The 2025 journey begins…

[Duncan Idaho]

Yep, defense needs to come together too, but I'm biased to believe the hardest unit, and most critical to team success, to gel is the OLine.

It would help if Murawski can stay healthy. Very athletic and plays well but has an injury history here, seems like since arrival.

 

[Jimdish255]

Man, I love having this man as our coach!

Agreed. You really have to do mental gymnastics not to like this guy.

 

[Jimdish255]

Yep, defense needs to come together too, but I'm biased to believe the hardest unit, and most critical to team success, to gel is the OLine.

Agreed. Defense is do your job and stay in your lane. Offense requires a more detailed "sync" that has to include 5 guys minimizing their mistakes and aggressively protecting the QB at the same time.

 

[UCFBfan]

Looking at the Ourlads site, there are a lot of D folks who haven't played together.

According to the ESPN article it said we only have two returning starters on D. So let's hope Brock continues to mold the defense into a monster with all the parts at his disposal.

 

[FightOnCT]

I think the most valuable aspect of the D that returned was the coaching. Brock now has a year under his belt to establish a system and utilize players to that standard. While we did lose a lot personnel-wise, there were also concerns of new staff last year and we turned out fine.

 

[huskymedic]

State of the Program: UConn Huskies

Head Coach: Jim Mora Jr is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Huskies with an 18-20 record. This represents a great start for a program that had struggled, he’s brought them to …

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[FfldCntyFan]

I'd give this a bit more credibility if they used the correct logo.

 

[freescooter]

I'd give this a bit more credibility if they used the correct logo.

Maybe they just like this one better…

Remember, during the Dream Season Jim Nance and the other CBS guys kept calling the Huskies “ the UConns”, sometimes The UConn. That doesn’t happen any more. If we establish a record of credibility they will get it right.

 

[huskymedic]

Stewey just can’t help himself - same old, same old:



-> UConn is the only Big East program with an FBS football team. Although it has struggled in the past, UConn’s football program has been trending upward, finishing last year with a 9-4 record. The school stated it will offer $18-plus million of the $20.5 million cap limit this year and will max out next year. Even if it spends $5 million on men’s basketball and $2.5 million on women’s basketball (rumored as the high end among Big East schools), it could spend up to $9 million on football, which is three times what most G6 teams plan to spend. What do you think is the future of UConn football? — Thomas G.

Give a lot of credit to Jim Mora for lifting up a program that looked dead in the water for a full decade, at a time when it was facing an existential crisis. UConn’s decision to rejoin the Big East in 2020 has obviously been a boon for the Huskies’ powerhouse basketball programs, but it’s left football homeless for the past five years. That didn’t stop Mora from arriving in 2022 and taking the Huskies to bowl games in two of his first three seasons, even beating ACC foe North Carolina in last year’s Fenway Bowl.

But let’s also keep some perspective. UConn has gone from playing an AAC schedule, at a time when the league still had Cincinnati, Houston and UCF, to an independent slate in which the Huskies’ eight regular-season wins last year came against Merrimack, FAU, Buffalo, Temple, Rice, Georgia State, UAB and UMass. It is essentially playing a MAC/Conference USA-caliber schedule.

Given the dollar figures Thomas mentioned, I don’t think UConn’s goal is to be a MAC/Conference USA program. It wants to return to the upper tier, like it did in the old BCS-qualifying Big East, when the Huskies reached the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has had his eye on UConn for some time. He’s a basketball guy from the Northeast. He wants those New York/New England TV sets, and he wants Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma. The problem is that his members are primarily football-first schools, and UConn football has held zero appeal to this point. Perhaps that changes if Mora and the Huskies can turn themselves into consistent winners. I can’t imagine those hoops coaches would be keen on leaving the Big East again, but P4 football media revenue is a lot more lucrative than hoops-only.

Or, wait and hope that the ACC implodes in 2030 thanks to its renegotiated Grant of Rights. <-

 

[Huskygrad88]

Stewey just can’t help himself - same old, same old:



-> UConn is the only Big East program with an FBS football team. Although it has struggled in the past, UConn’s football program has been trending upward, finishing last year with a 9-4 record. The school stated it will offer $18-plus million of the $20.5 million cap limit this year and will max out next year. Even if it spends $5 million on men’s basketball and $2.5 million on women’s basketball (rumored as the high end among Big East schools), it could spend up to $9 million on football, which is three times what most G6 teams plan to spend. What do you think is the future of UConn football? — Thomas G.

Give a lot of credit to Jim Mora for lifting up a program that looked dead in the water for a full decade, at a time when it was facing an existential crisis. UConn’s decision to rejoin the Big East in 2020 has obviously been a boon for the Huskies’ powerhouse basketball programs, but it’s left football homeless for the past five years. That didn’t stop Mora from arriving in 2022 and taking the Huskies to bowl games in two of his first three seasons, even beating ACC foe North Carolina in last year’s Fenway Bowl.

But let’s also keep some perspective. UConn has gone from playing an AAC schedule, at a time when the league still had Cincinnati, Houston and UCF, to an independent slate in which the Huskies’ eight regular-season wins last year came against Merrimack, FAU, Buffalo, Temple, Rice, Georgia State, UAB and UMass. It is essentially playing a MAC/Conference USA-caliber schedule.

Given the dollar figures Thomas mentioned, I don’t think UConn’s goal is to be a MAC/Conference USA program. It wants to return to the upper tier, like it did in the old BCS-qualifying Big East, when the Huskies reached the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has had his eye on UConn for some time. He’s a basketball guy from the Northeast. He wants those New York/New England TV sets, and he wants Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma. The problem is that his members are primarily football-first schools, and UConn football has held zero appeal to this point. Perhaps that changes if Mora and the Huskies can turn themselves into consistent winners. I can’t imagine those hoops coaches would be keen on leaving the Big East again, but P4 football media revenue is a lot more lucrative than hoops-only.

Or, wait and hope that the ACC implodes in 2030 thanks to its renegotiated Grant of Rights. <-

I can’t argue with a single word.

 

[Palatine]

I'd give this a bit more credibility if they used the correct logo.

I give it more credibility because I like that logo better!

 

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[RSTuthill]

Yup. Getting close to the time to focus and execute.

 

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[Jimdish255]

Multi-post thread:

Nick +20 is awesome! But you still gotta protect that noggin.

 

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[RSTuthill]

Somebody will do a survey on team expectations before the season starts It might even be me although I am not gonna rush to be first.

Anyway, one of the questions should be, please define what it will take to demonstrate progress over last year. To me it is not just how many W's are racked up. I want to see no blowouts against the P4's and at least one W against them in the regular season. Things happen. The overall record might not get to last year's totals. But a W against a P4 would be great and signify a lot.

 

[huskymedic]