More the Truth - Miscatagorized UConn

[Chief00]

He should not come back Tuesday after this.
Keeler: How did CSU Rams land Jim Mora? Give assist to this former Broncos QB
Hopefully fixed the link via Google - at least on my phone.

 

[tiger8mush]

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[huskymedic]

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Discussed in detail here (w/ assistance): Colorado State is expected to make UConn coach Jim Mora the school’s next head coach.

 

[Chief00]

His friend Hugh is not doing Jim any favors on his way back to CT:
“Then he added: “For some reason, amateur football in the northeast is just — lacrosse is bigger than high school football. So when you go to a UConn game, which is 30 miles’ drive from campus — of course (the Huskies) have a great basketball culture — but you have to stand on the sidelines to really absorb just how bad that job is.””

 

[Chief00]

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Can you read now?

 

[tiger8mush]

Can you read now?

Yup, thanks!

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Hugh Millen has shown he knows nothing. Lacrosse is not bigger, the stadium isn't 30 miles, and the job is not that bad. It does have challenges.

 

[pj]

Hugh Millen has shown he knows nothing. Lacrosse is not bigger, the stadium isn't 30 miles, and the job is not that bad. It does have challenges.

The question is, is Hugh Millen just inventing stuff, or is he repeating what he heard from Mora?

 

[uconndogs]

Good lord! Folks need to relax.

 

[ZooCougar]

He should not come back Tuesday after this.
Keeler: How did CSU Rams land Jim Mora? Give assist to this former Broncos QB
Hopefully fixed the link via Google - at least on my phone.

Old News Chief. Try again.

 

[tiger8mush]

Hugh Millen has shown he knows nothing. Lacrosse is not bigger, the stadium isn't 30 miles, and the job is not that bad. It does have challenges.

Sounds bitter that his son got minimal playing time during his 2 years here.

 

[Kowalski]

His friend Hugh is not doing Jim any favors on his way back to CT:
“Then he added: “For some reason, amateur football in the northeast is just — lacrosse is bigger than high school football. So when you go to a UConn game, which is 30 miles’ drive from campus — of course (the Huskies) have a great basketball culture — but you have to stand on the sidelines to really absorb just how bad that job is.””

Maybe but I’m a little skeptical that Mora’s at all unhappy about the comments Millen made. Sounds like they’re good friends. I’m sure Mora’s saw the article and knows UConn fans saw it. He could have addressed Millen’s insulting comments in the Courant interview and said he was flat wrong if he wanted.

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Sounds bitter that his son got minimal playing time during his 2 years here.

BINGO.

 

[Jimdish255]

His friend Hugh is not doing Jim any favors on his way back to CT:
“Then he added: “For some reason, amateur football in the northeast is just — lacrosse is bigger than high school football. So when you go to a UConn game, which is 30 miles’ drive from campus — of course (the Huskies) have a great basketball culture — but you have to stand on the sidelines to really absorb just how bad that job is.””

One of the most ludicrous statements made anywhere by any supposed sports fan or critic. Some of the top HS Lacrosse programs in the NE reside in lower FFC and their football teams are decidedly more.... Why bother? It's clickbait garbage.

 

[pj]

Sounds bitter that his son got minimal playing time during his 2 years here.

If so, he should take it out on the coach who moved his son to defensive back. Jim Mora: https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uc...len-branching-quarterback-spring-17891054.php

 

[Chief00]

If so, he should take it out on the coach who moved his son to defensive back. Jim Mora: https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uc...len-branching-quarterback-spring-17891054.php

Wow, that’s interesting and appears as if Mora was going to unusual lengths to get his friend’s kid on the field. The fact that he played on special teams at Northern AZ classifies him as a great athlete. Strange.

 

[Bongo Fury]

He was first recruited to Oregon. 4star?

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Came in during the worst of times. Yep, UConn never had sellouts, full parking lots of impressive tailgating scenes, scalpers working the lots ... became a competitive program in and near the end of a BCS conference existence. Thought Millen was always dealing with injuries since Oregon and had a tough time throwing. Could run like a deer though.

 

[Kowalski]

His friend Hugh is not doing Jim any favors on his way back to CT:
“Then he added: “For some reason, amateur football in the northeast is just — lacrosse is bigger than high school football. So when you go to a UConn game, which is 30 miles’ drive from campus — of course (the Huskies) have a great basketball culture — but you have to stand on the sidelines to really absorb just how bad that job is.””

The more I think about it, the more Millen’s disrespectful comments annoy me. I think he made them because he (and possibly Mora) were defensive about comments, including Saban’s, expressing surprise that Mora left for a program like CSU. But instead of arguing the merits of CSU, he chose to denigrate UConn. A classless move that I’m not convinced Mora didn’t approve of.

So I looked up the records of both teams since UConn upgraded to 1A / FBS in 2002:

• UConn has slightly more wins than CSU since 2002 (including a signature road win over Notre Dame) & a better winning %
• That’s despite UConn playing in conferences with more difficult competition over much of that time (a superior BE power conference for 9 of those years and I’d argue an AAC that was better than the MWC for 7)
• Uconn also played in conferences with 10 programs that are now P4. Only 3 of CSU’s MWC mates are now P4.

 

[BRS24]

The more I think about it, the more Millen’s disrespectful comments annoy me. I think he made them because he (and possibly Mora) were defensive about comments, including Saban’s, expressing surprise that Mora left for a program like CSU. But instead of arguing the merits of CSU, he chose to denigrate UConn. A classless move that I’m not convinced Mora didn’t approve of.

So I looked up the records of both teams since UConn upgraded to 1A / FBS in 2002:

• UConn has slightly more wins than CSU since 2002 (including a signature road win over Notre Dame) & a better winning %
• That’s despite UConn playing in conferences with more difficult competition over much of that time (a superior BE power conference for 9 of those years and I’d argue an AAC that was better than the MWC for 7)
• Uconn also played in conferences with 10 programs that are now P4. Only 3 of CSU’s MWC mates are now P4.

See my petty post about UConn v CSU rankings at The Athletic here. 😁

 

[Hogoff]

What happened to the ignore button?

 

[ZooCougar]

He was first recruited to Oregon. 4star?

Then he transferred to NAU and rode the pine there. He was a dud.