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@UConnFootball: Coach Diaco will be live on ESPN3 @ESPNCFB at 1:15 pm from @American_FB media day #bleedblue #RiseUp
 
Thanks for the great work medic.

If anyone has access to the video from the American Digital Network and or CBSSN or ESPN3 please upload to YouTube and put in here!
 
Coach Diaco is on ESPN3 right now. Saying all the right things as usual. Love me some Bob Diaco, the orator. SOOOOO eager to see what he does as Coach.
 
again if anyone knows how to get the clip of diaco's interviews from espn3, cbssports, and/or american digital network please put them on youtube and put them in here!
 
Another mention of S.T.E.M. academic fields. He's been pushing it at UConn since Mid-December. Show me a person that doesn't believe UConn to the Big Ten isn't a real near future consideration (i.e. AAU), and I'll show you someone who can't read between the lines.
 
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weyuo said:
I'm a little surprised that the AAC HQ is still in Providence. Figured they would have moved to Hartford, the Big Apple or a member city geographically in the middle of the conference. Obviously Memphis comes to mind there but I think if they had moved the HQ to NYC it would make some kind of a subliminal statement that this conference is for real. How many other conference headquarters are based in NYC?
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That was part of the deal when We, Cincy, et al split from the BE we got stuck with the dumb @$$ lease.
 
Sounds like HCBD likes Richard Levy 6'6" 305 and Andrea Knappe 6'8" 300 at the tackles. He loves Alex Mateas, 6'4 310 at Center. Probably Gus Cruz, 6'4 300 and Tyler Samra, 6'2 290 or Kyle Shafenacker 6'3 285 at another guard. I have nothing to base this on but I have a feeling Diaco is downplaying how good the O-line is. We may be talking about the offensive line being the surprise of 2014! Keeping Foley was such a good move. We lost, Jimmy Bennett, Kevin Friend and Steve Greene but I think these guys will jell under the new coaches and Foley. The weight training supplied by Dan Mullin should have a big impact.

Check out the rush blocking and pass protection vs. Memphis. Also our retrievers, Davis, Fox, Bradley and Lemelle all had great catches in the game. Cochran's decision making was crisp. Casey's like having a coach on the field. I know it was Memphis but all things considered that was a great way to end the season!

 
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ZooCougar said:
Yeah, I don't like that call.
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My guess is they want to have the availability of a more mobile and longer quarterback. Tim Boyle, although primarily
a pro style quarterback, has shown more run ability than Cochran or Whitmer. Diaco wants to keep the opponents off guard. So my guess is the two qb's will be Cochran and Boyle. That's why they picked up Bryant Sherriff's from NC State! He has wheels!
 
ZooCougar said:
Every time we explore this idea, regardless of head coach, it always gives us the same results. A frustrated O-Line jumping offsides on 3rd and 2.
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Great point. Knowing Diaco, he will address that situation. As we all know, he is a detail guy!
 
Confident Carl said:
My guess is they want to have the availability of a more mobile and longer quarterback. Tim Boyle, although primarily
a pro style quarterback, has shown more run ability than Cochran or Whitmer. Diaco wants to keep the opponents off guard. So my guess is the two qb's will be Cochran and Boyle. That's why they picked up Bryant Sherriff's from NC State! He has wheels!
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It's a great idea on paper, but over the long haul I like it when the coach trusts one guy to go get it done. I think Cochran or Boyle can be that guy.
 
Confident Carl said:
Great point. Knowing Diaco, he will address that situation. As we all know, he is a detail guy!
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I think it would be foolish to waste Boyle's redshirt so that we can have a la carte QB as a mobile option.
 
ESPNU has a media day special going on right now and just announced before the commercial break that they will be discussing the American outlook for this upcoming season as well as hearing from some of the coaches.
 
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quick whip around of about 5 coaches during their interviews, Diaco was one of the coaches included. Luginbill (sp?) picked Houston to win the conference with Cincy second and UCF third. Interestingly he said it was a "3 team race" and didn't mention ECU at all, who I think has a very good shot to win the conference in their first year.
 
Wait until they actually play 2 QBs before you get upset.

Until it happens it's just talk and it could be as simple as making BYU spend time thinking about it.
 
Luginbill says on ESPNU after a clip from the Aresco speech this morning that the American isn't a Power Conference because that's "just the way it is". Direct quote.
 
Confident Carl said:
My guess is they want to have the availability of a more mobile and longer quarterback. Tim Boyle, although primarily
a pro style quarterback, has shown more run ability than Cochran or Whitmer. Diaco wants to keep the opponents off guard. So my guess is the two qb's will be Cochran and Boyle. That's why they picked up Bryant Sherriff's from NC State! He has wheels!
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From the Boneyard Blog this a.m. Diaco on the quarterbacks: "Chandler is just so talented" "If you turn the ball over, you will not play" Guess that we won't see much of Whitmer. (GOOD!)
 
coachcap said:
From the Boneyard Blog this a.m. Diaco on the quarterbacks: "Chandler is just so talented" "If you turn the ball over, you will not play" Guess that we won't see much of Whitmer. (GOOD!)
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Actually, that sounds to me more like a statement that Chandler could be the starter against BYU with a short leash. And I'm fine with that, if that's the case. And if not, I'm fine with Casey too...
 
Drew said:
Luginbill says on ESPNU after a clip from the Aresco speech this morning that the American isn't a Power Conference because that's "just the way it is". Direct quote.
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And that's the definition for everyone. Much like one knows obscenity when one sees it.
 
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whaler11 said:
And that's the definition for everyone. Much like one knows obscenity when one sees it.
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Its good to see the formula explained so well for what it takes to be a "power conference". I agree with one thing you said, this will never be a brand league and no amount of on the field winning will ever change that. But for an idiot like luginbil to say that is a kick on the nut sack. He works for ESPN. This conference is an ESPN property. With friends like that.
 
DCUconnfan said:
Desmond Conner @desmondconner
#UConnFootball will have a starting QB but he won't be the only one who plays in a game. Two are going to play...


I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
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Only way I think this is a good idea is if he expects us to be so far ahead that he brings in a 2nd quarterback for mopup duty in the 4th quarter of most games. Other than that, I view it as a very bad idea. It was fashionable a few years ago, but you rarely see it now.
 
If the two qbs had vastly different skill sets I could see it. Our qbs are kind of all mirror images as far as skills. None are really a threat with their feet. Guess we'll see what this means.
 
Drew said:
Luginbill says on ESPNU after a clip from the Aresco speech this morning that the American isn't a Power Conference because that's "just the way it is". Direct quote.
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Well its nice to know there is a reason. This is really why I had hoped we wouldn't end up back with ESPN. We have zero hope of being given legitimate consideration on ESPN. Much like the old Big East, on field performance is pretty much irrelevant unless it fits the narrative that the Conference is weak. At least with NBCSports, a win over say, Big 12 Champ Baylor in a BCS bowl game would be played up. A win over SEC Champ Georgia in a BCS bowl would be a great victory, not explained away because Georgia wasn't into the game. A physical and emotional beatdown of Clemson would be what it is, a total mismatch.
 
freescooter said:
Only way I think this is a good idea is if he expects us to be so far ahead that he brings in a 2nd quarterback for mopup duty in the 4th quarter of most games. Other than that, I view it as a very bad idea. It was fashionable a few years ago, but you rarely see it now.
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It was fashionable a few years because a sucky team (Miami) caught the crème de the AFC East off guard. What happened on Nov 23, 2008 in Miami? Matt Cassel went off for over 400 yards and Ronnie Brown couldn't get out of his own way (37 yards rushing). The Wildcat was a gimmick then, it was a gimmick in 2011, and is a gimmick now. Poor Scott McCumming might be the nicest kid in the world, but he was misused by coaches stuck in 1998, let alone 2008 (I'll give you three guesses who the defensive coordinator for the Dolphins was in 2008. First two don't count.).
 
Husky25 said:
It was fashionable a few years because a sucky team (Miami) caught the crème de the AFC East off guard. What happened on Nov 23, 2008 in Miami? Matt Cassel went off for over 400 yards and Ronnie Brown couldn't get out of his own way (37 yards rushing). The Wildcat was a gimmick then, it was a gimmick in 2011, and is a gimmick now. Poor Scott McCumming might be the nicest kid in the world, but he was misused by coaches stuck in 1998, let alone 2008 (I'll give you three guesses who the defensive coordinator for the Dolphins was in 2008. First two don't count.).
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Be easy on McCummings, that's my eskimo bro you're talking about
 
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