Bowl Game Post Game Thread

[KryHavok]

What an amazing performance. The final score doesn't reflect how badly we dominated that game. Man, what a season. I said at the end of the season that the next evolution was to beat a few P4 teams, well here we go!!

Was kind of pissed that all they showed at the beginning was crap about the BB hire but UConn showed them that it was about them today.

What an amazing win and an awesome way for the outgoing Huskies to finish their careers!

I'm already itching for the spring!!!

We Kings of New England again!!!

 

[Viet Vet]

They can’t do any worse than the ACC slugs that have been reffing our games.

Celebrate the win. Lose the ref-baiting.

 

[tayjlaw]

Random question but if anyone bought an extra Fenway Bowl pennant they don’t need, I would love to buy it and would be eternally grateful…..

 

[Vowelguy]

I do not understand why anybody thinks UVA or UNC going to BIG10 or SEC. There is little interest in football at either school. It will be interesting to see if BB can increase interest in football at UNC.

[NC is the largest state without a BiG or SEC school.
It also gets the BiG closer to recruiting hubs and future population growth. Traditional BiG country is a declining share of population, wealth, etc]

 

[Scoe]

Now I was confused by the shirts UConn had for being Fenway bowl champs, now shouldn't it just have UConn on the shirt for being champs and not have UConn and UNC on the shirt? It was the same exact shirts you see selling in the stands of both teams on it.

 

[CJasmer]

[NC is the largest state without a BiG or SEC school.
It also gets the BiG closer to recruiting hubs and future population growth. Traditional BiG country is a declining share of population, wealth, etc]

Texas or Florida would be better media markets for the BIG to get into. Recruiting and future population growth.

 

[upstater]

Belichick would likely have been roundly booed by the Boston crowd, and he may have wanted to avoid that being the headline on the game story.

????

Wha?

The guy is beloved in Boston

 

[Waquoit]

Now I was confused by the shirts UConn had for being Fenway bowl champs, now shouldn't it just have UConn on the shirt for being champs and not have UConn and UNC on the shirt? It was the same exact shirts you see selling in the stands of both teams on it.

The reason they have t-shirts with the winner so quickly after the NCAA's is because they print shirts for both teams and send the losing shirts to Africa. I doubt they are making two different batches for the Wasabi Bowl.

 

[DoctorWho85]

* Pinstripe has entered the chat *

We should try to reach out to Steve Cohen and see if he'll offer up some NIL money to get us as a tie in for a bowl at Citi Field

 

[Scoe]

The reason they have t-shirts with the winner so quickly after the NCAA's is because they print shirts for both teams and send the losing shirts to Africa. I doubt they are making two different batches for the Wasabi Bowl.

Cheap bastards and yes I get it's not the national championship. Well let's see what shirts the winner of the pop tart bowl gets.

 

[hardcorehusky]

No I didn’t miss that. My point was it was late in the 4th Q when they were down 3 scores. Running it a bunch of times and eating up clock to score 1 TD was not a major issue at that point towards our goal of winning. If they had switched to that strategy earlier in the game, I pretty much guarantee our D would have adjusted & shut it down.

They ran the same wildcat plays in the 2nd qtr and got stuffed.

 

[freescooter]

I have a UConn 2009 Champions t-shirt my brother bought me in a stand in Ghana.

 

[Palatine]

Some good crowd shots within:

I'm in that shot.

 

[Scoe]

There it is just Iowa state on the Pop tarts bowl championship T-shirt bad job by Fenway.

 

[Ldandy]

Congrats Huskies. Heck of a season capped by a nice W over an ACC Team in front of a vocal crowd. Big 12 you watching?

 

[UCFBfan]

We needed a signature game like this. For all of us who suffered from at least 2010. No further analysis from me. We lingered in the stands for a long time to savor the moment.

I can't like this enough. Through all of the suffering and sticking with this team, this win felt even better. This win is for all of those players who have poured their hearts into this program through all the down years since our glory days under RE 1.0.

Oh and @KryHavok We are back to being Kings of New England!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Thanks, they picked up that 2nd flag? That was a pro move by the refs.

They gave UConn a warning. I'm almost certain I've seen this before- a crew throws a flag to stop the clock and discuss as a group and then just announce it as a warning.

 

[Purple Stein]

Electric environment, great win, lots of pent up energy exploded today.

Go Huskies!

 

[Waquoit]

They gave UConn a warning. I'm almost certain I've seen this before- a crew throws a flag to stop the clock and discuss as a group and then just announce it as a warning.

I'm almost certain I seen them tack on the 15 with a chef's kiss. "So, you think we screwed you on the first flag?", I think I lip read once.

 

[SCNCHuskie]

Well how about that? Was hoping for more scoring in the 2nd half, but a 9 win season - well done! Super happy for the team and for the fans!! Proud of the team!!!

Enjoyed the comment early in the 2nd half from one of the announcers - "a pair of blue blood basketball schools going at it on the football field", or something like that...

Two blue blood basketball schools playing football in a baseball stadium (in a hockey town).

 

[BugsyCT]

Internet chatter after a big UConn win is the best kind of internet chatter.

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Redemption today. All these years as a season ticket holder. Lamenting over what the kids have gone through. Myrtle Beach Bowl disappointment...
And now this. Redemption. Glory. And a positive feeling moving forward. Today was electric. Never even needed to turn on my electric heated socks or gloves. We didn't even need our rain paints...we never sat once.
I will remember this game as the turning point. I'm sure of it. So happy to spend a cold, wet day surrounded by loud and proud Huskies. Can't make this stuff up.

 

[The Viking]

Can't get over the attendance by UConn fans. Outstanding showing. This wasn't a tickets sold number, it was actual Fannie's in the seats.
You have to imagine Fenway will do everything it can in future years to bring UConn into the fold.

 

[Waquoit]

Can't get over the attendance by UConn fans. Outstanding showing. This wasn't a tickets sold number, it was actual Fannie's in the seats.

It's takes many fannies in the seats to produce that roar that came out of the UConn section all game.

 

[The Viking]

Half the Fans were about 10-15 minutes late getting into seats. But it's a timing improvement over the Rent

 

[AllHusky]

2024 not a bad year for UConn Husky Athletics.

 

[UConn Dan]

What a great game to be able to attend and participate in. Very electric. The crowd was really the 12th man today. The team was feeding of us and we were feeding off the team. Congrats to the team! You deserve this!

 

[giddyup]

Couple of observations/thoughts:
1. Kudos to Joe Fagnano. Without him none of this was possible. If there was ever a fine point put on it it was Evers’ RPO at the 4 yard line. Just horrendous throw that was almost intercepted.
2. Rosa is a tough kid but is not in the same league as Cam. Cam has excellent vision and finds holes.
3. Yates should be a beast next year. Inspired ball. Will miss McDonalf. He is all over the field.
4. I wish Bell would stick around. He can have all success he needs right here in Storrs. But, I suppose breaking in a new QB isn’t ideal.
5. With a solid QB, next year should be a good one.
6. It’s been a long long time with a lot of pain over the last 15 years. That makes this win all sweeter. Couldn’t be prouder. The CFB can’t help but take notice.

Can’t wait for next season.

 

[RSTuthill]

We should try to reach out to Steve Cohen and see if he'll offer up some NIL money to get us as a tie in for a bowl at Citi Field

Excellent idea.

 

[Jetskies]

It’s time for a renewed Joe fagnano appreciation post. I don’t think we break 6-6 without his play, this year.