Leaving aside his speed in getting the ball out, Fagnano has had several long completions to his credit now. The Buffalo game is a case in point. I'd say there is nothing wrong with his strength. Now, if he doesn't have a certain receiver, well that might be an issue.
To be fair, though, the actual play was a blown snap by either the center or the RSF QB. But the nerves, the nerves they had to be feeling because of what the UConn D had done to them the whole game, that effect was decisive. Not to mention the penetration at the snap. I doubt they would have made it anyway. Stupid decision by Temple. Their coach set them up to fail. Kick the FG and live to fight again in OT.
We gained almost 400 yards and scored 23 points. Was the offense anywhere near consistent enough? No. But can we stop pretending the offense didn’t contribute and the defense won the game on its own? Because that’s not what happened.
He tends to throw too high too often which logically is a form of being innaccurate.
Whitmer, Cochran, Shirreffs, Boyle, even Williams, Pindell and Endres - I have never seen college qbs take such damage in the modern game
When watching the FAU game from the stands, it looked liked they sold the run plays really well with Evers. I m not playing and gullible but I struggled keeping track who had the ball. Tyler P was effective dual threat until he got that non contact injury.
Dan O avoided injury as I remember. Y
Certainly the Big 12 thought it was cray cray
Slow down Sea Biscuit. Creative and funny? More like classless and mean spirited. I'm not against celebrating, I posted on this very thread that good teams win ugly games. You can celebrate without kicking someone when their down. Not a good look for a state sponsored institution in my humble, and admittedly boomer, opinion.
That's exactly what it means.
Not counting the last play of the game the defense didn’t score so yes it’s an exaggeration that the defense won the game. Obviously the offense did enough to win so yes they contributed but without another excellent defensive effort we lose by 20.
ummm, but why not??? stop the sensitivity cry-baby train... when we lose, we get picked on. and we got picked on a lot. Get the "W" poke some fun and remember, we will play them again. So simply be aware of that fact. It is one reason why I do see Temple as a rivalry for us.. we may not like it - we may even want a better rival but its how these things go. Its in our history - its when we meet up. UConn needs to win and win so much more that we don't look at them as a rival.
Nobody is saying Fagnano is Marino, an awesome passer, or even a good college quarterback. Fagnano has simply shown some passing ability and some ability to stretch the field through the passing game, Evers hasn't shown anything as far as passing.
temple made the correct decision it didn’t execute. Kicking a field goal at the 1 foot line decision would be demoralizing
It may be obvious to you that Evers gives us the best chance but I haven’t seen enough from him as a passer. Maybe he’ll show it but he hasn’t done it yet. He’s got good foot speed but I’m not convinced he’s elite dual threat either.
I meant obviously that’s my opinion. I by no means think Evers is a world beater and that we can’t win with Joe because we can and we have. They have different strengths and weaknesses. Straight up have to pick I think Evers is our guy and I disagree with posters that pick JF. That’s all. They are close enough I think you could make the case either way.
Yes, but was he equally good at running and at passing?
The problem with Evers is that he isn't that fast or elusive as a runner either. Better than Joe F. for sure but I don't really see what Evers gives us at Qb unless he can improve this throwing drastically.
I do know, and he hasn’t had one snap since he got here. Uconn has had some really good QB’s in the past, and most didn’t play at all.
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.
Someone should tell him his scoop and score was selfish.
I think the team may have benefited from a "wake up game". I'd much rather have that be a scary close win with a great finish then a disappointing close loss.