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I'm extremely proud of this team and the way that they have stuck together through this year. We could have easily gone to 0-12 with a negative attitude. But the boys have dug down deep and have come up with 2 big wins in a row.

Hopefully, they can finish the season with a win against Memphis, avoid a double-digit loss season, finish near the middle of the pack, and go into the off season with a lot of positivity (especially for recruiting). Great job, Huskies!!!
 
Skiblets said:
Having gone through the ringer with the PP/GDL regime, they have come out of this stronger. Great to see the smiles from ear to ear as they walked off today.

Also proud of the 23k die hards.

Students, not so much
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what students??:eek:
 
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Someone noted that the students were on break. That said, 80% live in CT so that doesn't mean much.
 
Skiblets said:
Having gone through the ringer with the PP/GDL regime, they have come out of this stronger. Great to see the smiles from ear to ear as they walked off today.

Also proud of the 23k die hards.

Students, not so much
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I give the students a little bit of a break because of school being closed for thanksgiving break.
 
Re: the lack of students - because of the holiday break maybe there were no buses running to bring the students from campus to the stadium? Any one know?
 
Skiblets said:
Having gone through the ringer with the PP/GDL regime, they have come out of this stronger. Great to see the smiles from ear to ear as they walked off today.

Also proud of the 23k die hards.

Students, not so much
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Think they were off for the entire week Skib
 
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I was shocked to see the student section empty today until I realized it is break. I felt they've done a great job representing the school during a really tough season. There are always a lot of students in their seats well before kickoff. I'll cut them some slack today.
 
Husky92 said:
I was shocked to see the student section empty today until I realized it is break. I felt they've done a great job representing the school during a really tough season. There are always a lot of students in their seats well before kickoff. I'll cut them some slack today.
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Yeah, I'll cut them some slack. I think exams begin in less than 3 weeks and most are using the week to catch up on studies, see family etc. Most of the season, they have been
great and supportive, even in the darkest moments before the coaching changes.
 
Thiz was a 1-9, team and the students gave a good account of themselves early in the year. I think a little slack is merited here.
 
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Colt house75 said:
Yeah, I'll cut them some slack. I think exams begin in less than 3 weeks and most are using the week to catch up on studies, see family etc. Most of the season, they have been
great and supportive, even in the darkest moments before the coaching changes.
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I'll bet many were recovering from a tough Friday night. Poor showing by them.
 
UConnChapette said:
Re: the lack of students - because of the holiday break maybe there were no buses running to bring the students from campus to the stadium? Any one know?
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Dorms aren't open till tomorrow, no need for buses. Hope they show up next week.
 
Today brought memories pre PP/GDL. Thanks TJ for returning some mojo, and kids came to play. They are very different team than in week 5 and credit goes to coaching this team up.
 
The other thing that has to be said (so I'll say it) is that they've turned this team around while they are down 2 coaches. To the best of my knowledge, TJ is the head coach, OC, and wide receivers coach (holy $#it!!). Most of the other coaches are in charge of two different units. They have had to juggle who is in the box and who is down on the field in order to get everything sorted out. And all of this while the team was emotionally imploding. Factor in two new QB's and multiple injuries to key players (i.e., Friend, Phillips), and it is more than easy to say that the coaches have done one hell of a job over the last two months. Fantastic job...
 
babysheep said:
Earth to OP: students are still on break.
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Earth to babysheep. 70-80% of the students live in CT. They don't get a pass. When things are good they're great. When things are bad and a bus isn't there to pick them up I guess they have something better to do.

Give credit when they deserve it. No credit when they don't. Today they don't.
 
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sportsart said:
Earth to babysheep. 70-80% of the students live in CT. They don't get a pass. When things are good they're great. When things are bad and a bus isn't there to pick them up I guess they have something better to do.

Give credit when they deserve it. No credit when they don't. Today they don't.
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Just sayin, most students treat break as a time to chill at home and hang out with friends they haven't seen in a while. And this game was obviously quite inconsequential. I guess you're out of touch.
 
babysheep said:
Just sayin, most students treat break as a time to chill at home and hang out with friends they haven't seen in a while. And this game was obviously quite inconsequential. I guess you're out of touch.
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You just proved my point. Friends they haven't seen in a while? They live and go to school in CT. Second...obviously the game was inconsequential. That was my point.

As far as out of touch. I'd call you an idiot for that comment but you prove that quite often when you post.
 
They want to see their friends who don't go to UConn, whom also don't necessarily care about freezing their asses off on a Saturday afternoon to watch 1-9 UConn play 5-5 Rutgers.

Speaking of earth-to, some students have lives outside of weak-ass UConn football.
 
22,163. Eh, whatever. So long to the days when attendance was stated based on tickets sold.
 
UConnDan97 said:
The other thing that has to be said (so I'll say it) is that they've turned this team around while they are down 2 coaches. To the best of my knowledge, TJ is the head coach, OC, and wide receivers coach (holy $#it!!). Most of the other coaches are in charge of two different units. They have had to juggle who is in the box and who is down on the field in order to get everything sorted out. And all of this while the team was emotionally imploding. Factor in two new QB's and multiple injuries to key players (i.e., Friend, Phillips), and it is more than easy to say that the coaches have done one hell of a job over the last two months. Fantastic job...
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We also played this game essentially without any TE's since McQuillan was out and I think Parker was out as well? Saw Norris in there for one pass attempt but not much else.

Pretty impressive game planning given we were down an entire position group as well.
 
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