A look as Stony Brook

UMass has some HTML game notes up here. Full pdf notes are here .

Stony Brook, as you know has committed to upgrading their program to a full 63 scholarships and leaving the NEC Conference to go independent.

The Seawolves may want to reconsider leaving the Northeast Conference as fellow members Albany and CCSU have been tearing up I-AA lately. Albany beat A10 power Delaware before 22,000 stunned Hens fans at the Tub last week. CCSU beat I-AA power Georgia Southern and earned its first ever top 25 ranking last week.

Stony Brook has a killer schedule this year. They play three A10 teams. Albany, #1 UNH and #9 UMass.
The results so far:

1. L 17-8 Hofstra
2. L 7-0 Georgetown
3. L 62-7 New Hampshire

The results are not unexpected with the Seawolves only up to 27 scholarships. The Seawolves defense has been stout, holding Hofstra scoreless in the first half. Georgetown only managed one score. The UNH offense, the best in I-AA, ran over them last week.

It is the Seawolf offense that is not yet competitive at this level. The offense line features four new starters. The Seawolves have only managed 231 yards/game and have only scored 15 points in three games. Their QB Josh Dudash is 28-49-0 261 yards 1 TD with a poor 108.62 efficiency rating. The season Seawolf stats are here .

Matt Dougherty of the Sports Network has UMass by 38-6.

The odds guy Keeper has UMass by 41.