blind on that call, just overly officious. Or maybe the rule doesn't permit them to take the circumstances into consideration when they see that body movement, I don't know the exact language in the rulebook. I'm sure Cosgrove will ask the CAA about it.

[danefan]

jeff, are you watching it???

Even the UMass radio guys felt your QB didn't put his knee down...

I don't know if they covered this on the broadcast, but the officials called it a fake knee, and the new rule is that if the QB even so much as fakes taking a knee, he's called as if he actually took a knee. I saw that in a Texas Tech game earlier this year when they faked the knee before the half and threw a bomb for a TD, but had it called back. That said, I seriously doubt Brusko was trying to fake taking a knee there, there would be no reason for the defense to expect him to take a real knee in that situation, but the officials weren't blind on that call, just overly officious. Or maybe the rule doesn't permit them to take the circumstances into consideration when they see that body movement, I don't know the exact language in the rulebook. I'm sure Cosgrove will ask the CAA about it.

Dan Marino rule from the 1994 game against the Jets.

[mainejeff]

Great pic of Smith diving into the end zone for a TD today........

[BDKJMU]

Maine's Donte Dennis better BE the CAA Defensive Player of the Week.

He may have to share it with Moats the way he was bitch slappin the UD OTs today. 2.5 sacks and stuffed a UD fake FG attempt.

[BDKJMU]

UMass has multiple personality disorder I think.

Umass destroys Albany
Albany beats Maine
Maine beats UMass?

WTH?

UD handles UMass
UMass beats UNH
UNH beats Nova
Nova beats W&M
W&M beats JMU
JMU handles UD.

[LastMinuteman]

UMass has multiple personality disorder I think.

Umass destroys Albany
Albany beats Maine
Maine beats UMass?

WTH?

UD handles UMass
UMass beats UNH
UNH beats Nova
Nova beats W&M
W&M beats JMU
JMU handles UD.

Or...
JMU beats UD
UD beats Maine
Maine beats Hofstra
Hofstra beats JMU

All I know is, I know who the best 4 teams in this conference are, and I know who the worst 3 teams in this conference are. The 5 in the middle have no links to the other two groups, except for UMass. UMass is the lone anomaly because they're only one from the middle group to beat the top group, but they're also the only one in the middle group to have no wins and multiple losses against the middle group.