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Kembafan said:
I wish we let him throw it a little more. The guy won't become a better passer if he's only ever handing it off.
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Passing the ball against a team you are shredding with runs is not the best thing to do i thought. I didn’t want him to pass at all once it was clear they couldn’t handle the run

Meanwhile. the reaction on this board to who should be QB is a hoot. Starting season nobody wanted Fagnano. Then everyone wanted him and Evers wasn’t the answer. Now …,….. Personally I want to see how Evers does when he has to pass more often, but his running threat hopefully will help that. He made a few nice throws yesterday. I couldn’t go in person last night but will be going vs. Buffalo. Bragging rights with my grandson who goes to Buffalo are at stake.
 
Zerostatic said:
I was there with the fam and had a great time. If anybody caught the halftime show, my daughter was dancing in it. I was in such a good mood that I was letting my kids get anything they wanted from concessions! Ted’s Steamed burgers, Chicken tenders, mac & cheese, chocolate chips cookies, hot cocoa, whatever you want kids, UConn is kicking @ss and we're not leaving till the clock says 0:00!
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Congrats to your daughter and I hope your family had a great time!
 
cohenzone said:
Passing the ball against a team you are shredding with runs is not the best thing to do i thought. I didn’t want him to pass at all once it was clear they couldn’t handle the run

Meanwhile. the reaction on this board to who should be QB is a hoot. Starting season nobody wanted Fagnano. Then everyone wanted him and Evers wasn’t the answer. Now …,….. Personally I want to see how Evers does when he has to pass more often, but his running threat hopefully will help that. He made a few nice throws yesterday. I couldn’t go in person last night but will be going vs. Buffalo. Bragging rights with my grandson who goes to Buffalo are at stake.
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The running game may not be as flashy as the passing game, but when it works, it sure is a beautiful thing to behold!
 
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?
 
I was one who suggested many times on this board that we adopt an Army / Navy / Gtech style offense, In some ways we are kind of there with Evers and this running game. Option football puts tremendous pressure on the defense, it's great to see us using it! Great job by coach Sammis with this running attack, and our defense is excellent. Army and Navy also scored a ton yesterday,
 
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Have to say, it’s a lot of fun to watch UConn football, see that it’s a blowout, and be in the right side of the score. Credit to the team. Since Maryland they have really improved.
 
metsfan2323 said:
I was one who suggested many times on this board that we adopt an Army / Navy / Gtech style offense, In some ways we are kind of there with Evers and this running game. Option football puts tremendous pressure on the defense, it's great to see us using it! Great job by coach Sammis with this running attack, and our defense is excellent. Army and Navy also scored a ton yesterday,
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Nice thing about RPO's is that you're not asking a guy to work through multiple progressions; make your one read and throw or go. Kid has to be a threat as a runner though. I think our three other QBs are all pocket passers, although I'm not really sure about McDonald.
 
Windham4th said:
Yep Porter did have to catch it one handed off of or behind the defenders back, so it wasn't placed that well...
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He was at the back of the end zone so there was really no room over the top... Maybe he could've thrown earlier but it was really just an athletic play against good coverage... You need that sometimes and we haven't had a lot of it
 
IndyLives said:
We'll have our choice of Bowl games and an outside shot at the Playoffs if we run the table. Let's go!
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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.
 
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Good result.

FAU is totally a dog467t team. Bottom 10 basically. I expected more from them given the fight they gave MSU. Their win is against FIU. FIU lost to Monmouth this week. That should tell you something.

But the margin of victory is really satisfying. If this had been a close game I would be frustrated.

It was pretty clear from the first couple of series that they were outmatched and not ready to go.

Evers being sloppy with the football again extended the period of time where this game was still competitive.

The O-Line straight up bulldozed guys. The defense was rag-dolling them. And FAU was hapless. Their penalties helped us, their Kick returners running into eachother was Edsall-esque. I actually felt sorry for them at that point.

It was like Randy Edsall was coaching this team via Zoom.

This game was over in the first half. We shut our offense down the minimum and kept scoring. We red lighted Evers from passing (thankfully) and gave them little chance of allowing them a chance back in.

We played three QBs last night. LOL

Great confidence win.
 
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ZooCougar said:
Good result.

FAU is totally a dog467t team. Bottom 10 basically. I expected more from them given the fight they gave MSU. Their win is against FIU. FIU lost to Monmouth this week. That should tell you something.

But the margin of victory is really satisfying. If this had been a close game I would be frustrated.

It was pretty clear from the first couple of series that they were outmatched and not ready to go.
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A 34-point win in a pick-em game should have people rethinking the UConn narrative. Follow-up next week and we're a freight train
 
ZooCougar said:
Good result.

FAU is totally a dog467t team. Bottom 10 basically. I expected more from them given the fight they gave MSU. Their win is against FIU. FIU lost to Monmouth this week. That should tell you something.

But the margin of victory is really satisfying. If this had been a close game I would be frustrated.

It was pretty clear from the first couple of series that they were outmatched and not ready to go.

Evers being sloppy with the football again extended the period of time where this game was still competitive.

The O-Line straight up bulldozed guys. The defense was rag-dolling them. And FAU was hapless. Their penalties helped us, their Kick returners running into eachother was Edsall-esque. I actually felt sorry for them at that point.

It was like Randy Edsall was coaching this team via Zoom.

This game was over in the first half. We shut our offense down the minimum and kept scoring. We red lighted Evers from passing (thankfully) and gave them little chance of allowing them a chance back in.

We played three QBs last night. LOL

Great confidence win.
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The one thing that was not Edsall #1 like - was the clutch plays - don’t remember seeing one handed catches in the end zone - 40 yd completions - don’t remember a blow out like this. Don’t remember the smooth, key interceptions.

Edsall liked to get a lead and then using soccer phrase “park the bus.”

We had some very good teams but IMO they were built to get a lead and then protect it. We are running up score and dominating.

This team - while early - looks like a team with more potential than teams we’ve had in the past.

I saw it in the Duke game - this ain’t the UConn that teams are used to… That is good for us.
 
IndyLives said:
Impressive...UConn's running game tonight would have beaten Alabama. The OL were throwing (literally) players around and the RBs were elusive. We'll have our choice of Bowl games and an outside shot at the Playoffs if we run the table. Let's go!
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The bowl game possibilities will be very limited but that is not important at this point. Landing in basically any bowl will be a good thing.

We have no shot at the playoffs. The G-5 auto bid goes to the best G-5 conference champion so for obvious reasons we cannot make the playoffs through that route.

For a G-5 to get an at large bid, that school would need to be ranked so high (top 5?) that there would be a massive public outcry if they were excluded.
 
RedStickHusky said:
A 34-point win in a pick-em game should have people rethinking the UConn narrative. Follow-up next week and we're a freight train
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We should be a freight train against the second worst strength of schedule and $1.25M spent in NIL. Now you know why the coaches were giddy with this schedule.

And we deserve to play a schedule like this. Plus it will help us reframe the narrative.
 
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.
 
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HCCForever said:
My only complaints are the lack of fans and the piss poor sound system. It is hard to hear what the penalties were. I had to look at ESPN game log. I suggest that they display the text of called penalties until they fix sound system.
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Bingo. The sound system is an embarrassment. It’s like Charlie Brown’s teacher.
You cannot understand anything. The student section looked filled and our giant band helps with the attendance. Great Win regardless.
 
RedStickHusky said:
He was at the back of the end zone so there was really no room over the top... Maybe he could've thrown earlier but it was really just an athletic play against good coverage... You need that sometimes and we haven't had a lot of it
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Right. UConn hasn't had receivers who can win contested 50/50 balls like that in a while. A QB should be able to throw one deep in to one on one coverage and expect good results every once in a while.
 
UCan3 said:
The one thing that was not Edsall #1 like - was the clutch plays - don’t remember seeing one handed catches in the end zone - 40 yd completions - don’t remember a blow out like this. Don’t remember the smooth, key interceptions.

Edsall liked to get a lead and then using soccer phrase “park the bus.”

We had some very good teams but IMO they were built to get a lead and then protect it. We are running up score and dominating.

This team - while early - looks like a team with more potential than teams we’ve had in the past.

I saw it in the Duke game - this ain’t the UConn that teams are used to… That is good for us.
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Yeah I said FAU was Edsall-esque. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.
 
RedStickHusky said:
He was at the back of the end zone so there was really no room over the top... Maybe he could've thrown earlier but it was really just an athletic play against good coverage... You need that sometimes and we haven't had a lot of it
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Don't get me wrong, I loved it, but it wasn't great execution by Fagnano. He got it close but had the defender been angled a bit differently it was an easily pickable ball.
 
husky8273 said:
how was the crowd? reported as 20,000
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I thought the crowd was disappointing in numbers (certainly not as many as the opener vs. NC State last year), but, and my wife even mentioned this, there was good energy in the building. Shout out to the students - student section was full for the first half. As noted, many students left in the second half (blowout/Saturday night festivities).

Keep playing like they did last night and the stadium will fill up again. They played well in all three phases of the game. It was exciting and fun to watch. When's the last time someone said that about UConn football?! Sammis did a good job with play calling, especially on the TD pass to Brown out of the backfield. Robinson and Brown are a formidable RB duo. Rosa was in civilian clothes on the sideline, pretty good size cast/wrap on his hand - not sure he's close to returning yet. I thought they could have thrown to Bell more, but then again there were only 15 pass attempts in the entire game. His one catch was electrifying!

I would like to see the team more disciplined re the Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalties. There's a fine line when celebrating, but pretending to cock a shotgun is not ok. I'm sure Mora & Co. will address this.

Couple of Rentschler issues - can they show more than the same 5 games over and over again on the out of town scoreboard? There were 40 some odd games played yesterday! Verizon cell coverage inside the stadium is pathetic. The yellow vest parking attendants are still clueless. Was blessed to obtain tickets 5 rows in back of the UConn bench, but couldn't understand a bloody thing John Tuite was saying on the PA from down there. Other than that, it was a great night for football, and the team didn't disappoint!
 
I know we wanna see fans stay to the end but to put a positive spin on it, at least they were leaving because we were winning by so much for once instead of the other way around.
 
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