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We should NOT have gone for 2.

SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN DOUBLE OT! That is much easier to do than scoring a 2 pt conversion.

The reason why you go for two when you get the ball second in OT is that the next time you score you have to go for two anyways.

And given how putrid and disgraceful the defense is that just adds another solid reason to go for two.

Mora is not a good game day coach.
 
Mora was always the stepping stone to get this team out of the FBS basement. He succeeded in that but this team under Mora has hit their ceiling.

Now its time to try and find a young offensive coach to try and really build this program.
And that's what I am concerned about. I will always be grateful that Mora took UConn out of the deep and dark dungeon of historically bad football that Diaco and Edsall put UConn Football in. However, I do wonder if the team or program has hit their ceiling under Mora.

Let's face it, this schedule is really not that difficult, in fact it's an easy schedule.
 
We should NOT have gone for 2.

SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN DOUBLE OT! That is much easier to do than scoring a 2 pt conversion.

Also keeping them out of the enemy zone was even harder.

Even more reason to go for two…
 
the mark of a UConn program that is continuing to ascend, is a team that is winning comfortably against bad g6 teams. I can tell from the Boneyard's fury, that we are now beyond the "gratitude" phase for playing close games against bad FBS teams, even winning sometimes by the skin of our teeth. I agree.

By now in year 4, we needed to start beating teams like Rice, by 14-21 points minimum. Not necessarily blowouts, but results that clearly indicate we are a step ahead of these other programs. The fact we keep going to OT (not to mention Losing), shows we're right in the neighborhood of these schools we dream of being better then.... well, we're not better. I am thankful we're not losing 49-7 to the Rice's of the world, but again, year 4. I'm tired of that silver lining.

Today should have been 41-17 us, to demonstrate we're on our way to being ready for a REAL schedule. At this rate, all we're doing is confirming that we have no business getting Big12 and ACC teams to come to the rent on a regular basis; games that would get us back to the 40K crowds we keep dreaming about.
 
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What about Mora? Who did you think was going to come to UConn and create a positive program?

He'll post a 3rd winning season and get a 3rd bowl appearance in 4 year. He's shown you can win here. You had to have someone like Mora to get back to some level of respectability. Not to mention he doesn't have the pick of the litter for assistants.

I give him a pass until I don't, which won't be this year.
Thank you for a logical post, such ridiculous posts from this fan base..
 
Who should we hire as the next HC let's be realistic. I'm all for an upgrade, it wouldn't be about firing Mora.
 
Yes... so many missed tackles... including the last play of the game.
I think some of the DB's are afraid of the contact. They like to try and wrestle the ball carrier to the ground. Basically they are afraid (timid) of smashing into ball carriers. Might hurt.
 
On the road you have to make plays when it counts. We didn’t. 3 times this year. Should be 8-0 from a talent perspective.

Frustrating.

That being said we aren’t really playing for anything but a bowl bid and we will earn that. The world doesn’t care if we are 10-2 or 8-4.
 
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On the road you have to make plays when it counts. We didn’t. 3 times this year. Should be 8-0 from a talent perspective.

Frustrating.

That being said we aren’t really playing for anything but a bowl bid and we will earn that. The world doesn’t care if we are 10-2 or 8-4.

From a talent perspective?

They had 6 quarters to show they had superior talent. They didn't.
 
Thank you for a logical post, such ridiculous posts from this fan base..
if the goal is to go to overtime with Delaware and Rice, and squeeze into an invitation for the irrelevant.com bowl against Western Kentucky, sure - we made it.

But the goal is and always has been getting into the P4. That was always the assignment, let's not lower the bar for JM.

WE ARE GRATEFUL - but some of us feel it's time to move past this phase, which is phase 1. going to our 3rd bowl in 4 years doesn't matter if it was a 6-6 record against a WEEAAAAKKKK schedule, and we bowled against WKU or someone irrelevant.

we're not fooling anyone in the P4 with those optics.
We fans who feel this way, are starting to feel a "plateau" and it's fair to question if this is the end of the Jim Mora rocketship.

We're not asking for his head on a platter, but a sober assessment of whether THIS is how good we want to be, and stay there and be happy... or are we still shooting for a seat at the big boys' table. UConn will need to decide this for themselves, but if they're happy, then i personally will move on.
 
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On the road you have to make plays when it counts. We didn’t. 3 times this year. Should be 8-0 from a talent perspective.

Frustrating.

That being said we aren’t really playing for anything but a bowl bid and we will earn that. The world doesn’t care if we are 10-2 or 8-4.

Will we?
 
After last week the general consensus on here was that Mora was likely to be poached by a P4 and we would need to open up the check book to have any hope of retaining the coordinators. Now this week you want to fire them all? People get ahold of yourselves. Tough loss but not a reason to jettison the season.
 
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After last week the general consensus on here was that Mora was likely to be poached by a P4 and we would need to open up the check book to have any hope of retaining the coordinators. Now this week you want to fire them all? People get ahold of yourselves. Tough loss but not a reason to jettison the season.
This is the way of most fan boards, teetering between “don’t poach our coach” and “burn it all down”.
 
After last week the general consensus on here was that Mora was likely to be poached by a P4 and we would need to open up the check book to have any hope of retaining the coordinators. Now this week you want to fire them all? People get ahold of yourselves. Tough loss but not a reason to jettison the season.
Well that's why we lost classic boneyard jinx, well tonight Mora needs to be bashed for losing to Rice.
 
After last week the general consensus on here was that Mora was likely to be poached by a P4 and we would need to open up the check book to have any hope of retaining the coordinators. Now this week you want to fire them all? People get ahold of yourselves. Tough loss but not a reason to jettison the season.

There were like three people who were worried.

Don’t worry nobody wants to poach a 63 year old dude who blows 4th Quarter leads and loses in overtime.
 
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After last week the general consensus on here was that Mora was likely to be poached by a P4 and we would need to open up the check book to have any hope of retaining the coordinators. Now this week you want to fire them all? People get ahold of yourselves. Tough loss but not a reason to jettison the season.
Someone really commented on the fact that Brock “only” makes 250k like literally yesterday
 
I think everyone knew that defense would not win this game, given their running game. However, I think it is reasonable to have expected the offense to beat them. I don't know if there are any statisticians here, but it seems to me that Sammis' first down calls usually either result in a touchdown (rarely) or more commonly a loss or gain of maybe 2 yards. This puts the offense behind as he frequently, it seems to me at least, wastes the first down and UConn ends up with second and long. Then next comes 3rd and 5, and a high pressure situation which usually fails. Can someone here tell me what the percentage of first down yardage of more that 2 yards are for the UConn offense? Also, not to pick on anyone, but WTF is with Rosa and forget about the defensive LB's.
 
2 steps forward, 2 steps back. we suck. so much for rankings and bowl games. we were so over-rated and it just shows how bad bcu is

Jim Mora Playoffs GIF
 
Also keeping them out of the enemy zone was even harder.

Even more reason to go for two…

Fine. They should have gone for 2. But because it would require making a winning football play under pressure I doubt we make it and lose anyways.

7 year QB, Bell, Juice, Thomas and our coaching staff just couldn't find a way for 30 minutes in the 2nd half to move the ball and get points to maintain a lead. It was just too hard for them to figure it out. Rice must be a juggernaut of a defense.
 
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