UMass football coach Mark Whipple has been suspended for one week without pay after comparing the team's performance in its 58–42 loss to Ohio on Saturday to sexual assault, the school's athletic director Ryan Bamford announced Sunday.
Whipple will participate in a mandated sensitivity training program by the university.
On Saturday, Ohio scored on nine straight possessions, setting a single-game record with 664 total offensive yards. Following the game, Whipple criticized the officiating and compared a missed pass interference call to assault, according to The Athens Messenger's Jason Arkley.
"We had a chance there with 16 down and they rape us, and he picks up the flag," Whipple said.