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UConn is going Bowling > Wasabi Fenway Bowl v. Army (Saturday 12/27/25 @2:15 on ESPN)

Hoophound said:
For guys like Evers that have a lot of physical talent and were highly rated in the past, it might be better for NIL negotiations to stay off the field and sell suitors the potential and development over the last few years at UConn. If he gets on the field and looks awful, bye bye paycheck.
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He has had 3 years to show what he can do and unfortunately he has done poorly and also gotten injured. I think he needs to play and show if he has any real potential
 
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Joe should play. He’s far more likely to put up numbers in the bowl game than he is playing a few minutes in a “senior bowl”.

Perception is improved by doing things on a big stage. An actual bowl game after Christmas is a far more visible venue than a useless exhibition game. I’m kind of amazed they even air those games these days.
 
Hoophound said:
Joe should play. He’s far more likely to put up numbers in the bowl game than he is playing a few minutes in a “senior bowl”.

Perception is improved by doing things on a big stage. An actual bowl game after Christmas is a far more visible venue than a useless exhibition game. I’m kind of amazed they even air those games these days.
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Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of repetitions, evaluation and interviews in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
 
huskymedic said:
Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of eval and prep in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
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That certainly makes sense. The question then becomes why any potential NFL talent bothers playing in bowl games or even late in a season?

I fully expect that future player contracts are going to address this issue.btw.
 
Alum86 said:
We have no state media religiously following football, so we're left hanging for social media scraps. And AD Dave could have gotten out front on this with a comment. He's great at cobbling together schedules, but communicating with Husky Nation, not so much.
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He may not know as much as we would like so not easy to comment.
 
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Slick said:
He has had 3 years to show what he can do and unfortunately he has done poorly and also gotten injured. I think he needs to play and show if he has any real potential
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im hopeful that after all that bouncing around he did before he got here a true redshirt year as joes understudy will be exactly what he needed. you cant be a complete stiff and put up those kind of nos in texas hs football
 
I know that Fagnano can and should make the decision that's right for him. And I know that my opinion is in no way, shape, or form, "impartial". With that being said; if I had a chance to make school history in a final game for the school that quite literally created my chance to play on Sundays, it would be extremely hard to talk me out of playing in that game...
 
uconndogs said:
I do wonder if JF has made the right decision and got good guidance.
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So do I. If there is any doubt that the decision makers in the NFL are not completely sold on you (and in his case there is), you go out on national TV and convince them. Simple as that.
 
He is counting on all star games. Personally it seems a riskier route than playing for your team in the system that you know. If Joe were to play, bet the OL guys could be persuaded to play also.
 
huskymedic said:
Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of repetitions, evaluation and interviews in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
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Understood, but becoming our all time leading passer and winning a bowl game that will actually have people in the seats and the eyeballs that come with a military academy in the game makes sense too. It also honors his commitment to the team, which is good interview ammo. Either way, Joe will be fine but no one over 30 years old comes from a generation where this was the way things were done.
 
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Hoophound said:
Understood, but becoming our all time leading passer and winning a bowl game that will actually have people in the seats and the eyeballs that come with a military academy in the game makes sense too. It also honors his commitment to the team, which is good interview ammo. Either way, Joe will be fine but no one over 30 years old comes from a generation where this was the way things were done.
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I don’t disagree… college football has morphed from the game I fell in love with as a kid bouncing around the stands of the Yale Bowl in the 70’s to a much different animal that is becoming more and more difficult to love each passing year.

C'est la vie
 
AllHusky said:
He is counting on all star games. Personally it seems a riskier route than playing for your team in the system that you know. If Joe were to play, bet the OL guys could be persuaded to play also.
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According to word yesterday, some of the OL guys (Murawski and Casady) are already gone.
 
huskymedic said:
Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of repetitions, evaluation and interviews in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
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I do think when scouts are assessing QBs its very different. It’s not all about numbers. Leadership is a big part of the equation. Last year, when I read that Jaxson Dart said there was no way he wouldn’t be with his teammates in their bowl game, I saw a guy that I would want on my team. A guy whose teammates would rally around. Dart ended up getting drafted higher than people thought he would be drafted.

Fagnano is most likely not talented enough to be drafted. I would think he would want every advantage possible to sell himself including intangibles.

Put another way…at this point in the season…showing his leadership and playing in this game can only help how scouts view him. Sitting out…may not hurt him….but it certainly doesn’t help him. And let’s face it, if he was playing a tough P4 squad with a tough defense maybe it could have hurt him. But he is facing Army, with an All American WR and a top RB. The backup OTs should be fine..especially against Army.

I think he made a rash, emotional decision too soon in the process and he missed an opportunity to add leadership to his game tape.
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
I do think when scouts are assessing QBs its very different. It’s not all about numbers. Leadership is a big part of the equation. Last year, when I read that Jaxson Dart said there was no way he wouldn’t be with his teammates in their bowl game, I saw a guy that I would want on my team. A guy whose teammates would rally around. Dart ended up getting drafted higher than people thought he would be drafted.

Fagnano is most likely not talented enough to be drafted. I would think he would want every advantage possible to sell himself including intangibles.

Put another way…at this point in the season…showing his leadership and playing in this game can only help how scouts view him. Sitting out…may not hurt him….but it certainly doesn’t help him. And let’s face it, if he was playing a tough P4 squad with a tough defense maybe it could have hurt him. But he is facing Army, with an All American WR and a top RB. The backup OTs should be fine..especially against Army.

I think he made a rash, emotional decision too soon in the process and he missed an opportunity to add leadership to his game tape.
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It’s not rash. He’s taking advice from his agent who has represented hundreds of professional football players.

Joe’s leadership and calm under presser are unassailable.

Lacks the ability to get drafted? Have you seen this year’s QB class?

If Tim Boyle can hang around as long as he has then Joe can too.
 
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