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Game Week - UConn v. MTSU (Friday 10/22/21 @ 6p on CBSSN)

I’ve noticed rush hour is much lighter than it used to be. Drove in for the hockey game on Friday two weeks ago and hit no traffic…arrived at the XL Center at 6:00.

Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.
 
Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.
It's happening in Boston. Traffic is about back to normal, but train and T ridership is way down.
 
Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.
Well, keep in mind that it’s a very unscientific study with an n of 1. It’s more observational than anything else. I may have just gotten lucky.
 
Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.
Agreed.. Traffic is horrendous in Fairfield County... and since when does it makes sense to do roadwork on main artieries middday and rush hour? well, midday might be acceptable but doing that stuff during rush hour makes absolutely zero senxse... how bout they go back to doing that stuff late night... just sayin...
 
Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.

Trains are still waaaay below normal frequency/quality, and add the safety factor in...

I'm about to return to the rails, despite the safety piece. Driving, even a couple of days a week, is just too awful
 
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Interesting that traffic in greater Hartford is light. Because in Fairfield County, even without white collar workers all being back in their offices full time, traffic right now is a total nightmare. The presumption is that more people are not taking the train but driving than are former drivers who are staying home, but I’m not sure I buy that.

Train schedule is running about 80% of pre-pandemic. Assuming ridership is similar, this might explain it. As it stands, traffic varies widely by day of the week lately. I also believe a small number of non-regular rush hour travelers are gumming up the works something fierce, which would also include people who moved from NY but now go to the office once or twice a week.
 
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Get us a stop, Lou Spanos. Get us a stop this play. Because we’re all in the mood for a victory and they’ve been running all over us today.
...running through us all day. Today also works.
 
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Question. Why isn’t Brewton returning punts along with kickoffs? He the most explosive returner we have by a mile.
Keelan Marian is averaging more than 15 yards per punt return which isn't bad. After the Army and Vandy games no one is kicking to Brian Brewton anymore. As a result, we are getting some great field positions because the assortment of short kicks from the other teams that are design to keep the ball out of Brewton's hands. Our special teams play has been the highlight of this of this season.
 
Question. Why isn’t Brewton returning punts along with kickoffs? He the most explosive returner we have by a mile.

It’s probable that the reason Brewton isn’t returning punts is that the coaches aren’t nearly as smart as you, and as good as he is at returning kickoffs it has never occurred to them.

That what you wanted to hear? Seriously, what’s wrong with you? The answer that they have practices and for whatever reason Marion is better than him at returning punts didn’t occur to you? Maybe he can’t catch the ball with defenders bearing down on him. Maybe he can’t make the first guy miss before getting to full speed as good as Marion can. They are somewhat different skills.
 
I think Brewton was dinged up a bit, which was probably why didn't see much of him (if at all) back there
 
It was a pretty good crowd for a Saturday and the manager gives me a smile.
That went over the heads of just about everyone here. I did put bread in his jar in Amsterdam in 2002, though. Felt good to do that actually. Not THE guy, but A guy. At an Indonesian cuisine place. A Yank.
 
It’s probable that the reason Brewton isn’t returning punts is that the coaches aren’t nearly as smart as you, and as good as he is at returning kickoffs it has never occurred to them.

That what you wanted to hear? Seriously, what’s wrong with you? The answer that they have practices and for whatever reason Marion is better than him at returning punts didn’t occur to you? Maybe he can’t catch the ball with defenders bearing down on him. Maybe he can’t make the first guy miss before getting to full speed as good as Marion can. They are somewhat different skills.
But not only do they have practices, they also have plenty of data from games. Under real world conditions with the imminence of execution sharpening the mind. Just offhand I think that is what he was getting at.
 

I wonder if they have drills to teach picking up on cues for when it is time to turn the head? They have been doing better, but that has historically been a problem over the past decade.
 
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It’s probable that the reason Brewton isn’t returning punts is that the coaches aren’t nearly as smart as you, and as good as he is at returning kickoffs it has never occurred to them.

That what you wanted to hear? Seriously, what’s wrong with you? The answer that they have practices and for whatever reason Marion is better than him at returning punts didn’t occur to you? Maybe he can’t catch the ball with defenders bearing down on him. Maybe he can’t make the first guy miss before getting to full speed as good as Marion can. They are somewhat different skills.
Go take a Xanax. I was looking for whether he was hurt since he didn’t play last game and is penciled in for KR this week but not PR. So, I was looking for info on whether he is to see limited play due to injury or some other reason. More generally, if you had watched any games where he was returning the ball, you’d be able to deduce the above intent of the question. Have a great day chasing ambulances.
 
It’s probable that the reason Brewton isn’t returning punts is that the coaches aren’t nearly as smart as you, and as good as he is at returning kickoffs it has never occurred to them.

That what you wanted to hear? Seriously, what’s wrong with you? The answer that they have practices and for whatever reason Marion is better than him at returning punts didn’t occur to you? Maybe he can’t catch the ball with defenders bearing down on him. Maybe he can’t make the first guy miss before getting to full speed as good as Marion can. They are somewhat different skills.
And maybe the reason is the same head coach who is directing who is to return punts is the same guy who tried to substitute a DL player as Yale was hiking the ball on the supposed last play of the game.
 
It’s probable that the reason Brewton isn’t returning punts is that the coaches aren’t nearly as smart as you, and as good as he is at returning kickoffs it has never occurred to them.

That what you wanted to hear? Seriously, what’s wrong with you? The answer that they have practices and for whatever reason Marion is better than him at returning punts didn’t occur to you? Maybe he can’t catch the ball with defenders bearing down on him. Maybe he can’t make the first guy miss before getting to full speed as good as Marion can. They are somewhat different skills.

Ehh. You gotta do better than "Coaches are smarter than fans". We've already seen the prior staff completely FUBAR'd some of the depth chart for reasons unbeknownst to us but us fans do beknownst the coaches improperly evaluated the talent.
 
I did put bread in his jar in Amsterdam in 2002, though. Felt good to do that actually.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Especially in Amsterdam. Was just there a couple of weekends ago.
 
I wonder if they have drills to teach picking up on cues for when it is time to turn the head? They have been doing better, but that has historically been a problem over the past decade.
Much is debated over this in the football world. It’s not as easy as you think. Most of the time you can’t get your head around until you’re in phase and/or you’ve read down the receiver i.e knowing for sure it’s a go ball and not a 12 yard comeback (run at about 14 yds before the break) else you will be turning your head to look for the ball and the receiver will be breaking down and coming back to the ball. Sometimes playing through a receiver’s hands is far more effective. Remember, the receiver is tracking the ball while in stride because he was looking back and anticipating the ball to begin with plus he knows the route he’s running. The DB doesn’t know when the ball is coming so if he gets his around too soon (before he can actually feel the receiver) he will slow down for a split second to find the ball. A well placed ball will have the DB two steps behind and unable to make a play on the ball.

And if the DB doesn’t have the sideline as his friend and there’s a lot of space around, if he turns his head before he’s in phase he can drift while attempting to locate the ball and lose track of the receiver. Bottom line is you get your head around when you can feel the receiver and keep up your speed while locating the ball because you have a body to track, also, if you’re in tight red zone and the back of the endzone is there well you can get your head around because there isn’t much room for the ball to travel before it’s out of bounds.

However, when I see a DB running stride for stride with a receiver on a go ball and never turns his head to locate after about 25 yards of running that shouldn’t happen. That’s when you get called for PI because usually they panic and interfere with the receiver before the ball gets there- not to mention if the ball is under thrown (which you would have seen had your head been around).

Hope that helps a bit
 
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