Game Week 2025 - Senior Day: UConn v. Air Force Falcons (Saturday 11/15/25 @Noon). Game on CBSSN. Audio on UConn Varsity Network & FoxSports 97.9

[Nameless]

Sounds like a no go for Saturday.

Was thinking the same thing when looking at the depth chart. Damn. At least, also judging by the depth chart, Big Ben should be back too.

 

[businesslawyer]

Sounds like a no go for Saturday.

If there is one position we have depth in, it's TE. Hanson is more than capable, and Chirchi has been pushing all of them for snaps.

 

[coachcap]

So the question begging to be asked: If Mel plays on Saturday, how many more field appearances does he have to preserve a redshirt year? Wouldn't this be game four?

 

[huskymedic]

So the question begging to be asked: If Mel plays on Saturday, how many more field appearances does he have to preserve a redshirt year? Wouldn't this be game four?

He gets one more game (this week or next) and then the bowl would be a freebie (Bowls don’t count towards eligibility)

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Scrutineer]

They are traveling cross country and the game starts at 10 am their time. Hopefully they won't be awake enough to move bodies repeatedly!

I'm with you but they probably rise at 5 every day so I'm not sure 10 is a problem.

 

[Palatine]

Definitely an “option”. But I think you’d get flagged.
Another approach is to option the option. If you are the “read” for the QB. You continue down the line of scrimmage keeping the QB just inside your inside shoulder. This hopefully causes some indecision. The QB is trained to turn it up if the “read” bellies out or pitch if attacked. Any slight indecision allow your teammates to pursue.
It worked 50 years ago. Not sure it would work today.

So you're for the Randy Edsall mirroring approach to the option. Hmmmm.

 

[king conn]

I'm with you but they probably rise at 5 every day so I'm not sure 10 is a problem.

That may be, but they don't fly cross country and practice at 10 every day. Work with me here 😉

 

[huskymedic]

-> “When you reach that height, and you go out and perform like we did and deliver like we did, the expectation of our players is it’s going to be like that again,” said head coach Jim Mora. “I know there won’t be a letdown on our team, because our focus is what happens on the field, but we’ve worked very hard for four years to earn that support and then we had to go out there on Saturday night and we had to verify it. We had to validate it, that people didn’t walk out of the stadium and say, ‘Ah, we came close again but we didn’t win.’

“But we won, we beat Duke, which is a good team, and we’re 3-1 against the ACC in the last four times we’ve played them. I think that our players have earned something here. Now we’ll see how it is. And once again, I’ll tell you this: if there’s 2,000 there or 40,000 there, we will appreciate every single person that’s there.” <-

 

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnbill]

The 3-3-5 works better when you have a 325+ nose tackle who can take up two blockers every down. UConn doesn't have that on the team, sadly.

I wouldn't mind seeing a little 4-2-5 with a safety in the box like