UConn @ Syracuse Orange (Saturday 11/23/24 @Noon @JMA Wireless Dome). Game on the ACC Network. Audio on UConn Varsity Network & FOX Sports 97.9 FM

[gioff2323]

I'm good with being an internet meathead that thinks we should play, and should have been playing the guys that give us the best shot at winning. And I also believe my eyes versus multiple years old scouting reports.

Yes, because the staff has been committed to losing and playing backups to secure those Ls

 

[RSTuthill]

Wow BL, hoping for one of our players to be hurt. New low on the BY. And you are one of the posters I respect the most.

BL just said out loud what many of us are silently thinking. Given the reaction of some on this board, one does have to ask oneself if a potential post is really one you want to go out there, however. It seems the bye week has raised the tension somehow.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UConnJim]

Syracuse is going to want to stack the box and dare us to throw. I can't think of a rational argument why we wouldn't want JF QB'ing in that situation, but it is what it is.

That is what they did against BC and it failed miserably. Syracuse does not have a big front 6 and BC pushed them around and ran for 313 yards and passed only 13 times. Syracuse's strength on defense is their DBs so I think you want to run the ball and throw opportunistically. When Syracuse's opponents throw for >200 yards, Syracuse is 5-0. You can not try to keep up with Syracuse's passing game by throwing the ball.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[businesslawyer]

BL just said out loud what many of us are silently thinking. Given the reaction of some on this board, one does have to ask oneself if a potential post is really one you want to go out there, however. It seems the bye week has raised the tension somehow.

Let’s be clear — I do not hope Evers ”gets hurt.” What I saw at the end of the game at UAB was him smiling after the comeback, shaking hands with teammates and walking under his own power.

I don’t root for the other team’s star player to get hurt in a game. That’s not the same as hoping he doesn’t play because he’s banged up in some way. Hoping that Evers isn’t at 100% and can’t play because of an injury he suffered that wasn’t interfering with him walking around enjoying the comeback is nowhere near saying I hope he or anyone else gets injured or hurt.

And I am perfectly willing to die on that hill if no one else sees it that way (although it’s clear that many others see it the same way).

 

[LIUCHusky]

Let’s be clear — I do not hope Evers ”gets hurt.” What I saw at the end of the game at UAB was him smiling after the comeback, shaking hands with teammates and walking under his own power.

I don’t root for the other team’s star player to get hurt in a game. That’s not the same as hoping he doesn’t play because he’s banged up in some way. Hoping that Evers isn’t at 100% and can’t play because of an injury he suffered that wasn’t interfering with him walking around enjoying the comeback is nowhere near saying I hope he or anyone else gets injured or hurt.

And I am perfectly willing to die on that hill if no one else sees it that way (although it’s clear that many others see it the same way).

It’s never a good idea to die on any hill. LOL

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Nice to see a news conference where you can hear the questions.

 

[TMB4405]

Listened to this. Not a lot of Uconn content. Agree on AV. As I have said before its mind boggling we cant execute a press conference so we can hear the questions with all the resources we have. Or there has to be a club at Uconn that does this type of stuff…..let them produce it.

 

[Waquoit]

I like coming into this game off the bye week. I think we'll be ready for them.

 

[RSTuthill]

I like coming into this game off the bye week. I think we'll be ready for them.

Or UConn can come out flat like they did against Wake. I think a bye week throws the timing off.

 

[Waquoit]

Or UConn can come out flat like they did against Wake. I think a bye week throws the timing off.

You're not Mr. Positive

 

[gwhuskyfan]

I like coming into this game off the bye week. I think we'll be ready for them.

Cuse having to fly back and forth from Cal + Miami next week. I'd say the spot sets up nicely for us

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

-> It was a harsh reality for Wes Hoeh when Syracuse fired football coach Dino Babers last year and brought in Fran Brown, a former Georgia assistant known for being an excellent recruiter, nine days later. Brown brought players with him and about two weeks after he was hired, Hoeh was asked to enter the transfer portal.

“It’s the way the game is now,” said Hoeh, a junior, on Tuesday as he looks forward to returning to the dome as UConn’s center this weekend. “You gotta produce or get out. They asked me to leave and I left. It is what it is.”

Hoeh was only in the portal for about a week before he decided on coming to Storrs, where UConn had an opening at his position after Yakiri Walker transferred to Colorado. He started UConn’s first eight games before his ankle was rolled up on, putting redshirt freshman Carsten Casady in the starting lineup for the last two. Hoeh says he is healthy to play Saturday. <-

-> UConn’s offensive line, with Hoeh in the middle, is ranked 15th in the FBS allowing an average of just 1.1 sacks per game. The O-line is also a major factor in UConn’s 21st-ranked rushing attack, which averages 200.3 yards per game.

“I love it here,” Hoeh said. “Definitely blessed to be here. It was a great decision.” <-

 

[gioff2323]

Interesting to hear the other side of the portal - the side where the coach says, it’s not me, it’s you.

 

[Palatine]

Interesting to hear the other side of the portal - the side where the coach says, it’s not me, it’s you.

Side note. Yakiri Walker transferred from UConn to Colorado this past offseason and was initially expected to earn the Buffaloes’ starting center job. Hank Zilinskas earned that role instead, and it appears Walker, a junior, has moved on from Colorado.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ScottVib]

It's always nice to remember that when the two teams were on an equal playing field UConn was 6-2 against Syracuse.... it wasn't until the separation that Syracuse got close to evening the head-to-head

 

[RSTuthill]

You're not Mr. Positive

Just a fact

 

[huskymedic]

-> It was a harsh reality for Wes Hoeh when Syracuse fired football coach Dino Babers last year and brought in Fran Brown, a former Georgia assistant known for being an excellent recruiter, nine days later. Brown brought players with him and about two weeks after he was hired, Hoeh was asked to enter the transfer portal.

“It’s the way the game is now,” said Hoeh, a junior, on Tuesday as he looks forward to returning to the dome as UConn’s center this weekend. “You gotta produce or get out. They asked me to leave and I left. It is what it is.”

Hoeh was only in the portal for about a week before he decided on coming to Storrs, where UConn had an opening at his position after Yakiri Walker transferred to Colorado. He started UConn’s first eight games before his ankle was rolled up on, putting redshirt freshman Carsten Casady in the starting lineup for the last two. Hoeh says he is healthy to play Saturday. <-

-> UConn’s offensive line, with Hoeh in the middle, is ranked 15th in the FBS allowing an average of just 1.1 sacks per game. The O-line is also a major factor in UConn’s 21st-ranked rushing attack, which averages 200.3 yards per game.

“I love it here,” Hoeh said. “Definitely blessed to be here. It was a great decision.” <-

-> UConn-Syracuse connections:

There are a number of connections between the regional rivals in addition to former Orangemen Hoeh and Bass. Syracuse has three players from Connecticut: DB Justin Barron (Rocky Hill), DB Davien Kerr (Bloomfield), and WR Nick Armentano (Westport).

Michael Johnson, Syracuse’s co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, was on Jim Mora’s staff with the Atlanta Falcons coaching receivers and quarterbacks. UConn linebacker coach Siriki Diabate played at Syracuse and worked as a graduate assistant for the Orange from 2013-15. And Syracuse’s defensive backs coach Joe Shaefer was coaching at Iowa State at the same time as UConn defensive line coach Kenny McClendon. The two later coached together again at Youngstown State in 2020 and 2021. <-

 

[Waquoit]

Just a fact

You don't know the difference between fact and opinion. Fagano came in and threw 3 TD's after more than a week off. The timing seemed fine to me. Healing time and prep time triumphs "timing" here. IMO, of course.