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20-16 cats

But we move the ball, have long drives that consume the clock and actually have a 13-10 lead at halftime. Its a game worth watching, entertaining, 2nd half turnovers prove costly. Gives us hope to beat Army the following week.
 
uconndogs said:
UCONN controls both lines of scrimmage, rushes for 125 yards and gets 3 sacks. Special team score by Newsome. Defense sets up another score on a fumble recovery.

Dogs 31-27
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Arkeel Newsome 140 yards rushing -6ypc
Ron Johnson runs for 75 yards -4.5ypc
Noel Thomas 6 catches 95 yards
Alex Bloom/Tommy Meyers combine for 5 catches 60 yards
Bryant Sherriffs 17/25 210 yards - 1 interception

Defense forces 3 NOVA turnovers

Final Score UCONN 35 NOVA 17
 
Offensive line is serviceable but still rusty. Defensive line goes on a terror. Offensive backfield does a serviceable job with ball security; good ball decisions by Shirrefs in particular. Arkeel Newsome busts out at least a few big plays. Receiving corps for the most part do a good job with bringing in the ball. I don't see a bunch of plays for huge YAC, at least not until they get into an offensive groove throughout the season. Defensive backs do a solid job of not giving up big plays, thanks in part to pressure up front. I can see a handful of missed tackles due to jitters, but overall, the defense settles down, especially in second half. Not a ton of major hiccups on special teams, either, in terms of missed kicks or turnovers.

FINAL SCORE:
UConn 31, Nova 17
 
I'll go with Jimdish's 31 for UConn, but our D holds 'Nova to an additional FG:

Dogs 31
Cats 17

GO DOGS!!!!
 
No explanations, just gut feeling: 26-10 Dawgs beat Cats. Woof! Will be in section 226 for this one.... hyperventilating. :confused::rolleyes::p
 
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Huskies 31
Bobcats 20
UConn defense is stout and gets a couple of turnovers to pull away.
 
RioDog said:
I'll go with Jimdish's 31 for UConn, but our D holds 'Nova to an additional FG:

Dogs 31
Cats 17

GO DOGS!!!!
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A vote of confidence! The more I think about it the more I'm convinced we're going to separate some guys from their lunches tomorrow night.
 
Time to weigh in, for the record. I'll feel much more confident making predictions after I actually, you know, see what the new QB can actually do and can't do. However I'm going to remain pessimistic about our Coach and wish we were playing anyone but Nova first:

1. Nova wins 23-13
2. Season record 2-10
3. New coach in 2016.

Hope I'm wrong about 1 and 2. And as I've said numerous times even if we go 3-9 but show nice progress I will not be disappointed in the year and I will admit Diaco may have what it takes. But if we go 2-10 or 3-9 and have too many games like USF, Army, SMU last year I will be hammering him 24/7. Prove me wrong Bobby boy!!!
 
Perfect Hair said:
Time to weigh in, for the record. I'll feel much more confident making predictions after I actually, you know, see what the new QB can actually do and can't do. However I'm going to remain pessimistic about our Coach and wish we were playing anyone but Nova first:

1. Nova wins 23-13
2. Season record 2-10
3. New coach in 2016.

Hope I'm wrong about 1 and 2. And as I've said numerous times even if we go 3-9 but show nice progress I will not be disappointed in the year and I will admit Diaco may have what it takes. But if we go 2-10 or 3-9 and have too many games like USF, Army, SMU last year I will be hammering him 24/7. Prove me wrong Bobby boy!!!
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Yeah, because teams can't improve with 25 more scholarships, better strength and conditioning, and another year experience. That never happens.

Far too many people are predicting doom (You just happen to be insufferable) based on last year and are completely dismissing whatever the team did from Mid-December 2014 to August 2015.

This is a different team from last year and I think you'll find that there was a method to Coach Diaco's madness.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Same here. I feel irrationally confident we'll win, but logically Nova should be better than us.

I think we'll learn a good amount about Shirreffs Thursday.
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That is it, in spades. He wins it with his legs with 2 rushing TDs.
24-23.
 
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I predict we win 17-14 as I think we will still struggle on offense but the Defense picks us up and we win a close one.
 
I think Villanova looks pretty good, but our offense comes through and wins it on the last possession, 20-17. UConn wins the turnover battle, too, and our defense either scores a TD or sets up a first-and-goal that we convert into a TD.
 
There is no objective reason to think we will win tonight. They were better than we were last year (quite a bit better) and return 3 of their 4 best players. My head says 24-17 Nova, my heart says 19-17 Huskies.
 
Excalibur said:
There is no objective reason to think we will win tonight. They were better than we were last year (quite a bit better) and return 3 of their 4 best players. My head says 24-17 Nova, my heart says 19-17 Huskies.
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You don't think our depth on the DL will play a major factor vs their inexperienced OL (with little depth in the heat)? We keep hearing how hard our guys worked in the off season. You don't think our overall depth vs a roster with 65 scholarship players, in the heat, won't favor us?
 
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sportsart said:
You don't think our depth on the DL will play a major factor vs their inexperienced OL (with little depth in the heat)? We keep hearing how hard our guys worked in the off season. You don't think our overall depth vs a roster with 65 scholarship players, in the heat, won't favor us?
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Our conditioning program is one thing we can point to. However, teams make the leap from year to year all the time, with no reason to think it would happen before it did. I'm perfectly fine thinking "why not us?"
 
Husky25 said:
Yeah, because teams can't improve with 25 more scholarships, better strength and conditioning, and another year experience. That never happens.

Far too many people are predicting doom (You just happen to be insufferable) based on last year and are completely dismissing whatever the team did from Mid-December 2014 to August 2015.

This is a different team from last year and I think you'll find that there was a method to Coach Diaco's madness.
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25 more scholarships? You mean we replaced 25 experienced players with 25 18 year olds (for the most part) who won't contribute much. Personally I'd rather have Geremy Davis and Byron Jones on the field tonight instead of some freshman, but that's just me, call me crazy. Our hopes lie in the form of a transfer QB who is a total unknown and huge improvement in game management from our coaches. The rest is window dressing.
 
Irish Loop said:
We win 19-17 on a last second field goal from Tarbutt at 55 yards out. Fans embarrassingly rush the field. In a strange turn of events, this is the closest game we play all year as we march to our first national title.
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Bartender, may I have what he's having?
 
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Perfect Hair said:
25 more scholarships? You mean we replaced 25 experienced players with 25 18 year olds (for the most part) who won't contribute much. Personally I'd rather have Geremy Davis and Byron Jones on the field tonight instead of some freshman, but that's just me, call me crazy. Our hopes lie in the form of a transfer QB who is a total unknown and huge improvement in game management from our coaches. The rest is window dressing.
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Hold your breath. You're wasting my oxygen.
 
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