UConn/Cincy game thread

[Allbite]

The guy who caught the TD.....sure

You've got to be kidding. It can be argued that Tarbutthead cost them a bowl with all his chokes.

 

[Redding Husky]

Bottom line:

We are better now than in 2016. And we'll be better in 2018 than we are now.

 

[Milo65]

They drove the field with 1 minute left and scored and made some great plays. What the heck more do you want?

That’s what good teams do! Do you want to know what bad teams do? Get a taunting penalty on last play of the game and then CHOKE on the extra point.

It doesn’t really matter anyway. Coaches decide to try to run out the clock instead of pressing. I mean if your going to have big balls and go for two on the last play, you might as well go balls out for the fourth quarter.

 

[Redding Husky]

No, our fault. Just not on HM. That Point After has to be made. Not to mention the game never should have been that close.

The stupid penalty wasn't the only mistake we made. There were many others. But there was a lot of good that happened today, too.

 

[Allbite]

Already agreed with that...

Tarbutt would have missed if it was an extra point at a regular distance. It's not set in stone that Edsall was going for 2.

 

[ASweet3781]

They drove the field with 1 minute left and scored and made some great plays. What the heck more do you want?

Honestly, if this was the standard you had for this game as it played out than just shut the whole thing down.

 

[BlueDogs]

That’s what good teams do! Do you want to know what bad teams do? Get a taunting penalty on last play of the game and then CHOKE on the extra point.

It doesn’t really matter anyway. Coaches decide to try to run out the clock instead of pressing. I mean if your going to have big balls and go for two on the last play, you might as well go balls out for the fourth quarter.

Lots of mistakes. Playing in a protective shell is no way to win.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

It was childish to say anything.

I may be off, but I am guessing you never made a big play in a big game.

Whatever. We lost, doesn't much matter why. But watch that game again, and I am sure you will easily find other celebrations by both teams that didn't even draw a glance from the refs. This wasn't the first quarter. No good ref makes that call in that situation.

 

[BlueDogs]

Honestly, if this was the standard you had for this game as it played out than just shut the whole thing down.

They are a losing team in transition to learning how to win. A little context helps. Yes, it was infuriating and inexcusable. But, they could have rolled over at 3-8 and packed in. They didn't.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

What bothered me more is Coach was planning to go for two before the penalty.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

The stupid penalty wasn't the only mistake we made. There were many others. But there was a lot of good that happened today, too.

Agreed

 

[UCDaveD]

I may be off, but I am guessing you never made a big play in a big game.

Whatever. We lost, doesn't much matter why. But watch that game again, and I am sure you will easily find other celebrations by both teams that didn't even draw a glance from the refs. This wasn't the first quarter. No good ref makes that call in that situation.

Jesus, are you Hergy's dad or something? He made a big mistake, it shouldn't be that hard to admit it.

 

[Allbite]

They are a losing team in transition to learning how to win. A little context helps. Yes, it was infuriating and inexcusable. But, they could have rolled over at 3-8 and packed in. They didn't.

Yeah, but their kicker arguably cost them 3 wins. The only good they can take from this is the resolution that they need a new kicker for next year.

 

[sportsart]

The guy who caught the TD.....sure

Act like you been there Hergy. That pushed the ball back and took away a regular XP and turned it into a field goal.

 

[ASweet3781]

They are a losing team in transition to learning how to win. A little context helps. Yes, it was infuriating and inexcusable. But, they could have rolled over at 3-8 and packed in. They didn't.

Transition or not, you will not get a more winnable football game than was just played and they still found every which way to lose it.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Act like you been there Hergy. That pushed the ball back and took away a regular XP and turned it into a field goal.

He hasn't been there. When was the last time we went 93 yards to score in less than 2 minutes?

 

[crazyUCfan23]

We are marked by the football gods

More like marred*

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Jesus, are you Hergy's dad or something? He made a big mistake, it shouldn't be that hard to admit it.

No, I am your dad, but that is beside the point.

I don't think it was worth a flag. Ok if you disagree.

 

[SubbaBub]

Standing over a guy after a play jaw flapping is a penalty and called quite often.
One of the many things than needs to change is that the showboating after making a merely competent play whist getting toasted with alarming regularity has to end. I'm talking directly to the secondary waving incomplete every time the opposing QB overthrows one when they are consistently giving up 3rd and forever conversions.

If you want to showboat, then earn. This team is at the opposite end of that threshold.

 

[UCDaveD]

No, I am your dad, but that is beside the point.

I don't think it was worth a flag. Ok if you disagree.

Good one, dude.

 

[BlueDogs]

Transition or not, you will not get a more winnable football game than was just played and they still found every which way to lose it.

We are not a good team. We are a team making modest steps towards improvement in fits and starts. That became obvious over the past month. The D is a major issue and replacing Crocker should be job 1 along with finding some football players that want to stick their nose in the runner's chest and find ways to be in plays.

 

[SubbaBub]

Deserves it just for wearing an apple watch on the poster. Tom Brady wouldn't be caught dead wearing that. Even he wears an ugly self titled Tag Heuer.

 

[ASweet3781]

We are not a good team. We are a team making modest steps towards improvement in fits and starts. That became obvious over the past month. The D is a major issue and replacing Crocker should be job 1 along with finding some football players that want to stick their nose in the runner's chest and find ways to be in plays.

We we're a better team than Cincinnati for most of the game! They are not a good team either!

 

[jbdphi]

Had to go offline there - I was thinking it would be an OT game when there was around 5 minutes left and then both offenses scored. Who would have thunk it?

What a way to lose another game. This team gives me agita.

Does this count as a Nostical win?

 

[UConnDan97]

The biggest thing that bothered me today, and it will likely bother me for quite some time, was the apparent avoidance of using Arkeel all day. If you didn't know any better, you wouldn't know that he is still our 3rd leading receiver in terms of yards and our second leading rusher in terms of yards (by only a handful), and the guy missed multiple games.

He's our best offensive weapon. And on a day that we really could have used some offense, we didn't go to him at all. He had two carries and no passes (one pass with a penalty) today. WTF??? On his last day as a Husky? Really?!?

That's going to bother me for a long while...