The Importance of Rentschler and UCONN fans 9/13/2008

[whaler11]

Only home game I've missed since South Florida at Memorial.

 

[dsturdy5]

I was there. Moved my cousin into his new apartment all morning, quick change of clothes and then he and I made the 2+ hour ride down, brief tailgate, and inside for an incredible game. We left wondering if 12-0 was possible.

 

[BlueMAB]

Yep. I was there. Don't remember much. Probably came in about mid-second quarter and left about early fourth. But I was there.

So you were a student at the time.

 

[BlueMAB]

I was there, great night. I think DB ran for 983 yards.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I was there. Great time.

If someone said we could have that offensive performance for every game we play over the next decade I would take it in a heartbeat. It appeared as if we could do anything we wanted, anytime we wanted that game. It was the football equivalent of having our way with their women, while they watched, only to have their women ask for another round.

 

[Nostical]

I was there. We looked invincible. Donald Brown was awesome as was QB Tyler Lorenzen and Robbie Frye on returns. The next week we beat Baylor and RGIII. We started the year 5-0.

 

[BlueDogs]

Was there. And Can't wait to be back "there" with electricity in the air, loud crowds and fun watching great football. Seems like a distant memory. There have been some great ones at the rent.

 

[BoatShow]

Was there. And Can't wait to be back "there" with electricity in the air, loud crowds and fun watching great football. Seems like a distant memory. There have been some great ones at the rent.

You miss the Michigan game this year?

 

[MattMang23]

So you were a student at the time.

No. I graduated 2007. But I was not out of the student mindset yet.

 

[huskysupporter]

In 2007 went to VA. Sat next to Lorenzen's father. All I can remember is Lou Allen trying 3 times to get 2 lousy yards. DJ fumble before half. Was a long ride home. The 2008 game was my revenge.

My stomach still hurts from that play. That was a tough game to watch on tv, can't imagine being there.

 

[Skiblets]

Most complete UConn football game ever played IMO. Second would be South Carolina

 

[SAMCRO]

I was more frustrated by the bad snap out of the shotgun that sailed past Lorenzen. It took us from driving inside UVa's 40 the wrong side of the 50. Back breaker.

 

[BlueDogs]

You miss the Michigan game this year?

I thought that was about as close to the old days as I can remember. Was a great day and there was belief in the air. I thought we were going to get it done, but we could not sustain on O.

 

[BlueDogs]

Most complete UConn football game ever played IMO. Second would be South Carolina

ND was a work of art and determination as well.

 

[huskyblooz]

What about the fans UConn vs BYU 8/28/2014. Need a sell out. Need a win.

it WILL be a sell-out! ... and we have one of the longest winning streaks in college football !!!!

 

[huskyblooz]

I forgot what those holes used to look like. Many of those runs DB was untouched. All with 2* OL.

 

[businesslawyer]

it's fair to say that everybody was surprised. I was for sure, and clearly I'm not alone. Virginia had no idea literally what hit them, and really they didn't have much to go on to expect that either. No excuse, but I guarantee that Virginia team came to Rentschler unprepared for what they got. Prior to that game, we had just lost to Temple, frigging Temple, again, and we closed out the 2007 season with the 66 point disaster at Morgantown and the Wake Forest bowl game loss.

No, we had not lost to Temple prior to that game. We had struggled to beat them in a monsoon.

 

[NavinRJohnson]

I can remember the tailgating for this games like yesterday. People where all over looking to buy tickets and the scalpels had a field day. They must have made a bund of cash that night. UCONN football had an attitude that night against Virginia. The dominance on the field added to the atmosphere.

One of my top five moments at The Rent.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

What about the fans UConn vs BYU 8/28/2014. Need a sell out. Need a win.

In the words of the great Bart Scott... "CAN'T WAIT."

 

[TouchdownHusky]

They had gotten us the year before 17-16 @UVA and all I wanted was revenge for a game we could have won. Mission accomplished! It was a good night at the Rent, reminded me of the night when we beat Pitt @ night in our first year in the Big East

Exactly what he just said. Leaving Scott Stadium the year before - and leaving a win out on the field (not to mention the embarrassment of the final drive) - I was pretty down and kind of embarrassed about the program. The 2008 game did much to restore a sense that UConn could really make this jump.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I was more frustrated by the bad snap out of the shotgun that sailed past Lorenzen. It took us from driving inside UVa's 40 the wrong side of the 50. Back breaker.

Which lousy snap? There were two in a row. UConn was doing to itself what Chris Long and the Cavaliers wouldn't have been able to do - not only stall the drive, but move the offense backwards and, more importantly turn the ball over. A precursor to the ongoing difficulties that UConn has had on the offensive side of the ball (wasn't that the same year that Wake made 10 points hold up against UConn's inept offense and WVU held the Husky offense to "under 4 points" in the "winner take all" showdown for the Big East championship?

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I thought that was about as close to the old days as I can remember. Was a great day and there was belief in the air. I thought we were going to get it done, but we could not sustain on O.

Not when - with all kinds of momentum going for the Huskies - your tight end drops a ten yard pass with no one around him and 20 yards of open field ahead of him. Go back, check the play by play (or better yet watch the vid) and you'll see that after that drop and the resultant stalled drive, the momentum shifted entirely to Michigan.