Things you would like to see Sat.

[Ldandy]

If they fall behind(which is a strong possibility) will they fight for 4 quarters or will they get boat raced? Illinois has superior athletes on both sides of the ball but they are far from a great team. If Uconn can somehow stick around The Illini will give them an opening. Can they take advantage if presented an opportunity?

 

[CTMike]

Steven Krajewski

 

[HuskyDogArt]

I'd love to see a Win or at least if we lose a close game. I'd love to see 30K in the stands. How the forecast so far for the game?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I'd love to see a Win or at least if we lose a close game. I'd love to see 30K in the stands. How the forecast so far for the game?

Forecast is weird. 10 day says 70 and beautiful. Dorian tracker says Dorian.

 

[Purple Stein]

After rewatching the game last night, I'm optimistic about this game and the season. I know it was FCS Wagner, but last year FCS Rhode Island had their way with us.

The difference between URI and Wagner is like the difference between Purdue and UTSA.

 

[Nostical]

Force some turnovers.

 

[Exit 4]

Gonna try and see if could watch the some of the Illinois Akron game. If I'm concerned about anything is the depth at LB behind Morgan, Gilmartin, Swenson, and Fortt. I don't recall others playing much at those positions and wonder if an injury there would push someone like Jones back to the middle given that they look pretty deep and talented at dline.

Yeah, thats what I think happens; you push Dillon Harris back to LB if you get an injury to any of the four that actually played LB vs Wags.

 

[uconnphil2016]

I would like to see Beaudry look like a starting QB. He looked terrible versus Wagner, and I'm afraid we won't see many competitive games unless he shows up and throws the ball with some accuracy downfield.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Randy Edsall, vanilla? . . . Shocking. Gotta score points in today's game.

 

[noeynox]

I would like to see Beaudry look like a starting QB. He looked terrible versus Wagner, and I'm afraid we won't see many competitive games unless he shows up and throws the ball with some accuracy downfield.

That's a bit harsh. 1st start in years. Had nice TD throw dropped which he put on the money. Ardell Brown back, also i was wondering why Xavier Scott wasn't out there. He is a real athlete with legit speed and showed great ability catching the ball out of the backfield. Just didn't have the feel for RB. Hope he gets some passes this week.

 

[UConnRock]

“Scared money don’t make no money”. Need to take some downfield shots and if they get a lead stay aggressive. Can’t run clock in the 1st quarter.

 

[Nostical]

I would like to see Beaudry look like a starting QB. He looked terrible versus Wagner

Come on Phil. I'll concede he wasn't stellar but he was far from terrible. He gets a mulligan from me for having to play his first game with missing receivers. I hope he meets your standards this week.

 

[huskyrob1]

Offense: A pass to a TE. A screen pass. A pass to the center of the field. Fewer penalties.

Defense: The line moving pre-snap. LBs faking a blitz. A TO.

It's hard to know if Edsall was going pure vanilla on Thursday or that is his scheme for O and D. We're going to need to be more imaginative versus Illinois as we wont be able to physically overwhelm them. We pretty much dominated Wagner but the combination of TOs and penalties at key points prevented an easy win. The good news is there is plenty of tape to help the players understand the things that need to be cleaned up. And being at home should help.

I'd love to see Uconn's defense get a couple TO's, but arm tackling after a caught pass is not going to knock the ball loose, a strip or a helmet hit the same time as the pads hit should do the trick, and will cause the refs to not call targeting.

 

[MrHockey9]

Three consecutive fake Punts to rekindle fond memories of the Disco era.

 

[uconnbill]

JUST WIN BABY