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UConn v. University of Alabama - Birmingham Blazers (Saturday 11/1/25 @Noon. Game on CBSSN. Audio on Varsity Network & FoxSports 97.9

Gburyhusky said:
One thing that the UConn football program does not need right now is a beef with local media.
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If you took this presser that way then I think you don't really understand what this program's goals are. Coach should be PO'd...and the guys that interview him week in and week out should know what UConn football's goals are. Heck, the media should be a little perturbed. We should NOT have lost last weekend...but, disappointingly, we did.
Let him get back in the lab with the players and watch us cook on Saturday. After that, then come with that same energy you put out in your comment above.. We don't/shouldn't have time for hurt feelings over a loss that should've been a win (and the team's/HC is rightfully upset about it... I'd be worried if he came out all nonchalant).
 
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RitzLuce1 said:
He discussed it on Part 3 of his Coach's show. He thought about it. He thought they could stop them on defense and score again. He didn't want it to come down to 1 play. He would make the same decision again but hope for a different result.

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I'm amazed that having seen Rice run it down our throats in the first OT Mora would believe we could stop them in the second OT. Offense is our strong suit, gotta gopher2 in that situation, IMO.
 
RSTuthill said:
Personally I think he is entitled to a pass or two considering his body of work here, one where he himself would certainly insist is not finished.
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Not going to dwell too much on it cause we have bigger fish to fry, or namely Blazers, but this is like 3rd or 4th time he reacts this way after a loss.
 
huskymedic said:


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Well said by Dom Amore, especially about the media having heaped great praise on Mora for being 23-23 against a Group of Whatever schedule.

If he was doing what the second year coach at Indiana has done to date, even taking into consideration our much weaker schedule, and was "disrespected" by our media, then maybe he'd have reason to complain but not where we are right now.

As some here have pointed out, our media doesn't ask tough questions of Mora. So, maybe it's just frustration at a third OT loss in eight games or maybe he's feeling his career trajectory is rearing it's ugly head. (check Wikipedia)
 
With all the focus on that presser, what is NOT being discussed is that UAB knocked off #25 Memphis two weeks ago and are getting key players back from injury. This will be a big challenge for the Huskies. We all are thinking yeah, could be another day like Rice. Uhhhhh ... no, could be quite a bit bigger.
 
Dom Amore is not too happy.

Dom Amore: Flagging UConn’s football coach for ‘unnecessary gruffness’ as we navigate this season

Hey, UConn fans, would you like to see Jim Mora’s last press conference?

… Would you like to see it again?

The UConn football coach’s press briefings, like his give-and-take of about two minutes in Storrs on Tuesday, have been rather short and Belichickian lately. In fact, Bill Belichick’s media sessions are Senate filibusters by comparison. The football program’s social media account posted the video: Five minutes of blank screen, then two minutes of Mora, and several commenters, fans looking for some answers, did not sound pleased, either.

 
I watched the second half of the 3rd Q and all of the 4th for UAB vs Memphis. If our offense does the 3 and out clinic we can do so well we will lose. Duke will be our toughest remaining opponent, but Air Force will give our D fits. Sammis and the offense have to up their game. We have the talent so no excuses.
 
jostar1 said:
Dom Amore is not too happy.

Dom Amore: Flagging UConn’s football coach for ‘unnecessary gruffness’ as we navigate this season

Hey, UConn fans, would you like to see Jim Mora’s last press conference?

… Would you like to see it again?

The UConn football coach’s press briefings, like his give-and-take of about two minutes in Storrs on Tuesday, have been rather short and Belichickian lately. In fact, Bill Belichick’s media sessions are Senate filibusters by comparison. The football program’s social media account posted the video: Five minutes of blank screen, then two minutes of Mora, and several commenters, fans looking for some answers, did not sound pleased, either.

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Amore is so low effort. Sorry Dom, don’t care.
 
RSTuthill said:
With all the focus on that presser, what is NOT being discussed is that UAB knocked off #25 Memphis two weeks ago and are getting key players back from injury. This will be a big challenge for the Huskies. We all are thinking yeah, could be another day like Rice. Uhhhhh ... no, could be quite a bit bigger.
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Definitely. And this is arguably the “easiest” game left. I hope the frustration from coaches and players after the Rice loss fuels a strong performance
 
jdb50 said:
I watched the second half of the 3rd Q and all of the 4th for UAB vs Memphis. If our offense does the 3 and out clinic we can do so well we will lose. Duke will be our toughest remaining opponent, but Air Force will give our D fits. Sammis and the offense have to up their game. We have the talent so no excuses.
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Our defense is not dependable enough to hold a lead... that's the bottom line (until they prove otherwise)... IF we can get over those "yippsee" type plays (the BIG plays... happened at Syracuse, happened at Delaware, happened last weekend)... we can pull it out... Focus/Disciplne on that side of the ball needs to be better in key moments...
 
ktuck911 said:
Our defense is not dependable enough to hold a lead... that's the bottom line (until they prove otherwise)... IF we can get over those "yippsee" type plays (the BIG plays... happened at Syracuse, happened at Delaware, happened last weekend)... we can pull it out... Focus/Disciplne on that side of the ball needs to be better in key moments...
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The Offense just has to perform to their level that they are capable of and not rely on the defense at all. That will be the key to winning for 3 of the 4 final games.
 
Scrutineer said:
Well said by Dom Amore, especially about the media having heaped great praise on Mora for being 23-23 against a Group of Whatever schedule.

If he was doing what the second year coach at Indiana has done to date, even taking into consideration our much weaker schedule, and was "disrespected" by our media, then maybe he'd have reason to complain but not where we are right now.

As some here have pointed out, our media doesn't ask tough questions of Mora. So, maybe it's just frustration at a third OT loss in eight games or maybe he's feeling his career trajectory is rearing it's ugly head. (check Wikipedia)
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The week prior we had to hear a dissertation about our team looking like a P4 team.
 
BugsyCT said:
Well that's great. Team was outcoached badly by Rice, and he gave the local media a 2 1/2 minute press conference. I guess if the coach is too pissed off to talk he doesn't owe any explanations to anyone.
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Coaches don't make any plays. They don't block, tackle, run, catch, or throw.
 
huskymedic said:
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-> Parham leads the Huskies with 76 total tackles on the season, good for 15th among all FBS players nationally, and ranks fifth in the nation with 8.5 sacks, in addition to his three fumble recoveries. Prior to this year, the former San Jose State Spartan and Washington Husky never had more than three sacks in a season.

“This is what I expected and I still expect more from myself,” he said Tuesday. “I’ve left a lot of plays out there and I just want to continue to get better so I can make those plays. I just want to keep being a master of the basics. I like saying that a lot, but that’s what football is… I’ve been playing for a long time so I kind of know what’s going on but just doing the things that are going to continue to help me get to the next level, that’s what I want to be. Just a master of the basics.” <-

-> “Job’s not done yet,” Parham said. “It ain’t over until after our bowl game and we’re chilling in January or December, whenever our bowl game is. I just always say you’ve got to keep going, we ain’t done nothing yet. We ain’t got no bowl game, season ain’t over so we’ve got to finish the job.” <-

-> Coach (Jim Mora) has been telling us, ‘They only remember what you do in November,’ so we’re trying to keep getting better every day.” <-
 
jostar1 said:
Dom Amore is not too happy.

Dom Amore: Flagging UConn’s football coach for ‘unnecessary gruffness’ as we navigate this season

Hey, UConn fans, would you like to see Jim Mora’s last press conference?

… Would you like to see it again?

The UConn football coach’s press briefings, like his give-and-take of about two minutes in Storrs on Tuesday, have been rather short and Belichickian lately. In fact, Bill Belichick’s media sessions are Senate filibusters by comparison. The football program’s social media account posted the video: Five minutes of blank screen, then two minutes of Mora, and several commenters, fans looking for some answers, did not sound pleased, either.

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So Dom is upset he has to scramble to the press room when he’s actually at a game, and upset he wasn’t given enough notice for when the press conference was starting so he could log onto Zoom from 1600 miles away?

Kick rocks. Write something about the game you just watched. You don’t need Mora’s synopsis to give you pointers on what to write.
 
RSTuthill said:
With all the focus on that presser, what is NOT being discussed is that UAB knocked off #25 Memphis two weeks ago and are getting key players back from injury. This will be a big challenge for the Huskies. We all are thinking yeah, could be another day like Rice. Uhhhhh ... no, could be quite a bit bigger.
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Yup. This game scares me. These guys can obviously can get on a roll and have a potent offensive passing potential. Not interested in 5 game sacks that come along with a couple of soul sucking long yardage TDs caused by D breakdowns. This season is such as GD tragedy of “if only”(s). Such is the life of a UConn football fan.
 
giddyup said:
Yup. This game scares me. These guys can obviously can get on a roll and have a potent offensive passing potential. Not interested in 5 game sacks that come along with a couple of soul sucking long yardage TDs caused by D breakdowns. This season is such as GD tragedy of “if only”(s). Such is the life of a UConn football fan.
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Well, UConn is at home. The weather will be colder than they are used to. UConn certainly has the ability to win. Depends on which UConn shows up.
 
CTBasketball said:
So Dom is upset he has to scramble to the press room when he’s actually at a game, and upset he wasn’t given enough notice for when the press conference was starting so he could log onto Zoom from 1600 miles away?

Kick rocks. Write something about the game you just watched. You don’t need Mora’s synopsis to give you pointers on what to write.
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We have always had the absolute worst media. Half arsed, never asked tough questions. They would get flummoxed by Pasqualoni. It's not just football.
 
ktuck911 said:
Our defense is not dependable enough to hold a lead... that's the bottom line (until they prove otherwise)... IF we can get over those "yippsee" type plays (the BIG plays... happened at Syracuse, happened at Delaware, happened last weekend)... we can pull it out... Focus/Disciplne on that side of the ball needs to be better in key moments...
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I learned today via the article on Byrun Parham that Tyquan King was injured in the FIU game and has missed the last 2. Was wondering where he was. This may explain some of our inability to stop the run. On Rice's big run TD, Mills missed a tackle that would have kept it a 4 yard gain. On the long Rice TD catch and run Pringle got beat watching the backfield and then wiffed on the tackle. Those plays are on the players. I am hoping they all step up and stop with the poor efforts at tackling. Our D-line stunts a lot and it gets them out of position to hold their gaps. They are caught on the move and backs go where they were, as the O-line shoves them out of the way. Rice took full advantage late in the game. Just play your gaps and send a LB on occasion to disrupt the offense. We don't seem quick enough on the D-line to stunt and get pressure. Stopping the run game has to be job one on Saturday.
 

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