Air Force Post Game Thread

[KryHavok]

Like @HCCForever, I wish Fagnano was able to keep up his INT-less season, but today he didn't need to sling it to win it, Cam proved to be power today. Eight wins and perfect at home...what a season!!!!!!!! Gotta heal for next week, get prepped for FAU, and see if we can get double digit wins for the season. Let's go UConn!!!!!!!!

Edit: just listened to Mora's post game presser. The defense opted for a 4-3-4 for Air Force today and limited them to less than half their usual score. That's a big adaptation. They can run, but we did more with our run game today.

 

[uconnfan68]

Like @HCCForever, I wish Fagnano was able to keep up his INT-less season, but today he didn't need to sling it to win it, Cam proved to be power today. Eight wins and perfect at home...what a season!!!!!!!! Gotta heal for next week, get prepped for FAU, and see if we can get double digit wins for the season. Let's go UConn!!!!!!!!

Cheap way to lose the int-less season.

 

[RSTuthill]

Gonna be a great Thanksgiving this year. We all have a lot to be thankful for. Hoping for either Fenway again or Pinstripes. One more hurdle to get there though

Oh, the game. Well, the D was marginally better than expected and got just enough stops. They could not stop the fullback up the middle unless by committee of almost everyone on the field. And if Air Force had a passing game UConn might have been in real trouble. But they bent and did not break

The O was more than marginally worse than expected. It wasn't until the second half when Sammis realized they could gain first downs on the ground that UConn started to put the game away. Gosh, the Huskies' running backs make your jaw drop with their speed and moves, don't they? Yup, UConn had Cam Edwards and Air Force did not. Not to mention the other running backs.

One day to savor, and then get ready for that trip South.

 

[RSTuthill]

Was there a pre game flyover? We host Air Force of all teams in P&W stadium and seemingly nothing?

Public outreach being cancelled during the shutdown probably the culprit.

 

[gioff2323]

Great win UConn!! It started shaky and looked like they were going to die a slow death from a 1,000 paper cuts, but the defense stood strong and allowed the offense to come alive in the 2nd half. Edwards is the MVP and a straight up tuff dawg!

Going a perfect 6-0 at home is great. Opponents can win at Clemson's Death Valley, but the Rent is a whole other thing.

Falcons for lunch, and let's have Cougars for dinner tonight. Sounds like a perfect Saturday!!

Always a great day night if u can have a cougar for dinner

 

[Viet Vet]

Winning ugly beats losing pretty. Bad day for Joe. Thank you Cam.

 

[Forte]

Important win ... glad to see USF lose and have less chance playoffs .... maybe I am looking at it all wrong but their luster is dropping for realignment ... if Duke beats UVA UConn's stock goes up.

 

[Rondogg]

We beat an option offense. So many times that destroyed us over the years. It's like facing a knuckleballer. Glad to win and move on.

And we beat the spread.

 

[Viet Vet]

Ok a win is a win. That said, be cognizant of the moment. Sammis screwed both Fagnano and Bell with absolute crap play calling never giving these guys a chance. What an utter fool. He won the game and lost the national story. So pissed.

Sammis’s job is to put the offense in position to win the game. It is NOT to market a “national story” or develop individual statistics. Fagnano’s interception was the result of a tipped ball, not the play calling by the OC.

We are the University of Connecticut football team, not the Fagnano-Bell-Edwards team.

 

[cthog]

Fewest points Air Force has scored all year.

 

[3rdbass]

They mentioned Air force was set up to stop the big throws by UConn we we didn't adjust in the first half. We finally decided in 2nd half since they were playing us for the pass that running the ball down their throats was obvious as they couldn't stop us. We also limited their offense by keeping them off the field. We should of started running more earlier in the game. Either way 8-3 and a chance for 10 wins sounds great. Now let's beat FAU next week. Go Huskies!

 

[Khal Drogo]

Was there a pre game flyover? We host Air Force of all teams in P&W stadium and seemingly nothing?

I was expecting one after seeing the Governor

 

[ZooCougar]

Gotta love playing academies.

Lots of lower body blocks and lower body injuries.

Good win. They fired their best missiles. We launched countermeasures and dominated the second half.

 

[Waquoit]

I remember when option teams would out adjust us at halftime.

 

[huskymedic]

Edit: just listened to Mora's post game presser. The defense opted for a 4-3-4 for Air Force today and limited them to less than half their usual score. That's a big adaptation. They can run, but we did more with our run game today.

 

[Tdaley]

Cam Edwards was great again today. On that key first down on our last scoring drive with a screen pass to Bell, it was Cam making to block to free Bell. Cam was our offensive MVP today.

 

[Windham4th]

I felt like the option offense was calling the same option each play up the middle. Not too much lateral movement from what I remember but it was so boring to watch I might have dozed off for a few of their plays.

 

[maple]

You weren’t the one that said Air Force was going to score at will, were you?

I’m sure I said something to effect of that. Hey they were carving us up big time to start the game. But I’ll never be upset to eat my words when it comes to UConn winning.

 

[Hskies4Ever]

31k today at the Rent for a middling Air Force team… that’s a good sign. The people are coming back out. And on a day with the Ice Bus and a marquee basketball game both a comfortable drive away.

 

[Stinger92860]

31k today at the Rent for a middling Air Force team… that’s a good sign. The people are coming back out. And on a day with the Ice Bus and a marquee basketball game both a comfortable drive away.

I went solo today from Fairfield county, as no one was available. I sat with 2 elderly Alums who were very quiet but friendly and knowledgeable. I had a blast!

 

[UConnDan97]

31k today at the Rent for a middling Air Force team… that’s a good sign. The people are coming back out. And on a day with the Ice Bus and a marquee basketball game both a comfortable drive away.

THIS!

Everyone should be proud of what UConn has accomplished. And I'd like to think that we Boneyarders played our part in getting the Huskies through the dark times and back into the light...

 

[Rich]

Mora, Mora, Mora. What a hire.

What really sucks is the pre-determined bowl partnerships are probably going to preclude us from drawing a higher end P4 opponent. I'd love to see this team get a crack at Tennessee, Miami, USC......or perhaps even Texas if it loses out.

 

[HCCForever]

Cheap way to lose the int-less season.

As mentioned in the chat, having no interceptions includes a lot of luck. I have seen plenty of games where a perfect pass is mishandled by a receiver only to be intercepted. The great catch by Bell balanced out Joe’s INT.

 

[HCCForever]

I felt like the option offense was calling the same option each play up the middle. Not too much lateral movement from what I remember but it was so boring to watch I might have dozed off for a few of their plays.

I agree completely Most of their rushing yards were on runs right up the gut. No deception or pitches to another back the way Navy used to carve up UConn.

 

[Waquoit]

Not as many students. I chalk that up to the 12pm start.