Those players cost a lot of NIL/revenue. Here is an article on Texas Tech spending $7 million on their defensive line.
Was Evers NIL contract multiple years? I would have guessed his NIL contract changed after year 1.
Some people think everyone chooses money over other factors but, for a guy who's been paid millions in other jobs and is at an age where he may not want the tremendous pressure to win at a P4 school, that may not be the major issue.
We need to keep doing exactly what we’re doing for the next 6-10 years. Position ourselves as best as possible for the next shuffle.
Everyone on this board should this article. It is hard for us to come up with enough money to get enough quality players on both sides of the ball. I worry about next yearThose players cost a lot of NIL/revenue. Here is an article on Texas Tech spending $7 million on their defensive line.
Texas Tech's $7 million defensive line is paying off
The nation's leader in sacks is just the tip of the spear when it comes to the Red Raiders' work in the portal.www.espn.com
The good news is next year schedule does not appear to have any football powers on the schedule. Just like this year, we just need to out recruit the teams on our schedule.
Overall, this defense is not in the same stratosphere as that historically bad D. But, to put yesterday's D performance into perspective, the 687 total yards we gave up to FAU would've ranked 2nd most in that 2018 seasonDoes anyone remember the year we were losing games 70-7 against schools like Boise State? Yesterday may have been bad but the season hasn't been like 2018 and the offense has been so good we still won 9 games..........better than 1.
We set FBS single season records in 2018 for:
Yards allowed per game: 617.4,
Total yards: 7409
Points allowed per game: 50.42 (almost there yesterday)
Total points: 605
Check this article to take a trip down a horrific memory lane:
UConn sets FBS single-season records for defensive futility
UConn's defense on Saturday earned an unwelcome distinction when it set FBS single-season records for points allowed (605) and yards allowed (7,409).
Agree with all your points. I'm also thinking about the potential recruiting/portal impact of having a UConn Husky invited to the Heisman ceremony.
I'm curious how frequently programs rotate defensive players in and out and if UConn players are playing more minutes on average. Many comments are about our players being gassed which contributes to giving up big plays.
The good teams in the SEC and BIG10 are at least 2 deep (3 deep in some cases) in the DLine. You need to rotate your DLine to keep them from getting gassed.
Please provide an example of that.
Agreed.
It is a closely guarded secret and I'm as curious as anyone to know the number, but what's important is that they signed the reigning AAC DPOY, that it hasn't worked with that player is irrelevant. The got a DL from Nebraska. They kept players like Bell and Cam.
The way I looked at it we spent a significant amount to retain our offensive players and it paid off having a great offense. The bad was I think there was little money left over to go after defensive players especially DLine who are expensive to obtain.
There has to be a balance between developing players and acquiring players at a school like UConn. You need guys like Cam Edwards and John Neider in addition to guys Skyler Bell and Raymello Murphy.
The issue is when those players develop into good players you will then have to pay them more. That is the current environment of FBS with the transfer portal. You have to maximize the limited resources you have.
That is why you play only one QB all year long if you can. I am guessing that next year's QB has been in the barn all year but no one knows what UConn has because they haven't played. Having been hidden all year, they have limited marketability now. So let's see who shines this spring and who they bring in (if anybody).