Come on, Joe was given an opportunity; end of story. He worked his ass off, he got us into bowls for two consecutive years, and he owes “UConn” nothing at this point.
Ditto for Mora, who leaves us, after 4 years, 1000% better.
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Dom Amore: Joe Fagnano has taken his last snap for UConn football, now he’s aiming for the NFL
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Ditto for Mora, who leaves us, after 4 years, 1000% better.
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Did you get kicked in the head by one of your draft horses?
Joe needed the last three weeks to prep for the NFL and an All Star game when the combine is two whole months away? He had just one game to go! And what the hell was up with the Sky Bell gimmick?
Why are so many fans cool with this me-first mentality after the season schedule was over?
Weird.
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The ECU QB who beat Pitt today was a true frosh who'd thrown all of seven passes prior to today. Didn't have a fantastic stats day, but did toss 2 TDs with no turnovers.
If you have a pretty good idea who you're gonna have to play at QB, get the kid ready. Apparently the kid could throw down field a little as evidenced in 2nd half. Just couldn't find the end zone. A few more passes in 1st half might've made this more competitive.
UConn couldn't win a freaking FBS game just a few years ago. RE2.0 had undersized players with little talent. Now we're bitching about NFL draft choices not playing a meaningless bowl game.
If you have a pretty good idea who you're gonna have to play at QB, get the kid ready. Apparently the kid could throw down field a little as evidenced in 2nd half. Just couldn't find the end zone. A few more passes in 1st half might've made this more competitive.
UConn couldn't win a freaking FBS game just a few years ago. RE2.0 had undersized players with little talent. Now we're bitching about NFL draft choices not playing a meaningless bowl game.
Did the game count on our record? If it did (it did), Than it's not meaningless.
And how pathetic to go back to the Edsall 2.0 days to excuse the indefensible from the present. Yeah anything looks good compared to that. Still cheap to constantly go back to it.
Don't think any conflict existed between playing in this game and all-star game practices (if you don't believe me, ask Iverson - LOL). Playing in your game is who you are. All-star game practice is just a general capabilities show (a pre-draft work-out, at best). I think we already know JF has "marginal" NFL talent (i.e. a depth QB, at best) and "marginal" 1st / 2nd round draft prospects. As such, better to play than hide, more to gain than lose.
Agree completely with your first two paragraphs (not so much on the third)
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^^^ THIS ^^^
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True, our fans talk about UConn’s 9 win accomplishment in 2024, which included the bowl win over NC. Now we’re told the bowls are meaningless.
So if the bowls are meaningless, then get rid of them. Or expand the playoff and somehow incorporate a few more bowls into it. That would be the best move.
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Maybe make the bowl games flag football contests. It would lower the possibility of contact injuries
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Well obviously the ECU kid is a better QB.
Also it didn’t help that Evers took two weeks of reps with the 1s and then bounced. Supposedly the staff was more than irritated with that. Either you are in our out.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m disappointed in Joe. The easiest thing he could have done is at least be there on the sideline. He couldn’t even do that. Disgraceful behavior. He is a coward and selfish.
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I think that’s a little far but I agree it was really really weird he wouldn’t even show up and support the team
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Fine, you’re right. Just selfish.
1000% in agreement... A few years ago, some fans thought we should drop Football. Jim Mora, didn't do a Randy Edsall 1.0. We knew Jim was leaving. DB got a - I believe - an up and coming coach. Looking forward for the Candle era of UConn football.
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I wish Joe would have played against Army. In fact, I wish everyone was able to play would have played against Army. Like everyone here, I wanted to see UConn win, and I think if we were full strength with all of our top players, we had an excellent chance. That said, I appreciate all Joe Fagnano did for UConn football, and I wish him the very best in regard to the NFL draft and will definitely root for him wherever he may end up.
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I dunno. Once jammed a finger pulling a flag off the QB for the sack. It's never been the same. Definitely curtailed my bluegrass mandolin career.