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rich1122 said:
Did we ever blitz them? Guy had all day. Every time.
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I recall at least one pressure play where D was close to Veltkamp for a loss. But didn’t appear to be much pressure on him.
 
ZooCougar said:
Good write up.

I thought when Veitkamp ran through the whole defense for that TD it was a microcosm of the whole defense.

In no way shake or form should any DB or LB ever get dusted by a QB like that past the line of scrimmage. It was like he had Moses clearing the way for him.
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6'6", 240#. He's like a tight end.
 
Nostical said:
You nailed it Biz. But as magnificent as Joe and the O were out there--making clutch plays all afternoon--especially on that last gasp 15 play 75 yard scoring drive---and as porous and inept as our D was, in the end the game came down to an incredibly improbable last second miss of a very makable field goal.
After the miss, a friend texted me.
"I watched the replay of the field goal and it’s inexplicable how he missed it so badly. Good snap, good hold. Good plant. No wind, no rain."
My response? "Don't underestimate the impact of pressure--or the power of prayer"--lol."
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It's hard to kick with your hands wrapped around your neck...
 
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ZooCougar said:
They couldn’t even lay a hand on him.
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I’m with Wisky on this one. If he breaks a tackle because of his size and strength, so be it. If he is more agile than a DB or LB who just whiffs on him, something is terribly wrong.
 
rich1122 said:
Did we ever blitz them? Guy had all day. Every time.
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Yes. Kid got rid of it as soon as he saw it. We got to him once that I remember. He called out. I expect to see him move on to a P5.
 
RedStickHusky said:
It's hard to kick with your hands wrapped around your neck...
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RioDog said:
Yup and it's odd that for all of Brock's intensity it doesn't seem to translate to the players, at least not last Saturday.
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When you yell at kids with no real consequence, all that happens is their hearing gets worse and you yell louder. Might be that he is not truly connected with the kids, they won’t “run through brick walls” for him. Maybe that shows up in his ability to recruit, which again, besides $, also depends on quickly developing a connection. Hard to say, but something is off, hopefully it is just a perfect storm of recruiting misses, bad luck, injuries, money spent on offense and the clouds will clear and the sun will come out. Defense has torpedoed a perfect 12-0 season already, not sure a Bowl loss due to lack of D kills us, but it won’t help.

Brock fired tomorrow, Mora takes over D for bowl?? Hmmm.
 
Tdaley said:
I know of a school who runs a pro style offense that could use a quarterback next year.
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Veltkamp will be an interesting case study for me. Really good numbers in terms of picking up yardage. Good amount of TDs thrown. But a ton of picks. What will the market be for him? I also wonder if he and Messer will look to go somewhere together if one or both portals.

If he does portal, I understand why people would want him. Not sure he would be my first choice though, even if he's within our budget. I've gotten used to a QB who doesn't turn the ball over, and would rather find another QB in that mould once Joe moves on. Who knows though, maybe Pryce could work some magic with him and get those turnovers down.
 
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AllHusky said:
When you yell at kids with no real consequence, all that happens is their hearing gets worse and you yell louder. Might be that he is not truly connected with the kids, they won’t “run through brick walls” for him. Maybe that shows up in his ability to recruit, which again, besides $, also depends on quickly developing a connection. Hard to say, but something is off, hopefully it is just a perfect storm of recruiting misses, bad luck, injuries, money spent on offense and the clouds will clear and the sun will come out. Defense has torpedoed a perfect 12-0 season already, not sure a Bowl loss due to lack of D kills us, but it won’t help.

Brock fired tomorrow, Mora takes over D for bowl?? Hmmm.
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Overkill. If you want to hang the loss to Delaware solely on the D, fine, but the losses to Syracuse and Rice involved all 3 units not doing enough, not just (or even primarily) the defense.
 
Nameless said:
Veltkamp will be an interesting case study for me. Really good numbers in terms of picking up yardage. Good amount of TDs thrown. But a ton of picks. What will the market be for him? I also wonder if he and Messer will look to go somewhere together if one or both portals.

If he does portal, I understand why people would want him. Not sure he would be my first choice though, even if he's within our budget. I've gotten used to a QB who doesn't turn the ball over, and would rather find another QB in that mould once Joe moves on. Who knows though, maybe Pryce could work some magic with him and get those turnovers down.
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We want another QB, paid a fraction of P-4 money, who will lead the nation in lowest percentage of throws picked? Great idea. I have a list of things I’d like that are incredibly unlikely to happen also.
 
businesslawyer said:
I’m with Wisky on this one. If he breaks a tackle because of his size and strength, so be it. If he is more agile than a DB or LB who just whiffs on him, something is terribly wrong.
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I think he had two rushing TDs actually. Including a Fagnanoesque end zone dive.
 
businesslawyer said:
Overkill. If you want to hang the loss to Delaware solely on the D, fine, but the losses to Syracuse and Rice involved all 3 units not doing enough, not just (or even primarily) the defense.
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Rice was coaching/preparation. Nobody looked solid on that wet field. Rice had better grip and that gave them an edge.

Syracuse and Delaware we were coached into those losses.
 
businesslawyer said:
Overkill. If you want to hang the loss to Delaware solely on the D, fine, but the losses to Syracuse and Rice involved all 3 units not doing enough, not just (or even primarily) the defense.
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100%... The offense shut down and left the defense to fend for itself...
 
businesslawyer said:
Overkill. If you want to hang the loss to Delaware solely on the D, fine, but the losses to Syracuse and Rice involved all 3 units not doing enough, not just (or even primarily) the defense.
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Firing Brock is overkill, granted. Offense was complicit in Syracuse loss, probably D best game until the end. Rice and Delaware were D losses.
 
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businesslawyer said:
I’m with Wisky on this one. If he breaks a tackle because of his size and strength, so be it. If he is more agile than a DB or LB who just whiffs on him, something is terribly wrong.
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He did do a nice fosbury flop into the end zone.
 
businesslawyer said:
One thing I didn’t note the first time but should have. We went 6-0 at home, we went 3-0 on the road in places that started with a B (Buffalo, Boston and Boca Raton) and 0-3, all in OT, at places that started with a letter other than B.
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Makes up for losing our winning streak against Owls. Started a new one, though.
 
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businesslawyer said:
I would take Veltkamp in a nanosecond, but that’s not the point as I don’t know how much he would cost, who else wants him and who else is available for us. If your point was you want a game manager more than a gunslinger in concept, I’m fine with that conceptually and I’m sorry if you thought I was unfair to what you wrote (as opposed to what you were thinking) and was snide.
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there are a few QBs we played this year that I think would do well at UConn..Veltkamp is one…Minicucci…and Lonergan (Ok…he didn’t play that game…but he is on BC).
 
Bubba1957 said:
I’ve got a feeling Evers might be a pleasant surprise next year (or not).
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I have a feeling he will be exactly like he was before based on what we saw this season. Passes off target, receivers having a hard time getting YAC.
 
Evers passes last year were off the mark by just a hair. Now that hair is the difference between a WR catching a slant in stride for a big play or being tackled right awayfor no YAC. Long winded way of saying Evers could improve enough to be really good in this offense. I was high on Joe F based on what we saw prior to coming here and what we saw in the NC State game.

Could easily see Evers throw for 2k and run for another 500 or so and that would be more than good enough to have a very effective offense next year even if it looks slightly different.
 
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