Buffalo Post Game Thread

[Kolumbo]

I agree. The helmet is missing something though. Still better than the Block C.

Maybe all blue with a white facemask and/or stripe. Yesterday's helmet looked stealthy though.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

This team doesn’t NEED a QB who can do things with his legs. We actually have great running backs and great linemen. We also have some really good WRs, Bell is probably the best we have ever had.

We don’t need a running QB with those weapons and it’s more dangerous for the other team to have to account for a passing game (Nick Evers cannot pass well. Not up for debate) than a slight mobile QB who gets concussed every other game.

The running game is better with a qb that can run…it puts more stress on the defense. But…I agree…if Evers fumbles or gets injured every other play…he isn’t helping the team.

As I have said before….I am surprised he has spent 2 years on P4 teams..with P4 facilities and P4 coaching…and he plays and looks like a true freshman. I do think this stretch of so so teams at home will help him get the reps he needs to get better…but he needs to stay on the field.

Oddly enough…NE starting and JF finishing probably is giving the opposing DC fits.

 

[JohnFSilver]

John. I am sure you know a lot more football than me. But I sensed a much higher level of comfort in Joe once he settled down. And I think you put your finger on an important point. He is willing to throw long which is how you get defenders out of the box.

I don't think it is cut and dry.

So if many think Fagnano is better due to vertical game I think it is an argument that has merit.

I like the ceiling of Evers as a maturing passer and runner is higher. But, no denying the bigger arm is a weapon.

I will say, Fagnano hasn't played in a stress situation. Ignore merrimack. He has had garbage time in games and Saturday was first game where he had to perform. He was impressive.

We’ll see. They out up 500 yards with evers. There impressive.

I just think fagnano is erratic. Not inaccurate, but runs hot and cold. But if there is a question about evers health, that leads me to fagnano.

 

[JohnFSilver]

The running game is better with a qb that can run…it puts more stress on the defense. But…I agree…if Evers fumbles or gets injured every other play…he isn’t helping the team.

As I have said before….I am surprised he has spent 2 years on P4 teams..with P4 facilities and P4 coaching…and he plays and looks like a true freshman. I do think this stretch of so so teams at home will help him get the reps he needs to get better…but he needs to stay on the field.

Oddly enough…NE starting and JF finishing probably is giving the opposing DC fits.

P4 coaching isn't better than any other coaching.

 

[BlueandOG]

That was the most fun I’ve had at a UConn football game in years! Meeting BY royalty @UConnDan97 was among the highlights. Psyched for next week! Let’s go! 10-2 is within reach!

 

[Rich]

It's different sports and different circumstances but Mora's run is shaping up like Hurley's.

Hurley's first two years, he missed the NCAA tournament. Had a losing record in year 1.

Then once UCONN joined the Big East, he made the tournament two years in a row but lost in the first round both times. Whispers started. I understand the football program's dynamics are vastly different but on a relative basis I think there are some parallels.

You know the rest. Sometimes you have to experiment before you find the right formula, and in this case it just might have been a little extra NIL funding, which I have no problem with that because literally every other FBS and FCS institution is doing the same damn thing.

I did not find Herman's comments offensive in the least. In fact, he did a lot of what Mora did after the '23 season when he gave the infamous 'Donors need to step up before we can be competitive' speech. Herman is no dummy; the guy was HC at UT for awhile and presumably knows the difference between a program that has robust alumni and institutional support and one that does not. It's a tough task moving that rock up the hill as we all know and sometimes you have to use dynamite to break the boulder into manageable pieces.....or something.

 

[UConnDan97]

That was the most fun I’ve had at a UConn football game in years! Meeting BY royalty @UConnDan97 was among the highlights. Psyched for next week! Let’s go! 10-2 is within reach!

If I'm royalty, then the Boneyard is in bigger trouble than I thought...

Great to meet you yesterday, my friend! Looking forward to meeting up again in the future...

 

[FfldCntyFan]

If I'm royalty, then the Boneyard is in bigger trouble than I thought...

Great to meet you yesterday, my friend! Looking forward to meeting up again in the future...

You would have to figure that if the Boneyard does have royalty, some version of a Bastard Prince would be kicking around somewhere.

 

[AllHusky]

The running game is better with a qb that can run…it puts more stress on the defense. But…I agree…if Evers fumbles or gets injured every other play…he isn’t helping the team.

As I have said before….I am surprised he has spent 2 years on P4 teams..with P4 facilities and P4 coaching…and he plays and looks like a true freshman. I do think this stretch of so so teams at home will help him get the reps he needs to get better…but he needs to stay on the field.

Oddly enough…NE starting and JF finishing probably is giving the opposing DC fits.

Kind of a SANOGO/Clingan , Clingan/Johnson rotation. Not a huge FB guy, is rotating QB’s a taboo thing to do?

 

[zmart]

The bandwagon jumpers will show up for the Wake Forest game if we beat Temple next week.

 

[Palatine]

Kind of a SANOGO/Clingan , Clingan/Johnson rotation. Not a huge FB guy, is rotating QB’s a taboo thing to do?

It is in the NFL. It's pretty common in college. Not rotating per se but giving a series here and there to a second QB. Florida won a National Championship doing it.

 

[Waquoit]

The bandwagon jumpers will show up for the Wake Forest game if we beat Temple next week.

You make it sound like a bad thing.

 

[goalline]

"old guy" thinks someone should come up with a Tee shirt. BONEYARD RULES!

 

[AllHusky]

It is in the NFL. It's pretty common in college. Not rotating per se but giving a series here and there to a second QB. Florida won a National Championship doing it.

Seems like with a healthy Evers might be good to try it. The difference with Fagnano is noticeable. Different game. Would keep D guessing and adjusting, especially as Evers develops his passing game

 

[JohnFSilver]

Whatever one thinks of ESPN's passer rating stat, JF is now #2 in the country a

merrimack.

Inflated against merrimack. Against Maryland and Buffalo are his other extended times.

Here is where we are.

19-35 (54%), 360 yards and 4 TDs with one pick.

Not bad. They can win with that. But it is not as good as bottom line numbers.

Evers had missed a game and left every game early except loss to duke. So durability an issue.

I think things like this sort themselves out. How many times has UConn had zero options at qb? Seems they got 2. Enjoy.

 

[ctbro1999]

I don’t want to get carried away but UConn would beat any team in the country right now by at least three TDs

Lol
But I definitely think they could beat FSU by 3 TDs. Then again, most teams could probably beat FSU by 3 TDs.