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The average high school football player just began to look at our program a little differently. In a really, really good way.
CTMike said:ANYONE watching us can now say: "hey, they are not only not a dumpster fire, but Diaco has a little something going on - they might even be good next year!"
Winning with cool gray uniforms helps toowinning is the best recruiting tool!
And Face masks that look like LED Light Bars, so cool.Winning with cool gray uniforms helps too
It's a game that we and the 50 recruits will not forget for a long time. So many emotional plays, players, coaches, crowd on their feet, jumping, hollering!!! What a great atmosphere, storming the field. Sealing the win with 59 seconds left.
My ceiling expectation will be when UCONN reaches the 1-A FBS playoff. It may not happen in my lifetime but I like to set the bar high. (Sort of like sitting in Memorial Stadium in my student days & daydreaming of UCONN playing 1-A bigtime football)The expectation levels have just been raised after tonight - bowl game is the floor, AAC championship is the ceiling expectation.
The average high school football player just began to look at our program a little differently. In a really, really good way.
Should move up ahead of Buffalo, Akron and Toledo on their choices.
That's what I noticed as well. Great life and love pervades the program. I saw that in that last Cincinnati game: but on the Cincinnati sideline with the players all jumping and shouting with Butch Jones in the middle of them. Then I looked at our sideline, kids just standing there, looking lost, PP with that confused but stern look on his face - the look of a captain determined to go down with his ship. And we were going down. With Diacco you see that same Butch Jones led team that kicked our butt so bad. The future is very bright. I think the PP damage has been undone, finally.Diaco proved that he is a pretty good recruiter and judge of talent. Noticed how the players reacted to him after the game in the middle of the crowd. All jumping up and down, happy and hollering. So I have to agree with Dooley, the future is bright.
You know, if the Sherrif comes back, and with the wave these kids are riding right now, I'm not counting them out. I had them losing to UH but if they can keep the emotional high going for another week, anything can happen. Temple has played its emotional high game already against ND. Will they be way up for Uconn? Not like in past years. Our kids are believing in themselves right about now, and that's a good start!Don't look now but this team has now won 3 straight heading into another big match up vs. Temple. Can they make it 4 straight?!
PP with that confused but stern look on his face - the look of a captain determined to go down with his ship. And we were going down.
Well he stayed the course in a consistent manner with unshakeable direction and purpose. He stuck to his guns without yielding to flight of fancy or changing to the offense du jour. He drove the train off the tracks and managed to keep driving without rails. A lesser man would have called it quits but he held steadfast. I'd call that successful in a certain manner of speaking!LOL. so you're saying the Coach P era was successful then? (just kidding)
It's all a matter of perspective and view.Well he stayed the course in a consistent manner with unshakeable direction and purpose. He stuck to his guns without yielding to flight of fancy or changing to the offense du jour. He drove the train off the tracks and managed to keep driving without rails. A lesser man would have called it quits but he held steadfast. I'd call that successful in a certain manner of speaking!
The average high school football player just began to look at our program a little differently. In a really, really good way.
btw, I hope everyone gets that this was supposed to be an attempt at humor. Maybe I'm not a comedian, but that was the intent!Well he stayed the course in a consistent manner with unshakeable direction and purpose. He stuck to his guns without yielding to flight of fancy or changing to the offense du jour. He drove the train off the tracks and managed to keep driving without rails. A lesser man would have called it quits but he held steadfast. I'd call that successful in a certain manner of speaking!