UConn Gets a C+ Grade for 2017

[Nostical]

Grades for all 130 FBS teams for the 2017 season, including A+ for Alabama

Shows someone is seeing our incremental progress. They gave us a C. I call it a C+

 

[Redding Husky]

I thought a "C" is average. We are not average right now. We're below average. Probably a "D" is more appropriate. We're the only 3-9 team getting a C there.

But your point about small improvement is correct. There's no doubt the trend is (slowly) up. I'm optimistic.

Now's the time to buy in, when the price is low. I don't recommend selling any Husky stock.

 

[Fishy]

Relative to where we were when Cranberry Pants rode the lightning, I would be inclined to give us a solid B-.

Remember how bad the offense was last year?

 

[Nextmanup]

Relative to where we were when Cranberry Pants rode the lightning, I would be inclined to give us a solid B-.

Remember how bad the offense was last year?

Much better last year and will be better this fall once the weight room improvements take effect!

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Relative to where we were when Cranberry Pants rode the lightning, I would be inclined to give us a solid B-.

Remember how bad the offense was last year?

This year’s defense was as bad as Diaco’s offense. Maybe worse.

 

[Fishy]

This year’s defense was as bad as Diaco’s offense. Maybe worse.

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Hater.

I bet there’s a pair of cranberry pants in your closet.

 

[Austin316]

Edsall must have told them about the BlockC

 

[TouchdownHusky]

This year’s defense was as bad as Diaco’s offense. Maybe worse.

UConn has to stop this trend of being among the absolute worst on either offense or defense. Guess when they achieve both in the same year it will be time to resurrect the old Yankee Conference.

 

[Purple Stein]

Look at Nebraska rocking that "F"

 

[J187Money]

Relative to where we were when Cranberry Pants rode the lightning, I would be inclined to give us a solid B-.

Remember how bad the offense was last year?

I think this year's defense is worse. I'm a solid C. B on the offense improvement, D- on the defense. A little credit for direction.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Unfortunately given the roster we have, this upcoming fall I can see us taking a step backwards.

 

[Hornet22]

Much better last year and will be better this fall once the weight room improvements take effect!

Precisely!
Practices will probably be super competitive because the returning players will finally see better athletes pushing for their jobs. If you don’t hit the weights and devour film the train will leave you because there are hungry kids who want to play.
The birth of a team on the upswing

 

[Palatine]

We were an F under Diaco.

And a D, maybe D+, under Edsall.

Our defense was definitely an F last year. The offense was probably a C.

 

[Redding Husky]

Unfortunately given the roster we have, this upcoming fall I can see us taking a step backwards.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Hater.

I bet there’s a pair of cranberry pants in your closet.

I expect others to get all hurt in the feels about something so obvious, but I thought you had a little steel underneath your skirt.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I think this year's defense is worse. I'm a solid C. B on the offense improvement, D- on the defense. A little credit for direction.

Hater.

 

[J187Money]

Hater.

I couldn't give a higher grade. I happened to be in Boston for other reasons, had dinner with other UCONN folks and then drove home instead of going to the BC game, for which I had tickets. When it gets to the point that I'm indifferent about going to games, can't do better than a C, although I'm optimistic that Edsall will right the ship.

 

[RSTuthill]

Massachusetts was better than UConn this year. They were at C-. That is where UConn should be or lower. I do not believe in rose colored glasses.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I thought a "C" is average. We are not average right now. We're below average. Probably a "D" is more appropriate. We're the only 3-9 team getting a C there.

But your point about small improvement is correct. There's no doubt the trend is (slowly) up. I'm optimistic.

Now's the time to buy in, when the price is low. I don't recommend selling any Husky stock.

That's not what this grading was setting out to achieve. They're determining how each team performed relative to the overall state of the program heading into the season. So it's as much about program trajectory as it was about literal wins and losses. For instance, at 7-6 did New Mexico State have an A+ season on the field? Of course not. But that's how the writer determined this season was relative to where they were previously, and where they appear to be headed. A C+/C is appropriate for us now. If a few results flipped and we were 4-8 or 5-7, we'd be solidly in the B category.

 

[blue93]

Massachusetts was better than UConn this year. They were at C-. That is where UConn should be or lower. I do not believe in rose colored glasses.

I get it, but that isn't the point of their exercise. They're grading results based on preseason expectations, so I think a C more than fair.

 

[RSTuthill]

That's not what this grading was setting out to achieve. They're determining how each team performed relative to the overall state of the program heading into the season. So it's as much about program trajectory as it was about literal wins and losses. For instance, at 7-6 did New Mexico State have an A+ season on the field? Of course not. But that's how the writer determined this season was relative to where they were previously, and where they appear to be headed. A C+/C is appropriate for us now. If a few results flipped and we were 4-8 or 5-7, we'd be solidly in the B category.

Agreed, that is why UConn should be at C-.

 

[Redding Husky]

That's not what this grading was setting out to achieve. They're determining how each team performed relative to the overall state of the program heading into the season. So it's as much about program trajectory as it was about literal wins and losses. For instance, at 7-6 did New Mexico State have an A+ season on the field? Of course not. But that's how the writer determined this season was relative to where they were previously, and where they appear to be headed. A C+/C is appropriate for us now. If a few results flipped and we were 4-8 or 5-7, we'd be solidly in the B category.

That makes more sense.

Thanks.

 

[Husky25]

Defense gets an incomplete.

Guys were not acting on instinct and playing out of position. I'm hoping for leaps and bounds improvement.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'd give us a Block C. What other grade could it be?

 

[Waquoit]

I get it, but that isn't the point of their exercise. They're grading results based on preseason expectations, so I think a C more than fair.

The experts had us winning 3.5 games. We were under that so we did not exceed expectations but at least showed a pulse.