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Why Games aren't Played on Paper

Posted on July 12, 2012 at 07:20 AM.

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[Ann Harbor] It wasn't easy! It wasn't pretty! But at the end of the game, the UMass Minutemen narrowly defeated #3 Michigan Wolverines 22-21 in Ann Harbor. Much of the talk coming into this game was, "How will UMass contain Denard Robinson?" The answer: force him to try to do it all on his own! While doing decently in the air, Robinson pulled the ball down too many times. In all, 11 carries for 19 yards. Their final two plays, which would have put them in range to kick the winning FG, Robinson decided to run instead of pass which both resulted in sacks and a turnover on downs.

UMass's offense wasn't pretty, but came through with some important scores and first downs when needed. Most notebly, Pagel's 31 yard TD pass to Blanchflower which cut the Wolverine's lead to 2. The UMass defense gave everything they had. While making it a point to key in on Robinson, UMass defense came up big with a safety after a coffin corner punt by Strait and the fourth down stop that sealed the deal.

"If you look back at the game, there was always 1 or 2 players spying Robinson. After his first play from scrimmage was a 18 yard run, I knew we had to have someone in his face every play! Didn't matter if the spy was a DE or CB, we triangulated a spy system around him at all times. It worked. No complaints." coach Wilson said in the post game press conference. And when asked about HB Cox, who yet again missed a quarter due to injury, coach Wilson simply stated, "Football is a tough game. It takes everything out of you. As long as he shows toughness and keeps getting up and moving forward, I have no doubts he will be our starter. If anything changes, we will have a HB duo because both are turning in great seasons so far!"

Massachusetts Minutemen at Michigan Wolverines
Sep 15, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Massachusetts Minutemen (3-0)	7	3	9	3	22
#3 Michigan Wolverines (2-1)	0	14	7	0	21

Team Stats Comparison
	MASS	MICH
Total Offense	368	303
Rushing Yards	177	75
Passing Yards	191	228
First Downs	19	11
Punt Return Yards	16	0
Kick Return Yards	110	56
Total Yards	494	359
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Converstion	6-13 (46%)	5-11 (45%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1 (100%)	0-1 (0%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-1-2 (75%)	2-2-0 (100%)
Penalties	0 - 0	0 - 0
Posession Time	20:01	14:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MASS	MICH
2:09	(MASS) TD UMass: A. Williams, 6 Yd run (B. Levengood kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MASS	MICH
5:34	(MICH) TD Mich: D. Robinson, 10 Yd run (B. Gibbons kick)	7	7
3:09	(MASS) FG UMass: B. Levengood, 27 Yd FG	10	7
0:12	(MICH) TD Mich: J. Gallon, 7 Yd pass from D. Robinson (B. Gibbons kick)	10	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MASS	MICH
4:02	(MASS) Safety Mich: Team Safety (K. Nelms tackle)	12	14
1:31	(MICH) TD Mich: D. Dileo, 49 Yd pass from D. Robinson (B. Gibbons kick)	12	21
0:02	(MASS) TD UMass: R. Blanchflower, 31 Yd pass from K. Pagel (B. Levengood kick)	19	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MASS	MICH
1:26	(MASS) FG UMass: B. Levengood, 30 Yd FG	22	21

Massachusetts Minutemen
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
K. Pagel	18/29	191	1	2
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Williams	21	76	3.6	1
M. Cox	7	29	4.1	0
K. Pagel	7	47	6.7	0
J. Broadnax	1	15	15.0	0
B. Dowling	1	10	10.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Blanchflower	6	100	16.6	1
A. Hill	4	30	7.5	0
A. Williams	3	11	3.6	0
B. Dowling	3	39	13.0	0
M. Michel	2	11	5.5	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
Q. Sales	1		0
R. Blanchflower	1		0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
C. Birt	6	1	0	0
Q. Smith	6	0	0	0
R. Carter	5	0	0	0
P. McIntyre	5	0	0	0
D. Thellen	4	0	0	0
E. Saint Vil	3	0	0	0
C. Thompson	3	1	0	0
D. Adeoba	2	0	0	0
K. Nelms	2	0	0	1 *Safety
A. Tharpe	2	0	0	0
B. Potvin	2	1	0	0
A. Hill	1	0	0	0
R. Jette	1	0	0	0
S. Milhim	1	0	0	0
Q. Sales	1	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
B. Levengood	2/2	2/2	8	30
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
J. Strait	3	112	37.3	1
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Cox	2	64	32.0	0
K. Nelms	2	46	23.0	0
PUNT RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Cox	2	8	4.0	0
Q. Smith	1	8	8.0	0

Michigan Wolverines
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
D. Robinson	11/18	228	2	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
F. Toussaint	13	45	3.4	0
D. Robinson	11	19	1.7	1
V. Smith	3	10	3.3	0
J. Gallon	1	1	1.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
D. Dileo	5	126	25.2	1
J. Gallon	3	51	17.0	1
R. Roundtree	3	51	17.0	0
J. Jackson	1 *Drop	0	0	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
T. Lewan	6		0
B. Moore	4		0
R. Barnum	2		0
M. Schofield	1		1
P. Omameh	0		2
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. Morgan	11	0	0	0
J. Kovacs	10	0	0	0
T. Gordon	9	0	0	0
K. Demens	7	0	1	0
C. Avery	7	0	0	0
R. Taylor	6	0	0	0
J. Floyd	5	0	0	0
B. Countess	3	0	0	0
N. Brink	3	0	0	0
J. Ryan	2	0	0	0
W. Campbell	2	0	0	0
Q. Washington	2	0	0	0
J. Jackson	1	0	0	0
M. Jones	1	0	0	0
M. Robinson	1	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
B. Gibbons	0/0	3/3	3	0
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
W. Hagerup	5	221	44.2	0
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
V. Smith	1	29	29.0	0
J. Gallon	1	27	27.0	0
PUNT RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
V. Smith	0	0	0	0
J. Gallon	0	0	0	0