I generally agree with your take. Every case is different though. For the 2024 edition of UCFB, my frustration (and whining if I'm honest) comes from seeing the extent to which QB play has clearly cost us wins/easier wins and, yes beauty points. If we look at the mean of O, D, and ST play it's hard to avoid the fact that QB play is the weakest link, and not by a little. And let's face it, top level college football still has a significant unofficial beauty contest element to it. Not gonna beat this horse anymore. Just expressing the reason for frustration (and whining if I'm being honest). I'm curious if others feel the same way.
I honestly think the people who complain are one if the following:
You've just described every fan of every sport in every country in the world...
The thing is, UConn’s program right now is about getting wins no matter how. We are trying to emerge from over a decade of crap and mostly losing. And trying to do it without a conference. I like an efficient machine as much as anyone - heck, I suffer with Daniel Jones - but i think we are not yet to where the way we win counts for anything. I have had seasons tickets since the year before the Rent opened. I am also old, and went to most home games as a student in the mid - 60s when UConn was a mediocre YanCon team. I just think every inch of winning is a big deal right now regardless of how. Even being competitive in losses to good teams. Everyone is entitled to how they react, i just think now isn’t the time to be fussy.
we might have been in b12
And I don’t particularly disagree about next year or maybe the one after. i just think we are watching a growth (hopefully) where learning to win means more than how. As far as Evers goes, obviously his passing needs a lot of work. Whether it’s his not having played much in 3 years or having that concussion that produces what we have seen so far, I guess time will tell since Mora seems intent on using him absent injury. All I know is this has been one of the more fun years of the decade and for home games, waiting for the end of the game to beat all the early departing traffic didn’t work. The half time lines to the men’s room were even getting long again.
Not really.
lol UConn WOULD beat syracuse and then turn around and lose to UMass the following week.
I agree, and I wouldn’t agree if this were 20 years ago. Times are just vastly different.
Partially true. Fans want to see winning more than anything. High scoring dominating wins don’t happen that often routinely for even most really good teams. High scoring losses are not that satisfying. Then people will bitch about the defense. Honestly, I think independents not named Notre Dame don’t regularly have the kind of years you are talking about. I’m not sure how many respected opponents out of 12 are going to be on our schedule from year to year to attract the talent that will often produce dominating, high scoring wins. We have a few of them this year and would probably need 9 FAU type teams a year to produce a lot of lopsided wins and few want that kind of schedule. I hope somehow we land in a power conference that suits football and basketball.
I’m in total agreement. I think the coaching staff could get a lot more out of this team, but bad selection of plays and in some cases players are costing the team. Although I’m happy with the record and the fact that they’ve become bowl eligible, I’d really do believe they would be a much stronger team if the coaching was better.
I’d rather lose a close one to Syracuse and pummel UMass. I am okay with this team only being on the verge of beating P4s again, but let’s NEVER lose to UMass.