This supports my main point, that not closing yesterday was a disaster for this program. UConn should go bowling this year but could very well be sitting on the couch. A P4 road win means something. At Buffalo or Rice or FAU, not so much.
If you're not just some troll, or a fan of some other team toying with UConn fans, here's a clue:
I'm a bleed blue UConn diehard. You can go ahead and be miserable. I'm sad we lost but I can recognize and appreciate a good Football game for what it is. And even if you can't do this, there is plenty of good to take away from the performance. Living solely by Xs and Os is childish
I really believe uconn will be ACC when the next expansion hits.
He’s a 7th year college QB. What we see is what we’re gonna get - which is clearly not good enough to take us to the next level (beating P4 teams). Why not give Tucker a try or see if Evers has improved? I don’t really get the argument for just sticking with mediocrity.
Exactly. Well said. Middle of the 3rd quarter on, something changed. Like a boxer, they had their opponent ready to fall, and instead of finishing him off they back off like they were afraid of punching themselves out.
I'm not diminishing G5 wins and if your scenario plays out, that's basically what UConn did last year. Another successful season for UConn fans. It won't change the perception of UConn very much outside of our fanbase. An independent G5 program which can't compete with the P4. The last thing I want to do is rest on being able to beat G5 teams and accepting that losing to cuse doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I don't know how you keep misinterpreting what I'm posting.
JF had a bad game. QBs have bad games sometimes. The kid has produced more than adequately since last year. I think the differential moving from CCSU to P4 speed threw him off and he didn’t adjust well. But, you don’t go turtle and screw with his head. You let your receivers make plays and help the QB build some rhythm. More mid range looks to Bell and going to play action with the TEs would have done wonders. My concern is Sammis set this kid back by effectively letting him know he doesn’t have confidence in him. Worse case if you're in this situation is you change gears with Evers to run some QB option sets, and it becomes more about changing scheme than screwing with his head. Bad coaching all around. Very upsetting at so many levels.
I thought the opposite - He might have showed too much confidence - Joe went 0-8 or 0-9 passing for a stretch didn’t he (drops might have factored in there)?
I just want to have the best player on the field and forget about the implications on the players psyche. because Evers gets put in there doesn't mean that Joe has to be done for the season.
Agree shameful by their HC he should apologize. Maybe he should be running he was severely outcoached for 55 minutes.
Respectfully, Evers isn’t our best QB.. He’s neither very effective as a n RPO QB nor pure pocket passer. However, as a change of pace under the circumstance it may have been worth running some RPO which they hadn't seen rather than icing your QB and receiver corps. And, player self confidence matters immensely.
I think Gordon has come a long way in managing the preparation and execution to put us in a position to win late in games. He just hasn't figured out how to manage what to do when he gets there.
Joe played like garbage but I’m going to give him a mulligan on it. He’s earned the starting job over the last year and a half with his performance.