Coaching Legacy of Derick Sunderland (NCAA Football 14)

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END OF SEASON RECAP

UMass capped off a successful season at 7-6 with a win over New Mexico in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. They scored a season high 42 points and seem to be trending in the right direction, riding a 4-game winning streak. During that streak they averaged 32.5 points and only gave up 21 points a game. The future looks bright offensively at UMass!

All-MAC Selections
1st Team- MLB Stanley Andre
2nd Team- RE Justin Anderson

UMass Minutemen 2013-2014 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 31	at #22 Wisconsin	Lost, 42-14
Sep 7	vs FCS East	Lost, 41-38
Sep 14	at #16 Kansas State	Lost, 21-14
Sep 21	vs Vanderbilt	Won, 35-28
Oct 5	at Bowling Green	Lost, 16-13 OT
Oct 12	vs Miami University	Won, 21-17
Oct 19	at Buffalo	Lost, 28-21
Oct 26	vs Western Michigan	Won, 38-13
Nov 2	vs #10 Northern Illinois	Lost, 20-14
Nov 16	vs Akron	Won, 21-14
Nov 23	at Central Michigan	Won, 37-21
Nov 29	at Ohio	Won, 30-24
Dec 15	at New Mexico (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	Won, 42-25

UMass Minutemen Stats - 2013-14
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Mike Wegzyn	19/27	275	14.4	25.0	56	3	1	185.2
A.J. Doyle	193/325	2631	13.6	202.3	71	21	20	136.4
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Jordan Broadnax	152	630	4.1	65	3	3	63.0	2
A.J. Doyle (QB)	131	477	3.6	34	4	5	36.6	4
Stacey Bedell	60	405	6.7	78	3	3	45.0	0
Jamal Wilson	63	314	4.9	26	1	1	31.4	0
Lorenzo Woodley	64	234	3.6	24	2	3	18.0	0
Greg Orekoya	49	178	3.6	18	0	2	25.4	0
Daquan Mack (FB)	19	50	2.6	8	0	3	4.1	0
Bernard Davis (WR)	8	40	5.0	16	0	0	3.0	0
Mike Wegzyn (QB)	11	21	1.9	16	0	1	1.9	1
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Rob Blanchflower (TE)	54	883	16.3	3	56	8	67.9	264
Tajae Sharp	39	405	10.3	4	55	3	31.1	187
Derek Beck	34	504	14.8	5	51	2	38.7	202
Bernard Davis	23	412	17.9	3	71	4	31.6	156
Ricardo Miller (TE)	19	302	15.8	5	32	1	33.5	92
Jordan Broadnax (HB)	11	84	7.6	0	16	0	8.4	86
Elgin Long	8	113	14.1	2	41	4	8.6	19
Daquan Mack (FB)	7	29	4.1	2	11	0	2.4	8
Dalvin Battle	7	133	19.0	0	49	2	10.2	32
Jamal Wilson (HB)	5	28	5.6	0	13	1	2.8	34
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Jovan Santos-Knox	63	9	72	1.0	4	5	0	0
Justin Anderson	44	15	59	5.5	17	2	0	0
Stanley Andre	49	10	59	3.0	6	1	1	0
Kevin Byrne	41	9	50	4.0	18	2	0	0
Kassan Messiah	38	11	49	2.0	6	4	2	0
Randall Jette	40	7	47	1.0	2	3	2	0
Antoine Tharpe	35	6	41	0.5	2	2	0	0
Khary Bailey-Smith	37	4	41	2.0	3	7	0	0
Trey Seals	26	11	37	4.0	8	0	0	0
Galen Clemons	26	5	31	0.5	8	2	0	0
Trey Dudley-Giles	31	0	31	0	1	6	1	0
Shane Huber	20	7	27	0	1	2	1	0
Daniel Maynes	15	6	21	1.0	4	3	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Tajae Sharp	22	477	21.6	40	0	28	7.5	0
Quayshun Smith	13	255	19.6	27	0	6	9.3	0
Khary Bailey-Smith	1	26	26.0	26	0
Stacey Bedell	1	15	15.0	15	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Blake Lucas	8	14	57	42	44	45	97	86
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Colter Johnson	45	1948	58	43.2	37.4	0	10	9

The final Poll of the year was released today and it of course has National Champion Washington on top.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 7, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	Washington	12	1
2	3	Oregon	11	2
3	4	Stanford	12	2
4	1	Oklahoma	11	2
5	7	Auburn	10	3
6	8	Texas	10	3
7	9	Alabama	13	1
8	5	Northern Illinois	12	2
9	13	Louisville	11	2
10	11	Clemson	10	3
11	6	Georgia Tech	12	2
12	17	Minnesota	10	3
13	18	Utah State	11	2
14	--	Georgia	9	5
15	23	Boise State	11	3
16	10	Kansas State	9	4
17	14	Oklahoma State	9	4
18	24	Arkansas State	10	3
19	15	Ohio State	10	4
20	25	Michigan	9	4
21	16	NC State	10	4
22	--	Wisconsin	9	4
23	--	Boston College	9	4
24	--	Oregon State	9	4
25	--	Pittsburgh	9	4

And finally the Heisman voting results are in and Stanford's Tyler Gaffney finsihes his career as a Heisman Winner!

Heisman Voting Results
NAME	POS	SCHOOL
Tyler Gaffney	HB	Stanford
Vad Lee	QB	Georgia Tech
T.J. Yeldon	HB	Alabama
David Cobb	HB	Minnesota
Bishop Sankey	HB	Washington

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OFFSEASON RECAP

There were numerous coaching changes throughout the college landscape. Here's the ones from the MAC.

Ball State hired Rick Skorsky (0-0 Ball State OC)
Bowling Green hired Matt Wells (11-2 Utah State HC)
Eastern Michigan hired Mike Cummings (0-0 Central Michigan OC)
Miami University hired Eric Kiesau (0-0 Washington OC)
Northern Illinois hired Jay Niemann (0-0 Northern Illinois DC)

UMass OC Derick Sunderland was rumored to have beem offered the Idaho HC job but turned it down.

UMass loses 11 Seniors this year.
Starters
TE Rob Blanchflower
LT Anthony Dima
RE Justin Anderson
DT Kevin Byrne
DT Galen Clemons
P Colter Johnson

Backups
TE Ricardo Miller
DT Brandon Potvin
ROLB Tom Brandt
CB Antoine Tharpe
FS Devin Brown


MAC PLAYERS DRAFTED
Ball State
WR Willie Snead 6th

Bowling Green
SS Boo Boo Gates 3rd

Buffalo
OLB Khalil Mack 1st
HB Branden Oliver 5th
WR Alex Nuetz 7th

Central Michigan
HB Zurlon Tipton 5th
LT Jake Olson 7th
OLB Shamari Benton 7th

Kent State
HB Dri Archer 2nd
SS Luke Wollet 5th
DT Roosevelt Nix 7th

Northern Illinois
QB Jordan Lynch 4th
FS Jimmie Ward 4th

Ohio
HB Beau Blankenship 4th
QB Tyler Tettleton 6th

Toledo
HB David Fluellen 3rd
WR Bernard Reedy 7th
C Zac Kerin 7th

Final Recruiting Class (Rank #103)

UMass Minutemen Recruiting - 2014
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Tim Garcia	G	HS	Bridgeton, NJ	6-5	290
Joe Williams	DT	HS	Poultney, VT	6-5	268
A.J. Johnson	FB	HS	Robinson, PA	5-11	249
Reggie McBride	DT	HS	Perth Amboy, NJ	6-1	273
Tommy Fellows	DE	HS	Radnor Township, PA	6-2	239
Ryan Jones	QB	HS	Lewistown, PA	6-0	187
Wayne Thornton	TE	HS	Corrales, NM	6-2	252
Ricky Landrum	DE	HS	Welby, CO	6-6	236
Jermaine Diggs Jr	DE	HS	Leisure City, FL	6-2	247
James Stephens	MLB	HS	Yerington, NV	6-1	234
Cole Alexander	CB	HS	Old Bridge, NJ	6-1	175
Wyatt Perry	FS	HS	Colonia, NJ	6-0	196

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2014 Season Preview
Conference Realignment
ACC
-added Louisville

AMERICAN
-added East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa
-Lost BCS Bid

BIG TEN
-added Rutgers and Maryland
-Realigned divisons to EAST/WEST instead of LEADERS/LEGENDS
EAST: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
WEST: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin

BIG 12
-Change bowl tie-in from Fiesta Bowl to Sugar Bowl

C-USA
-Added Old Dominion and Western Kentucky

SUN BELT
-Added Idaho and New Mexico State

Playoff News
-BCS System disbanding to be replaced by a Four Team Playoff
-Committee will create a Top 25 poll and that will determine Playoff entrants
-Will focus on SOS, Conference Championship, W-L
-Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Rose Bowl will rotate as Semi-Final sites

Other News
-UAB will be losing funding for Football team. At this time they will still operate, but with diminished scholarships.
-Possible Big 12 expansion? Big 12 has been looking to possibly expand; met with several teams including Cincinnati, Houston, and SMU.


Heisman Hype is quickly building for the new season! Here's the top 5 contenders heading into the season.

Heisman Watch - Updated: Aug 25, 2014
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
T.J. Yeldon	HB	Alabama
David Cobb	HB	Minnesota
Vad Lee	QB	Georgia Tech
Sean Mannion	QB	Oregon State
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville

The Top 25 was recently released and it finds defending National Champs Washington sitting at #4 looking up at fellow PAC 12 teams #1 Oregon and #2 Stanford. The PAC 12 race looks to just as exciting as last year when Stanford won the conference but Washington won the National Title even though their lone loss came to Stanford.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Aug 25, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	--	Oregon	0	0	1499
2	--	Stanford	0	0	1389
3	--	Alabama	0	0	1343
4	--	Washington	0	0	1308
5	--	Auburn	0	0	1242
6	--	Clemson	0	0	1215
7	--	Oklahoma	0	0	1150
8	--	Georgia	0	0	1061
9	--	Louisville	0	0	1054
10	--	Ohio State	0	0	882
11	--	Texas	0	0	805
12	--	Wisconsin	0	0	659
13	--	Oklahoma State	0	0	561
14	--	UCLA	0	0	518
15	--	Miami	0	0	483
16	--	Michigan	0	0	472
17	--	Arizona State	0	0	403
18	--	USC	0	0	402
19	--	Boston College	0	0	387
20	--	Utah State	0	0	385
21	--	Boise State	0	0	326
22	--	Oregon State	0	0	309
23	--	Kansas State	0	0	306
24	--	Michigan State	0	0	301
25	--	Georgia Tech	0	0	286

UMass has relesaed their finalized 2014-2015 Schedule. They have a very good non-conference schedule that with some wins should move them up in the minds of the poll voters fairly quickly. UMass comes into the Preseason ranked #83.

UMass Minutemen 2014 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 30	vs #19 Boston College
Sep 6	vs Colorado
Sep 20	at Penn State
Sep 27	at Vanderbilt
Oct 4	at Buffalo
Oct 11	at Kent State
Oct 18	vs Miami University
Oct 25	at Eastern Michigan
Nov 8	vs Western Michigan
Nov 15	vs Toledo
Nov 22	vs Bowling Green
Nov 29	vs Ball State

The Minutemen Depth Chart is missing a key player from last year. MLB Stanley Andre was arrested over the summer for drug paraphernalia and while on probation was arrested for another drug charge and given jail time. Upon his release he was quickly found with more drugs while meeting with his parole officer. A promising career was unfortunately cut short as UMass administration was forced to remove him both from the team and from the school. We hope Stanley nothing but the best and hope he finds his way back on the right path.

UMass Minutemen Depth Chart - 2014-15
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Dalvin Battle rSO	Bernard Davis JR	Rodney Mills JR
TE	Wayne Thornton FR	Sharif Custis rFR	Brandon Howard rJR
LT	Adam Stevenson FR	Rich Queen SO	Josh Bruns rSR
LG	Al Leneus JR	Sam Zeff SO
C	Matt Sparks JR	Fabian Hoeller SO	Enock Asante SO
RG	Cameron Mock SO	Tyshon Henderson SO
RT	Tyrell Smith rSO	Terrel Correia SO
WR	Derek Beck JR	Tajae Sharpe JR	Shaquille Harris rFR
QB	A.J. Doyle JR	Mike Wegzyn rJR	Todd Stafford rFR
FB	Daquan Mack SO	A.J. Johnson FR
HB	Stacey Bedell rSO	Jamal Wilson rJR	Jordan Broadnax SR	Greg Orekoya rSR
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Jermaine Diggs Jr. FR	Leo Krizanovic rSO	Daniel Maynes rSR
LDT	Joe Williams FR	Elijah Wilkinson rFR
RDT	Reggie McBride FR	Robert Kitching JR
RDE	Tommy Fellows FR	Trey Seals rJR	Peter Angeh rFR
WLB	Kassan Messiah JR	Peter Ngobidi rFR
MLB	Shane Huber SO	Steve Casali rFR
SLB	Jovan Santos-Knox JR	John Robinson JR
CB	Randall Jette rFR	Trey Dudley-Giles JR	Jackson Porter rFR
SS	Khary Bailey-Smith JR	Jaurice Jones JR	Joe Colton JR
FS	Ed Saint-Vil rSR	Wyatt Perry FR	Arthur Williams SO
CB	Cole Alexander FR	D'Metrius Williams JR	Jackson Porter rFR
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Blake Lucas JR
P	Kenneth Hunter FR
PR	Quayshun Smith SR	Tajae Sharpe JR
KR	Quayshun Smith SR	Tajae Sharpe JR

Season Outlook
The UMass Minutemen look to continue to improve this year after a surprising 7-6 finish last year that saw them both make and win their first ever Bowl game. Their offense seemed to hit their stride during the final stretch of games and after a full off season of training under OC Derick Sunderland they should come out all cylinders firing.

They look to have a nice mix of fresh faces and veteran leadership this year. The offense looks to be lead by QB A.J. Doyle, who will be throwing to all the same WRs. His go to last year was the TE position manned by Rob Blanchflower but he's gone now replaced by FR Wayne Thornton who looks to be a future star. Doyle will be joined in the backfield by the same committee of RB as last year, including Jordan Broadnax who paced the team with 630 yards last season and Stacey Bedell who had a monstrous Bowl game with 137 yards on only 4 carries, two of which were TDs.

The defense has much more turnover than the offense did. The whole defensive line is manned by freshmen, Ends Jermaine Diggs Jr. and Tommy Fellows, and Defensive Tackles Joe Williams and Reggie McBride. The Linebacking corp took a hit with the loss of Stanley Andre but Jovan Santos-Knox and Kassan Messiah will be looking to make new MLB Shane Huber's life easier with their experience. Stud Corner Cole Alexander finds himself starting opposite returnee Randall Jette and Nickelback Trey Dudley-Giles. Both Safeties return in Khary Bailey-Smith and Ed Saint-Vil. Blake Lucas returns for his duties of FGs and Kickoffs and newcomer Kenneth Hunter walked on to the team as a Punter after UMass failed to find one during recruiting.

The team is predicted to finish 3rd in the MAC East and 6th overall with Northern Illinois picked to repeat as Champs. We predict another 6-6 season for the Minutemen. We see them beating Colorado and Vanderbilt while losing to Boston College and Penn State out of conference. During conference play we see wins against Buffalo, Miami University, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan. Their conference losses will be Bowling Green, Kent State, Ball State, and Toledo.

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WEEK 1

Top 5 Games
1. #6 Clemson vs #8 Georgia
A clash between top 10 ranked rivals to open their seasons. Both teams are looking to make a statement to the committee and prove they are playoff worthy.

2. #4 Washington vs Hawai'i
The defending champs take on Hawai'i to open their season. Can the Huskies pick up where they left off last season?

3. Utah vs #20 Utah State
Rivalry game + new coach= upset potential? Will Utah State's Bob Cole start this rivalry with a win or is he in for a rude awakening?

4. #13 Oklahoma State vs Florida State
Florida State is on the outside of the Top 25 (#27). They look to use Oklahoma State to propel themselves into the Top 25. Oklahoma State looks to use FSU to possibly push themselves farther up the rankings.

5. #23 Boise State vs Ole Miss
These two teams lock horns as the Kickoff Game for the Year. Will Boise State hang with the big boys or will Ole Miss show Boise State that they're not ready for the big stage?



#19 Boston College @ UMass

UMass wins Rivalry game!
UMass takes the win over the Eagles 42-38. QB A.J. Doyle set a School record for Passing Yards with 492. The Minutemen relied on his arm to bring them back for the W. Freshman TE Wayne Thornton had quite the debut with 10 catches for 172 Yards and a TD. UMass couldn't seem to find much consistincy running the ball though. The defense stepped up big with a safety in the 3rd quarter after the offense failed to punch it in from the two yard line. It was an impressive win for UMass and they look to keep it going against Colorado next week.

Boston College Eagles at Massachusetts Minutemen
Aug 30, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#19 Boston College Eagles (0-0)	6	15	8	9	38
Massachusetts Minutemen (0-0)	7	14	2	19	42

Team Stats Comparison
	BC	MASS
Total Offense	432	595
Rushing Yards	203	103
Passing Yards	229	492
First Downs	16	24
Punt Return Yards	3	9
Kick Return Yards	114	38
Total Yards	549	642
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Conversion	7-14	7-14
4th Down Conversion	2-2	2-4
2-Point Conversion	2-3	0-2
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-1	6-5-0
Penalties	1-15	3-25
Possession Time	13:08	26:08

Boston College Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Bordner 12/21 229 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Rouse 31 169 5.4 2 J. Bordner 6 26 4.3 0 D. Dudeck 5 8 1.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Evans 6 147 24.5 3 C. Parsons 4 36 9.0 0 M. Grant 1 26 26.0 0 T. Rouse 1 20 20.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD S. Sylvia 12 0 0 0 B. Mihalik 7 1 0 0 M. Asprilla 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K. Stewart 1/1 1/2 4 37 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Howell 2 93 46.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Kimble 4 90 22.5 0 M. Asprilla 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Kimble 1 3 3.0 0

Massachusetts Minutemen PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Doyle 28/39 492 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Bedell 14 10 0.7 2 A. Doyle 9 43 4.7 1 J. Wilson 7 33 4.7 0 G. Orekoya 2 6 3.0 0 A. Johnson 2 3 1.5 0 J. Broadnax 2 5 2.5 0 D. Mack 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD W. Thornton 10 172 17.2 1 S. Custis 6 146 24.3 0 B. Davis 5 58 11.6 0 T. Sharpe 3 41 13.6 1 D. Battle 2 31 15.5 1 R. Mills 1 23 23.0 0 D. Beck 1 21 21.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Williams 10 0 0 0 J. Diggs Jr 5 1 0 0 R. Jette 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG B. Lucas 0/1 4/4 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 K. Hunter 1 41 41.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Q. Smith 2 38 19.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Q. Smith 2 9 4.5 0

UPSET ALERT
Navy over #10 Ohio State 27-24 OT
Florida State over #13 Oklahoma State 42-32
Ole Miss over #21 Boise State 27-23

TOP 5 Game Results
#6 Clemson over #8 Georgia 31-27
#4 Washington over Hawai'i 35-18
#20 Utah State over Utah 34-9
Florida State over #13 Oklahoma State 42-32
Ole Miss over #23 Boise State 27-23