A “W” is a “W”…

[UCan3]

After all is said and done, I celebrate the W yesterday. I don’t care that it was against Temple… I don’t care that we played poorly…. All I know is that we had a chance as a program to change the narrative and we did.

That was an epic moment where the program’s reputation was on the line and our DefensIve line decided “enough is enough!”

As much as a loss is a loss, I’m celebrating this as a a great moment for UConn football and “a W is a W.”

We can lament about the lack of play on both sides of the ball but we go into the bye week 4-2 with a highlight clip that will help us in recruiting!

 

[BugsyCT]

For all the seasons of unwatchable blowouts where we couldn’t even field a competitive FBS team, so many here complaining about a narrow win that “we didn’t deserve” because we didn’t play up to your standards that this UConn team themselves set by the previous 3 blowout home games?

Classic Boneyard. We won the game. We’re 4-2. Guess you’ll have to suffer for 2 weeks with this moral defeat.

 

[Palatine]

An ugly win is a win.

And there are no ugly wins in the won/lost column. Just Ws.

 

[UCan3]

For all the seasons of unwatchable blowouts where we couldn’t even field a competitive FBS team, so many here complaining about a narrow win that “we didn’t deserve” because we didn’t play up to your standards that this UConn team set by the previous 3 blowout games?

Classic Boneyard. We won the game. We’re 4-2. Guess you’ll have to suffer for 2 weeks with this moral defeat.

I am at a loss over anything else but to celebrate this Win. It was a heck of a roller coaster! My whole family was dancing around the living room at the end of the game!

If you can’t just stop for a moment and realize we haven’t had a winning season in #forever and enjoy the fact we faced certain defeat and then said “hell no” then I feel bad (not mad) for you.

I loved the post-game with Mora who is rarely at a loss for words until he was asked “Jim, in all your experience in College/NFL have you ever had a game end like this?”

Mora had long pause… Umm… No I haven‘t…

Epic game!

 

[Exit 4]

I’m going to buy in on; I) a win is a win (4-2 baby!) and ii) this game was a wake up call to the entire team that no game will be easy. Anything can happen - prep for it all. Stop reading the press clippings.

 

[Palatine]

 

[BugsyCT]

Character win. Temple D gave us problems all game, Fagnano struggled, but we overcame it, made the plays that we needed to in order to put us in a position to win, and survived with a memorable last second goal line stand.

Good teams won’t play great every week. They’ll be games like this, and it may serve this team well as a learning experience the rest of the way.

If you’re angry that we should have beat Duke and didn’t, then beating Temple like this shouldn’t be a mood-killer for you.

 

[UCan3]

Character win. Temple D gave us problems all game, Fagnano struggled, but we overcame it, made the plays that we needed to in order to put us in a position to win, and survived with a memorable last second goal line stand.

Good teams won’t play great every week. They’ll be games like this, and it may serve this team well as a learning experience the rest of the way.

If you’re angry that we should have beat Duke and didn’t, then beating Temple like this shouldn’t be a mood-killer for you.

And to add to this - as bad as Fagnano played yesterday, I thought a turning point was when he ran the ball to the 10 YD line and instead of ducking out of bounds, he took a big hit.

That motivated the offense - you could see the whole offense change after hit - and we went and scored.

I give Fagnano credit for never giving up even where many in his position might have…

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I said in the first quarter - when UConn was squandering possessions as fast as the got 'em - that UConn was the better team. But, they let Temple hang around and hang around and it came back to bite them. So in the end, UConn stole a victory in a game they never should have lost. But there they were, needing a miracle finish to pull out victory in a game we should have one won comfortably.

 

[UConnDan97]

There really ARE such things as "character wins". Those come on the days where your good stuff isn't working right. Run game isn't going. Best wide receiver has to come out. QB can't find it. Defense starts to bend.

But right before that clock hit 0:00, we found out what we were made of. The offense found out. The defense found out. Even the fans found out what we were made of. And the ones that stayed until the end (because a lot had left) were treated to the type of memory that makes the ticket price worth it in the end; that Husky Nation will not break. Not now. Not ever...

 

[ZooCougar]

We stopped a tush push on the one yard line. We penetrated the line so badly the Center/QB ball exchange was likely botched. Of course we deserved to win.

I give Temple a ton of credit though.

We have tons of work to do to get ready for Wake Forest.

 

[AllHusky]

For all the seasons of unwatchable blowouts where we couldn’t even field a competitive FBS team, so many here complaining about a narrow win that “we didn’t deserve” because we didn’t play up to your standards that this UConn team themselves set by the previous 3 blowout home games?

Classic Boneyard. We won the game. We’re 4-2. Guess you’ll have to suffer for 2 weeks with this moral defeat.

Absolutely! We were 1-0 this week. This is akin to Brimah making 3 point play against St Joes to send to OT in 2014. We sucked out loud, but found a way. UConn history might not be what it is if not for that awful game by the eventual champs! This potentially huge win going forward. Makes WF game “HUGER”!!

Let’s go undefeated for next 2 weeks!!

 

[F101Voodoo]

I said in the first quarter - when UConn was squandering possessions as fast as the got 'em - that UConn was the better team. But, they let Temple hang around and hang around and it came back to bite them. So in the end, UConn stole a victory in a game they never should have lost. But there they were, needing a miracle finish to pull out victory in a game we should have one won comfortably.

They did not steal the victory. Our defensive line held Temple with a goal line stand. The fact that the ball “popped” out was fortuitous but we need to give our D credit for setting up the condition for a fortunate event. Hey the ball either “pooped “ or popped out so we all should take it and enjoy the V for victory and accept the W for win.

 

[UCan3]

They did not steal the victory. Our defensive line held Temple with a goal line stand. The fact that the ball “popped” out was fortuitous but we need to give our D credit for setting up the condition for a fortunate event. Hey the ball either “pooped “ or popped out so take it and enjoy the V for victory and accept the W for win.

I agree 100%. UConn rose to the occasion and if Temple ”deserved“ to win it, they would Have.

Can’t blame the refs - they made bad calls going both ways.
Can’t blame the weather.
Can’t blame injuries

We took that game - just happened to be the DEFENSE that won the game.

 

[CTBasketball]

And to add to this - as bad as Fagnano played yesterday, I thought a turning point was when he ran the ball to the 10 YD line and instead of ducking out of bounds, he took a big hit.

That motivated the offense - you could see the whole offense change after hit - and we went and scored.

I give Fagnano credit for never giving up even where many in his position might have…

I was telling my friends this also.

Fagnano was underwhelming all game, but we needed him that drive and he stepped up. The scramble and toss to Buckman and that challenge to get the 1st were big time plays.

 

[Palatine]

We beat a team that didn't know how to win.

The good news is that team used to be us.

 

[UCan3]

We beat a team that didn't know how to win.

The good news is that team used to be us.

Reminds me of how we struggled to “take a knee” because it had been so long.

Temple played good yesteday. Sometimes records don’t matter.. We were in a dogfight.

Our receivers were covered, QB pressured and the RB’s got nothing easy.

Their offense hit a nice groove in 2ne half wi Brock hitting dimes.

I’ll take that win yesterday as not perfect but certainly nothing to be ashamed of. And the goal line stand was legendary.

 

[gopher2]

1) Fantastic stand by the D to save the win! One of our most memorable moments in years.
2) Sad there weren't more students in the stands to go bonkers when Wright slid to the back of the end zone. Kudos to the ones that were there.
3) This game and Duke are probably the best barometers of where we are as a team. Better than Temple, almost as good (maybe as good) as Duke.
4) The Temple front 7 were the fastest, most disciplined, best tackling front 7 we have faced in any game except Maryland. Their rushing stats against the run were skewed because of playing against the option offenses of Army and Navy, both of which are better than usual this year.
5) We may need to go to Welliver before the season is over. Evers could be done for the season with one more hit, if he isn't done already. Welliver may have to take the reigns at some point if Fagnano goes down or he keeps missing wide open receivers like he missed Bell twice for easy TDs. Welliver's accuracy might allow our passine game to realize its full potential.
6) Rosa should have been given a shot yesterday when the run game was sputtering.
7) The offense will need to play much better for us to beat Wake. QB play must better. Oline must go into total beast mode. Everything else comes off that.