Badda Bing Badda Boom! At least three times today there where 10 / 15 yards of running room when only 5 were needed for a run and slide for a first down. Why no quest for a replay on the last TD that came down in front of the pylon not beyond?
And on top of that he look gimpy all game, if you want the ball in his hands why not a simple WR screen or slant, something that’s goin up field, and then we ran the reverse to the short side of the field
Not sure many outside of diehard UConn’s fans are going to see losing by less a major advancement in the program. Big picture.
So much that goes along with it - takes wind out of your sails, it’s a mentality shift. You go from playing to outscore to hoping your boat can drift long enough to get to land. Aggression lost, playing on heels. It’s more than just strategy, it’s emotional momentum.
This was the biggest play-call I was hoping they'd do differently, although I was hoping for a screen pass, take advantage of the overcommitment to getting in the backfield and dump a comparatively safe pass over the rush.
You can tell the players fed off the staffs energy. They were the most aggressive I've seen them in 10+ years in the first half. Sprinting to spots, blocking down field, gang tackling, etc. Then in the second half we looked so timid.
Totally fixable. Just stop doing it. Declare the philosophy change and tell everyone in the locker room to live by it. I always want to go down swinging. If we lose occasionally because of gun slinging, so be it.
No. You seem to have a reading comprehension problem. I said the benchmark is bowl games. And he's doing that, all while hamstrung by having less money in the Wild Wild West of NIL amateur athletics.
No. Not even close. Back when the program mattered, there were a number of these. None recently because it’s been a long time since games mattered
Both not enough execution and over conservative play calling contributed.
Yeah especially if he’s Syracuse.
Dance with who brung ya
NIL isn't even a topic in this loss besides the fact that our staff is clearly better at identifying and getting talent than Syracuse is. Our players were better. Both coaching staffs sucked but we lost the game because of how it was managed not because their players were better
I mean they did get 5 downs one possession
Mora let his OC and DC throw away the game. Thats on him. Never ever again can we play stall ball and hope to sneak away with a win. What an utter sheet show failure.
We had two consecutive three and outs in the second hals where we only threw the ball and took about 45 seconds in total off the clock.
in the spectrum of unfair game calling by ACC refs against uconn, i would have to say I think today's game doesn't rank so high. They could have easily not given us the PI committed against Bell in the end zone in OT - that would have been a clear indication of their bias, which we've seen in games past. it's in those critical moments, where not getting the call shows their stripes. They gave it to us.
Yeah, but he started his collegiate career as a walkon at an FCS school for a reason. He is very limited and sadly, so is our football program until we seriously upgrade our QB position.