Syracuse post game thread

[JohnFSilver]

Coaching malpractice, playing not to lose instead of playing to win

Was it malpractice when the passes aren't on target? They had a ton of plays left out there.

Disappointed in the defense folding late. Not sure where breakdowns were.

Also, the OT TD by Syracuse wasn't a catch. Why did they not review it?

Also, played game like they didn't think Syracuse could move the ball in our defense.

 

[SoFla Steve]

This looks like my heart rate graph.

 

[UConnDan97]

Why do we seem to be allergic to getting great QBs. I’m not asking for the next Heisman winner, just someone who can consistently make the big plays.

It's not an allergy. It's about $1,000,000 in NIL money...

 

[RuffRuff]

This one is going to hurt for a long time. They'll play the rest of this season, they'll win more games, we'll feel good again, but this one is going to stick in our craw for a long time.

They outplayed Cuse for 55 minutes. They had the game and let it get away. It sucks in every way.

BUT - you move on and get ready for the next game. That's sports.

You need to win the P4 games, all the other wins mean Jack in terms of recognition and feeling as if the program is advancing. When you have a P4 team on the road, especially one that we want to catch up to in team of regional perception, you don’t play scared.

 

[ZooCougar]

Mora and Sammis should be running sprints right now.

 

[Scoe]

The 3rd and 11 reverse play with Bell I didn’t understand that. What does running the ball there really do at least run the ball with Edward’s and gain some yardage there. Cuse was going to have time regardless. Why not just run it there to put you in a more manageable situation to either kick the fg or go for it, run the clock down call TO then talk it over. I rather we throw the Ball to Bell then run a stupid reverse play with him that’s not a hindsight play Cuse was getting pressure and it was a slow developing play as well.

Had a chance of course to wrap it up earlier then that.

 

[metsfan2323]

Fagnano had missed 8 straight passes prior to the completion to Bell on 4th in 10 in the game tying drive

Well at least two weren't his fault. Honing had a bad drop and another hit in the facemask.

 

[uconnbill]

This was a game to win and UConn coaching staff gave it away with playing not to lose and did just that. I am so mad and I don't want to hear about playing close. BS, this should have been a win. They play prevent defense which gave up yards in the middle of the field all game long. The offense of running the entire 4th quarter till they had to pass needed to not to happen. You have to put your opponent out when you have them on the canvas. '

 

[ZooCougar]

Was it malpractice when the passes aren't on target? They had a ton of plays left out there.

Disappointed in the defense folding late. Not sure where breakdowns were.

Also, the OT TD by Syracuse wasn't a catch. Why did they not review it?

Also, played game like they didn't think Syracuse could move the ball in our defense.

When the offensive strategy got dialed back and they stopped playing football we stopped making 1st downs. Shocking I know.

When they needed a football and suddenly played to win the dynamic changed.

They players and the coaches stopped playing football and started “managing”.

It was obvious to all.

 

[ScottVib]

Also, the OT TD by Syracuse wasn't a catch. Why did they not review it?

This... I still don't get it (queue the ACC official/replay official conspiracy theories); he clearly juggled it again after the foot touched the final time. At no point did he possess the ball, with the ball over the plane in the end zone...

 

[Tdaley]

You wonder why the defense was tired? Now, you know.

Third quarter offense
Field Goal.
Three and out.
Three and out.
Three and out.
Six and out.

Four quarter offense
Three and out.
Three and out.
Five and out.
Six and out.
Touchdown.

People are complaining about about our defense but to me I am more disappointed in our offense today. Its always going to be hard to hold P4 teams under 20 points. If we had better offense output today we would have cruised to victory.

 

[The Viking]

Was it malpractice when the passes aren't on target? They had a ton of plays left out there.

Disappointed in the defense folding late. Not sure where breakdowns were.

Also, the OT TD by Syracuse wasn't a catch. Why did they not review it?

Also, played game like they didn't think Syracuse could move the ball in our defense.

Agreed, I thought he bobbled it at first and by the time he cane down with it his foot wasnt on the line and he was out of bounds.
But the answer to your question on why they didn't review is likely because they are in a P4 and we are not. Always better for the P4 team to win than us.

 

[Jetskies]

1) Any team that misses the playoffs is in the same boat we are in. Bowling is now the target.

2) Better to lose early than late in the season. Humans have an amazingly short memory.

3) We are competitive and worth watching. We can only get better.

almost fully agree, except with that last line. we can definitely get worse. we've done it before lol

 

[FightOnCT]

The nature of college football right now simply doesn’t allow for slow, long-term points of improvement across the years. While we had a great season last year and it’s only been 1 so far, we already need to be at a point where we’re straight up beating these teams. Otherwise, we will continue to be in the position we’re in right now.

Bad loss, we completely sold at the very end. We have 2 more chances, have to convert or else we haven’t improved; we’ve stagnated.

 

[Spsone07]

The 3rd and 11 reverse play with Bell I didn’t understand that. What does running the ball there really do at least run the ball with Edward’s and gain some yardage there. Cuse was going to have time regardless. Why not just run it there to put you in a more manageable situation to either kick the fg or go for it, run the clock down call TO then talk it over. I rather we throw the Ball to Bell then run a stupid reverse play with him that’s not a hindsight play Cuse was getting pressure and it was a slow developing play as well.

Had a chance of course to wrap it up earlier then that.

This one stings bad, just run the ball and hope that Freeman makes his longest kick ever.

 

[metsfan2323]

You need to win the P4 games, all the other wins mean Jack in terms of recognition

This isn't true. We won zero regular season P4 games last year. I guess the rats are jumping off the boat. Tough loss but Geez. (not talking about you specifically)

 

[Scoe]

almost fully agree, except with that last line. we can definitely get worse. we've done it before lol

As the saying goes you either get better from this or you get worse you don’t stay the same. I won’t get over this loss for a long time.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Just another typical UConn Football Saturday.

Unfortunately we are what we are. We will win 80% of our non-P4 games and lose 90% of our P4 games.

We are in a spot to win almost all of these games against the dregs of the ACC and always find a way to lose. Just where we are in today’s college football landscape.

As painful as it is, it is still better than where we were 5 years ago when we were a complete joke of a program.

Frustrating? Absolutely. But completely expected at this point.

Be honest. I can’t be the only one who knew exactly how the game was going to end once we got to the 4th quarter. Obviously cheering for it not to happen, but it ended exactly as I think we all knew it would.

 

[HomeKing93]

That was a rough one. Obviously there were some issues today but without the bad snap leading to 3 points we probably sneak out of there with a W.

 

[businesslawyer]

Coaching malpractice, playing not to lose instead of playing to win

Not much point in doing a 241 this week. That really says it all. Yes, also players didn’t make plays while we were up but there never was the desire to put the game out of reach.

 

[ZooCougar]

Just another typical UConn Football Saturday.

Unfortunately we are what we are. We will win 80% of our non-P4 games and lose 90% of our P4 games.

We are in a spot to win almost all of these games against the dregs of the ACC and always find a way to lose. Just where we are in today’s college football landscape.

As painful as it is, it is still better than where we were 5 years ago when we were a complete joke of a program.

Frustrating? Absolutely. But completely expected at this point.

I don't agree on this one. This was complete coaching malpractice.

Sitting back on miniscule 11 point lead is a shocking decision.

 

[SportsFan88]

Was it malpractice when the passes aren't on target? They had a ton of plays left out there.

Disappointed in the defense folding late. Not sure where breakdowns were.

Also, the OT TD by Syracuse wasn't a catch. Why did they not review it?

Also, played game like they didn't think Syracuse could move the ball in our defense.

The malpractice was trying to shorten the game with over 6 minutes left, the defense was eventually gonna run outta gas, they were lights out for 3/4’s of the game, and I don’t think we can ever complain about calls playing an ACC team with ACC refs, we outplayed them and should of won the game going away

 

[ninety-nine]

This... I still don't get it (queue the ACC official/replay official conspiracy theories); he clearly juggled it again after the foot touched the final time. At no point did he possess the ball, with the ball over the plane in the end zone...

Honestly, I feel like the refereeing was so one-sided that the result is illegitimate. So many calls were missed, even if a few of them were accurate as well. Ultimately, not being in a conference is tantamount to not existing at all, because no one respects your narrative enough to treat you fairly. You watch yourself getting railroaded in real time, and it's like there's no awareness of what's going on because the only story that matters is the other team's story. What's the point?

 

[ScottVib]

This was a game to win and UConn coaching staff gave it away with playing not to lose and did just that. I am so mad and I don't want to hear about playing close. BS, this should have been a win. They play prevent defense which gave up yards in the middle of the field all game long. The offense of running the entire 4th quarter till they had to pass needed to not to happen. You have to put your opponent out when you have them on the canvas. '

Fagnano hadn't completed a pass since 2:50 was left in the 3rd quarter until the catch by Bell on 4th down in the final drive. He was 0-5 (all in the 4th quarter) on his way to 0-8 before the Bell catch. They ran the ball 8 times for 57 yards prior to the final 3 and out where they ran all three times; which seems to be the genesis of people's frustration.

 

[Scoe]

This one stings bad, just run the ball and hope that Freeman makes his longest kick ever.

I think I go for it on 4th and 5 or 4th and 6. It’s worth the risk, Cuse more then likely gets it to the 30 anyways.