Florida Atlantic Post Game Thread

[storrsroars]

Just curious why people who know they are going to miss the game don't set their TVs to record it. Seems like an easy answer to the replay issue.

Laziness in my case. I've gotten so used to someone here providing replays, I never even think about DVRing.

 

[RSTuthill]

From reading quite a few of your posts, both recently and over the years, I seriously wonder if you watch much football. Perhaps you are well versed in the sport that they call football in London, Liverpool and Manchester, but the version that uses an oblate spheroid, which for a number of decades has been the leading professional and amateur team sport in the US seems to be a bit beyond your grasp.

Whoa, what's with the snark? I know this isn't directed at me, but didn't UConn win pretty emphatically? Aren't we supposed to be mellow and happy? For example, last week Sammis was an idiot, this week he knows all? Get with the program!

 

[PackTheRent]

It was a great night and went to Ted's after the game which was fun. But very few people seemed excited about the win. I attribute that to FAU as a low-level program with no connection to New England. We need a win against a Power 4 team like Wake Forest to get people excited

 

[Patman]

Can someone tell me the last time we started 2-2? Has to 10+ years?

2016, W Maine L Navy W Virginia L Syracuse... finished 3-9

 

[Windham4th]

Most UConn fans don’t watch college football outside of UConn. The fans for the most part don’t get football like they get basketball and the school doesn’t really get football either.

Painting with a broad brush there. Or do you know every single UConn fan?

 

[Windham4th]

As UConn fans, we'll take "a decent throw" by QB. They've been few a far between over the last decade. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but overall UConn QB's have not been effective passers.

Exactly. I will gladly take any throw that is caught (except the -2 yard catches we have seen a ton of over the last decade OR the ones for 7 yards when we needed 8...)

 

[Nostical]

Was looking at the game notes again and I noticed that Danny Antolovich was dethroned as the backup tackle by Carsten Casady. Danny was the backup tackle all last season and the first 3 games this season. Anyone know if he was injured last week?

He's injured.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

1. The TV feed and announcers were awful.
2. I'm too lazy to invest any energy outside this board.

In the first half, it was other Robinson or Brown who had a first half touchdown and in the back corner of the end zone kneeled and did the sign of the cross. And that drew an unsportmanlike conduct flag. Was there anything else beyond what the crappy TV feed showed that would have drawn that flag. The gesture certainly wasn't towards an FAU player but the TV feed didn't show anything, there was no replay, and announcers didn't mention anything about it.

I had the same question. He kneeled down and crossed himself, then got up and went to the sidelines. What did he get the unsportsmanlike penalty for?

 

[UConn2SF]

Tui Faumuina-Brown and Jordan Wright, two guys that were much maligned following the Maryland have been really dang good over the last 2 games. Both have been sure tacklers and absolutely zip to the ball. Tui seemed like he was in on every tackle in the first 3 quarters and Wright has become our best cover guy; opposing QBs are choosing to throw to the other side instead of challenging him. Wright just needs to take it easy with the excessive celebrating.

 

[CL82]

Laziness in my case. I've gotten so used to someone here providing replays, I never even think about DVRing.

Once you set it up out will record every game so you will be all set.

(FWIW, I actually preferred the Storrs South stuff to my own recordings since he edited out the commercials, but it was good to have a back up.)

 

[Hamms30]

I had the same question. He kneeled down and crossed himself, then got up and went to the sidelines. What did he get the unsportsmanlike penalty for?

he did the same thing a bunch of other kids have gotten flagged for across college football this year and did some sort of goofy mimed gun shot at the opposing team.

 

[freescooter]

Yeah. They are calling everything on the excessive celebration rule. Best idea is hand the ball to the ref and congratulate your teammates. As they used to In any say, act like you’ve been there. In any case ignore the opponent.

 

[CL82]

Whoa, what's with the snark?

It's like you don't know us at all.

 

[CL82]

2016, W Maine L Navy W Virginia L Syracuse... finished 3-9

Sigh

 

[RSTuthill]

It's like you don't know us at all.

Oh. I know most everyone even here though I am a secondary player. But "harshing the mellow" after a decent -- if not major -- win like that I thought was a cardinal sin. Maybe bad taste would be a better way of putting it.

Congrats, UConn!!! But beat Buffalo and we will all be more impressed.

On a more serious note, however, whatever they are doing in practice regarding tackling, they should keep on doing it. Real progress noted.

 

[CL82]

Oh. I know most everyone even here

Then you probably know that "you don't know us at all" is a Boneyard meme.

 

[gopher2]

I thought Bell's catch kinda flipped the "on" switch for us. A ball that Evers probably shouldn't have thrown, but a pick was as good as a punt in that situation. Bell made a great play to stop his route and undercut the outside defender; Im not gonna credit Evers for putting the ball low and outside on purpose but I will give him props for giving Bell a chance to make a play on third and long... That and then Porters catch in the end zone... Who are these guys? and Porter a freshman?

That ball had INT written all over it. Bell made a sensational play to not only avoid the pick but make the catch with two defenders all over him.

 

[DoctorWho85]

We are seeing the benifits of having an offensive line coach be OC. Sammis did a great job of playing to Evers stengths.

I was impressed with the defense…but the FAU QB obviously was one dimensional and UConn took advantage of that. the 3-3-5 is growing on me.

Evers was similar to Turner and Roberson…but obviously more athletic. I think this is a good confidence booster for him.

A competent Oline coach because Guifre was terrible at both.

 

[RSTuthill]

Then you probably know that "you don't know us at all" is a Boneyard meme.

Good to know. I did not.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

On a more serious note, however, whatever they are doing in practice regarding tackling, they should keep on doing it. Real progress noted.

Agreed…and less targeting.

 

[UCFBfan]

I'll never stop getting a kick out of posts from people at home talking about what they want to see from fans that actually buy tickets and go to games.

Some of us don't have the ability to go to games because we're at the stage of our kids lives where they have sports all weekend. But thanks for your insight, I'll make sure to take them to heart next time I consider how and what I post.....I forgot that people who go to games are the only ones who can comment on things at the game.

 

[Waquoit]

Some of us don't have the ability to go to games because we're at the stage of our kids lives where they have sports all weekend. But thanks for your insight, I'll make sure to take them to heart next time I consider how and what I post.....I forgot that people who go to games are the only ones who can comment on things at the game.

My post is a frequent bitch of mine that I could have attached to several posts, yours just happened to be where I was when I pulled the trigger this time. And of course you can comment on whatever you want, but posts critical of those fans stepping up by fans who are not, for whatever reason, are always going to rub me the wrong way.

 

[noeynox]

Some of us don't have the ability to go to games because we're at the stage of our kids lives where they have sports all weekend. But thanks for your insight, I'll make sure to take them to heart next time I consider how and what I post.....I forgot that people who go to games are the only ones who can comment on things at the game.

This is where I'm at. Few more years and they're off to college.

 

[UConnJim]

Maybe that's true for the fans of the soccer teams, but don't put this qualifier on the general UConn fan population.
Some historical background: Until the late 80's many suburban towns didn't have youth & high school football teams, whereas the industrial towns had VERY competative programs. As more families moved to rural suburbia, (Avon, Simsbury, Guilford, etc.) youth & high school football followed.
As a corollary, interest in college football grew in those areas as well.

Coach, Simsbury was a big football town in the 60s and 70s. Rollie Morrison was the coach at Simsbury from 1958 to 1976 and had a record of 109-43-3. In the 60s, they were a power in Class M, then as the town grew, were a power in Class L in the early to mid 70s. Youth football I think started in Simsbury in the late 1960s.

 

[JohnFSilver]

We lost to Duke, got obliterated by Maryland and all decent bowl slots are committed to particular conferences. So, in a word, no.

That having been said, we’re obviously a significantly better team than we were last year. Let’s beat Buffalo and Temple at home and go on from there.

Wtf is wrong with people?

UConn will get in a bowl, but if it runs the table they won’t even be ranked. Let’s go Beef O Brady bowl, or whoever it is now.

Lol. Flip side is they get to keep the entire bowl fee.