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

[huskymedic]

Television: ACC Network
Play-by-Play: Chris Cotter
Analyst: Mark Herzlich
Reporter: Cole Harvey

UConn Game Notes for Syracuse
Syracuse Game Notes for UConn (2-deep pg13)

 

[huskymedic]

UConn opens +11.5 O/U 53.5

UConn vs Syracuse Odds, Betting Trends, and Line Movements - 11/17/2024

View the best UConn vs Syracuse odds, betting trends, and line movements for 11/17/2024. We've got their head to head and last 10 game results.

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[huskymedic]

UConn +9 O/U 54.5:

 

[huskymedic]

Syracuse 32 - UConn 23

 

[huskymedic]

 

[SuperHuski]

Syracuse Scouting Report

UConn is 6-6 against Syracuse. We dominated the early 2000s going 6-2. The fruit currently has a 4 game win streak against us.

Ratings

Team	Massey	Sagarin	ESPN
UConn	90	97	81
UAB	122	133	121
Georgia State	117	135	108
Syracuse	50	54	62
Cal	60	53	42
Boston College	62	67	59

Rankings

Stat	UConn	Syracuse	UAB	BC
Total Offense	67	24	68	100
Rushing	25	124	119	60
Passing	105	5	22	114
Total Defense	39	63	107	93
Rushing	52	121	131	50
Passing	46	42	22	119

Team Notes:
- The fruit hired Fran Brown last Nov. This is the first head coaching gig for Brown. He was a DB coach at Georgia, Rutgers, Temple, and Baylor.

(Trying a new format)

Key Players Offense:

• QB #6 KYLE MCCORD. Senior, transfer from Ohio State, 5-stars. 10 GP: 303/476 for 3459 yards, 24 TD, 12 INT
• RB #1 LEQUINT ALLEN. Junior, 3-star. 10 GP: 169 att, 761 yards, 11 TD
• WR #2 TREBOR PENA. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 92 Targ. 71 Rec. 729 Yards, 5 TD
• WR #7 JACKSON MEEKS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Georgia. 10 GP: 86 Targ. 58 Rec. 690 Yards, 5 TD
• TE #19 ORONDE GASDEN II. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 79 Targ. 54 Rec. 707 Yards, 4 TD

Key Players Defense:

• DE #10 FADIL DIGGS. Senior, 4-star, transfer from TAMU. 10 GP: 22 Tack; 16 Hurr; 6 Sack; 20 Stop
• LB #15 DEREK MCDONALD. RS JR, 3-star. 9 GP: 37 Tack; 1 Hurr; 0 Sack; 18 Stop
• DB #3 CLARENCE LEWIS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Notre Dame. 10 GP: 4 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 4 Stop; 7 PBU; 1 INT (Excellent cover corner).
• DB #8 JUSTIN BARRON. Senior, 3-star. 10 GP: 34 Tack; 8 Hurr; 2 Sack; 34 Stop; 1 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #0 DUCE CHESTNUT. RS JR, 3-star, transfer out to LSU then back to Syracuse. 10 GP: 20 Tack; 0 Hurr; 1 Sack; 20 Stop; 3 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #5 ALIJAH CLARK. Senior, 4-star, transfer from Rutgers. 10 GP: 13 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 13 Stop; 3 PBU; 0 INT (has some NFL buzz)

Biggest Strength: Syracuse's short passing game. McCord loves short throws to Peña, his sure-handed Julien Edleman. They have a really, really good secondary group. Fran Brown is widely regarded as a great secondaries coach.

Biggest Weakness: is by far the o-line. Pretty much all the turnovers are a result of heavy pressure on McCord. Both McCord and his receivers has an issue with consistency and drops, especially in key moments. Their weakest unit on defense is their d-line. BC gashed them for 313 rushing yards.

Gameplan Offense:

1. Overload the Offensive Line with Stunts and Blitzes: As mentioned, their oline is a weakness which has a cascading effect on McCord's accuracy and efficiency. So rotate blitzes mixed with delayed rushes from linebackers, especially on third downs. Pitt did this to an extreme degree, causing 5 INTS, three of which were pick-6s.
2. Tight Man Coverage on Pena: Syracuse depends heavily on short passes, so I’d use man coverage with press at the line to disrupt the timing of these short routes. Our defensive backs would play tight on Syracuse’s primary passing targets, forcing McCord to make tougher reads and more challenging downfield throws where he’s less effective.
3. Vary Between Zone Blitzes and Drop-Back Zones: McCord seems to have trouble reading defenses (ask Ohio State fans). So we should mix up zone blitzes with standard zone coverages, especially on early downs. Zone blitzes would apply pressure while keeping coverage balanced, making it difficult for McCord to read the defense. Dropping a linebacker or two into coverage could bait him into forcing throws into crowded zones.
4. Use a “Spy” Linebacker on passing downs: While McCord doesn't run much, he will on broken plays during passing downs. With the spy, our defense could remain aggressive, allowing our other linebackers and DBs to remain in tight coverage and/or focus on blitzing.

Gameplan Defense:

• Run, Run, Run: Like us, the fruit runs a 3-3-5 defense. Unlike us, our 3-3-5 defense holds their own against rush-heavy teams. Theirs do not. So we should mix up our outside rushes with inside zone runs, powers, and counters to exploit potential gaps.
• Play Action and RPOs: Syracuse really struggles with play-action. Against zone coverage, our QB should use play-action and RPO concepts to manipulate their linebackers out of their zone disciplines. By pulling the linebackers toward the line of scrimmage, we open up slants, crossing routes, and intermediate throws to WRs and TEs, allowing our receivers to work in open spaces.
• Going Deep: We have to stretch the field vertically, otherwise their DB unit will just cheat against the run and/or short throws. It's going to take some explosive plays to keep up with their offense. This is how our past few opponents have shut down our offense.

Predictions:
Watching Syracuse was like watching the UAB game with much better players. The fruit might be the best team we'll play all year, but still they have their flaws. There's a reason why they are middle of the pack of in the weakest P4 conference. I don't think we even need much luck to beat them. Just a good game plan by the coaches with solid execution by the players. 20-17 good guys.

One other thing:
We've come a long way guys. In past years, this was an auto-loss. In past years, UAB might have been an auto-loss. Regardless of the outcome of this game, I'm still incredibly happy with our progress and especially our first winning season in more than a decade.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Skies2018]

Appreciate the consistent usage of fruit

 

[UConnJim]

I went to the Syracuse/BC football game.

Syracuse's DL is not that big and BC's OL dominated and they could run the ball at will. BC then effectively used opportunistic passes. BC really didn't try to test the Syracuse DBs. On offense, Syracuse's OL is big, but they are not athletic. They are good pass blockers, but they are not athletic enough to be good run blockers. Syracuse's QB, McCord, is not an athletic runner, but he is a top throwing QB. According to his stats this year, he has done better throwing when blitzed than when not blitzed as he takes advantage of the coverage. His biggest problem at Ohio St. was when he was under pressure, but he has improved a lot this year. Syracuse has thrown for >300 yards in every game except one.

Syracuse is 2-2 (including one OT win) when their opponent runs >30 times in a game and Cuse is 5-0 when their opponent passes for >200 yards. Cuse is 6-0 when they run for >100 yards.

Syracuse is going to be successful passing the ball so UConn has to be able to keep up and sustain long drives to take the ball out of McCord's hands. I would not overly focus on the pass game defense as McCord is going to get his yards, but you need to focus on getting a few stops. I would run the ball against Syracuse with opportunistic passes similar to what BC did. If UConn runs the ball successfully and the defense gets a few stops, UConn can win.

 

[gsmooth]

Syracuse Scouting Report

View attachment 104848

UConn is 6-6 against Syracuse. We dominated the early 2000s going 6-2. The fruit currently has a 4 game win streak against us.

Ratings

Team	Massey	Sagarin	ESPN
UConn	90	97	81
UAB	122	133	121
Georgia State	117	135	108
Syracuse	50	54	62
Cal	60	53	42
Boston College	62	67	59

Rankings

Stat	UConn	Syracuse	UAB	BC
Total Offense	67	24	68	100
Rushing	25	124	119	60
Passing	105	5	22	114
Total Defense	39	63	107	93
Rushing	52	121	131	50
Passing	46	42	22	119

Team Notes:
- The fruit hired Fran Brown last Nov. This is the first head coaching gig for Brown. He was a DB coach at Georgia, Rutgers, Temple, and Baylor.

(Trying a new format)

Key Players Offense:

• QB #6 KYLE MCCORD. Senior, transfer from Ohio State, 5-stars. 10 GP: 303/476 for 3459 yards, 24 TD, 12 INT
• RB #1 LEQUINT ALLEN. Junior, 3-star. 10 GP: 169 att, 761 yards, 11 TD
• WR #2 TREBOR PENA. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 92 Targ. 71 Rec. 729 Yards, 5 TD
• WR #7 JACKSON MEEKS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Georgia. 10 GP: 86 Targ. 58 Rec. 690 Yards, 5 TD
• TE #19 ORONDE GASDEN II. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 79 Targ. 54 Rec. 707 Yards, 4 TD

Key Players Defense:

• DE #10 FADIL DIGGS. Senior, 4-star, transfer from TAMU. 10 GP: 22 Tack; 16 Hurr; 6 Sack; 20 Stop
• LB #15 DEREK MCDONALD. RS JR, 3-star. 9 GP: 37 Tack; 1 Hurr; 0 Sack; 18 Stop
• DB #3 CLARENCE LEWIS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Notre Dame. 10 GP: 4 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 4 Stop; 7 PBU; 1 INT (Excellent cover corner).
• DB #8 JUSTIN BARRON. Senior, 3-star. 10 GP: 34 Tack; 8 Hurr; 2 Sack; 34 Stop; 1 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #0 DUCE CHESTNUT. RS JR, 3-star, transfer out to LSU then back to Syracuse. 10 GP: 20 Tack; 0 Hurr; 1 Sack; 20 Stop; 3 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #5 ALIJAH CLARK. Senior, 4-star, transfer from Rutgers. 10 GP: 13 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 13 Stop; 3 PBU; 0 INT (has some NFL buzz)

Biggest Strength: Syracuse's short passing game. McCord loves short throws to Peña, his sure-handed Julien Edleman. They have a really, really good secondary group. Fran Brown is widely regarded as a great secondaries coach.

Biggest Weakness: is by far the o-line. Pretty much all the turnovers are a result of heavy pressure on McCord. Both McCord and his receivers has an issue with consistency and drops, especially in key moments. Their weakest unit on defense is their d-line. BC gashed them for 313 rushing yards.

Gameplan Offense:

1. Overload the Offensive Line with Stunts and Blitzes: As mentioned, their oline is a weakness which has a cascading effect on McCord's accuracy and efficiency. So rotate blitzes mixed with delayed rushes from linebackers, especially on third downs. Pitt did this to an extreme degree, causing 5 INTS, three of which were pick-6s.
2. Tight Man Coverage on Pena: Syracuse depends heavily on short passes, so I’d use man coverage with press at the line to disrupt the timing of these short routes. Our defensive backs would play tight on Syracuse’s primary passing targets, forcing McCord to make tougher reads and more challenging downfield throws where he’s less effective.
3. Vary Between Zone Blitzes and Drop-Back Zones: McCord seems to have trouble reading defenses (ask Ohio State fans). So we should mix up zone blitzes with standard zone coverages, especially on early downs. Zone blitzes would apply pressure while keeping coverage balanced, making it difficult for McCord to read the defense. Dropping a linebacker or two into coverage could bait him into forcing throws into crowded zones.
4. Use a “Spy” Linebacker on passing downs: While McCord doesn't run much, he will on broken plays during passing downs. With the spy, our defense could remain aggressive, allowing our other linebackers and DBs to remain in tight coverage and/or focus on blitzing.

Gameplan Defense:

• Run, Run, Run: Like us, the fruit runs a 3-3-5 defense. Unlike us, our 3-3-5 defense holds their own against rush-heavy teams. Theirs do not. So we should mix up our outside rushes with inside zone runs, powers, and counters to exploit potential gaps.
• Play Action and RPOs: Syracuse really struggles with play-action. Against zone coverage, our QB should use play-action and RPO concepts to manipulate their linebackers out of their zone disciplines. By pulling the linebackers toward the line of scrimmage, we open up slants, crossing routes, and intermediate throws to WRs and TEs, allowing our receivers to work in open spaces.
• Going Deep: We have to stretch the field vertically, otherwise their DB unit will just cheat against the run and/or short throws. It's going to take some explosive plays to keep up with their offense. This is how our past few opponents have shut down our offense.

Predictions:
Watching Syracuse was like watching the UAB game with much better players. The fruit might be the best team we'll play all year, but still they have their flaws. There's a reason why they are middle of the pack of in the weakest P4 conference. I don't think we even need much luck to beat them. Just a good game plan by the coaches with solid execution by the players. 20-17 good guys.

One other thing:
We've come a long way guys. In past years, this was an auto-loss. In past years, UAB might have been an auto-loss. Regardless of the outcome of this game, I'm still incredibly happy with our progress and especially our first winning season in more than a decade.

Love the hard work you put into this. You are the football version of Hey Adrien!

 

[Gburyhusky]

Syracuse Scouting Report

View attachment 104848

UConn is 6-6 against Syracuse. We dominated the early 2000s going 6-2. The fruit currently has a 4 game win streak against us.

Ratings

Team	Massey	Sagarin	ESPN
UConn	90	97	81
UAB	122	133	121
Georgia State	117	135	108
Syracuse	50	54	62
Cal	60	53	42
Boston College	62	67	59

Rankings

Stat	UConn	Syracuse	UAB	BC
Total Offense	67	24	68	100
Rushing	25	124	119	60
Passing	105	5	22	114
Total Defense	39	63	107	93
Rushing	52	121	131	50
Passing	46	42	22	119

Team Notes:
- The fruit hired Fran Brown last Nov. This is the first head coaching gig for Brown. He was a DB coach at Georgia, Rutgers, Temple, and Baylor.

(Trying a new format)

Key Players Offense:

• QB #6 KYLE MCCORD. Senior, transfer from Ohio State, 5-stars. 10 GP: 303/476 for 3459 yards, 24 TD, 12 INT
• RB #1 LEQUINT ALLEN. Junior, 3-star. 10 GP: 169 att, 761 yards, 11 TD
• WR #2 TREBOR PENA. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 92 Targ. 71 Rec. 729 Yards, 5 TDs
• WR #7 JACKSON MEEKS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Georgia. 10 GP: 86 Targ. 58 Rec. 690 Yards, 5 TD
• TE #19 ORONDE GASDEN II. RS JR, 3-star. 10 GP: 79 Targ. 54 Rec. 707 Yards, 4 TD

Key Players Defense:

• DE #10 FADIL DIGGS. Senior, 4-star, transfer from TAMU. 10 GP: 22 Tack; 16 Hurr; 6 Sack; 20 Stop
• LB #15 DEREK MCDONALD. RS JR, 3-star. 9 GP: 37 Tack; 1 Hurr; 0 Sack; 18 Stop
• DB #3 CLARENCE LEWIS. Senior, 3-star, transfer from Notre Dame. 10 GP: 4 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 4 Stop; 7 PBU; 1 INT (Excellent cover corner).
• DB #8 JUSTIN BARRON. Senior, 3-star. 10 GP: 34 Tack; 8 Hurr; 2 Sack; 34 Stop; 1 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #0 DUCE CHESTNUT. RS JR, 3-star, transfer out to LSU then back to Syracuse. 10 GP: 20 Tack; 0 Hurr; 1 Sack; 20 Stop; 3 PBU; 1 INT
• DB #5 ALIJAH CLARK. Senior, 4-star, transfer from Rutgers. 10 GP: 13 Tack; 0 Hurr; 0 Sack; 13 Stop; 3 PBU; 0 INT (has some NFL buzz)

Biggest Strength: Syracuse's short passing game. McCord loves short throws to Peña, his sure-handed Julien Edleman. They have a really, really good secondary group. Fran Brown is widely regarded as a great secondaries coach.

Biggest Weakness: is by far the o-line. Pretty much all the turnovers are a result of heavy pressure on McCord. Both McCord and his receivers has an issue with consistency and drops, especially in key moments. Their weakest unit on defense is their d-line. BC gashed them for 313 rushing yards.

Gameplan Offense:

1. Overload the Offensive Line with Stunts and Blitzes: As mentioned, their oline is a weakness which has a cascading effect on McCord's accuracy and efficiency. So rotate blitzes mixed with delayed rushes from linebackers, especially on third downs. Pitt did this to an extreme degree, causing 5 INTS, three of which were pick-6s.
2. Tight Man Coverage on Pena: Syracuse depends heavily on short passes, so I’d use man coverage with press at the line to disrupt the timing of these short routes. Our defensive backs would play tight on Syracuse’s primary passing targets, forcing McCord to make tougher reads and more challenging downfield throws where he’s less effective.
3. Vary Between Zone Blitzes and Drop-Back Zones: McCord seems to have trouble reading defenses (ask Ohio State fans). So we should mix up zone blitzes with standard zone coverages, especially on early downs. Zone blitzes would apply pressure while keeping coverage balanced, making it difficult for McCord to read the defense. Dropping a linebacker or two into coverage could bait him into forcing throws into crowded zones.
4. Use a “Spy” Linebacker on passing downs: While McCord doesn't run much, he will on broken plays during passing downs. With the spy, our defense could remain aggressive, allowing our other linebackers and DBs to remain in tight coverage and/or focus on blitzing.

Gameplan Defense:

• Run, Run, Run: Like us, the fruit runs a 3-3-5 defense. Unlike us, our 3-3-5 defense holds their own against rush-heavy teams. Theirs do not. So we should mix up our outside rushes with inside zone runs, powers, and counters to exploit potential gaps.
• Play Action and RPOs: Syracuse really struggles with play-action. Against zone coverage, our QB should use play-action and RPO concepts to manipulate their linebackers out of their zone disciplines. By pulling the linebackers toward the line of scrimmage, we open up slants, crossing routes, and intermediate throws to WRs and TEs, allowing our receivers to work in open spaces.
• Going Deep: We have to stretch the field vertically, otherwise their DB unit will just cheat against the run and/or short throws. It's going to take some explosive plays to keep up with their offense. This is how our past few opponents have shut down our offense.

Predictions:
Watching Syracuse was like watching the UAB game with much better players. The fruit might be the best team we'll play all year, but still they have their flaws. There's a reason why they are middle of the pack of in the weakest P4 conference. I don't think we even need much luck to beat them. Just a good game plan by the coaches with solid execution by the players. 20-17 good guys.

One other thing:
We've come a long way guys. In past years, this was an auto-loss. In past years, UAB might have been an auto-loss. Regardless of the outcome of this game, I'm still incredibly happy with our progress and especially our first winning season in more than a decade.

Excellent scout as always! Just curious: is your scout and prediction based on Joe starting? Or Evers?

 

[SuperHuski]

Love the hard work you put into this. You are the football version of Hey Adrien!

That's a such a high honor, much appreciated dude!

Excellent scout as always! Just curious: is your scout and prediction based on Joe starting? Or Evers?

As much as the board wants Joe F. to start, I don't know if he will. But they run the same playbook regardless of who starts it seems. I'm not as critical about Evers as others though. QBs get too much credit and too much blame for the offense as it is.

Mora sent Ever's tape to multiple NFL scouts, getting their inputs, before committing to the NIL deal. Everyone loved him. The talent is there; it's just raw right now. Evers doesn't have command of the playbook the way that Fagano does. Sammis carried a lot of stuff over from Charlton's offense. A redshirt year for Evers probably would not have been a bad thing with 20/20 hindsight. Playbooks, schemes, concepts -- they're hard to learn. When printed out, they look like big, fat binders with play designs on the front and back page. It's one thing to memorize them. It's a much more difficult process to commit them to muscle memory and instinct.

 

[businesslawyer]

That's a such a high honor, much appreciated dude!


As much as the board wants Joe F. to start, I don't know if he will. But they run the same playbook regardless of who starts it seems. I'm not as critical about Evers as others though. QBs get too much credit and too much blame for the offense as it is.

Mora sent Ever's tape to multiple NFL scouts, getting their inputs, before committing to the NIL deal. Everyone loved him. The talent is there; it's just raw right now. Evers doesn't have command of the playbook the way that Fagano does. Sammis carried a lot of stuff over from Charlton's offense. A redshirt year for Evers probably would not have been a bad thing with 20/20 hindsight. Playbooks, schemes, concepts -- they're hard to learn. When printed out, they look like big, fat binders with play designs on the front and back page. It's one thing to memorize them. It's a much more difficult process to commit them to muscle memory and instinct.

Evers used his redshirt year already. You could have brought him here and not played him, but it wouldn't have extended his eligibility.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

That's a such a high honor, much appreciated dude!


As much as the board wants Joe F. to start, I don't know if he will. But they run the same playbook regardless of who starts it seems. I'm not as critical about Evers as others though. QBs get too much credit and too much blame for the offense as it is.

Mora sent Ever's tape to multiple NFL scouts, getting their inputs, before committing to the NIL deal. Everyone loved him. The talent is there; it's just raw right now. Evers doesn't have command of the playbook the way that Fagano does. Sammis carried a lot of stuff over from Charlton's offense. A redshirt year for Evers probably would not have been a bad thing with 20/20 hindsight. Playbooks, schemes, concepts -- they're hard to learn. When printed out, they look like big, fat binders with play designs on the front and back page. It's one thing to memorize them. It's a much more difficult process to commit them to muscle memory and instinct.

I believe the rap on Evers when he came here is that he struggled to grasp the playbook? of course he had multiple teams and multiple offenses..so maybe a stable environment will allow him to show the talent everyone says he has.

In my opinion….UConn has a better shot of keeping up with Cuse scoring by playing Fagnano. I just don’t think Evers can lead enough sustained drives to keep it competitive.

 

[businesslawyer]

That's a such a high honor, much appreciated dude!


As much as the board wants Joe F. to start, I don't know if he will. But they run the same playbook regardless of who starts it seems. I'm not as critical about Evers as others though. QBs get too much credit and too much blame for the offense as it is.

Mora sent Ever's tape to multiple NFL scouts, getting their inputs, before committing to the NIL deal. Everyone loved him. The talent is there; it's just raw right now. Evers doesn't have command of the playbook the way that Fagano does. Sammis carried a lot of stuff over from Charlton's offense. A redshirt year for Evers probably would not have been a bad thing with 20/20 hindsight. Playbooks, schemes, concepts -- they're hard to learn. When printed out, they look like big, fat binders with play designs on the front and back page. It's one thing to memorize them. It's a much more difficult process to commit them to muscle memory and instinct.

I have no hope that Mora will switch QBs voluntarily. My hope is that Evers hasn't physically recovered to where he's ready to play.

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.

 

[LIUCHusky]

I have no hope that Mora will switch QBs voluntarily. My hope is that Evers hasn't physically recovered to where he's ready to play.

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.

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.

 

[businesslawyer]

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.

Read much? You can't possibly think that hope "he hasn't recovered to where he's ready to play" and "hoping for one of our players to be hurt" are synonomous phrases. Feel free to apologize.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Read much? You can't possibly think that hope "he hasn't recovered to where he's ready to play" and "hoping for one of our players to be hurt" are synonomous phrases. Feel free to apologize.

Read quite a bit. Perhaps you should reread your initial post. No apology coming. Again, you are one of the posters I respect.

 

[Jetskies]

guys please - it's not this complicated.
Evers will not get better this year. and we need to win this saturday.
who is less likely to get in the way of a win? play THAT guy.

If you're happy with his 2024 ceiling, fan-tas-tic.
enjoy the blowout loss, and don't post complaints on the live chat or post-game chat on saturday.

 

[UConnDan97]

Read much? You can't possibly think that hope "he hasn't recovered to where he's ready to play" and "hoping for one of our players to be hurt" are synonomous phrases. Feel free to apologize.

It's still not a good look, Biz.

I think most on the board would prefer to see Fagnano start against Syracuse, and it's okay to say that. If you want to go the comedy route, we can say that we hope Nick's Physics professor kidnaps him for the weekend and forces him to work on quantum theory for 48 hours, that might sound better...

 

[gioff2323]

You can’t just post the same thing 10000 times, can you?

You need this win. Mora is trying to build a program. He wants to win, but this we need to win stuff is for internet meatheads.

Let’s say we win - what’s different? Possibility of 9 or 10 wins (vs 8 or 9). We beat a P4. But no one in Big12 office is sitting here saying, y’know, if then there huskies win say, I say we send an invite!

I trust the staff. I don’t fall for the crap narrative that we’re playing guys based on NIL. Personally, I’d give Joe a shot at this point and might sit Evers who has been hurt too often. But have you considered the fruits strength and weaknesses? Hint: it favors a running qb.

Just stop with the sky is falling crap. It’s grown tiresome. We are sitting at 7-3 and few predicted this. And no matter what happens Saturday, the sun will rise in the east come Sunday.

 

[cttxus]

Taking all the emotions of it and considering the health and future (i.e. post season) prospects of our current stable of QBs, starting JF this week is the right call. He's also earned it.

 

[Stray_Dog]

You can’t just post the same thing 10000 times, can you?

You need this win. Mora is trying to build a program. He wants to win, but this we need to win stuff is for internet meatheads.

Let’s say we win - what’s different? Possibility of 9 or 10 wins (vs 8 or 9). We beat a P4. But no one in Big12 office is sitting here saying, y’know, if then there huskies win say, I say we send an invite!

I trust the staff. I don’t fall for the crap narrative that we’re playing guys based on NIL. Personally, I’d give Joe a shot at this point and might sit Evers who has been hurt too often. But have you considered the fruits strength and weaknesses? Hint: it favors a running qb.

Just stop with the sky is falling crap. It’s grown tiresome. We are sitting at 7-3 and few predicted this. And no matter what happens Saturday, the sun will rise in the east come Sunday.

When this season started I would have been ecstatic to not be ranked over 90. Then we won a few games and now the qualifying for Coach Mora is based on who is Starting at QB? Well, I trust in Mora and I trust his staff. I trust he starts who is best for the program Right now and next year. Winning is winning! I believe in Mora when he says he wants a culture of wining. I believe his words. I trust him. I don't trust the ACC Refs. I don't trust we will get into a P4 conference. So I trust that which has given me a cause to believe. I believe Mora gives us the best chance to win. I trust therefore in his decisions. I know he is not infallible but I trust in his decisions because what he knows about football is far superior to what anyone here knows. So, I choose to trust in him as he has delivered what he aimed to and he aims even higher. But think - when was the last time you (those questioning the coach decisions) on this board argued over a player starting for this team versus when will UConn finally not be a joke in football. We don't need punchlines we need trust in what this coach is doing I am all in on MORA and I trust his decisions

 

[Jimdish255]

"This we need to win stuff is for internet meatheads"

Let’s say we win - what’s different? Possibility of 9 or 10 wins (vs 8 or 9). We beat a P4. But no one in Big12 office is sitting here saying, y’know, if then there huskies win say, I say we send an invite!

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.

 

[huskymedic]