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ZooCougar said:
The team is wildly erratic.

At times they look two to three scores better than everyone and then they lapse into periods of incompetence. The defense at times looked like they simply didn’t care anymore.

Hard to celebrate a win with these concerns.
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Nice observation. When UConn goes on scoring drives, it doesn't look spectacular or like they are doing anything crazy. It just looks like good, solid football. Same thing with the defense when it's playing well.

And then each side of the ball will have a 2-3 possession stretch where they look like they're D3 back ups.

Same players. Same coaches. Just maddeningly inconsistent results.
 
The Good
  • A win on the road
  • No turnovers Again
  • No penalties
  • Defense held them to 17 points
  • Deep RB Room played well when Edwards went down
  • Last drive was textbook
  • 49 yard kick is good, Freeman hits both
  • Clock management at the end of the game
  • Only one sack against the statistically best sack defense
  • 165 yds rushing
  • Held Buffalo to 125 yds passing
  • Outstretched touchdown by Edwards
  • Skylar YAC on that touchdown
The Bad

  • Could not run clock in the 4th
  • Get a D lineman back, lose another to injury
  • Edwards dinged up
  • Shanked punt
  • Joe leads the team in rushing
  • Edwards bottled up most of the day
The Ugly
  • Grabbing not tackling, LB’s running past the ball carriers instead of stuffing the hole
  • Missed turnover opportunities
  • Missed tackle on the fake punt
  • Blocked punt
  • Gave up 204 yds rushing
  • Turtle mode for much of the fourth quarter
 
Marbles90 said:
Ball was on the Buff 33. Not really a “short field” if you miss.


It sorta worked out because the ball ended up at the 10. But it was only 23 yards of field position and even with a 3 and out, Buff was still able to flip the field on the next punt anyway. But did you see that kick? Clearly, punting is not Freeman’s strength. Very lucky it ended up on the 10. It was almost blocked. And a more likely outcome was it was gonna end up in the endzone in which case you are getting 13 yards as opposed to a chance to go up 20-10. 51 yards is definitely in Freeman’s range even if it was a lower probability.
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I agree. It only worked out in the sense that Freeman’s punt was about as good as anyone could expect & Uconn ended up winning. Buffalo flipped positions anyway on the next punt and then got it back near mid field & went on to score.

Of course it’s no guarantee but a field goal there would have prevented needing late game heroics to pull out a W. I just thought a FG attempt there, especially with Freeman, would have been well worth the risk of losing about 15 - 25 yards of field position.

Good thing is none of it matters now because they won.
 
Milo65 said:
The Good
  • A win on the road
  • No turnovers Again
  • No penalties
  • Defense held them to 17 points
  • Deep RB Room played well when Edwards went down
  • Last drive was textbook
  • 49 yard kick is good, Freeman hits both
  • Clock management at the end of the game
  • Only one sack against the statistically best sack defense
  • 165 yds rushing
  • Held Buffalo to 125 yds passing
  • Outstretched touchdown by Edwards
  • Skylar YAC on that touchdown
The Bad

  • Could not run clock in the 4th
  • Get a D lineman back, lose another to injury
  • Edwards dinged up
  • Shanked punt
  • Joe leads the team in rushing
  • Edwards bottled up most of the day
The Ugly
  • Grabbing not tackling, LB’s running past the ball carriers instead of stuffing the hole
  • Missed turnover opportunities
  • Missed tackle on the fake punt
  • Blocked punt
  • Gave up 204 yds rushing
  • Turtle mode for much of the fourth quarter
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Letting up that last TD was hard to watch. I really wanted the D to finish that superb series. Instead receiver goes into end zone untouched.

Turtle mode to me is let’s ride Cam and forget we have 3-5 RBI’s and some superb receivers. Cam getting 2-4 yards is what happens when the other team knows our offensive plans of handing him the ball over and over again. Won’t cut it all game.

When Cam went out w. Ankle we kind of shined as we marched down the field. Loved that series of playcalling that had joe running it, Swedish kid with speed and moves cutting up D, and our receivers making plays. Nice to see Rosa in his dual role RB/Receiver - he played well yesterday.

This point has ZERO to do with Cam but playcalling. Teams are prepping for Cam all week. Give them something they don’t expect.

The Good, I would add:
1) No sacks allowed by offensive live.
2) Joe as the leading rusher maybe not the greatest sign but so glad he has decided to run when the play calls for it. Defenses will not have to have him accounted for - that’s helps our RBs.
3) Can someone acknowledge our receiving crew showed up when it counted? Clutch catches - wow!
4) Referees - as least we got as fair of a shake in the road as you’re going to get. Loved the way they resisted the PI Calls. Made for smooth, competitive game.
 
Milo65 said:
The Good
  • A win on the road
  • No turnovers Again
  • No penalties
  • Defense held them to 17 points
  • Deep RB Room played well when Edwards went down
  • Last drive was textbook
  • 49 yard kick is good, Freeman hits both
  • Clock management at the end of the game
  • Only one sack against the statistically best sack defense
  • 165 yds rushing
  • Held Buffalo to 125 yds passing
  • Outstretched touchdown by Edwards
  • Skylar YAC on that touchdown
The Bad

  • Could not run clock in the 4th
  • Get a D lineman back, lose another to injury
  • Edwards dinged up
  • Shanked punt
  • Joe leads the team in rushing
  • Edwards bottled up most of the day
The Ugly
  • Grabbing not tackling, LB’s running past the ball carriers instead of stuffing the hole
  • Missed turnover opportunities
  • Missed tackle on the fake punt
  • Blocked punt
  • Gave up 204 yds rushing
  • Turtle mode for much of the fourth quarter
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The missed turnovers are killer. We must have dropped 8-10 interceptions already this year. Of course it happens and there's a reason DBs don't play wide receiver, but it's been excessive
 
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businesslawyer said:
Similar thoughts. It appears to me that King and Parham are our two best LBs (not counting the hybrid LB/DEs, Branch and Key). I don’t think we have them on the field together much, if at all.

And I’d love to know if, on the Buffalo tieing TD, someone blew an assignment or the blitz we called left us no way to defend that little pass. I’m guessing the former but it’s just a guess.
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On that TD, in real time, I thought they had too many blitzing, but I would need to see a replay. It looked like 7/8 blitzing, but not sure.
 
businesslawyer said:
… And I’d love to know if, on the Buffalo tieing TD, someone blew an assignment or the blitz we called left us no way to defend that little pass. I’m guessing the former but it’s just a guess.
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Stinger92860 said:
On that TD, in real time, I thought they had too many blitzing, but I would need to see a replay. It looked like 7/8 blitzing, but not sure.
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re: Freeman punt:
I liked the call; yes it was almost blocked... he's setup 5 yards shorter than a normal punter, it was always going to be a rushed kick, with a goal to getting it out of bounds inside the 10. It achieved exactly what was intended.


re: D-Line/LBs
In general I think the D-Line was adequate; the problem on defense and the rush defense is the linebackers. There seems to be one of two modes for them; rush into the backfield and over pursue the play. Frequently in this approach the backer is actively avoiding contact, rather than taking on and defeating the block, as a result they are taking themselves out of the play. The few times where the LBs did not penetrate, they struggled to get off the block themselves, but they did tend to bunch up the play keeping things to 4 yard gains rather than say... 62 yards and a score. One thing that has been incredibly frustrating to see is the number of times UConn uses pressure, gets folks into the backfield, but the attempted stop has stopped feet and a lunge/reach. Brock seems to be using a ton of pressure to try to get penetration and to help the defensive backs; but the defenders are struggling to breakdown and make a good form tackle.
 
JMick said:
The missed turnovers are killer. We must have dropped 8-10 interceptions already this year. Of course it happens and there's a reason DBs don't play wide receiver, but it's been excessive
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Lol. Every time I see LB's (Not just UConn's), I say to myself that's why they're on defense.
 
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ZooCougar said:
Who are we going to play instead of him? I mean you’re not wrong but Evers couldn’t hit simple slant patterns last season.
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I would definitely prefer JF. He is UConn's QB1. But, every coachs' conversation should include the admonition . . . aim lower. He's like a pitcher in BB that is constantly wild high. MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
I would definitely prefer JF. He is UConn's QB1. But, every coachs' conversation should include the admonition . . . aim lower. He's like a pitcher in BB that is constantly wild high. MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
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JF excels in the vertical game. He does throw that ball for that play high quite often.
 
ZooCougar said:
JF excels in the vertical game. He does throw that ball for that play high quite often.
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He does. So the tiny adjustment of bringing down his throws should be simple. Can't keep throwing high to receivers.
 
giddyup said:
We left another steaming pile on the field. The staff ought to be embarrassed…again. These players are overthinking, tentative and micromanaged. It shows up many ways..arm tackling, being pushed back on their heels, delayed fills, lack of aggression. Even our O is regressing with the line not pushing the LOS and keeping their blocks, and receivers suddenly not getting open. Compound this by just plain stupid calls on O and D, and we have a mess in the making. I don’t think I could be more disgusted other than we managed a W despite the stink..
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Give the Buffalo D some credit. They are good and they blew up a lot of what we wanted to do.

I do think if they had Roberson and Gaithings we probably would not have won the game.
 
Purple Stein said:
Give the Buffalo D some credit. They are good and they blew up a lot of what we wanted to do.

I do think if they had Roberson and Gaithings we probably would not have won the game.
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Yes, indeed. We had trouble with a freshman QB and replacement center.
 
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giddyup said:
Yes, indeed. We had trouble with a freshman QB and replacement center.
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I don’t know about that. We had our usual late game meltdown and allowed a guy to break one. That wasn’t anything the qb did. Just a blown play by the D, but other than that kept them pretty much in check. Our offense was having a tough time against a pretty tough defense, too. Lembo is a good coach and Buffalo will be pretty good in MAC play as they were last year. They finished the year 9-4.
 
freescooter said:
I don’t know about that. We had our usual late game meltdown and allowed a guy to break one. That wasn’t anything the qb did. Just a blown play by the D, but other than that kept them pretty much in check. Our offense was having a tough time against a pretty tough defense, too. Lembo is a good coach and Buffalo will be pretty good in MAC play as they were last year. They finished the year 9-4.
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Even without Roberson and Gaithings, Buffalo was a better team than Ball State.
 
Marbles90 said:
Since I was watching on delay, I wasn’t on the chat. What did you all think of the fake field goal / pooch punt? I was baffled why they didn’t attempt the 51 yarder. Did anyone agree? Felt they were playing not to lose. Going up 20-10 felt like it would have been insurmountable but 17-10 felt like Buff would score and tie. Don’t you go for points when you have the chance?
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I'm with you, I wanted us to kick that. I know Freeman probably only had a 30-40% chance at best of hitting a 51 yarder, but that late in the game up 7 I want us to at least try.

Hindsight is obviously 20/20 but they scored anyways and we pinned them back what, an extra 25-30 yards because we punted? So all the fake fg pooch punt ultimately did was give us less time to make our comeback drive and kick the game winning fg. If we had hit the 51 yarder we wouldn't even have needed the comeback
 
Jetskies said:
how did the DLine do today? i missed the game.
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Still sackless on the season, Smilley almost got one but QB got the throw away just before he got there. Wright went down at one point, honestly not sure if he returned. Hoffman had 2.5TFLs and honestly probably earned more playing time. But they didn't create pressure often, missed multiple tackles in the backfield again. Kind of tough to gauge if there was improvement since Buffalo has such an anemic offense, and were without Roberson and Gathings.
 
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The Viking said:
I think we mistakenly dipped into the Flag Football portal for defense
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Part of the dilemma on the transfer portal for the DL and LB is almost no one plays a 3-3-5, so the staff has to project or guess how well their current tape translates to their responsibility in Brock's schemes.
 
Nameless said:
Hindsight is obviously 20/20 but they scored anyways and we pinned them back what, an extra 25-30 yards because we punted? So all the fake fg pooch punt ultimately did was give us less time to make our comeback drive and kick the game winning fg. If we had hit the 51 yarder we wouldn't even have needed the comeback
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True, although they didn't score on the ensuing drive following the pooch punt, they instead hit a 67-yard punt of their own, flipping the field. UConn's ensuing 3 and out is what preceded the game tying drive (as well as a good punt return by Buffalo that gave them the ball near midfield).
 
ScottVib said:
True, although they didn't score on the ensuing drive following the pooch punt, they instead hit a 67-yard punt of their own, flipping the field. UConn's ensuing 3 and out is what preceded the game tying drive (as well as a good punt return by Buffalo that gave them the ball near midfield).
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My mistake, good catch. Think that game was so painful to watch at points my brain cut some parts out lol
 
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