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The Band was the best highlight tonight, followed by the field hockey and bb teams.
The flow of the game sucked. Between flags, tv timeouts, and other stoppages, they all killed the tempo. One time, on a key third down they busted out the snarl, red eyes, and the crowd got loud. Next thing, game stops for three minutes. They come back, and nothing to get the crowd fired up again. Lots of examples like that. First game for lots of people i guess.
I liked the husky logo at mid field. Also liked the snarling and red eyes. Just seemed to be inconsistent on third downs. Wasn't sure if it was on purpose to only do that on some third downs, or like so many other things, first game miscues.
Student section was packed at one point. I think the crowd was into it. Unfortunately, at the end of the game where UCONN had 20 shots from within the 5 yard line, the byu section was packed and loud. My son commented about the cheerleaders cheering to 5 students at that point.
I thought our offense moved better with Casey. Not a whitmer fan. Something about how his release and ball flight. Regardless, pick one and go with it. Or at least use them strategically. Every other possession only seemed to hurt Casey and chandler as neither could get into a rhythm. This is a PPesque type move. Dump it.
Byu was just too big and too strong. They did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. The downfield blocking made uconn's secondary non-existent. Coaching needs to teach how to break that. Of course, if the other team is that much bigger, stronger, and faster, the fix is a little more than coaching or half- time adjustments.
The red lot was a hay-field. Maybe a mower to go along with the power washer. Yes I'm nit picking but walking 1 mile each way in that stuff was a pain in the a. S. S.
Was hoping to see a little more newsome. He had a nice return even though it was late and the game was decided.
Davis was the only consistent threat for UCONN. He seemed to be more effective with Casey.
Byu is just better a around. UCONN has a ways to go. So does the coaching staff. No reason we couldn't get one more touchdown at the end. Weak play calling. Yes the game was over but they had two possessions inside the 10 at the end. No points. Maybe the byu fans were too loud.
For the most part, from a coaching perspective, this wasn't very different from a pp era game.
Not giving up on the season. Still think 6-7 wins are possible. This team has some talent.
Just a bad mismatch for game 1.
Byu brought fans. Not like michigan, but they had a good showing. More byu fans at the end if you exclude the band. UCONN fans have created a bad habit of leaving when the team is down. Lots left at half and never came back. Of course, the team needs to show that they can come back so people stay.
The flow of the game sucked. Between flags, tv timeouts, and other stoppages, they all killed the tempo. One time, on a key third down they busted out the snarl, red eyes, and the crowd got loud. Next thing, game stops for three minutes. They come back, and nothing to get the crowd fired up again. Lots of examples like that. First game for lots of people i guess.
I liked the husky logo at mid field. Also liked the snarling and red eyes. Just seemed to be inconsistent on third downs. Wasn't sure if it was on purpose to only do that on some third downs, or like so many other things, first game miscues.
Student section was packed at one point. I think the crowd was into it. Unfortunately, at the end of the game where UCONN had 20 shots from within the 5 yard line, the byu section was packed and loud. My son commented about the cheerleaders cheering to 5 students at that point.
I thought our offense moved better with Casey. Not a whitmer fan. Something about how his release and ball flight. Regardless, pick one and go with it. Or at least use them strategically. Every other possession only seemed to hurt Casey and chandler as neither could get into a rhythm. This is a PPesque type move. Dump it.
Byu was just too big and too strong. They did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. The downfield blocking made uconn's secondary non-existent. Coaching needs to teach how to break that. Of course, if the other team is that much bigger, stronger, and faster, the fix is a little more than coaching or half- time adjustments.
The red lot was a hay-field. Maybe a mower to go along with the power washer. Yes I'm nit picking but walking 1 mile each way in that stuff was a pain in the a. S. S.
Was hoping to see a little more newsome. He had a nice return even though it was late and the game was decided.
Davis was the only consistent threat for UCONN. He seemed to be more effective with Casey.
Byu is just better a around. UCONN has a ways to go. So does the coaching staff. No reason we couldn't get one more touchdown at the end. Weak play calling. Yes the game was over but they had two possessions inside the 10 at the end. No points. Maybe the byu fans were too loud.
For the most part, from a coaching perspective, this wasn't very different from a pp era game.
Not giving up on the season. Still think 6-7 wins are possible. This team has some talent.
Just a bad mismatch for game 1.
Byu brought fans. Not like michigan, but they had a good showing. More byu fans at the end if you exclude the band. UCONN fans have created a bad habit of leaving when the team is down. Lots left at half and never came back. Of course, the team needs to show that they can come back so people stay.