Jeff Jacobs: Our Detour To Big-Time Football

[huskymedic]

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-ss-jacobs-column-0903-20150902-column.html

 

[NYUConn]

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-ss-jacobs-column-0903-20150902-column.html

I'm not gonna pay for that and I can't use that code on my work browser, any chance you can paste text?

 

[huskymedic]

I'm not gonna pay for that and I can't use that code on my work browser, any chance you can paste text?

It's too long... I don't pay either. I just have a registered email address.

 

[NYUConn]

It's too long... I don't pay either. I just have a registered email address.

Got it. I'll get a friend from CT to send it to me. Thanks anyway.

 

[Jimdish255]

Also the next one on QB's: http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-ss-developing-qbs-0903-20150902-story.html

 

[sub legacy]

Just read the article through Google News. Best column I've read in awhile.

 

[huskymedic]

Also the next one on QB's: http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-ss-developing-qbs-0903-20150902-story.html

I saw a separate thread on that one...

 

[cttxus]

It's too long... I don't pay either. I just have a registered email address.

Yup, all you need to do is "register" with your email address.

 

[NYUConn]

Just registered and read. Pretty good.

Jacobs is a good writer but not telling us anything we don't already know (save his experiences at Mizzou).

 

[Waquoit]

Just registered and read. Pretty good.

Jacobs is a good writer but not telling us anything we don't already know (save his experiences at Mizzou).

Not telling you anything maybe, but die-hards aren't the target audience.

 

[NYUConn]

Not telling you anything maybe, but die-hards aren't the target audience.

Fair point.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Kind of an odd article. About 90% Jeff Jacobs autobiographical piece, 10% relevant UConn football information. I'm not reading the sports section to hear Jacobs' life story. Thought this was kind of weak.

 

[huskymedic]

Kind of an odd article. About 90% Jeff Jacobs autobiographical piece, 10% relevant UConn football information. I'm not reading the sports section to hear Jacobs' life story. Thought this was kind of weak.

That's because Jacobs is a "columnist" and not a beat reporter. He has wide latitude on what he covers and writes about and more often than not - it's an opinion piece.

 

[Dogged]

That's because Jacobs is a "columnist" and not a beat reporter. He has wide latitude on what he covers and writes about and more often than not - it's an opinion piece.

I think he writes well but mostly he writes about himself.

 

[Dogged]

I think he writes well but mostly he writes about himself.

And his opinion about himself is pretty high!

 

[ktuck911]

I respect Jacobs' upfront approach with the title of the article alone.. but, right now, is not the time for this... I'd be more inclined to take the circle the wagons approach at this point.. we've talked enough about what we're not... and lately we've been talking the talk that things are on the up and up.. lets's walk the walk a little.. then talk...Let's see if we can get a "See, I told ya" from Diaco about 6-7 games into the season.. a little humility breeds success...

 

[sportsart]

And his opinion about himself is pretty high!

Says the man who quotes himself......

 

[ktuck911]

Now, after reading the article... which is way more than the title of it.. not a bad personal biography with a little UCONN spin to it.. I just want us to win. I want the current Diaco talk that leads up to the start of the season tonight becomes what he implies.. a successful one.. but more so in the W-L column this team... We get he's building men.. All college football programs should be striving for the same thing, just don't BS us fans and bring UCONN football back to relevancy starting tonight....

 

[Dogged]

Says the man who quotes himself.

Ha!