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Results as expected. Bottom line is UConn will be less skilled, smaller, and slower than the majority of their opponents. When that is the deck you are dealt with, the players ......and coaches......have to pay attention. What irked me was how many times the "D" appeared to be looking to...

Devastating! One of the more powerful radio stations in NE.......wide range of coverage Apparently it was a business decision by CBS.....which now owns WTIC......26 year relationship ends after BB season is over.!!!! WTIC could not come to a monetary agreement with UConn for broadcast rights...

For a very long time it has irritated me that whenever UConn is back to receive a kickoff or punt, as soon as a player catches the ball looks up he is surrounded by a bunch of defenders. Is there some sort of rule that special teams can not knock the punt/kick team players on their butts...

This board can be brutal on anyone for anything. The past few years you've had more than your share of fan's targeting for your (lack of) leadership and effectiveness on the field when things go wrong that have been more severe than physical hits you've taken in the game. As for me, I think...

I'd never thought I'd live to say this, but after almost 50 years of giving program support at Memorial Stadium and the Rent, I am done......won't be back to the Rent for a number of reasons. I know I probably upset more than a few with my comments on this board, and for that I...

Year after year UConn's recruits are ranked at the bottom of the conference.......whatever conference. Year after year UConn is pick to finish in the lower 50%-25% of league standings....whatever conference. Year after year opposing teams frequently set individual, team, or program records...

What's the problem? It's easy to finger point at our dilemma........our long time dilemma. Since I never played or coached the game, I'm only offering suggestions of cause/effect of our on field results for many years as a fan for close to 50 years . Is it the coaches? Its as easy to blame...

I'm am really sick and tired of suggesting our geography dictates the type of style our offense run. I'm afraid that we are doomed to an old time high school offensive strategy of run, run, run, because 'it gets cold, it rains, the sun don't shine......blah, blah, blah. ......that's who we...

Did he play in Patriots/Saints exhibition game last night. Only saw portions of first half, and no Brown appearance that I could recall. With the commentary my brother stated was in a recent Connecticut Post interview, he said Belichik (sp ?) had nothing but high praise for Donald. I hope it...

Last night Gresh had some talking head analyze American Conference recruiting classes. Apparently Houston had "one of the top classes" in the country......not just the American. I have no animosity towards their program ,,,,,,,, they are winners, quite exciting to watch and have a preseason top...

Many have remarked , or suggested, how ESPN may be going "out of its way" not to help UConn. Saw their ESPN College football preview in which they suggest UConn's chances of winning AAC title is less than 1%. The chances of beating any of our opponents, outside of Villanova, is less than 30%...

I know we have one (not counting JC transfer) .........and many were asking the same thing around this time last year. Then there was a flurry of signees in June.......and if I recall correctly, June turned out to be the best month ever in UConn FB history. Not only in numbers, but size. We...

Heard a small segment of BD on WTIC sports talk last night. Didn't hear whole show and segment was cut short by Red Sox baseball programming. But from my take it sounds like there is "separation" at QB, but BD still analyzing and my not actually name #1, 2, 3, etc until Fall practice. But it...

Been recovering from major op. in November. Did I somehow miss new season ticket package offerings? It would be interesting if and/or how the venture capitalists on the "Shark Tank" would value the product and "price point" if Warde & Sue were to appear as entrepreneurs looking for an...

Does anyone remember preseason predictions by "talking heads"? Rabid fans (me included) responded to one last place predictions with commentary "how could we be worse than Temple, SMU, Tulane, Army, USF etc., etc" The kindest preseason prediction was somewhere in the middle of the lower half of...

Throughout this year, it seemed a lot of "fans" may be "quitting" on the program. The good news is neither the team or the coaches are made up of "quitters" . With the horrendous history the past few years, and the very disappointing start this year, the team didn't cash it in. That says a lot...

Unfortunately I missed most of the game because of work. But driving home after half time and listening to Joe D commentary during the opening second half drive I asked myself "What the heck is going on?" Chandler, over the years with the team, you've taken a pounding on the field from...

Boy, talk about perception. Fans of Vanderbilt are concerned that with the departure of Franklin, their team could become another UConn. The last three years Franklin provided Nashville with a team that could compete in the SEC and, win or lose, play an exciting game. They managed to beat some...

I appreciate it that BD calls a spade a spade.........I will refer to him as being UConn's first direct and honest coach when evaluating the program. This team simply does not have the horses right now to compete at a FBS level. This is the second time within a month BD has stated they have to...

Remember that Wendy's commercial from the eighties? Little old women's question regarding value of a competitors hamburger product. Was cute and funny. The ingredients, the chef, and the way ingredients are assembled make a good hamburger and keeps customers returning for more. So, with...

I thought BD suggested last week that by Monday we would know? If I missed the post, who was chosen? Or maybe I'm just a week early in my expectation of the announcement. I apologize for my anxiety for whatever the reason.

Bob Diaco may be knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and a great college coach. Unfortunately, what I heard yesterday form long time Connecticut residents at a 25 wedding anniversary party was not encouraging. At one point discussion turned to all sports....pro, college, high school. I through out...

........with Dennis House as the commentator. I probably missed advanced notice, so only caught tail end of "rerun" of presentation between 10:15-10:20 last night......by accident. The three questions I heard from House, which for obvious reasons Diaco "avoided or glossed over" were similar...

O.K. so the thread indicates I'm a pretty old buzzard. (but not really, really old) This is how the coaching staff makes me feel. The little I've read about the coaches, to me, offers the same concept. In my analysis it seems that each coach has a direction he wants his coaching...

I was lucky (for personal reasons) to spend some time in Nashville this past week and watch a SEC team which typically has a disadvantage recruiting in the SEC, .......compete with some of the best. That team.......Vanderbilt. Last Saturday my brother and I watched them (on TV) beat a team...

Warde did his part.......now we need to do ours. The players probably have a wide range of emotions........no matter what they may have thought of PP as a coach, he gave them a chance to earn an education at the next level, a chance that otherwise some may not have had without the UConn...

Per hartford courant, as of 2:00PM did not return LOI. When contacted, said confused......not sure what he wants to do. That hurts UConn, but understandable from his POV. Never heard of this late QB signee from Atlanta.

Regardless if you were rooting for the Patriots and/or Ravens, for me it was nice to see BE running backs from Rutgers and Temple perform so well for the Ravens. Outside of mentioning they were from Rutgers and Temple, I don't recall the commentators adding a positive qualification "of the Big...

........I've been holding my breath so long for good news. It's one thing to think we're the little engine that could.......but is the UConn engine running out of steam. Obviously the conference situation is not good. Not too sure all the energetic speculations about future happenings will...

A thought concerning UConn's athletic future. One thing that was apparent in UConn/Louisville and Rutgers/Louisville football games is a rabid fan base. The stands were packed, and the fans were loud. Last night I could feel the enthusiasm through the TV......it was a great atmosphere...

Well SH and WM, I guess we all know, if we didn't before, PP and GD are probably the only people on the face of college athletics, that think UCFB is an up and coming exciting FB program......with a lot of promise and potential .........NOT !!! How do you spell irrelevant! It wasn't terribly...

In a discussionwith a co-worker yesterday, a big UConn fan (BS) as well as Ohio State (MS), he feared that if Louisville was selected, it means that every team that had/has a possitive football image (nationally) has left the BE. He asked......in the recruiting world, what highly regarded...

Lew Perkins often used the phrase "cautiously optomistic" I'd like to apply this to my decades of allegiance to UConn, but the longer this drags out, I don't think it is in UConn's favor. Dec 1st will decide who represents the BE in a BCS bowl. (Forget the ACC playoff nonsence for waiting to...

Had the chance to watch niece/nephews HS football game (Masuk vs Newtown) Wednesday evening. It was for the league marbles. Masuk, lead by Casey Cochran, came into the game averaging over 50 points a game. Newtown held Masuk scoreless (four punts) in the first quarter for the first time this...

There has been some hope and speculation that if UConn is left out of realignment and rests in some form of a NBE, it may be able to count on OOC games with WVU, Syracuse, Pittsburg to possibly bolster home schedules. Don't count on it! As reported in the Connecticut Post on Thanksgiving, it...