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The one thing that can't happen is going into the season with the quarterback position not settled unlike last season. They need a define leader heading into the season.

Remember Masters and Bennett were both out yesterday. They are the two best lineman on this team. So I have faith going forward to the summer and fall.
 
Given the amount of walking wounded, and the fact that the way they divided the teams up it was not a 1's against 2's format, you can't come away saying a "unit" is going to be be bad or good for that matter. Judging the "unit" in this instance is as rediculous as saying our schemes were awful, neither will be what is represented on August 30th.

You can say however that you witnessed many players show signs of adding quality depth to key positions on both sides of the ball. Individual players that stood out for me, with the focus being on the newer guys (and I may miss a few here until I rewatch my TIVO);
Oseiski
Delorenzo
McQuillan
Whitmer
Cruz
Gifford
Mack
Phillips
Christen
Pruitt
Clark
Ashiru
Foxx
Stevenson
Lee
Adeyemi
McBryde

Edit: I am far more optimistic this year compared to last year.
 
whaler11 said:
They were too focused on throwing the ball to bother to gain yards with their top backs. They just tried to run it a few dozen times with zero success for fun.
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are you serious with this? our number one goal was to figure out our best QB, do you really want us to run 60% of the time? i was thrilled we threw a lot. our biggest concerns are passing offense and passing defense, it seems that one of them improved quite a bit, and Whitmer did a godo job of moving the offense. Some of the Olinemen that made mistakes arent' even on our 2 deep so it might be time to step off the ledge. i thought it was a great spring game and i saw a lot of what i wanted to see
 
mattp said:
are you serious with this? our number one goal was to figure out our best QB, do you really want us to run 60% of the time? i was thrilled we threw a lot. our biggest concerns are passing offense and passing defense, it seems that one of them improved quite a bit, and Whitmer did a godo job of moving the offense. Some of the Olinemen that made mistakes arent' even on our 2 deep so it might be time to step off the ledge. i thought it was a great spring game and i saw a lot of what i wanted to see
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I don't care what the mix of throw versus run was. Im simply noting when they tried to run they could not.

Im not on any ledge, I'm just not going to pretend that something so poor was not.
 
whaler11 said:
The offense was pathetic today. Anyone who tells you different is lying to you and themselves.
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I wasn't even at the game and I believe you. Whitmer sounds impressive. Likewise, Phillips at WR. But the rest??? Same old offense, or lack thereof.
Defense had a good day or so it seems. Of course, look at the offense they were up against. Aside from Fordham, most other teams did look good against the UConn offense last season.
 
mattp said:
are you serious with this? our number one goal was to figure out our best QB, do you really want us to run 60% of the time? i was thrilled we threw a lot. our biggest concerns are passing offense and passing defense, it seems that one of them improved quite a bit, and Whitmer did a godo job of moving the offense.
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I'm with you on this one matty. Wasn't at game,but glad to hear that Whitmer and Phillips may provide an pulse for the anemic UConn offense. Also, got to hope that McNeal from Clemson will add even more come August. Maybe Juco's and transfers are the way to go.

FWIW, I've made similar "suggestions" in the past about using the Spring Game or early season, patsy OOC's to work on the passing game. But the response has usually been "We're UConn, we run, stop us if you can, punting team out on the field".
 
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whaler11 said:
I don't care what the mix of throw versus run was. Im simply noting when they tried to run they could not.

Im not on any ledge, I'm just not going to pretend that something so poor was not.
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Good grief, the offensive lines were thrown together for the day. What did you expect?
 
One other thing is that had Whitmer started the game instead of coming in in the 2nd quarteer, I suspect everyone's perspective would have been different. Pasquoloni let Mac have the first series, which was a nice move on his part. But had Whitmer come out, played as he did, move the team in for a score, or come very close, all of a sudden everyone is talking about the new UCONN quarterback and how things looked great until he came out. Because of the rotation they set up, it gave the impression that Whitmer doesn't have the lead in the qb battle. Usually in these types of games the starter plays the early series and backups play later.
 
I was at the game and thought it was a good day. Anyone looking for O consistency w/rotating lines and qb's, a very limited playbook, and key components missing was looking for the wrong things. What we learned is that we have depth at all positions - I thought Gifford looked ok for a freshman OT, I thought Cruz did a decent job at G, I thought Williams and Phillips showed the ability to create space, I thought Osieki looked strong at FB, I thought the DL push was tremendous, i thought the depth at LB was lights out, and I believe we have 4 good CBs and a 3rd S. Those were things I was unsure about and was looking for in the spring game.

If you were looking for the O to open up the playbook and challenge the D i think you went to the worng event - the staff said all week, this would be basic formations and fundamental football. The time for sizzle is in the late summer, early fall.

I am optimistic for 12.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
I wasn't even at the game and I believe you. Whitmer sounds impressive. Likewise, Phillips at WR. But the rest??? Same old offense, or lack thereof.
Defense had a good day or so it seems. Of course, look at the offense they were up against. Aside from Fordham, most other teams did look good against the UConn offense last season.
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When you play Madden on your Xbox, Your the Dream Team vs 2008 Detroit lions Right?
 
Whaler just misses Edsall.

Hey Whaler. P just may be awful, but at least when we punt, we can be reasonably certain that it won't get blocked.
 
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