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Tim Boyle

CCSUblue said:
Jake had a great game last night against the Giants, though I expect him to get stashed on the practice squad. No one keeps two rookie backups.
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We’ll see. I’m a biased to say he is better than Finley.
 
CTMike said:
I was kidding you dope. He wasn’t nearly the same player while he was here and that’s just facts. #casualfan
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You obviously don’t have an eye for football talent. He could make all the throws when he was here.
 
noeynox said:
Biggest problem was Diaco came in and Boyle wasn't his guy. He never showed any faith in him and wanted Shirrefs. Now Shirrefs out performed him in games. That is not even debatable.
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A QB who could throw was put in the system where the only throws in the playbook were short high risk throws over the congested middle on downs everyone knew we had to throw.
 
My view is sometimes it happens. Rams won the Super Bowl with a guy who was playing arena football. And the Giants won one with a guy who played for a D3 school. The Pats won 6 Super Bowls with a guy who spent a chunk of his college career holding a clipboard and his senior year platooning with the great Drew Henson. (Thought-who would pal be calling for? Anyone know who the #3 was at Michigan that year?). A former Delaware Blue Hen was a Super Bowl MVP. All examples of overlooked guys who succeeded at the next level. Tim is not at that level yet.
 
Chief00 said:
You obviously don’t have an eye for football talent. He could make all the throws when he was here.
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You’re right. When he was here he made all the throws to the defense.
 
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Chief00 said:
You obviously don’t have an eye for football talent. He could make all the throws when he was here.
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His job was to make throws his receivers could catch. He failed miserably at it.
 
By Chief’s logic, the Orioles were nuts for not sticking Steve Dalkowski at the front of their big-league rotation.
 
Husky25 said:
I never said to make the roster was a small feat, but among the difference between Orlovsky and Boyle are that Orlovsky was drafted, has stats, has an NFL pension, and his degree says University of Connecticut.

Other than his rather impressive college career under June Jones, Boyle is more akin to Colt Brennan at this point. The Redskins message board had a thread dedicated to him (The "Cult" of Colt) because some fans believed he should have been at least the primary back up for those two years.
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Is it run by Palatine
 
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Chief00 said:
You obviously don’t have an eye for football talent. He could make all the throws when he was here.
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As I recall Boyle had a tendency as a freshman QB to overthrow his targets. Boyle and Mike Nebrich as well, both should have been redshirted, but enough said since Pasqualoni and Disco were making those decisions.
 
freescooter said:
My view is sometimes it happens. Rams won the Super Bowl with a guy who was playing arena football. And the Giants won one with a guy who played for a D3 school. The Pats won 6 Super Bowls with a guy who spent a chunk of his college career holding a clipboard and his senior year platooning with the great Drew Henson. (Thought-who would pal be calling for? Anyone know who the #3 was at Michigan that year?). A former Delaware Blue Hen was a Super Bowl MVP. All examples of overlooked guys who succeeded at the next level. Tim is not at that level yet.
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Just out of curiosity who was the Super Bowl winning Giant QB who played at a D3 school? I have the following SB winners:

Phil Simms, Moorehead State (FCS), Jeff Hostetler PSU/WVU (FBS) and of course Eli Ole Miss (FBS)

Also don't knock those Blue Hen QBs. Not only was Joe Falacco the SB MVP but Rich Gannon was the league MVP in 2002 in leading the Raiders to the SB. Yes they got curb stomped when the got there but...
 
noeynox said:
Simply put, the inserted him into games before he was ready, TJ Weist, then Diaco came in and NEVER believed in the kid. Its great for him, but we need to turn the page and hope something like that never happens again. Given our QB situation now, hard to believe we had Boyle, Lagow, and Cochran as freshman/redshirt freshman at one time.
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In his first game against USF we had multiple receivers drop the ball including one IIRC that was a TD. Boyle at that point was visibly frustrated. The first game at home hurt his confidence.
 
I've never once logged onto facebook but I'll refresh the Spartacus out of this place just to watch two idiots yell-type at each other using "OMG".
 
That's better.

Romans 12:18*

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*haha
 
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Austin316 said:
What’s done is done... why live in the past?

Boyle sits 3 on the depth chart behind Aaron Rogers and DeShone Kizer. He’s not going to see much time, if any, this season. Still, happy for him and hope he gets a chance to prove himself.

If we’re going talk CT QB’s in the NFL Im more interested in seeing Jake Dolegala from CCSU move up the depth chart. He’s 6’7” and has an arm. Very good for Central’s program. It’s rare seeing FCS QB’s from the lowest D1 level get this kind of opportunity.
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Had a pretty good night.

Dolegala: "When they threw me out there in the fire, I think I was prepared"

www.bengals.com
 
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The Tim Boyle story is not unique to UConn. Many talented QBs don’t pan out at the college they initially sign with for a wide variety of reasons. If you have 5 scholarship QBs on the roster, 80% of them aren’t starting. It’s great to see him have an NFL opportunity.

I’ve thought that a football program like UConn should strive to have a QB guru/offensive minded coach as head coach. Why? If you have a coach that has a reputation for developing QBs, you will be able to consistently recruit good QBs and the QB position is the most important position on the field. And, for schools like UConn, it is easier to pay top dollar for a head coach and keep him for 3 to 5 years than to keep an OC from being poached. It’s too bad UConn didn’t take a risk on Joe Moorehead when Edsall left.
 
jdb50 said:
In his first game against USF we had multiple receivers drop the ball including one IIRC that was a TD. Boyle at that point was visibly frustrated. The first game at home hurt his confidence.
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I agree. What many casual fans miss is many if his interceptions bounced off receivers hands first. He had a different velocity than what they were used to. The receiver routes also weren’t designed for a QB who could actually throw the ball. I will agree that Tim has improved his touch throws and that comes with coaching, maturity and practice.
 
The entire premise of this thread is that playing QB requires only natural talent. Let it go. Boyle was terrible while he was here. You can ponder why that was, but if he wasn't good enough to separate himself on a bad team. Those trying to justify something else are the same people who find value in defending a 1-11 team.
 
SubbaBub said:
The entire premise of this thread is that playing QB requires only natural talent. Let it go. Boyle was terrible while he was here. You can ponder why that was, but if he wasn't good enough to separate himself on a bad team. Those trying to justify something else are the same people who find value in defending a 1-11 team.
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Did you ever consider the possibility he was mishandled?
 
Palatine said:
Did you ever consider the possibility he was mishandled?
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And that is the obvious conclusion that Chief reached when he was here.
Ironically, as much as we like to knock Coach P, it’s undeniable that he could recognize NFL talent. Coach P made it clear he was planning on starting freshman Tim Boyle after he got fired.
 
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Chief00 said:
as much as we like to knock Coach P, it’s undeniable that he could recognize NFL talent.
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Nah, P's recruiting was terrible a complete mess. Go to Rivals and look at it. He recruited two back-up NFL Players at a time when the program had not yet been dragged through the mud. Even Diaco has a chance at two or three (Peart, Coyle, Leone, Tyler Davis)
 
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There's NOT one kid from that last year's Defense that we are going to miss. Not one. I almost say Beavers ... but I think he's been replaced with solid kids and depth. Improvement? I feel Travis Jones improvement is the start.

There's major businesses that started from their mother's kitchen table. Go look at every individual story of who we had available - and 1 and 11 is easily explained. Diaco. We had little to build from. Unhappy with how pathetic we looked? You need to feel like we are much better this year. Let's see.
 
Palatine said:
Did you ever consider the possibility he was mishandled?
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Unless they kept him in a dungeon and shackled his throwing arm to his waist, no QB is that mishandled to the tune of 1 TD and 13 INT. Find me a coach that puts up with that because he can spin the ball. You act like he wasn't given an opportunity. He was given enough of one to run off Lagow. You have to earn your spot on the field, he didn't on a team that was bad.
 
SubbaBub said:
no QB is that mishandled
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Never underestimate the prior regime's ability to mishandle talent, especially on offense and you can't run a pro-style offense when the offensive line was coached by George Delone for three years and stopped lifting weights. Casey could do it because the ball was out in two seconds, but he was special. If Casey had Boyle's physical talent he'd be hall of fame bound.
 
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Chief00 said:
And that is the obvious conclusion that Chief reached when he was here.
Ironically, as much as we like to knock Coach P, it’s undeniable that he could recognize NFL talent. Coach P made it clear he was planning on starting freshman Tim Boyle after he got fired.
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I don't know Chief. How did Johnny McEntee do in the NFL?
 
I looked at the stats and Tim did better than DeShon. 192 vs 24, 2 TDs vs 0 and 0 interception vs 1. As a Packers fan, I hope both will be on the roster...
 
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