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uconnyankee said:
The payoff is that playing this talent gets you better prepared for lesser talent.
I don’t mind these games. It’s just that we’re in a rebuilding ‘year’.
Had we played them 2 seasons ago, totally different outcome.
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We are the lesser talent this year.
 
superjohn said:
That's not what he said and nothing he said is douchey.
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My mistake, he said ‘lost a—l close game’…
He probably meant to say ‘close games’ but clearly sounded like ‘close game’.
Not douchey.
 
BigTenFan said:
Even though UConn gets a big payday for going to Knoxville - you can't make up for the bad publicity of getting destroyed by a top 25 team . It just reinforces the image that UConn is exclusively a BB school
Also- how does this game build confidence with current and future players?
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People outside of UConn are going to look at their record more than score of 1 game. What was the msu Michigan game?
 
Bongo Fury said:
People outside of UConn are going to look at their record more than score of 1 game. What was the msu Michigan game?
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The difference is MSU has a history and is already a member of the club.
 
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CableGuy84 said:
At least they weren't shut out.
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I knew the final score so I only watched until they scored. They sure didn’t look like they were going to get beat that badly. They shot themselves in the foot before the FG. I could bear to watch the rest.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Probably the 1.8 million check
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Can we at least buy some players now? Does anyone know the going rates for these kids? $1.8M could be like $60K to 30 different players, is that enough to buy us some more competitive talent?
 
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mikedog10 said:
Can we at least buy some players now? Does anyone know the going rates for these kids? $1.8M could be like $60K to 30 different players, is that enough to buy us some more competitive talent?
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That's an interesting question, mikedog10. I was thinking about this the other day when reading this football board and how everyone was stating this was a body bag game. I know the athletic dept runs in the red, but having said that, would 2-3 body bag games in a year enable UConn to pour that body bag money from those games into football NIL and get better players? Now that might be really difficult because scheduling games is tough enough as an independent, but these P4 conferences are bigger and they might schedule 1-2 less out of conference games.

Anyone else feel free to jump in here. This would be a great question to bring up to Pudge, RIP up there in heaven. He was well versed on these type of issues with athletic and school department budgets and such.
 
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I just wanted to add one thing…

Despite being an absolute alien in my area, as I didn’t see a single UConn fan around me, their fans were chatting me up about basketball, both men’s and women’s.

It’s a great stadium, great location and great fan base.

Having been to our games at Notre Dame and at Michigan, Tennessee is just a different level for me. To be expected with the SEC, but it was great to experience.

Hell, they even allowed me to cut in the drink line. I couldn’t believe the size of it, so I had asked if I was looking at the correct line, so jokingly said “I need it more than you guys” and they literally let me jump to the front.

Like I said, I’ll always root for them as long as they aren’t facing us. I cannot imagine what the Georgia game will be like in Knoxville.

Go Vols. Truly appreciate the hospitality. I didn’t have a single person say anything negative to me at all, despite being in UConn gear.
 
BlueandOG said:
Literally embarrassing in every way- explosive plays, turnovers, dumb mental errors, poor coaching decisions, lack of hustle, lack of execution, etc. AD Dave needs to make fixing this priority 1
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or maybe ... it's the AD? ... What fall sports are doing well? WSOC is.
Go check out the Field Hockey record on the website. Our CHAMPIONSHIP Field Hockey program!
This was Benedict's hire!
 
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Palatine said:
I watched every second. The didn't beat us up. That were just faster than us everywhere that mattered.

One thing does bother me. We would have Cam Ross, one on one, with press coverage and a single high safety in the middle of the field and never took a shot. There was time for Roberson to take a shot. Or just take a seven step drop and throw it as far as he could. But we never do it. we never take a shot. I don't get it.
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They didn't "beat us up"?
So 59-3 is not a "beating"?
I guess the 1.2 or .3 or .4 million payout for the blowout at the hands of Tennessee was worth the embarrassment? Going on a road trip to Knoxville to watch the slaughter was entertaining?
When are the rest of you going to come to the conclusion that the football program is nothing more than pouring money down a black hole, never to see any positive effect. It's OVAH, STICK A FORK IN THEM, and let's move on to basketball
 
mikedog10 said:
Can we at least buy some players now? Does anyone know the going rates for these kids? $1.8M could be like $60K to 30 different players, is that enough to buy us some more competitive talent?
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This merely helps cover what we paid FIU and USU come in and kick our butts
 
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CTFIRERETIRED said:
They didn't "beat us up"?
So 59-3 is not a "beating"?
I guess the 1.2 or .3 or .4 million payout for the blowout at the hands of Tennessee was worth the embarrassment? Going on a road trip to Knoxville to watch the slaughter was entertaining?
When are the rest of you going to come to the conclusion that the football program is nothing more than pouring money down a black hole, never to see any positive effect. It's OVAH, STICK A FORK IN THEM, and let's move on to basketball
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They hung a similar or greater number on six opponents last year and you can't recall a single one of them.
 
CTFIRERETIRED said:
They didn't "beat us up"?
So 59-3 is not a "beating"?
I guess the 1.2 or .3 or .4 million payout for the blowout at the hands of Tennessee was worth the embarrassment? Going on a road trip to Knoxville to watch the slaughter was entertaining?
When are the rest of you going to come to the conclusion that the football program is nothing more than pouring money down a black hole, never to see any positive effect. It's OVAH, STICK A FORK IN THEM, and let's move on to basketball
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It was a slaughter there’s no denying that, we know the state of the program don’t need to constantly rehash it in a postgame thread.

Keep on seeing new user names saying to burn down the program in a postgame thread, it’s become border line trolling, it’s not even borderline trolling anymore it’s blatent trolling.
 
temery said:
Nm
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What struck me from watching this game was the difference in tackling technique between our defensive players and Tennessee’s defensive players. I’m sure Mora noticed that Tennessee’s defensive players were extremely well coached compared to his defensive players. This was especially noticeable in open field tackling, and was the reason why Cam and Victor weren’t able to wiggle free like we see sometimes. I don’t know who the defensive coaches are for Tennessee, but kudos to them. UConn definitely needs to get a DC and OC who can not only call the right plays but can also inspire his guys.
 
storrsroars said:
I'm not as down as most. Despite the absolute pasting, there's still something to work with here. Two bad breakdowns by secondary led to 2 very long TDs. 2 INTs and a fumble returned for 21. Things that can mostly be cleaned up vs a non-P5 opponent. TR had 200+ in the air vs a ranked P5. Receivers got open more than earlier in year. Even though this was a total shellacking, I feel I"ve seen worse from this team.
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If it can be cleaned up, why have we seen this breakdown so many times over the last 10 years?
 
Stinger92860 said:
If it can be cleaned up, why have we seen this breakdown so many times over the last 10 years?
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Has Mora been recruiting and coaching here for the past 10 years?
 
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CTFIRERETIRED said:
They didn't "beat us up"?
So 59-3 is not a "beating"?
I guess the 1.2 or .3 or .4 million payout for the blowout at the hands of Tennessee was worth the embarrassment? Going on a road trip to Knoxville to watch the slaughter was entertaining?
When are the rest of you going to come to the conclusion that the football program is nothing more than pouring money down a black hole, never to see any positive effect. It's OVAH, STICK A FORK IN THEM, and let's move on to basketball
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No. They didn't "beat us up" physically. They ran by us. We also gifted them numerous scores with TOs and defensive blunders.

Roberson was sacked once, same as UT's QB. This game was decided by speed not physicality. It didn't make it enjoyable to watch but if you did watch, speed accounted for the scoring margin.
 
storrsroars said:
Has Mora been recruiting and coaching here for the past 10 years?
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In fairness, we don’t know what his players look like yet. But, he certainly hasn’t managed to instill any discipline given the enormous number mistakes and self inflicted wounds committed week over week. Honestly, Mora seems like a great guy but I don’t think he has the leadership wherewithal to impose accountability and consequences when it hurts. Sometimes you need to fire coaches, bench players and bite the bullet to get out a pattern of failure.
 
BigTenFan said:
Even though UConn gets a big payday for going to Knoxville - you can't make up for the bad publicity of getting destroyed by a top 25 team . It just reinforces the image that UConn is exclusively a BB school
Also- how does this game build confidence with current and future players?
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Is it really worse than playing a game against a G5 squad in a game that no one cares about? It is a stark reminder of how far back we are from a quality P2 opponents. Maybe that's a good thing. Sometimes the medicine tastes bad.
 
BC ran a red zone play we blitzed on and had a wideopen receiver walk in last week. A LB with good instincts may have seen what was going to happen and covered the back versus blitzing. Our secondary totally failed in the long TD pass that was the walk in yesterday. No communication. The long TD on the second play resembled the long TD early vs Georgia State except it was the RB vs the QB for G State. We have defensive issues bigtime. That said watching USC play Washington and realizing that a school with the resources USC has, also has a real issue on the defensive side if the ball helps put things in perspective. We did not do well enough in the portal to have a winning season this year. BC got their starting QB from UCF and also added O-line starters. We needed LBs and did not get them. We need RB's for next year as well as LBs, pass rushers and secondary help. To get any wins the rest of this season the offense has to get better and put up points. Jame Madison looked real solid yesterday.
 
I’d take a $2M paycheck to get beat by Tennessee every year. Neyland was unbelievably cool. I really wish New England college football programs had an atmosphere even 50% of what it was like down there. The SEC really is just an entirely different animal. I mean they had 100k people show up for 1-7 UConn. And the stadium was still full until there were about 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter. I’d love to go back there for a game against Bama or Georgia.

As for this game itself, Joly is really really good. He needs to get a huge NIL bag this offseason…hopefully from us.
 
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