So how much would UConn beat the Gators by?

[blackuc]

While the Connecticut defense was good this year, to say that it was as good as the University of Florida's is crazy. The game against Louisville was the only bad game the Gators played on defense all year and who knows how interested they were after spending a week in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. The only reason Florida was in the Sugar Bowl this year was because of their defense.

 

[Waquoit]

The game against Louisville was the only bad game the Gators played on defense all year and who knows how interested they were after spending a week in New Orleans on Bourbon Street.

This is another reason I hate the SEC, the SEC suckpumps. Reali had it right yesterday, when the SEC wins it's because they are so good. When they lose, they always have an excuse. When we beat USC it because they were cold. FLA loses and it was because they weren't interested, etc.

 

[Jerry1714]

This is another reason I hate the SEC, the SEC suckpumps. Reali had it right yesterday, when the SEC wins it's because they are so good. When they lose, they always have an excuse. When we beat USC it because they were cold. FLA loses and it was because they weren't interested, etc.

You don't hate the SEC, you are jealous of it.

Just like the SEC is jealous of the basketball conference we once had.

 

[blackuc]

Florida got out played and out coached. That is the reason they lost the game. I give all the credit to Louisville for winning this game, but it certainly meant more to Louisville and their fan base. They treated this like a Superbowl and Florida did not. Louisville had about 40 kids from the state of Florida on their roster and only a handful were even recruited by Florida. They definitely wanted to shove it up Florida's ass.

 

[HartfordHank]

Florida got out played and out coached. That is the reason they lost the game. I give all the credit to Louisville for winning this game, but it certainly meant more to Louisville and their fan base. They treated this like a Superbowl and Florida did not. Louisville had about 40 kids from the state of Florida on their roster and only a handful were even recruited by Florida. They definitely wanted to shove it up Florida's ass.

Louisville also had a coach who came from Florida and it was a big deal to him to beat Florida!

 

[Waquoit]

You don't hate the SEC, you are jealous of it.

Hell, no. If being like the SEC is the price of college football success, I'll stop going to games. The SEC is scum. The SEC is going to make me root for Notre Dame.

 

[Jerry1714]

Hell, no. If being like the SEC is the price of college football success, I'll stop going to games. The SEC is scum. The SEC is going to make me root for Notre Dame.

Why do you hate the SEC? And please do not give me the typical whiny nonsense about them being overrated every year because that is inaccurate. There is a reason why almost a quarter of the pro bowlers this year played in the SEC.

 

[Husky68]

I think the only real measure of a defense if the scoring defense. The game is measured by scoring and who cares how many yards you gain or don't gain scoring is number 1. Years ago the Patriots were number 1 against the pass in the NFL. The reason was because their run defense was so bad.

UConn had the 70th ranked schedule per Saragin and Florida had the 8th ranked schedule so they played against far superior talent than UConn.

If you look at time of possession Florida had the ball 33:07 per game and UConn had the ball 30:51 per game. Not as significant a difference as you might have suspected.

I have a different slant on time of possession. Let's say Florida has a good offense and each series takes 5 minutes. Defense also gives up 5 minutes each series (just to keep simple) so in 60 minute game there are 6 possessions each. Let's say Uconn averages 1 minute per series and opponents average the same. Each team would have 30 possessions each.
What I'm trying to say, Uconn stopped other team a whole lot of times because its offense kept going 3 and out. So a Florida defense only has to stop the opponent 6 times where as Uconn needs to do it 30 times.
I know is an exaggeration but look at the final quarter or so of the Temple game, how many times did Uconn stop Temple (including 4th down plays) before it finally gave up two big plays. So bad offense makes the defense "prove" itself a lot more times to just keep the time of possession anywhere even.

 

[Jerry1714]

I have a different slant on time of possession. Let's say Florida has a good offense and each series takes 5 minutes. Defense also gives up 5 minutes each series (just to keep simple) so in 60 minute game there are 6 possessions each. Let's say Uconn averages 1 minute per series and opponents average the same. Each team would have 30 possessions each.
What I'm trying to say, Uconn stopped other team a whole lot of times because its offense kept going 3 and out. So a Florida defense only has to stop the opponent 6 times where as Uconn needs to do it 30 times.
I know is an exaggeration but look at the final quarter or so of the Temple game, how many times did Uconn stop Temple (including 4th down plays) before it finally gave up two big plays. So bad offense makes the defense "prove" itself a lot more times to just keep the time of possession anywhere even.

For this argument to hold any weight it would require Florida to run a much much higher number of plays then UConn. Florida ran 20 more plays on the year then UConn, not 20 a game but 20 on the season.

 

[HartfordHank]

I have a different slant on time of possession. Let's say Florida has a good offense and each series takes 5 minutes. Defense also gives up 5 minutes each series (just to keep simple) so in 60 minute game there are 6 possessions each. Let's say Uconn averages 1 minute per series and opponents average the same. Each team would have 30 possessions each.
What I'm trying to say, Uconn stopped other team a whole lot of times because its offense kept going 3 and out. So a Florida defense only has to stop the opponent 6 times where as Uconn needs to do it 30 times.
I know is an exaggeration but look at the final quarter or so of the Temple game, how many times did Uconn stop Temple (including 4th down plays) before it finally gave up two big plays. So bad offense makes the defense "prove" itself a lot more times to just keep the time of possession anywhere even.

UConn actually had the ball for 31:09 in regulation while Temple had it for 28:51. UConn ran 80 plays for 381 yards while Temple ran 75 plays (five less then UConn) for 334 yards. UConn was 6-18 on third down and punted 7 times. Temple was 4-17 on third down and 2-4 on fourth down for a total of 6-21. Temple punted 8 times. Not sure your theory is working, even with the example you chose.

 

[JaYnYcE]

I still don't understand how Palatines troll like threads garner so much discussion. UConn couldn't have beaten Florida this year. We've never beaten a team that was in the top 5 when we played them. To even entertain that thought is just asinine.


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[CTBasketball]

UConn would have lost by 30 points.

 

[Jimdish255]

A roster as a whole? I'd take UL and I'm not just saying that because they won. I think Bridgewater >>> Driskel. I also think that the talent/speed level is not all that far off between the two...at least not to overcome the huge disparity at QB. So yes, I'd take UL's complete roster over UF's complete roster today.

You picked FL in the Pool because Louisville's coaches suck?

 

[Jerry1714]

You picked FL in the Pool because Louisville's coaches suck?

Dooley clearly does not know anything about college football and bases everything off one meaningless game