Former Western Mass. high school star and Virginia Tech QB Pop Watson is headed to Amherst. minutemancommand.com/p/break…

UMass drops fourth straight, this time at UConn in the ugly's game of the year. The Minutemen had 13 offensive "drives"; eight were 3-and-outs and seven failed to gain more than 5 total yards. minutemancommand.com/p/uconn…

UMass HC Joe Harasymiak spoke with reporters after the loss to UConn.

UConn QB Kalieb Osborne shakes two UMass defenders to cap this one off with a 13-yard TD run. UConn 35, UMass 9 | 4Q | 3:04

Nifty little toss from Pop to Curtis Kimmons IV for UMass' first TD of the game early in the fourth quarter. They go for two and Reece Adkins drops a WIDE OPEN pass. UConn 28, UMass 9 | 4Q | 14:17

UMass driving as the third quarter ends. Will have a 2nd & 6 at the 10 when we come back

Phillipson's punt is blocked and recovered in the end zone by UConn for a touchdown. UConn 28, UMass 3 | 3Q | 6:44 (More like Game. Over.)

1-for-10 on third down just isn't going to get it done...at all

Feels like the UMass offense has to do something this drive if it wants any chance

A holding penalty and a personal foul to start the drive cripple UMass' chances on its first possession of the third quarter and the Minutemen have to punt back to the Huskies.

UMass gets the 3-and-out it absolutely needed to start the 3rd quarter. 1st & 10 for the Minutemen at their own 38 to start the drive

Pop Watson started super sharp, but has been slightly off since. First-half stat line 11-21, 100 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. 7 rushes for 11 yards

A one-score game for most of the first half was flipped in 32 seconds flipped. The Huskies have outgained the Minutemen 283-126. UConn RB Cyncir Bowers: 11 carries, 113 yards and a 70-yard touchdown. UConn 21, UMass 3 | Half

Looked like a potential hook & ladder there, but Watson's pass is off and makes the ladder part of it impossible.

And they do, a 70-yard touchdown run on the first play of the drive by Cyncir Bowers and all of a sudden, UMass is in serious, serious trouble. UConn 21, UMass 3 | 2Q | 1:05

UMass can't do anything with it and will have to punt after possessing the ball for just 19 seconds. UConn will try to put some serious separation between them now starting from its own 30 with 1:15 to play

Important late drive for UMass as UConn will get the ball to start the second half

UConn QB Kalieb Osborne hits JD Willoughby with a nice over-the-shoulder toss for a TD as the Huskies do cash in. UConn 14, UMass 3 | 2Q | 1:36

Since each team's scoring drive on their first possession, this has turned into a field position battle. UMass has started at its 25, 12, 39 & 1 while UConn has started at its 35, 44, 18 and now the UMass 45. Huskies trying to add points before the half here at the two-minute timeout.

Backed up in its own end zone, UMass does nothing and has to punt. UConn has it 1st & 10 at the UMass 45 with 2:43 to play in the half

UMass comes up with another third-down sack to force a UConn punt