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BlueMAB said:
Okay boomer. They posted that to IG and not Facebook so it was targeted to a younger audience, 18-24 year olds. Just because you don’t recognize the value of something doesn’t mean there isn’t any.

UConn’s post was creative and funny. And considering how many times we’ve found a way to lose games, it was the chef’s kiss to a satisfying win. Good teams manage to win even when they don’t play well. Perhaps some have forgotten this because we haven’t had good teams in a long time.
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Yeah we've gotten dragged so often on social media over FB, why can't we have some fun?
 
storrsroars said:
OK, I have a confession to make. As many of you know, I'm married to a double Pitt grad Panther fan. So we had a doubleheader today, Pitt at noon, UConn at 3:30. She had to go out this morning for errands and asked if I wanted her to pick up lunch. We had stuff here to eat, but I said, "If you want.". She said, "I was going to go to Subway. You want anything?" I said, "OK, get me tuna with lettuce tomato and cheese."

So she brought back two footlongs. we both ate half our subs for lunch. Figured I was going to eat the other half tomorrow, but with the game going 4 hours, neither of us wanted to cook dinner. So we each ate the other half of our subs for dinner.

Pitt won. UConn won.

This was the first time I'd had Subway this year. I don't even recall if I had it last year. I'll admit I do like their tuna because it seems they use tuna in oil, then mix in the mayo. But I do not want to be eating a Subway tuna six or more times this fall and winter. And considering we'll be at the Wake game, neither of us has any desire to stop at a Subway beforehand when there are tailgates to visit.

Tell me it has nothing to do with mojo.
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Change your name to TunaSandwichGuy
 
Purple Stein said:
I feel like this needs to be said in every thread. He is maddeningly inconsistent. He is capable of making really good throws and he is capable of missing the easiest throws possible. He was that way at Maine. He's that way here. He can be pinpoint accurate while simultaneously having no touch whatsoever. He can have great touch on a ball that lands nowhere near the receiver. That's JF.

In the end yesterday he completed 60% of his passes for 272 yards and was the winning quarterback. Given the pressure he was under, sign me up for those numbers every week.

We know Evers is Mora's guy. We know Evers is out there next. And we'll all be rooting for him. But can we cut some slack to the backup QB who nearly threw for 300 yards and just got us win number 4?
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Very well said!
 
noeynox said:
Out of curiosity, what do you see when Evers throws it? There is a reason why WRs have YACs that lead to TDs from Fagnano passes. We haven't seen that from Nick. Fagnano is far from great and Nick will get better with reps. Right now, however, its not close as to who is more accurate.
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Neither is great, but the Offense more better with Evers . Last season and this season Fagnano has proven to consistently inconsistent. Short on deep balls, high and wide on throws to his right. High on throws to his left.

At least Evers has room to grow. Fagnano isn't going to get any better at this point. And Fagnano may be a lot things, but accurate damn sure isn't one of them.
 
Just want to congratulate this team on a W. They did not play well, yet came up big when we needed it the most. Everyone has a game plan until they get punched in the face, and that’s what happened last night. Good teams find a way to win, and that’s what we did.

I think deep down, there’s a pretty good QB in Fagnano. I don’t doubt for a second that he impresses the coaching staff in practice. When he feels no pressure to perform, he’s lights out. But the minute he knows the game is on his shoulders, he can’t hit an open receiver to save his life. When he has time to hear his own voice inside his head, he can’t make decisions or hit targets.

To the contrary, the moment he doesn’t have time to think about the voice in his head, he does something amazing. Like scrambling out of a collapsing pocket, breaking a tackle and hitting a wide open Buckman with a strike between the numbers. He’s like Chuck Knoblach- could make a fantastic play at second base but the moment he had to stand up to make the easy throw to first base, he physically couldn’t do it.

Ultimately Joe needs to play to have fun and nothing else. His inconsistency is not sustainable against better opponents. But the kid keeps fighting, I gotta hand it to him. That’s the type of kid that belongs on any roster, just not as a starter.

On to Wake, go Huskies!
 
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ZooCougar said:
I doubt we are favored to win out now. Syracuse won against a ranked opponent on the road. Wake won’t be a pushover.
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8 and 4 seems possible. "old guys" prediction.. WF and SYC will tell how good the team really is. It is obvious UC is very good compared to past years...10 and 2 would probably get them a conference invite...
 
MilliniumPrince said:
Neither is great, but the Offense more better with Evers . Last season and this season Fagnano has proven to consistently inconsistent. Short on deep balls, high and wide on throws to his right. High on throws to his left.

At least Evers has room to grow. Fagnano isn't going to get any better at this point. And Fagnano may be a lot things, but accurate damn sure isn't one of them.
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Again. One guy has the completions that WRs catch and can run with and some lead to tds. The other guy can't throw an accurate slant to save his life. But yeah, neither is great. Ill give you that.
 
SuperHuski said:
This is easily our most talented team in some two decades. B
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I understand your point, but perhaps you would like to revise and extend your remarks? Two decades? Since 2004? I think not. I would buy in the last dozen years, though.
 
Fagnano faced a ton of pressure all game long. We gave up only a single sack but that was due in large part to all the designed roll outs and plays designed to get the ball out quickly. But from the 2nd quarter on he looked rattled and rushed to me, which was a bit surprising for a 5th year senior with loads of experience under his belt. I think it caused some of his fundamentals to break down, and prevented him from working his progressions resulting in multiple off target and forced passes. He even seemed a bit hurried when given the occasional clean pocket. To his credit, he led the team on a 10 play 70 yard drive late in the 4th quarter and pulled off some high level plays while doing it. He is a much more composed and accurate than he showed last night.
 
noeynox said:
Again. One guy has the completions that WRs catch and can run with and some lead to tds. The other guy can't throw an accurate slant to save his life. But yeah, neither is great. Ill give you that.
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On the Sheffield TD do you really think that Joe’s throw was what made any material difference to the play? It was a quick flare and he delivered it fine but Sheffield basically made 2-3 great moves afterwards to get yards and I think it was Buckman making a great block that sprung him.
 
MKH2317 said:
Just want to congratulate this team on a W. They did not play well, yet came up big when we needed it the most. Everyone has a game plan until they get punched in the face, and that’s what happened last night. Good teams find a way to win, and that’s what we did.

I think deep down, there’s a pretty good QB in Fagnano. I don’t doubt for a second that he impresses the coaching staff in practice. When he feels no pressure to perform, he’s lights out. But the minute he knows the game is on his shoulders, he can’t hit an open receiver to save his life. When he has time to hear his own voice inside his head, he can’t make decisions or hit targets.

To the contrary, the moment he doesn’t have time to think about the voice in his head, he does something amazing. Like scrambling out of a collapsing pocket, breaking a tackle and hitting a wide open Buckman with a strike between the numbers. He’s like Chuck Knoblach- could make a fantastic play at second base but the moment he had to stand up to make the easy throw to first base, he physically couldn’t do it.

Ultimately Joe needs to play to have fun and nothing else. His inconsistency is not sustainable against better opponents. But the kid keeps fighting, I gotta hand it to him. That’s the type of kid that belongs on any roster, just not as a starter.

On to Wake, go Huskies!
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yep. Fagnano seems to play better coming off the bench.
 
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Rich said:
The 'Miami Miracle' kickoff return TD to beat Duke in 2017

Flutie and BC beating the Hurricanes on the last minute hail mary throw

Auburn beating Alabama on a 105 yard kickoff return-known as the 'Kick Six' game-with zeroes on the clock

Sam Cunnigham and an integrated USC team going on the road and absolutely laying waste to Alabama-the last Bear Bryant team that openly avoided rostering African American players

Michigan State v. Notre Dame in '66
I could go on......
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My vote is for the BC over Miami win that occurred on a Thanksgiving Friday in 1984. That was before I hated BC. But you need to be of a certain age to remember it in context.
 
HCCForever said:
My vote is for the BC over Miami win that occurred on a Thanksgiving Friday in 1984. That was before I hated BC. But you need to be of a certain age to remember it in context.
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Basically only three things had to go right for that play to work - Flutie had to get the ball to the end zone, it had to get batted around, and a BC player had to be in position to catch it.

The number of things that had to go right in the Cal TD was several degrees higher in difficulty. And that's why it gets my vote.

We've seen a lot of hail marys work. We might see one of those multi-lateral plays work per decade, or even generation. And then you throw in the band.
 
jbdphi said:
On the Sheffield TD do you really think that Joe’s throw was what made any material difference to the play? It was a quick flare and he delivered it fine but Sheffield basically made 2-3 great moves afterwards to get yards and I think it was Buckman making a great block that sprung him.
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I just want to see Nick hit some of those where the WR isn't diving to the ground to bring it in.
 
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Purple Stein said:
I feel like this needs to be said in every thread. He is maddeningly inconsistent. He is capable of making really good throws and he is capable of missing the easiest throws possible. He was that way at Maine. He's that way here. He can be pinpoint accurate while simultaneously having no touch whatsoever. He can have great touch on a ball that lands nowhere near the receiver. That's JF.

In the end yesterday he completed 60% of his passes for 272 yards and was the winning quarterback. Given the pressure he was under, sign me up for those numbers every week.

We know Evers is Mora's guy. We know Evers is out there next. And we'll all be rooting for him. But can we cut some slack to the backup QB who nearly threw for 300 yards and just got us win number 4?
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His line very easily could have been 300 yards, 2TD 1 INT. Hit Bell on the easy TD and WR doesn't drop the ball. Two plays and the perception would have been totally different.
 
Hats off to the kicking portion of UConn's special teams. Freeman was 3 for 3 with a long of 43. Connor had 6 punts for an average of 47 and a long of 66 yards. And then Trujillo from Temple had his 60 yard FG. Good timing for the kicking game since Teggart was in the crowd,

Unfortunately, special teams did not have any kickoff or punt returns and they allowed a blocked punt for a Temple TD.

I was also impressed by John Neider on his coverage on special teams.
 
Temples defensive backfield was pretty good in coverage which with Fagnano having accuracy issues led to some of our struggles. Some of Sammis's playcalls were bad which didn't help. Rolling QB right on goal line with 2 receivers running in endzone toward the sideline. Way too crowded to make a pass and once Fagnano was outside Lundt the defender could pressure Fagnano. The RPO Fagnano keepers were also going nowhere. But in the last quarter the Fagnano run for a first down toward he band was a great play by him as well as the rollout under pressure toward our bench where he found Buckman behind the D for a long completion. As far as Evers being a runner he needs to gain some muscle to take the hits that will be coming. People expecting a blowout may have been frustrated yesterday. I was one of them. We lost our # 1 WR and top RB, gave up a specials teams TD and UConn had every reason to lose but overcame that for a win going into the bye week. Hallelujah!
 
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Nicklo28 said:
Report that Tucker McDonald out for the year.
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Say what??? He has played ~ a half dozen snaps total, right? Something happen in practice?

I wasn't there yesterday. What happened to Bell? He appeared early in the highlights.
 
RSTuthill said:
Say what??? He has played ~ a half dozen snaps total, right? Something happen in practice?

I wasn't there yesterday. What happened to Bell? He appeared early in the highlights.
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Bell got his leg caught under him on a play that took him and defender OOB, but on that surface where the benches are. Didn't seem overly serious, maybe a hypertension at most. He played after that but didn't have all his moves or speed, so sat 2nd half.
 
jbdphi said:
On the Sheffield TD do you really think that Joe’s throw was what made any material difference to the play? It was a quick flare and he delivered it fine but Sheffield basically made 2-3 great moves afterwards to get yards and I think it was Buckman making a great block that sprung him.
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Absolutely. He didn’t have to work to catch it.

The balls that Evers throws are always in the wrong spot and the receiver gets tackled immediately after.
 
ddent68 said:
No he hasn’t.
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I dont get why people have to always validate their opinions. Things change, we get more information.

Example? Me. Daniel Jones. At his ceiling he is an average nfl starter. That isn’t good enough. I am not gonna crow now that he has played above expectation. I defended Jones relentlessly.

At QB, Fagnano has a better arm, that is undeniable.

He isn’t a run threat, and is somewhat immobile at this level.

The one thing he has over Evers is

1. Experience - that matters
2. Arm strength

Here is thing, he is an erratic thrower and lacks touch. He isn’t a very efficient passer and I think the coaches want to run a more efficient offense of short and intermediate passes and RPOs and zone read.

We can’t allow Fagnano’s Merrimack game to sway the results here.

Evers, if he is healthy, allows the playbook to open up. I just don’t think they have the same playbook with Fagnano at QB.

That said, Evers has to show he can make explosive plays in passing game. That is something he hasn’t show much of. Fagnano has.

Who starts? Evers more potential. Fagnano more experienced.

They are 4-2 at halfway point. They will figure it out .
 
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