UCONN Over/Under 5.5 - What Say You?

[Alum86]

Based on tickets sold? Over.

no way. 12500 tops

 

[TheDrifter75]

no way. 12500 tops

I'm thinking that would be less than last year.

 

[giddyup]

With a Big12 announcement, season ticket holders will double overnight, and we will be over 30,000 avg attendance this year.

 

[Uconnalliance]

I’m goin with Uconndan97 whatever he says

 

[UConnDan97]

I’m goin with Uconndan97 whatever he says

... now tell that to my wife...

 

[Guru13]

Depending on who our qb is
Ta’Quan R - (9-3) if fully healthy
ZT - (7-5)
Joe F - (5-7)

 

[Skies2018]

Depending on who our qb is
Ta’Quan R - (9-3) if fully healthy
ZT - (7-5)
Joe F - (5-7)

Does Joe F really suck that bad?

I feel like we dropped the ball on getting a good QB from the portal.

 

[Guru13]

Does Joe F really suck that bad?

I feel like we dropped the ball on getting a good QB from the portal.

I looked at his stats from when he was at Maine, went 45/12(Td/int) 60.5% completion rating. His last year though does not really impress me. His lone season as a full starter playing all 12 games Maine went 2-9 and went 15/6(td/int). I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say he will probably fare well with a better team and players. I hope our qbs can at least throw 20-25 tds this season. Throwing below 15 tds not gonna cut it for this program.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I looked at his stats from when he was at Maine, went 45/12(Td/int) 60.5% completion rating. His last year though does not really impress me. His lone season as a full starter playing all 12 games Maine went 2-9 and went 15/6(td/int). I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say he will probably fare well with a better team and players. I hope our qbs can at least throw 20-25 tds this season. Throwing below 15 tds not gonna cut it for this program.

Seems like he is a big unknown. Charlton wouldn't have brought him in if he didn't have confidence in him. But...did he have confidence in him as a starter or as a plan B if Roberson/Turner get injured or don't work out? Who knows.

To me...I took Phil Steele's prediction to mean JF was brought in to be the starter. But....as I said in the other thread it could just mean Roberson isn't ready and JF is #2.

 

[Dizzy21]

I looked at his stats from when he was at Maine, went 45/12(Td/int) 60.5% completion rating. His last year though does not really impress me. His lone season as a full starter playing all 12 games Maine went 2-9 and went 15/6(td/int). I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say he will probably fare well with a better team and players. I hope our qbs can at least throw 20-25 tds this season. Throwing below 15 tds not gonna cut it for this program.

If you take his stats for the 14 games he played under Charlton at Maine and made them into a 12 game season, he would have 2750 yards, 26 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, and a 63% completion rate. If our he were to do that here, its possible we would be in double digit wins prior to the bowl.

 

[Husky25]

It's my older son's last year of Fall baseball and 5 home games are before October ends.
Number of games I've paid for? Over
Number of games I'll get to? Under
Number of tailgates? More under

Season prediction with little to no thought.

Sept. 2 NC STATE - L
Sept. 9 at Georgia State - W
Sept. 16 FIU - W
Sept. 23 DUKE - L
Sept. 30 UTAH STATE - W
Oct. 7 at Rice - L
Oct. 21 USF - W
Oct. 28 at Boston College - W
Nov. 4 at Tennessee - L
Nov. 11 at James Madison - W
Nov. 18 SACRED HEART - W
Nov. 25 vs. UMass* - W

8-4, so I suppose over.

 

[Husky25]

Under. One 6-6 year is not going to undo all the damage we did to our fan base.

Official attendance figures for 2022:

CCSU - 22,442
Cuse - 25,114
FSU - 20,952
BC - 25,527
UMass - 23,430
LU - 15,107

132,572 / 6 = 22,095.33

20,000 average is exactly a high bar.

 

[businesslawyer]

Official attendance figures for 2022:

CCSU - 22,442
Cuse - 25,114
FSU - 20,952
BC - 25,527
UMass - 23,430
LU - 15,107

132,572 / 6 = 22,095.33

20,000 average is exactly a high bar.

So you have to compare apples to apples, and someone can propose how big an increase in the reported attendance we should be striving for. That having been said, the numbers are so silly. When we turned our season and program around against Fresno, you will never convince me there were even 7000 fans in the stadium.

 

[Husky25]

So you have to compare apples to apples, and someone can propose how big an increase in the reported attendance we should be striving for. That having been said, the numbers are so silly. When we turned our season and program around against Fresno, you will never convince me there were even 7000 fans in the stadium.

The over/under that matters is over/under 20k in attendance for our 6 home games.

That would be moving the goalposts. The O/U was set at 20k and by the official numbers, 5 of 6 games last season surpassed that threshold.

While it would be helpful to understand how many tickets get scanned as a percentage of distributed, unless it is a true sellout, both numbers tend to be inflated. So what? No one outside the few hundred thousand in attendance and/or watching in realtime truly give a flyin' - .

On the other hand, If one concedes a consistent inflationary factor, only Yale and Holy Cross broke 18,500, according to the official 2021 numbers, and no other game eclipsed 15,000. Last years average was 22k and change. It was a boring brand of college football to be sure. The Defense was entertaining. The offense for three quarters was not. However, the view from 140 indicated that the improvement energized a hungry yet long dormant fanbase.

 

[Uconnalliance]

... now tell that to my wife...

Just did lol

 

[Buffett10]

I looked at his stats from when he was at Maine, went 45/12(Td/int) 60.5% completion rating. His last year though does not really impress me. His lone season as a full starter playing all 12 games Maine went 2-9 and went 15/6(td/int). I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say he will probably fare well with a better team and players. I hope our qbs can at least throw 20-25 tds this season. Throwing below 15 tds not gonna cut it for this program.

So he threw 30 TDs to 6 picks under Charlton? Including a 16 TD to 3 pick freshman yr. not bad for 153 attempts that yr

 

[Guru13]

So he threw 30 TDs to 6 picks under Charlton? Including a 16 TD to 3 pick freshman yr. not bad for 153 attempts that yr

Yes, he played better under Charlton. I think he is a proven winner when he has the right coach guiding him, now that he has better teammates, we gotta wait and see if that will take his game to the next level. I’m just a tad bit skeptical because we have gone this route before and it didn’t work out wel for us.

 

[metsfan2323]

I’m just a tad bit skeptical because we have gone this route before and it didn’t work out wel for us.

Have we ever recruited a proven starting caliber FCS QB before? I can't think of any.

Beaudry was D2 and Beaudry's biggest problem was being injury prone. He had a decent enough game but could not stay on the field. Beaudry was also here when we had an offensive line coach as our offensive coordinator. (Bad timing)

 

[metsfan2323]

The last time we had a starting caliber FCS QB was Shane Stafford. I think we would all sign up for Fagnano being that good.

 

[Guru13]

Have we ever recruited a proven starting caliber FCS QB before? I can't think of any.

Beaudry was D2 and Beaudry's biggest problem was being injury prone. He had a decent enough game but could not stay on the field. Beaudry was also here when we had an offensive line coach as our offensive coordinator. (Bad timing)

You are right. I would say though, that Wagner game was very painful to watch with him as qb. We will see how fall camp shakes out.