Game Week - UConn v. Syracuse

[huskymedic]

Jim Fuller@NHRJimFuller 45 mins ago
Something has to give as slow-starting #UConn offense & Syracuse defense square off on Saturday
UConn looking for a better start on offense Saturday against Syracuse

 

[Confident Carl]

This game will be a challenge . . . to the person in charge of the music/barking/video combo on 3rd down, as the Orange offense will not give that person much time to cue it up. I hope we're ready to go on and off the field!

No question, they play fast. Our D has to shut them down early. They were up 17-0 on South FL.

 

[CL82]

Mike Anthony‏@ManthonyCourant
Diaco: "When you get down a few scores, you have a play a particular way. It's not necessarily the way we want to play." 9:09 AM - 20 Sep 2016

Translation: look for more slow starts as HCBD waits until he's down "by a few scores" to open up the offense.

 

[huskymedic]

M. Anthony: UConn Prepares For Syracuse's Fast And Furious Offense

 

[huskymedic]

Syracuse’s Ervin Philips of West Haven emerges as one of top receivers in nation

 

[hardcorehusky]

Now I get why Diaco doesn't want punt returns. If we run it back for a touchdown, we have to kick off to the other team and lose posssession.

Seriously, even if we averaged 5 yards a return, that gives us better field position. What am I missing here?

 

[jayfromfla]

The game plan should be same as giants vs buffalo in Super Bowl. Long bland offensive drives with a score Keep the Syracuse offense off the field

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

I think we can come from behind- yes. But we have to keep Syracuse's offense within reach here. I keep reading how fast they start and play, and that worries me since our offense is like 3rd to last in the nation in 1st quarter yards and thus scoring (0 points in 3 games).

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Joe D'Ambrosio@JoeDSports 2 hours ago · Saybrook Manor
It's LB night @UConnFootball Coaches Show @GenosGrille @MWalshy34 @TH3BlAcKmAmbA24 plus @MattPark1 6p @WTIC1080 @tunein @IMGAudio

 

[pj]

Daily Campus Sports@dcsportsdept just now
Diaco on lack of offense: "Our program is built to keep points down. So in general, points are down because of the way the program operates"

Someone should tell Bob that it's a superior strategy to keep the opponent's points down, but ours up.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Dom Amore@AmoreCourant 2 hours ago
@UConnMBB will be signing autographs in fan fest area before the football game tomorrow, 11:30 to 12:15

 

[Waquoit]

To be fair, nobody with UCONN does, either.

Why would you want to fair to Syracuse?

 

[Waquoit]

Ian Bethune@Ian_Bethune just now
Diaco - thought Bryant played a great game with one exception. the interception in the end zone. critical error

This bothers me. Great? He wasn't even bad. I know coachspeak but please.

 

[huskymedic]

Syracuse and Connecticut meet on the gridiron for first time since 2012
http://cuse.com/news/2016/9/22/football-orange-renew-series-with-uconn.aspx

 

[BlueDogs]

Everyone seems pretty confident about this one, and cuse fans seem pretty worried, but their offense scares the crap out of me. I just hope we can score enough points to keep up. They came out hot against Louisville and USF. If we have another slow start we may not be able to pull ourselves back in the 2nd half.

Its an explosive offense with good deep threat capabilities.. This will be an excellent test for the D. I imagine Diaco will be in bend don't break mode keeping everything in front of them with big cushions, which will be frustrating to watch. But, we should be able to get it done as long as we don't have breakdowns and give up the long ball.

 

[StoweD210]

Bob Diaco Sends Syracuse Football Program 10-min Video of Him Staring Into Camera, Silently Eating Oranges

 

[HuskyHawk]

Bob Diaco Sends Syracuse Football Program 10-min Video of Him Staring Into Camera, Silently Eating Oranges

Now that is funny.

 

[Husky68]

Its an explosive offense with good deep threat capabilities.. This will be an excellent test for the D. I imagine Diaco will be in bend don't break mode keeping everything in front of them with big cushions, which will be frustrating to watch. But, we should be able to get it done as long as we don't have breakdowns and give up the long ball.

But we do have breakdowns and give up the long ball. UConn needs to make Syracuse do more than play pitch and catch. If Syracuse does have an explosive offense with good deep threat capabilities they will score a lot on our rope a dope defense. Is the Syracuse defense really bad enough (or UConn offense ready to turn it on) so we can win a higher scoring game, sure hope so.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Bob Diaco Sends Syracuse Football Program 10-min Video of Him Staring Into Camera, Silently Eating Oranges

Wow

One way or another this will become stuff of legend. If he turns into a Vince Lombardi type success, people will look back at this as an iconic image from early in his career. If he never amounts to much, this will be viewed as the point where everyone should have known he wasn't in his right mind. Anything in between and this will be a memorable moment in a career without many memorable moments.

 

[Stainmaster]

Wow

One way or another this will become stuff of legend. If he turns into a Vince Lombardi type success, people will look back at this as an iconic image from early in his career. If he never amounts to much, this will be viewed as the point where everyone should have known he wasn't in his right mind. Anything in between and this will be a memorable moment in a career without many memorable moments.

Satire?

 

[huskymedic]

Wow

One way or another this will become stuff of legend. If he turns into a Vince Lombardi type success, people will look back at this as an iconic image from early in his career. If he never amounts to much, this will be viewed as the point where everyone should have known he wasn't in his right mind. Anything in between and this will be a memorable moment in a career without many memorable moments.

FCF - Please tell me you clicked on the rest of the site before writing that, please, please, please.

 

[huskymedic]

Sigh...

Mike Anthony@ManthonyCourant 2 hours ago
27,500 tickets have been distributed for UConn-Syracuse game tomorrow at Rentschler Field.

 

[huskymedic]