UAB Post Game Thread

[HCCForever]

You got a time stamp?

No. I was watching CBS sports network on Spectrum streaming. All I remember is that it was during break between third and fourth quarter.

 

[RSTuthill]

I like the stacked backfield we came out with early in the game. I think it gives us options. See you next week!

We have seen that a couple times before. I like it too.

 

[uconnyankee]

Why don’t we utilize Honig more? Guy is 6’7 and 270 or something crazy. Seems to have decent hands. Only gets one or two targets. I know we have a lot of options but kid seems like a monster. And should get his number called more than one or two times per game

 

[BlueWolf25]

Why don’t we utilize Honig more? Guy is 6’7 and 270 or something crazy. Seems to have decent hands. Only gets one or two targets. I know we have a lot of options but kid seems like a monster. And should get his number called more than one or two times per game

I’ve wondered why we don’t give him the ball in short yardage situations, I feel like he would be good there. Used to be a QB so he could even line up under center

 

[Khal Drogo]

For the record, 0% of my energy or joy was, or is, affected by student section attendance.

Student section 4th quarter at today’s game

 

[hardcorehusky]

Some interesting observations:
1) UConn did not run out of the tunnel. They gathered near the entrance and started one on one hittting drills.
2) #21 Graves gave us the burner out of the backfield replacement for Mel Brown. Good to get him action without burning the redshirt.
3) Smith in the wildcat was a new wrinkle and something to build off of.
4) some of our downfield passes require the Oline to hold up a very long time. They usually have 2 guys going down the sideline against zone and one goes toward the post and the other to the sideline. They are very effective as Neider and Bell had great production off of them.
5) the dl takes the worst angles to a qb i have ever seen. They made the backup qb look like Fran Tarkenton(for the young uns, look him up on you tube).
6) student section has to fill up at least half a section. Long gone are the days they caused Pitt to have 3 false starts due to noise.
7) we have a lot of good tight ends!

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Not to piss on the parade, but we lost the second half which just fries my backside. Need 4 quarters of sustained intensity and execution vs Duke. We can get it done. We just can’t shrink in the moment.

You're pissing into the wind on this one. 38-6 after 3. You can substitute and keep guys healthy and feel pretty confident about a win...the last TD wasn't a TD, but honestly, who cares. The execution already happened in this game. I agree that against Duke, it will take all 4 quarters.
Just enjoy a solid win and rub some aloe on your backside. 😁

 

[CCSUblue]

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Student section 4th quarter at today’s game

Some of y'all must have never been to college. This is the game after a Friday night Halloween... That's the biggest party night of the year. Give the kids a break. You all expect a sell out crowd for every game but don't understand the difficulties of students getting to the game.

 

[Alum86]

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Student section 4th quarter at today’s game

LOL. Where do you sit? That girl was right in front of me in 225 row 2. Stop by next week to say hi.

 

[UConnDan97]

Great win by the fellas. Great job by Mora and company, getting us 3 bowls in 4 years with a program that was on life support.

As for the attendance; I'm guessing that the Duke game will be a much higher attendance in all sections. Close to 30k is my bet. A winning team playing against a recognizable name. I'm guessing Duke was included in almost every "3-game package" that was sold...

 

[CL82]

If they were trying to hook up, they'd find a way to be there

Isn't driving to Hartford to hook up what got Clyde Vaughan in trouble?

(FWiW I wandered into many UConn football games hungover. If I had to get up early and ride a bus for a half hour first, it wouldn't have happened.)

 

[HCCForever]

Great win by the fellas. Great job by Mora and company, getting us 3 bowls in 4 years with a program that was on life support.

As for the attendance; I'm guessing that the Duke game will be a much higher attendance in all sections. Close to 30k is my bet. A winning team playing against a recognizable name. I'm guessing Duke was included in almost every "3-game package" that was sold...

Currently, weather forecast is in 50s for game time. High of 60 for pregame. Good weather for this time of year.

 

[gopher2]

On UAB's first score where they lined up in that strange formation, what was the mistake that led to the receiver being so wide open? Should the linebacker on that side have dropped into coverage instead of rushing? Should Chadwick have not tried to break up what looked like a wide receiver screen by coming across the LOS?

 

[huskymedic]

On UAB's first score where they lined up in that strange formation, what was the mistake that led to the receiver being so wide open? Should the linebacker on that side have dropped into coverage instead of rushing? Should Chadwick have not tried to break up what looked like a wide receiver screen by coming across the LOS?

 

[Hoophound]

I’m over the attendance complaints. Boise St didn’t have anyone in the stands for their game and that’s a football centric school with great tradition and spirit. Tons of P4 games have sparse attendance too. Times have changed. People watch at home…or in the car….or while camping in the woods….or while at their kids’s soccer game. The internet changed everything.

We need to be good and play name schools to fill seats. This is truly a spoiled fan base and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. If we never have a P4 schedule, we’ll never have the attendance people want. We’ve been there. We were sold out in the old Big East. We’ve got an elite, championship winning athletic dept and UAB doesn’t move the needle for our fans. Big deal. We all understand why, we just need to accept it. The B12 doesn’t need to see sell outs against Buffalo to give us an invite. All they need to do is look at how we showed up for Baylor and Iowa St etc. We’ll be there.

 

[Stinger92860]

On UAB's first score where they lined up in that strange formation, what was the mistake that led to the receiver being so wide open? Should the linebacker on that side have dropped into coverage instead of rushing? Should Chadwick have not tried to break up what looked like a wide receiver screen by coming across the LOS?

I thought was a very creative play, I’d like to see us borrow that.

 

[rich1122]

+12.5 against Duke

 

[ScottVib]

On UAB's first score where they lined up in that strange formation, what was the mistake that led to the receiver being so wide open? Should the linebacker on that side have dropped into coverage instead of rushing? Should Chadwick have not tried to break up what looked like a wide receiver screen by coming across the LOS?

The receiver dropped back like a screen (which you’d expect with the tackles swung out wide), the DB tried to jump the screen & the tackles then blocked the DB and continued to block him leading to the free release down field (it was man coverage so there wasn’t help)

 

[uconnyankee]

Very clear we have a large vocal contingent that only likes to come out after a loss to proclaim:
A) our program isn’t worthy so shut it down
B) this is why we’ll never get a P4 invite
C) mora should be fired
D) our coordinators should be fired

None of the folks that were all making those comments last week have posted this week.

so much easier not dealing with the insufferable fan who can’t be pleased.

 

[giddyup]

+12.5 against Duke

Got a feeling we must just have enough O firepower to walk away with a W if our D can just give us a little and make a few plays for us.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Got a feeling we must just have enough O firepower to walk away with a W if our D can just give us a little and make a few plays for us.

Gonna have to be +2 in turnovers. Throw in some ill-timed Duke penalties, too.

 

[Travelman6]

Crazy thing is this team is so tantalizingly close to 8-1 or 9-0 if they do just a tiny bit better or a few plays go their way. Imagine the buzz of a 9-0 Uconn team. Would that team, in an alternate universe get ranked with a win over Duke? Pointless to talk about but so close.

 

[gopher2]

The receiver dropped back like a screen (which you’d expect with the tackles swung out wide), the DB tried to jump the screen & the tackles then blocked the DB and continued to block him leading to the free release down field (it was man coverage so there wasn’t help)

So sounds like the DB should have played it differently by moving a little farther back pre snap and not committing until the ball was thrown. May still have resulted in a big play but maybe not a TD. IDK.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Crazy thing is this team is so tantalizingly close to 8-1 or 9-0 if they do just a tiny bit better or a few plays go their way. Imagine the buzz of a 9-0 Uconn team. Would that team, in an alternate universe get ranked with a win over Duke? Pointless to talk about but so close.

What irritates me most is in each of the three games, with five minutes (or less) remaining on each, we were in a position to put the game away in regulation but didn't capitalize.

 

[Hamms30]

Some interesting observations:
1) UConn did not run out of the tunnel. They gathered near the entrance and started one on one hittting drills.

The pregame is weird. Starting with the 40 second countdown of "ready or not, here I come, you can't hide...." Like 40 seconds? Then you get to zero and instead of the team running out, it goes to a narrated video intro for like another minute in the opposite direction of where the team runs out from... then it goes into AC/DC.. like, put the narration first.. then your countdown from like maybe 15 seconds instead of 40? Then let the guys run out.