Charley's Corner 9.7.26

So five winners and five losers of what was a wild week one, a full five days of week one.

Gosh, we start Thursday, get games Fridays, Saturday, Sunday was three fantastic football games, or at least we'll call it like two and a half.

Wisconsin didn't realize it was the four quarter game, but two and a half great football games last night.

And then again, a fifth day of it today.

It's been fantastic.

And we're starting off our winners all the way back Thursday.

I don't want this to get lost in the college football weekend that was because it happened so early in the week.

But how about Zoo Mass, baby? UMass, the Minutemen, their first FBS win since 2024.

I mean, we're talking about a Minutemen program that you could say has been left for dead, but I don't think they were ever truly alive to begin with.

Now, Pop Watson, he waited his turn at Virginia Tech, never got to start over Kyron Drones.

He transfers to UMass.

He was electric as they beat Rutgers 37-21 on the opening Thursday night.

But not just our winners for finally getting an FBS win and starting off the season with an upset.

Our winners as well.

Because they figured out how to capitalize on it.

They were gathering fans Saturday night for a UMass block party, engaging the fan base.

They had half the stadium full.

They were teaching them a new chant that they're going to and start engaging in the stadium moving forward.

And if you look at their schedule, they go... fcs sacred heart fcs stonehill sac state eastern michigan miami ohio doesn't have their quarterback like they could all of a sudden stack some wins which is crazy to think for a team that again had not beaten an fbs football team since 2024 uh man greg shiana what happened brother but winner number one zoom ass and the minute men uh winners of the weekend moving on here Number two, our second winner of the weekend.

We're actually going to give this, this is more of a plural, winners.

It's Boise State and Oregon.

Gave us really a fantastic game Saturday afternoon when you weren't really expecting it.

You know, we talked about it last week on the show.

Hey, it's at least a brand of football in Boise State that's been competitive for the better part of a decade.

You know, they played Oregon well the last time in the regular season a couple of years back.