Game Week 2022 - UConn @ Utah State Aggies (Saturday 8/27/22 @ 4p EST on FS1)

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Utah State Game Notes/Depth Chart (pg.4) for UConn

UConn Game Notes for Utah State

 

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Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of Utah State University. It opened in 1968 and currently has a seating capacity of 25,513. Its FieldTurf playing field, installed prior to the 2022 season, runs in the traditional north-south configuration, and sits at an elevation of 4,710 feet above sea level.

TV: Fox Sports 1
• Play-by-Play: Alex Faust
• Analyst: Petros Papadakis

UConn +27.5

 

[Nostical]

UConn fans will be in Sect 115 and 215. Watch for us. We’ll be in blue and white—just like everyone else in the stadium—lol.

 

[RSTuthill]

Practice today should reveal the starting QB. Will we get a report?

 

[huskymedic]

Practice today should reveal the starting QB. Will we get a report?

Game week media availability tomorrow I believe…

 

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[huskymedic]

@Storrs South - now it’s game week!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Please, please, please tell me the equipment managers will bring the right cleats for the players.

Don't want to lose a game like last year against Fresno St where the wrong shoes led to a UConn loss.

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Please, please, please tell me the equipment managers will bring the right cleats for the players.

Don't want to lose a game like last year against Fresno St where the wrong shoes led to a UConn loss.

Not sure the shoes were the cause of that loss...

 

[RSTuthill]

Please, please, please tell me the equipment managers will bring the right cleats for the players.

Don't want to lose a game like last year against Fresno St where the wrong shoes led to a UConn loss.

The equipment mangers follow directions.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of Utah State University. It opened in 1968 and currently has a seating capacity of 25,513. Its FieldTurf playing field, installed prior to the 2022 season, runs in the traditional north-south configuration, and sits at an elevation of 4,710 feet above sea level.


UConn +27.5

Great stadium name.

Guy was a heckuva an actor.

 

[CL82]

Great stadium name.

Guy was a heckuva an actor.

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I didn’t realize he played maverick in the original top gun.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Please, please, please tell me the equipment managers will bring the right cleats for the players.

Don't want to lose a game like last year against Fresno St where the wrong shoes led to a UConn loss.

Weather looks to be a non-issue (compared to the Fresno St. conditions).

Kickoff at 4pm. Will likely be in the mid-80's at most, very low humidity. Should be fine.

Our guys have been practicing in much hotter/humid conditions when outside the last couple weeks.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Weather looks to be a non-issue (compared to the Fresno St. conditions).

Kickoff at 4pm. Will likely be in the mid-80's at most, very low humidity. Should be fine.

Our guys have been practicing in much hotter/humid conditions when outside the last couple weeks.

But the altitude??????

4700' above sea level. Hope they do some scrimmages in the Presidential Range this week.

 

[WNConn]

But the altitude??????

4700' above sea level. Hope they do some scrimmages in the Presidential Range this week.

4700 isn't so bad. it should offer players a little bit of a struggle, but it's not that big of a difference

 

[Waquoit]

Great stadium name.

Guy was a heckuva an actor.

"But it was as a flower salesman where he found his true calling..."

 

[RedStickHusky]

Please, please, please tell me the equipment managers will bring the right cleats for the players.

Don't want to lose a game like last year against Fresno St where the wrong shoes led to a UConn loss.

the feet, maybe...

 

[ZooCougar]

But the altitude??????

4700' above sea level. Hope they do some scrimmages in the Presidential Range this week.

That’s not even as high as Denver.

 

[PAGS]

But the altitude??????

4700' above sea level. Hope they do some scrimmages in the Presidential Range this week.

Usually doesn’t become a significant challenge till u hit 5K. But the air is slightly thinner than NE CT. Shouldn’t be an issue

 

[JustbrewitMan]

But the altitude??????

4700' above sea level. Hope they do some scrimmages in the Presidential Range this week.

4700 isn't so bad. it should offer players a little bit of a struggle, but it's not that big of a difference

Was bored over lunch so I looked into this a little. From an Interview with sports performance MD at U Colo:

"...for every for 1,000 feet of elevation gain, a person loses 2 percent of their ability to consume oxygen and gets exhausted 4 percent faster than they normally would. At one mile above sea level, that’s a 10 percent drop in your body’s ability to transport oxygen and 20 percent drop in time to exhaustion."

So, playing at 4700ft is going to have a substantial toll on our guys...moreso as the game wears on.

I am guessing that our coaches and staff have been planning for this and we probably will see:
--O2 tanks available for inbetween plays
--a bit more rotation of players/more depth substitutions than what we'd see at a sea-level game
--other nutritional/hydration items that may help stave off quicker exhaustion

The MD also mentioned that the altitude will cause you to get poor sleep and get dehydrated easier during the acclimation period (about 9 days according to the article). He suggests:

"Acclimating to the mile-high air takes at least nine days – an amount of time that’s not practical for professional sports teams to spend in Denver ahead of a game, Millan said.

What they should do instead is arrive as close to game time as possible. That way they avoid some of the negative effects like poor sleep and dehydration."

Verify: Does Denver's mile high altitude really affect the outcome of sports games?

We've all heard it. Denver area sports teams have an edge because they live and train a mile above sea level. But is it true?

www.9news.com

 

[Chin Diesel]

Utah State Games Notes dropped into post #1

Left side of their OLine is massive.

DLine and LB's are on the light side.

 

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