Embarrassed.

[gars44]

If Randy Edsall took a dump on Businesslawyer and Whalers' lawns then they would find a way to justify it. They worshipped the dude, but it's not like he was rejected in favor of Coach Blue, Edsall fired us!

Not sure about the first sentence, but the second, absolutely. Edsall would still be here if he wanted to be. He left us w/o a QB, w/o a running back, and of course, PP did the rest, but I doubt RE would have done any better with walk-on Johnny trick throws at QB.

 

[Carl Spackler]

It's funny (well - not funny) but the Wannstedt comparison is something that was going through my head. Pasqualoni was once a very good college football coach. Let's just say that losing to a 1-AA team on opening night, will shake your faith a bit.

We'll see how they recover, they've got 2 weeks now for Maryland.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Not sure about the first sentence, but the second, absolutely. Edsall would still be here if he wanted to be. He left us w/o a QB, w/o a running back, and of course, PP did the rest, but I doubt RE would have done any better with walk-on Johnny trick throws at QB.

Really, I respect your opinion, but now is not the time for this. Edsall is long gone, and this is Pasqualoni's program now, and Pasqualoni's program just crapped the bed.

 

[Sea Goat]

Once my hangover clears and I start getting some energy back, I'm sure the embarrassment will turn to frustration, and probably a good bit of anger. But right now, I'm just tired, embarrassed and headachy.

Yea, it's like one of those days when you have vague recollection that something really happened last night but you just can't grasp the reality. Trouble is you have to get right back at it tonight to try to forget what the reality turned out to be.

 

[tduconn]

I'm extremely disappointed and hurt by UConn's performance last night, but not surprised.

Any good FCS team (Towson preseason #11) has occasionally demonstrated over recent history that they are perfectly capable of competing, and sometimes beating, mediocre and worse BCS teams. Some times they beat some of the best (eg National FCS champ beating Michigan a few years ago.) Last year Towson whipped a perennial FCS power and former UConn 1-aa rival New Hampshire, and gave LSU a pretty good scare. Townson was not going to be a pushover.

So I'll give accolades to the kids who won, UConn lost to a very capable FCS team. (Remember how this board smirked when Rutgers and Temple lost to, at those times very good FCS teams named New Hampshire and Villanova).

UConn learned a tough lesson. They are not good enough to chalk up wins against any opponent before the cleats are put on.....FBS or FCS.

Disappointed and hurt that we lost.....absolutely. But I'd rather play the likes of New Hampshire, Villanova, Townson, Delaware, Richmond and walk away with a true guage of weaknesses (if there are any, before entering league play) than whip up on the Southern Texas, Rhode Islands, Maine, Hofstra, Liberty's and walk away with a false impression of how good we are and then wonder why we lost to (or find it so hard to score against) midling BCS teams like Temple, WMU, USF, etc.

Despite how good Townson may have been, I was upset at how confused the offense seemed to be. How many times did you witness Whitmer resetting players to "correct positions" for plays being called? Really frustrated because many of the players have been in the PP system going on 2- 3 years and look like they only glanced at the table of contents of a play book.

Is it on the players? Is it on the coaches? I don't know but guessing it may be a combination of everything to some degree.

There has been a similar disappointing kick off game in UConn history that I can remember, which resulted in a coaches dismissal. UConn at the 1-aa level playing University of New Haven (Division II power) in the early 1990's. They lost 14-13.......and coach Tom Jackson was gone at the end of the season and Skip Holtz came on board in December of the same year. The difference was, Tom Jackson had a pretty successful era of 1-aa football at UConn until that year.

 

[gars44]

Really, I respect your opinion, but now is not the time for this. Edsall is long gone, and this is Pasqualoni's program now, and Pasqualoni's program just crapped the bed.

Just responding to Zoo Cougar, and not sure what you're talking about, what is now the time for? Fact is, RE left this program w/o a QB, RB, and actually, on very short notice, without coaching options. PP is certainly the walking dead this year. At least after this year we can move forward. Should be, at least, "interesting" to watch this thing play out.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Just responding to Zoo Cougar, and not sure what you're talking about, what is now the time for? Fact is, RE left this program w/o a QB, RB, and actually, on very short notice, without coaching options. PP is certainly the walking dead this year. At least after this year we can move forward. Should be, at least, "interesting" to watch this thing play out.

Oh. sorry. I really am hungover, and in a foul mood. Last thing I want to hear about is Randy Edsall. I'm much more concerned about what we're going to do moving forward.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I've been thinking that I can't remember a worse loss, even the shutout to Navy wasn't quite as deflating. The loss to New Haven is a good call, safe to say - at least for me - personally, we're at the bottom. It's only up from here, just a matter of how long it takes.

 

[CTMike]

I almost agreed with this post Carl... I mostly do... But we haven't hit bottom yet. I've been fooled too many times before.

 

[Whale22]

"We'll see how they recover, they've got 2 weeks now for Maryland."

They had 9 months since the Cincinnati loss and nothing changed. Nothing has changed since first game 2 years ago. I just don't think anything will change til PP and GDL are gone.

 

[Carl Spackler]

It's just incredibly disappointing. The good that Pasqualoni has done for this program away from the field, is really good, and I do believe that all those things matter a ton, because all of that stuff away from the field is where the foundations of what your potential ceiling can be as a football program, and I do trully believe that our potential ceiling is higher now, than it was in the past, but I can honestly say with a clear conscience now, that it looks like he's got nothing on the field anymore. Trust your eyes. So the saying goes.

We'll see what happens in 2 weeks. The maddening thing is that they'll probably crush Maryland, and drive us all completely crazy.

Well - there goes our shot at a national title game this year.

Maryland up next.

 

[huskymedic]

Crow Sandwich followed by dessert of Humble Pie. Pile it on.

I'll split the tab with ya...

 

[Doggie Style]

I'm at a loss for words, and that's not easy to do. It's not the athletes, they have the ability, the speed, the size. Look at a guy like Stewart. This is a guy that was tearing up the field at Florida in the Gator Bowl. He looked like he didn't know how to play football last night. THe talent is there. Everybody in this program better get their sh#t in gear.

Stewart showed me NOTHING last night!

 

[Tommyboy]

We looked slow, uninterested, and confused last night. Just like the last 2 years

That was the worst part of it. They looked like they were just going through the motions.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Stewart showed me NOTHING last night!

Not impressed, few missed tackles including the touchdown run on 4th, but I guess we have to remember that he really doesn't have much in game experience. I think we are all just thinking he should come in and dominate because he came from UFlorida.

 

[joey3$trike$]

Just responding to Zoo Cougar, and not sure what you're talking about, what is now the time for? Fact is, RE left this program w/o a QB, RB, and actually, on very short notice, without coaching options. PP is certainly the walking dead this year. At least after this year we can move forward. Should be, at least, "interesting" to watch this thing play out.

Lyle was a freshman all-american, not sure where the no rb comparison comes from

 

[Waquoit]

I'm eating crow.

Forget eating crow. Tell us you chopped up your whacking stick and plan using it for kindling.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Forget eating crow. Tell us you chopped up your whacking stick and plan using it for kindling.

No - that stick might need a new purpose as things move forward from here.

 

[gars44]

Lyle was a freshman all-american, not sure where the no rb comparison comes from

Lyle's great. He was good for a frosh. He was small, went down easy, not what I'd call a seasoned runner. Do you think our backfield was a force in 2011?

 

[CTBasketball]

We haven't had a good RB since Todman. Lyle isn't that good.

 

[joey3$trike$]

The biggest disappointment is that in year 3 theirs still no identity to this team. Who are we? This soft sad sack bunch on offense? If you can't put your stamp on a program in year 3 when can you! Only thing I can think of is Don Brown's aggressive style Defense. Now he's gone, who is Uconn under Coach P? Deer in headlights qb, turnover prone can't see over the o-line, excuses after excuses. If the qb can't see where he's going with the football get him out of the game. Another example of not putting the players in a position to win, which is his job. Wake UP!!!

 

[joey3$trike$]

Lyle's great. He was good for a frosh. He was small, went down easy, not what I'd call a seasoned runner. Do you think our backfield was a force in 2011?[/quo
You said they had no rb for 2011, 1100 yards goes against your statement. Lyle wasn't the reason they went 5-7. Seasoned runner for a freshman yeah, i would love if a freshman could gain 1100 yards a year. He was a force for this piss poor o-line and no qb, makes his performance even better in my eyes. He was the bright spot on Offense.

 

[UConnDan97]

The OLine is in absolute shambles, and the OLine is what it all comes down to in football. Period.

If you don't believe me, look at the time of possession last night which was 36min to 24min in favor of the 1-AA team. We again failed to establish 100 yards on the ground, which at UConn, is sacrilege. GDL has had more than 2 years worth to try to implement his system. We all saw the results of that system last night. If Pasqualoni had ANY sense about him, he would immediately turn the OLine back over to Foley and give him this long rest period to try to fix what has been absolutely broken by GDL (a move that of course won't happen).

The last time we had a 1,000 yard rusher was the last time Foley was in charge of the OL, and he did it with a freshman version of Lyle McCombs. That's pretty much all that anyone needs to know about what is wrong...

 

[Waquoit]

The biggest disappointment is that in year 3 theirs still no identity to this team. Who are we? This soft sad sack bunch on offense...

Aren't you answering your own question here?

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Yes, Randy Edsall built this program (at the D-1 Level). But he probably took it as far as he could - he never could recruit QB's, he never really could coach up a modern day passing attack, and he had limitations in his recruiting as evidenced by the lack of talent he left for PP on the offensive side of the ball. The tragedy though was following Randy up with PP. Just a terrible hire (and one I called back the day it was announced). That being said I agree wholeheartedly with the following excerpt

Internally i feared what I saw last night. A team, coaching staff, and fan base just going through the motions. There has never been less energy around our program. P has sucked the life out of this thing in unimaginable ways.

Time for PP to leave the program. Today, not at the end of the season. Today, LEAVE TODAY PAUL.