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Do we have better players than URI?

It sounds like a slobber knocker but in some positions, we have superior athletes, even if freshmen. As always, comes down to superior execution.
 
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huskymedic said:
What site you using - I can't find a line here Vegas Insider or here @ Bovada/ OddsShark
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Found it.
 
Unless you’ve actually watched Rhode Island how would you even guess at who has better players?
 
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whaler11 said:
Unless you’ve actually watched Rhode Island how would you even guess at who has better players?
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Saw them at Brown last year. URI lost. We have a chance.

Edit: URI has much better quarterbacking this year. Uh oh. A win might inspire an upgrade to FBS?
 
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Waquoit said:
Your lack of explanation says that you believe that Rhody has the better players. Now that's a bad take.
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Edsall is not worse than Diaco.

You are officially wrong.
 
Waquoit said:
Your lack of explanation says that you believe that Rhody has the better players. Now that's a bad take.
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Pal saying we have worse coaches than URI is a bad take....
 
whaler11 said:
Unless you’ve actually watched Rhode Island how would you even guess at who has better players?
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I watched the URI/UAlbany game. RI's defense was very good. Albany couldn't get much going util the 4th quarter. Is URI better? I don't think so. But their roster is full of Juniors and Seniors and HCF is five years in.
 
Dooley said:
If that line is true, I'm about to ask you guys to borrow some money so I can put it on URI. Very hard to fathom how anyone can lay 2 scores with our defense right now.
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It is hard to fathom anyone putting money on this game on either side. Here are two plausible outcomes:
1. We are just as awful as we looked last week, and find a way to lose or win on a late FG
2. We played a team that was undefeated last year and one that should be this year until Bowl season. Our guys, having faced some incredible size, speed and talent the last two weeks, face a team that is, comparatively, playing in sand. And they go to town.

UCF had a very hard time stopping our offense. Our own mistakes did most of that. URI is going to stop our offense? On the defensive side, guys who couldn't contain WR or RB, or shed blocks, may find that they can against this team.
 
FCS teams usually lack size, speed and depth vs. most FBS teams. That can cause some drop off in performance late in the game. They get worn down. That was the case with Holy Cross last season.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
It is hard to fathom anyone putting money on this game on either side. Here are two plausible outcomes:
1. We are just as awful as we looked last week, and find a way to lose or win on a late FG
2. We played a team that was undefeated last year and one that should be this year until Bowl season. Our guys, having faced some incredible size, speed and talent the last two weeks, face a team that is, comparatively, playing in sand. And they go to town.

UCF had a very hard time stopping our offense. Our own mistakes did most of that. URI is going to stop our offense? On the defensive side, guys who couldn't contain WR or RB, or shed blocks, may find that they can against this team.
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Let us pray for Number 2.

I watched some of the Albany game and without knowing anything about Albany it was amazing to see how Rhody blew them out. Albany had no life, was down 45-7 after three quarters and then scored three unanswered TD's to make it 45-26.

Mirror image of the Pitt-Albany game. About the same yardage for Pitt and URI, and Albany was also about the same in both games. Pitt didn't score in the second half.........maybe all subs? URI didn't score in the 4th quarter.

So, URI plays lots of senior and juniors and may be the equal of at least one Power Five school.
 
Palatine said:
I think we do, by a lot. Is that the consensus view? If that's true we should beat URI, no?

I believe these players are much better than they have shown. By the results say they are the worse defensive players in the entire FBS. And they were the worst last year too. The cupboard is bare.

I will root for these players regardless of results. But the coaches and the coaching are another matter.
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I would not expect most sane football fans to pay attention to recruiting stars for this game, but if you add up the number of recruiting stars for Uconn vs URI, the totals are about 26 to 6 in favor of UConn.
 
huskyrob1 said:
I would not expect most sane football fans to pay attention to recruiting stars for this game, but if you add up the number of recruiting stars for Uconn vs URI, the totals are about 26 to 6 in favor of UConn.
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How does this ratio compare to the Boise game?
 
Purple Stein said:
How does this ratio compare to the Boise game?
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Don't know, would take some research. If you feel up to it, have at it. Lol. However, I would hazard a guess and say Boise State has more players who were 2 and 3 star recruits (maybe even a few 4 stars) than Uconn has.
 
I've got UConn opening as 7.5 point favorites this morning.
 
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AfgHusky15 said:
How do you explain our poor offense? There are only 3 schools in the entire FBS that score less points per game than UConn (!), and UConn is 105th in yards per game (talking about offense).

All this when there are only 2 true sophomores and no freshmen starting. 5 of the 11 starters on offense are seniors by the way...
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How do you explain thinking statistics tell you much after two games when the games are against the best two teams we will play?
 
Tell you what, they better beat the crap out of this team today or the entire season will be lost. We need a spark.
 
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Seems both teams are pretty evenly matched talent wise based on the score. UConn is however an FBS team and URI is FCS.
 
TJT said:
Seems both teams are pretty evenly matched talent wise based on the score. UConn is however an FBS team and URI is FCS.
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Disco recruited FCS kids - talent is pretty darn close. URI had the best receiver on the field for sure.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
All of these URI players are from CT and they’re essentially the same quality as us.
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Hope you were being sarcastic. Unless I counted wrong they had 8 players from CT on their roster and at best only 5 saw the field.
 
LIUCHusky said:
Hope you were being sarcastic. Unless I counted wrong they had 8 players from CT on their roster and at best only 5 saw the field.
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Maybe SNY only called out CT kids but every play call was “from East Haven” or “from Hartford”
 
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