Maryland post game thread

[jdb50]

The state of UConn football is summed up when we finally scored a touchdown today we give up a long TD on the next play from scrimmage. We decide to play for a field goal on 4th and short and we miss it. Will we lead the nation in missed tackles by the secondary and LBs after week one? There were veterans with bad wiffs today. It is never corrected. Again with the dropped passes, 2 bad ones by one wideout. Play a younger player like Harper in his place. Both our QBs had some really inaccurate throws. Play Welliver this coming game. Bell is a serious weapon and needs a good passer. This program needs some juice and we have none. Fagano can be the experienced backup.

 

[Huskydog45]

For the few hundred people that went to the open practice at The Rent a couple weeks ago, this was the same exact offense that we saw.

Plenty of WR’s that couldn’t catch and terrible qb play outside of Welliver.

I was there and would disagree on the drops….know it was a scrimmage but that was one thing they didn’t do was drop many balls. Was impressed with the receivers hands in that scrimmage. And Welliver is our QB of the future. Big, strong arm, accurate. Know we still have to give Evers a chance to redeem himself but will be interesting to see when they go to Welliver as I think he is our guy for the next 4 years.

 

[Buffett10]

Uconn may lead FBS football in targeting ejections at the end of week 1. Shameful that those were UConn's hardest hits. Mora, how about benching the next guy who does that. Give them a designated seat on bench. Coaching tip . . . tell your players NOT TO DO IT, EVER.

Who cares if they do it? Atleast they want to hit unlike some of the defense

 

[Huskydog45]

This is a bad team. Doesn’t mean they can’t be successful against the other bad teams on the schedule.

Love how someone can say it’s a bad team after one game “Huskysupporter”

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Imagine that. The season could hinge on the play against Merrimack.

 

[CJasmer]

I bought into Mora and all his talk but I think it's safe to say he's another huge bust of a coach for us. We're totally unprepared in every single aspect of the game.

Do not understand the love for Mora. He was retired and spending his day skiing. If he was such a sought after head coach, he would have had other offers since it was not like UConn pays their head coach P4 level salary. Currently UConn is limited since they do not have the financial means to pay coaching staff P level salaries and the recruiting budget is same size as WBB team. If you wish to compete at P4 level you need to fund at that level.

 

[JMick]

One thing that's been mentioned sparsely in the past, but we just don't look as physically imposing as we did during RE 1.0 or even early PP years. I remember being up close next to those guys and going holy crap, theyre huge. They looked like NFL guys. You could even see it on the TV screen.

We haven't looked like that in a while.

I also feel like we haven't recruited to an identity since then, either. Those teams were built with an identity in mind. Now it seems like we just take scraps.

 

[superjohn]

At some point you are what your record is. We’ve gotten absolutely blasted by every P5/4 team (teams we’re claiming as peers) we’ve played, outside of Boston college but they don’t count.

Yep, Mora is 3-12 in his last 15 games with wins over Rice, UMass, and Sacred Heart. 7 of the 12 losses were huge blowouts.

 

[Bazz4A]

The football program is doing significant more harm than good at this point to the school, basketball included. It’s unfixable.

 

[Buffett10]

Atleast with Florida getting blown out at home with all their talent this loss will go under the radar

 

[CJasmer]

Yep, Mora is 3-12 in his last 15 games with wins over Rice, UMass, and Sacred Heart. 7 of the 12 losses were huge blowouts.

You could argue UMass and Sacred Heart are automatic wins. The Rice game was strange since Rice turned over the ball multiple times. The turnovers were not forced but caused by mistakes by Rice. UConn has not looked even competent since 2022 season.

 

[phillionaire]

Atleast with Florida getting blown out at home with all their talent this loss will go under the radar

Do you think us getting blown out is an aberration that merits national media coverage

 

[TyroneShoo]

CT resident and it would Be cool to have a legit program in the state. Maybe it is sacrilege among the husky alums here but Is it inappropriate to at least ask “At what point is UConn v Maine a much more enjoyable fall Sat than watching this nonsense over n over?“.

Maybe it is a necessary cash dump in order to maybe stay in the running for a Big 12 type of lifeline. But, at what cost? And for how long is it ok that much of that maybe remains a pipe dream?

Dont know the answers and I probably will get blasted for asking the question . but, have folks said, “ we belong in the CAA like Maine, UNH and URI“ ?

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Who cares if they do it? Atleast they want to hit unlike some of the defense

I agree the defense doesn't seem like they wanna hit anyone. But, the guys getting targeting calls is piss poor. You can get a cheerleader to hit a player sliding and giving himself up. That's not wanting to hit. It's a cheap shot that hurts the team.

 

[JMick]

CT resident and it would Be cool to have a legit program in the state. Maybe it is sacrilege among the husky alums here but Is it inappropriate to at least ask “At what point is UConn v Maine a much more enjoyable fall Sat than watching this nonsense over n over?“.

Maybe it is a necessary cash dump in order to maybe stay in the running for a Big 12 type of lifeline. But, at what cost? And for how long is it ok that much of that maybe remains a pipe dream?

Dont know the answers and I probably will get blasted for asking the question . but, have folks said, “ we belong in the CAA like Maine, UNH and URI“ ?

It's untenable. We'd lose even more money playing FCS football. It's FBS or bust.

 

[CJasmer]

Do you think us getting blown out is an aberration that merits national media coverage

Doubt it. Most of the nation thinks UConn football stinks so the score will not be surprising to a national audience.

 

[Redding Husky]

I’m in Dallas and I saw North Texas go from 1-AA to 1-A years ago. The first few years they were down 21-0 in the first quarter of every game. Then they were competitive in the first quarter and collapsed in the second quarter. Then they were competitive in the first half and fell apart in the second half. Eventually they were competitive in all four quarters of most games. They still aren’t a very good football program, but they’re not an embarrassment either. No one points to them and laughs. I’m not greedy or unrealistic. I just don’t want to be embarrassed.

 

[CL82]

Why?

Because, other than Duke, the rest of our schedule is eminently winnable. If he can't find five wins in there, it's definitely time for him to go.

 

[TyroneShoo]

Fair enough…bust it shall remain

 

[JMick]

I’m in Dallas and I saw North Texas go from 1-AA to 1-A years ago. The first few years they were down 21-0 in the first quarter of every game. Then they were competitive in the first quarter and collapsed in the second quarter. Then they were competitive in the first half and fell apart in the second half. Eventually they were competitive in all four quarters of most games. They still aren’t a very good football program, but they’re not an embarrassment either. No one points to them and laughs. I’m not greedy or unrealistic. I just don’t want to be embarrassed.

What sucks more is that we were pretty solid right out of the gate into FBS. The sport changed too much for us and we never hired the right people or kept resources in the right places to keep up with it.

 

[formerlurker]

 

[JMick]

if welliver is as good as we claim he is, and shows it in a couple games for us, he will get picked up quick by an actual team and be on the first flight out of town.

That's why you get everything you can out of every player while they're on the roster. If he came out and played well, got us to six wins and bounced to a higher profile school, it's good for the brand.

 

[CL82]

At what point is UConn v Maine a much more enjoyable fall Sat than watching this nonsense over n over?“.

More enjoyable? Right now, to be honest.

Preferable? Never.

 

[CJasmer]

It's untenable. We'd lose even more money playing FCS football. It's FBS or bust.

Then a strategy should come up how could UConn survive in just having basketball without having football? You would obviously save money since dropping football would allow you to drop a significant number of non revenue sports even in women Sports since would not effect Title IX. Either go all in supporting football team with a real P4 budget for coaching staff and recruiting or drop the sport. Both strategies should be modeled.

 

[BigTenFan]

Probably time to just look forward.
Maryland is more skilled, funded and deeper. Middle part of the schedule will be more telling.