SMITHFIELD – Bryant will enter its football home opener and the official unveiling of its latest Beirne Stadium renovations on a different sort of high.

The Bulldogs had never beaten an FBS opponent until a thriller at Massachusetts on Saturday night. Bryce Soli’s field goal as time expired gave his team a 27-26 triumph over the Minutemen, an upset at McGuirk Alumni Stadium that the visitors might have seen coming.

Zyheem Collick’s 9-yard touchdown reception from Brennan Myer late in the first half offered a spark in a 20-3 game. Bryant eventually took a 24-23 advantage when Myer hit Elijah Elliott for a 43-yard score and found Collick again on a 72-yard bomb late in the third quarter. The Bulldogs found a defensive stop when they needed it most inside the final three minutes, an

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