UConn @ Georgia State Panthers - Saturday 9/9/23 @Center Parc Stadium @7p on ESPN+

[huskymedic]

I actually thought it would be difficult too, but I heard a few good coaches this week claim that fixing tackling is not a huge deal in a week if you focus on it. Not sure if that is some coach BS or not, but I would have thought that it took some time.

I have a hard time thinking it won't be Mora's point of focus now...

-> “I’m always very critical of myself,” Mora said Tuesday. “If they didn’t tackle well, that means I didn’t do a good job during the week of emphasizing it. If I don’t put them in a good call and it puts them in a bad position, that’s something else I look at. But ultimately when you get out on the field – great defenses tackle. Great defenses tackle, they swarm and they tackle, and we missed way too many tackles so that was probably the genesis of it all.”

“First week, usually tackling is not the best thing, but we can’t use that as an excuse, we gotta use that as just a watch film, learning situation,” linebacker Noah Plack said. “(It is) just pursuit to the ball, really, and playing together more. I feel like sometimes we kind of do our own thing a little bit, just sticking to the plan and just doing what we’ve got to do.” <-

 

[87Xfer]

I saw we are 3 or 4 point underdogs in this game. I think I will put a small wager on the ML for us

I'm not much of a gambler, but the boys covering the spread last week earned me enough scratch to pay for NFL Sunday Ticket on Youtube (which I was really waffling about) and a month of ESPN+ so I can watch the GSU game

Think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead for now.

 

[RSTuthill]

I actually thought it would be difficult too, but I heard a few good coaches this week claim that fixing tackling is not a huge deal in a week if you focus on it. Not sure if that is some coach BS or not, but I would have thought that it took some time.

Maybe. But if that was true then all teams would be great tacklers. I suspect improvement comes only with game snaps.

 

[CL82]

I just realized that this game is scheduled for 7 PM. I have a quasi-business/social thing that I can't get out of. Does anyone know how replay works on ESPN +? Can I just log on the following day? Can I just record it, via Hulu?

 

[Chin Diesel]

I just realized that this game is scheduled for 7 PM. I have a quasi-business/social thing that I can't get out of. Does anyone know how replay works on ESPN +? Can I just log on the following day? Can I just record it, via Hulu?

From what I know and have experienced, the games are avaiable for replay the next day or two.

 

[ZOOCONN]

I actually thought it would be difficult too, but I heard a few good coaches this week claim that fixing tackling is not a huge deal in a week if you focus on it. Not sure if that is some coach BS or not, but I would have thought that it took some time.

It’s usually a little bit of both, some things are easily fixable, some stuff is coach speak. They gotta swarm to the ball, did not see that last week.

 

[ktuck911]

I think we are little more talented than URI.. no disrespect to URI whatsoever.. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Mora4Prez]

I think we are little more talented than URI.. no disrespect to URI whatsoever.. I'll leave it at that.

To be fair I don’t remember the last time we put up 45 points against anyone much less an FBS team

 

[RSTuthill]

I think we are little more talented than URI.. no disrespect to URI whatsoever.. I'll leave it at that.

I am not so sure. They almost made the playoffs last year and may this year. Can't find the combined rankings.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

To be fair I don’t remember the last time we put up 45 points against anyone much less an FBS team

SMU, 50 in a loss...and, ironically, the last time we played URI (56), both in '18.

 

[huskymedic]

Here

 

[SubbaBub]

I long for the day this game isn't anything but a sure win. Hopefully, Saturday is that day.

 

[RSTuthill]

This is definitely gonna be a measurement game. As someone said, game two of a season is rarely critical. But this one is. Evenly matched teams. The result is gonna mean something. The huge challenges are later in the season this year compared to last. A game like this UConn has to win.

 

[ktuck911]

To be fair I don’t remember the last time we put up 45 points against anyone much less an FBS team

Would be nice to see, but, unfortunately, I don't think we're ready to be that team (offensively) just yet... I see us putting up some points this weekend though.. way more than last week...

 

[SuperHuski]

I am not so sure. They almost made the playoffs last year and may this year. Can't find the combined rankings.

Massey:
UConn - 145
Georgia State - 94
Rhode Island - 171

Sagarin:
UConn - 124
Georgia State - 108
Rhode Island - 165

RPI:
UConn - 116
Georgia State - 82
Rhode Island - 161

Massey is pretty good for basketball...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[BugsyCT]

To be fair I don’t remember the last time we put up 45 points against anyone much less an FBS team

We put up 56 on UMess in 2019. Can we count that as FBS?

 

[Mora4Prez]

We put up 56 on UMess in 2019. Can we count that as FBS?

Sure. Still been a minute though.

 

[Rich]

That resembled a hostage video.

He did not make eye contact with the interviewer one single time.

 

[KembaKek]

one single time.

I counted three totaling like 1.5 seconds

 

[Forte]

That resembled a hostage video.

He did not make eye contact with the interviewer one single time.

I agree ... someone who's been a big positive advocate and champion/program seller .... the change in vibe is noticeable since NC State crowd comments on fans being on the concourse being reason seats look empty ... plus factor in people leaving/checking out during injury break during a primetime game for one of the biggest games in program history doesn't scream future fan support... all after the nutsack kick from Yormark that he's probably dealing with recruit fallout over... well I dunno maybe I'm over reading...

 

[ZOOCONN]

Here

Agreed, keep the RBs fresh for the whole game, if you have the guys gotta do that

 

[ZOOCONN]

Would be nice to see, but, unfortunately, I don't think we're ready to be that team (offensively) just yet... I see us putting up some points this weekend though.. way more than last week...

Yea I took the under in this one lol

 

[BugsyCT]

I agree ... someone who's been a big positive advocate and champion/program seller .... the change in vibe is noticeable since NC State crowd comments on fans being on the concourse being reason seats look empty ... plus factor in people leaving/checking out during injury break during a primetime game for one of the biggest games in program history doesn't scream future fan support... all after the nutsack kick from Yormark that he's probably dealing with recruit fallout over... well I dunno maybe I'm over reading...

That IS a lot of reading into for a 40-second clip, Forte.

I don't think he's all that disappointed in the crowd - we did get somewhere over 30K in the stadium no matter where they were. Highest attendance in years. He said in his presser he felt like he let the crowd down because his team lost the game. Probably feels like it was a missed opportunity. But.....it's only the first game. Lots of time to continue to improve and win some big games.

 

[Huskyforlife]

That resembled a hostage video.

He did not make eye contact with the interviewer one single time.

Making the head coach talk to some random student is ridiculous. Just set her up with an assistant or random player if you wanna pump out content.