2026 Season

[Jack]

Is this a thread about looking to the future and the 2026 UMass Football season or is this thread about looking backwards and bitching about Coach Whipple being fired after going 16-44? Nothing but respect for Coach Whip - but it was 8 yrs ago, Its 2026, Coach Joe is in charge, he's rebuilding the program and deserves our support.

[ZooMass84]

Maybe a little of both I'm all for coach joe: 1.5M has got to be the top of MAC salaries. If he keeps it close against Rutgers and beats Sacred Heart and Stonehill I'll think he is the greatest. Don't care if they are 1AA. I'll try to go to a few games this year. My son got into Penn State so there may be a Happy Valley roadtrip.

[Floyd]

Zoo, your kid better not go to Fitchburg State or something after name dropping all the big schools

[InnervisionsUMASS]

My son got into Penn State so there may be a Happy Valley roadtrip.

You can't even get out to Amherst, how the hell are you going to get to State College?

[Quann]

I can't believe how this program has tanked since Mark Whipple "left". Did Bamford not renew his contract or was he fired? 2017 and 2018 we were competitive 4-8 4-8 and Whip had us in close games against P5 teams as soon as he was hired i.e. Vandy and Colorado in 2014. Hoping we are competitive against Rutgers this year and beat both Sacred Heart and Stonehill but I don't know what to expect. the only saving grace in all this is if we go 0-13 or 0-12, then we get put on notice by the MAC and might get booted.

He was fired

Zoo beating dead horses is what he does. Do we have to keep talking about a Whipple era that wasn’t that great?. It was 8 years ago now.

[ZooMass84]

I can't believe how this program has tanked since Mark Whipple "left". Did Bamford not renew his contract or was he fired? 2017 and 2018 we were competitive 4-8 4-8 and Whip had us in close games against P5 teams as soon as he was hired i.e. Vandy and Colorado in 2014. Hoping we are competitive against Rutgers this year and beat both Sacred Heart and Stonehill but I don't know what to expect. the only saving grace in all this is if we go 0-13 or 0-12, then we get put on notice by the MAC and might get booted.

He was fired

Zoo beating dead horses is what he does. Do we have to keep talking about a Whipple era that wasn’t that great?. It was 8 years ago now.

beating dead horses and losing at blackjack

[Steve81]

Nice to know sooner than later and different impressions from tonight's Boston gathering.


How about some info on how many positions are left to fill and when will they be filling them. As after Spring Games and when is the Spring game. Think Rolling Ridge may have mentioned 7 scholarships left a few weeks ago.

There are some pictures from the UMass Club on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/UMassFootball

[pk77]

would love to know how many people were in attendance not including the players and coaches , based on the pictures they are showing i bet less than 40 as attendance at the event has decreased each year. I have gone to all of them since they started having the event and the attendance decreased each year , just like the amount of wins of the football team, Bamford needs to be let go !