Team of the Week: UMass
About this episode
The episode discusses UMass Minutemen's rise as Team of the Week after their season-opening win over Rutgers.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Not even a year ago, Rodger Sherman joined Alex for a deep dive into how the UMass Minutemen made a case as the worst team in modern history.Now, we have a much different episode about UMass: They’re our TEAM OF THE WEEK coming out of Week 1. This is a new subscriber series in which we talk about a team in college football attempting to do something that nobody else is trying to do. Rodger and Richard cover the Minutemen, fresh off their season-opening win over Rutgers. Let’s talk about this rising team from the MAC: * 0:18: Why UMass earned TOTW honors * 5:49: Pop Watson! The option! What a win in Piscataway * 11:10: The very New Englandy character of the team * 16:06: UMass’ investment in not being terrible * 25:37: Are we crazy, or is a bowl a possibility? Producer: Anthony Vito
People in this episode
Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson
Guest: Rodger Sherman
Topics covered
- UMass Minutemen
- college football
- Team of the Week
- season-opening win
- MAC conference
- team character
- bowl possibilities
Keywords
- UMass
- college football
- Team of the Week
- Rutgers
- MAC
- Pop Watson
- bowl eligibility
- season opener
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UMass Minutemen, Rutgers, MAC
Places: Piscataway
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