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Game Week - UConn @ SMU (Saturday 9/30/2017 @ 4p ET on ESPNews)

Waquoit said:
That first game was not pretty good. It was brutal.
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I was there. It was good for three quarters. I still think SMU got some assistance from the zebras.
 
Should be shoot out , over/under is at 76. With their offense and our defense holding them under 40 and 500 yards will be an achievement. But on other side their defense is very bad and have an easy schedule except for TCU so anything less than 35 points and around 500 yards for us would be a disappointment. Expect something like 45-41 hopefully with us being the 45.
 
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huskymedic said:
You can watch today's whole press conference if you click the link above or here. Putting it on Facebook Live is a good move by AD.
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I believed in Pasqualoni, for the first 30 days.

I believed in Diaco, for the first 30 days.

I believe in HCRE and I'll stick with him past 30 days. I want him to succeed and retire from here an old man, and then have the stadium (or field) named after him.
 
Hartford Courant Game Capsule

Site: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas
Time: 4 p.m., Saturday
Line: SMU by 17½. O/U 73½.
Series: SMU, 3-0.
Last meeting: SMU, 27-20, Dec. 6, 2014, Rentschler Field. Matt Davis ran for 191 yards and a touchdown and threw for 145 yards, leading SMU to a comeback victory. UConn led 20-6 at halftime and was outscored 21-0 in the second half.
Weather: 85 degrees. Partly cloudy. 5-10 MPH wind.
TV: ESPNews (Shawn Kenney, Rene Ingoglia)
Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 AM (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman, Ken Sweitzer)

Injuries: UConn — LB E.J. Levenberry (knee), out; C Ryan Crozier (knee), out; WR Hergy Mayala (ankle), out; DB Jordan Swann (concussion), doubtful; LS Nick Zecchino (undisclosed), out; DE James Atkins (calf), out; SMU — CB Christian Davis (ankle), questionable; CB Cedric Lancaster (elbow), out; CB Jordan Wyatt (shoulder), questionable.

>>"We basically run the same offense. It's pretty much identical. You've got misdirection tied in with a play-action shot game down the field. You can't get lulled to sleep with your eyes on the backfield. This is a two-back, run-oriented offense that believes in taking shots. That's what they do. To see him taking that team over the first three weeks, as they build that offense and continue to get confidence — they were effective throwing the ball [against ECU] and also effective running the ball. It's a process, step by step. He's as good an offensive coach as there is in the country. I think you see that as he's moving forward with this team." —SMU coach Chad Morris on the UConn offense and coordinator Rhett Lashlee. Morris and Lashlee have known each other for many years and have shared ideas, particularly when Lashlee was at the coordinator at Auburn and Morris was the coordinator at Clemson.<<
 
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For those in Dallas tomorrow, the SMU games are broadcast on "the Ticket", the top sports station here. 1310 AM and 96.7 FM.
 
Exit 4 said:
Another week, another opportunity to change the narrative.

Keys to a possible upset Saturday
  • +2 in turnovers. <--a must
  • Special teams magic, either a long kick off or punt return. <--the potential is there
  • Can't miss field goals.
  • Tackle damn it. The defense needs to make tackles. Too many third down conversions last week on missed/broken tackles. <--last week, if we made three or four tackles like we should have we could have won.
  • Rhett Lashlee needs to keep the mojo going. He called a great game last week. <--can he do it again?
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businesslawyer said:
Your first, second, third and fifth points are all meaningless without the fourth. We can get all the breaks in the world, but we will also have to be much better defensively in order to be in a position to capitalize on them.
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Seems like this team has been poor at forcing TO's. Which goes to BL's point. If you aren't squaring up and putting your hat in to their chest, TO's are harder to come by. Couple that with a charmin soft pass defense coverage and UConn isn't generating anything in the TO department.
 
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Tackling was a problem but it was secondary. The bigger issue was that we couldn't/didn't cover anybody. I've never seem more guys open. D-backs were 20 yards off their men on 3rd and long. #27 was forever chasing his man and #1 got beaten all day long. Both have been demoted and both deserved to be. Yes you need to tackle but it is good to cover somebody.

My hope is that at some point things click on the defense.
 
freescooter said:
Tackling was a problem but it was secondary. The bigger issue was that we couldn't/didn't cover anybody. I've never seem more guys open. D-backs were 20 yards off their men on 3rd and long. #27 was forever chasing his man and #1 got beaten all day long. Both have been demoted and both deserved to be. Yes you need to tackle but it is good to cover somebody.

My hope is that at some point things click on the defense.
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Understood. But in that ECU game, particularly in the first 1/2, there were several occasions where we had a defensive play to limit the damage only to watch the ECU player break one, two or even three tackles to dance their way to a first down or turn nothing into something. I agree we can't cover, but if we could tackle, we might have a W last weekend. I think improved tackling might be something this team could achieve ahead of better pass defense...but I'd take either one.

We must make SMU punt this Saturday. Not going to be easy.
 
Exit 4 said:
Understood. But in that ECU game, particularly in the first 1/2, there were several occasions where we had a defensive play to limit the damage only to watch the ECU player break one, two or even three tackles to dance their way to a first down or turn nothing into something. I agree we can't cover, but if we could tackle, we might have a W last weekend. I think improved tackling might be something this team could achieve ahead of better pass defense...but I'd take either one.

We must make SMU punt this Saturday. Not going to be easy.
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Improved tacking, yes. Opposing ball carriers seem to just bump into our defenders and then take off toward the end zone.
 
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Is it just me or is Directv not showing the UConn vs. SMU game on ESPN News at 4:00 pm?

Channel 207 has something else
 
uconnbill said:
Is it just me or is Directv not showing the UConn vs. SMU game on ESPN News at 4:00 pm?

Channel 207 has something else
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I have the same problem on Fios. The game must be on, but that intern in charge of updating the tv schedule has dropped the ball. Bet he's from Syracuse.
 
Redding Husky said:
Improved tacking, yes. Opposing ball carriers seem to just bump into our defenders and then take off toward the end zone.
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No real long runs. I think the longest one they had was 14 yards. I thought it was more runs after catch but I attribute some of the bad tackling there to guys trying to close on wide open receivers and taking bad angles or just getting there way too late. In any case the defense is a complete mess at this point and while I hope it comes together I don't exactly see how it happens this year. Which worries me a lot.
 
freescooter said:
No real long runs. I think the longest one they had was 14 yards. I thought it was more runs after catch but I attribute some of the bad tackling there to guys trying to close on wide open receivers and taking bad angles or just getting there way too late. In any case the defense is a complete mess at this point and while I hope it comes together I don't exactly see how it happens this year. Which worries me a lot.
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Well, there have been a lot of good throws from opposing QBs. In all three games, the opposition QB has displayed a pretty strong and accurate arm.

Our DBs struggle with coverage, but in some instances the QB has a comfortable pocket and the plain ability to hit a dime (some throws are just indefensible). I do think some of our DBs just aren't practiced enough at seeing the ball. Too many plays where they couldn't pick up the ball in flight to bat it down. They just dont know its coming or have any idea where it is.
 
freescooter said:
No real long runs. I think the longest one they had was 14 yards. I thought it was more runs after catch but I attribute some of the bad tackling there to guys trying to close on wide open receivers and taking bad angles or just getting there way too late. In any case the defense is a complete mess at this point and while I hope it comes together I don't exactly see how it happens this year. Which worries me a lot.
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Yes, it was YAC.
 
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