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jrazz12 said:
Not sure where you're getting your numbers from, but you can step off the ledge.

Matt Schonvisky ‏@MattSchonvisky 30m 30 minutes ago
On #UConn play calling last night. Final stats show 50 run/23 pass. Sacks=2. Shirreffs said out of his 20 runs, only 5 had run options

Matt Schonvisky ‏@MattSchonvisky 29m 29 minutes ago
So taking Shirreffs at his word, play calling was actually 33 run/40 pass. He knows he needs to make better decisions & talked after game
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Heard it on Joe D after the fame. I am sure that he said 70. Maybe he meant 70 total and I misunderstood Sorry, should have looked it up. Still 2/1 ratio is a little nuts.
 
rich1122 said:
Heard it on Joe D after the fame. I am sure that he said 70. Should have looked it up. Still 2/1 ratio is a little nuts.
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It's the second numbers that's a lot more indicative. If that's the case, we actually were calling in a way that was more pass-heavy. It's on BS to allow the plays to develop and the OL to protect him enough to feel comfortable back there without scrambling forward. Based on that, I feel very confident about where our offense can go with more work and game development. Another reason everyone freaking out about the Maine game is silly. Yes we can be A LOT better in some areas and my God was that boring and needlessly close. But I'm still saying we're 4-0 heading to Houston in a month and nothing I saw Thursday shows me otherwise.

Great write up BL
 
jdb50 said:
Watching the Texas game do they win without taking the deep shots? Can we do this or does everything have to be slow and methodical? Do we have the personel?
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Yes, we have the personnel to do it....Even if we don't hit the deep ball, show we're willing to take he shot. Just don't throw an INT. BS has to read the coverage, look the safety off, and take the shot. Worst case scenario over-throw it so no one can get it to keep the secondary from creeping into the box or under throw it and maybe get a PI call.
 
rich1122 said:
Somebody just tell me why we ran it 70 times? Everything will be in perspective after that is answered.
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Because Diaco feels that we have a talent deficit and so he is going to try to burn as much clock as possible as conservatively as possible to limit the oppositions time of possession.
 
One Comment: No, Shirreffs did not have a great game. He missed wide open receivers all over the field, all day from my view in 229.

When you turn 15 pass plays into de-facto running plays, you hurt the team. He needs to learn QUICKLY that sometimes you need to trust your guy to make a play.

Maine played single-high man 90% of the snaps. When you see a blitz, you see man-man, and you see Hergy Mayala @ 6'3, Alec Bloom @ 6'7, and a stud like Noel Thomas, LET THE BALL FLY.

Some will be catches, some will be incompletions. But it scares the hell out of a DB and a DCoordinator knowing you are the type of team that will make that throw.

Rant over. Shirreffs needs to play much, much better.
 
Nostical said:
Show me a team not named Alabama, Ohio St. and Louisville that didn't finish their games with areas of concern to work on. UConnJim's accurate comments need to be mixed into the fruit salad of analysis. For sure there were lemons vs Maine but I also saw lots of lemonade. I'll predict right now we head to Houston at 4-0 and play to a much wider and more attentive audience. Beating them down there will make a more important statement than anything else. I've got my flight booked. Let's head down there and show lots of blue in their stadium.
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Nos-For sure you're coming down for the Houston game? I was planning to wait until after Navy to start a thread on this but we should hook up. I think Dooley had plans to come down as well. Pretty easy 4 hr drive from DFW for me. We should try to coordinate seating at least.
 
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rich1122 said:
Somebody just tell me why we ran it 70 times? Everything will be in perspective after that is answered.
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We didn't run "70 times." The real number, per the official stats, was 50 for 200 yards, or 4.0 yards per.
 
BlueandOG said:
There is room for criticism on both side for sure. I got to the stadium at 6:45 and ran through blue lot to get to my seat. The entire place was still tailgating. I wrote an email to the "fan experience" people asking if we can get a auditory signal played over the PA to remind everyone to get in their seats. Could be something cool like a husky howling to assemble the pack or something less abstract like, "It is 15 minutes to kickoff - Let's go Huskies!"
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I believe I heard a husky howl.
 
BlueandOG said:
There is room for criticism on both side for sure. I got to the stadium at 6:45 and ran through blue lot to get to my seat. The entire place was still tailgating. I wrote an email to the "fan experience" people asking if we can get a auditory signal played over the PA to remind everyone to get in their seats. Could be something cool like a husky howling to assemble the pack or something less abstract like, "It is 15 minutes to kickoff - Let's go Huskies!"
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I could have sworn I heard the air raid siren 30 min before kickoff.
 
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This is a program that built their marketing around tailgating recently. Shocking that people don't make the game the number one priority.
 
Tailgating has been part of UConn football for a long time. While it was not that present outside Memorial Stadium in the I-AA games, the best parties I went to as a UConn student were in D lot of Yale Bowl in 1983 and 1984.
 
No O-line no offense plain and simple , can't protect the QB he can't throw, can't make holes can't run, it goes on and on and on, RE always had a line, no real QBs that threw but man we could run, BD needs to fix the line either they weren't good or Maine was a great team
 
History Geek said:
Tailgating has been part of UConn football for a long time. While it was not that present outside Memorial Stadium in the I-AA games, the best parties I went to as a UConn student were in D lot of Yale Bowl in 1983 and 1984.
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No kidding. But when the school itself builds it's football marketing around tailgating why would anyone be surprised people tailgate through the start of the game?

The program itself chose to sell the tailgating experience over the game experience.
 
whaler11 said:
No kidding. But when the school itself builds it's football marketing around tailgating why would anyone be surprised people tailgate through the start of the game?

The program itself chose to sell the tailgating experience over the game experience.
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Point taken but the on field product (perhaps Houston aside) hasn't done their part to change people's minds.
 
I heard the siren way over in Silva's. It's always annoying walking past people in Blue lot who have no intentions of packing up their extravagant tailgate as I pass 10 minutes to kick off. It's obviously their choice but the priorities are clear.
 
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While I agree line was poor, UConn did rush for 200 yards and get 3rushing TD's.

That is a much higher starting point to improve upon compared to the past five seasons.
 
Yes our marketing department is so good that they were able to sell people on how much fun it is to eat and drink to excess.

Then when they try to get them to games or get them in early, they fail. Um, ok.
 
sportsart said:
Yes our marketing department is so good that they were able to sell people on how much fun it is to eat and drink to excess.

Then when they try to get them to games or get them in early, they fail. Um, ok.
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I'm not sure I've come across anyone as aggressively stupid as you anywhere else in my life.

Shouldn't you go back to posting the score of every close game in the country to imply that UConn almost losing to Maine isn't a problem. It was actually humorous watching nobody take the bait.
 
whaler11 said:
I'm not sure I've come across anyone as aggressively stupid as you anywhere else in my life.

Shouldn't you go back to posting the score of every close game in the country to imply that UConn almost losing to Maine isn't a problem. It was actually humorous watching nobody take the bait.
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Rough day at work, huh?
 
I'm thinking of taking up coaching kids soccer. Anyone know who can give me some pointers?

My household income is 400K so I'd be willing to pay good money.
 
nar·cis·sis·tic
ˌnärsəˈsistik/
adjective
  1. having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
    "a narcissistic actress"
    synonyms: vain, self-loving, self-admiring, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, conceited, self-centered, self-regarding, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic;
    informalfull of oneself
    "she was never happy in the narcissistic life that her press agent and manager had crafted for her"
    • relating to narcissism.
      "narcissistic personality disorder"

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Stairmaster said:
Rough day at work, huh?
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I have little patience for the passive-aggressive. I have even less patience for them when they constantly cry about issues that they themselves cause.

When they say things like I don't have any business acumen - while they can't put together a coherent thought there comes a point where you just have to tell it like it is.
 
sportsart said:
I'm thinking of taking up coaching kids soccer. Anyone know who can give me some pointers?

My household income is 400K so I'd be willing to pay good money.
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Keep in mind folks this poster is someone who constantly cries that the level of discourse on the Boneyard isn't up to his exacting standards.

Art stick to cutting up oranges and let the adults talk. Thanks.
 
sportsart said:
nar·cis·sis·tic
ˌnärsəˈsistik/
adjective
  1. having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
    "a narcissistic actress"
    synonyms: vain, self-loving, self-admiring, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, conceited, self-centered, self-regarding, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic;
    informalfull of oneself
    "she was never happy in the narcissistic life that her press agent and manager had crafted for her"
    • relating to narcissism.
      "narcissistic personality disorder"

Feedback
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Let's play guess who said it.

I know my business acumen has been challenged by some posters recently but I've been in negotiations with hundreds of people who are savvier then your average university president.
 
I'm going on a limb and thinking someone I have on Ignore is in this thread.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I'm going on a limb and thinking someone I have on Ignore is in this thread.
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Is there anything sadder than constantly talking about who you blocked. Nobody gives a who you have blocked - least of all me.
 
In case you are new or were on vacation, this thread is classic boneyard. I've also included the top contributors to the thread. Grab some popcorn. Try and guess who was trying to make his point the only correct view.

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    FfldCntyFan
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    sportsart
    College Football has stage P5 cancer., Male
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    Contrarian, Male
 
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