UMass Post Game Chat

[Windham4th]

UMass is a problem for us. Everyone keeps saying they are our rival but having any association with them just brings us down. I would prefer we stop playing them until at least we land in a football conference.

 

[giddyup]

At times though the offense play calling was bad.

That’s kind..a lot of too smart by half calls

 

[Chin Diesel]

I will give Mora credit..his teams fight until the end. They may not always execute well, but they play hard.

The first half was frustrating because one UMass TD was a result of the Fagnano bad INT. Another UMass TD was a result of MacDonald’s 2 facemask penalties. Can’t get down on him..he has been amazing this year…but those calls gave away 7 points. I was also frustrated that their 50% passing qb was passing at 80% in the first half. Bell’s drops also were a buzz kill.

But…things calmed down in the second half as the D get tighter. I was still disappointed the D couldn’t get one turnnover versus 3 freshman QBs. But the running game took over and put the game away.

Freeman has been amazing this year…the O line played a great game…I would give Fagnano a C.

Congrats to the team and coaches on a great year! On to the bowl game!

Brock has done a good job in the second half all season of using a more vanilla game plan in first half and squeezing in the second half.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

At times though the offense play calling was bad.

Agreed…UMass wasn’t able to stop them and it felt like Sammis got too cute at times.

 

[Urcea]

UMass is a problem for us. Everyone keeps saying they are our rival but having any association with them just brings us down. I would prefer we stop playing them until at least we land in a football conference.

We’ve played them 78 times dating back to 1897. Closest FBS school and old Yankee rivals. Doesn’t really matter that we’re a tier above them; it’s still a legitimate rivalry

 

[Tdaley]

When did Tui Fumunia-Brown get hurt.? He was limping on the sidelines for the entire game.

 

[Windham4th]

We’ve played them 78 times dating back to 1897. Closest FBS school and old Yankee rivals. Doesn’t really matter that we’re a tier above them; it’s still a legitimate rivalry

I get it, but I feel like it hurts our candidacy for a legit conference who clearly don't care about regional rivals. I mean Cal is in the ACC...

 

[Gburyhusky]

Anyone who comes on here to complain about The Rent has most assuredly never stepped foot into McGuirk.

 

[RedStickHusky]

I didn’t see Evers on the sidelines during the game. Did anyone see him at the game?

They showed him in pregame warmups on a split screen with Fagnano saying "we think it's Fagnano".

 

[Scoe]

Anyone who comes on here to complain about The Rent has most assuredly never stepped foot into McGuirk.

Was just about to say this my god it's a freaking dive.

 

[ScottVib]

I didn’t see Evers on the sidelines during the game. Did anyone see him at the game?

He was on the sideline in uniform wearing a headset all game.

 

[hardcorehusky]

When did Tui Fumunia-Brown get hurt.? He was limping on the sidelines for the entire game.

1st series

 

[ScottVib]

When did Tui Fumunia-Brown get hurt.? He was limping on the sidelines for the entire game.

First drive he came off and i didn’t see him go back

 

[UCFBfan]

UMass is a problem for us. Everyone keeps saying they are our rival but having any association with them just brings us down. I would prefer we stop playing them until at least we land in a football conference.

How about we start beating them easily on a consistent basis before we start claiming they are "bringing us down". Kind of an odd comment to make after we just played them and were down at the half and an onside kick recovery away from them having a chance to win the game.....

 

[UCFBfan]

Overall a pretty awful defensive performance. However, they came out of the half and shut down UMass in the 3Q. Things started falling apart in the fourth but the offense was still in gear and had us up.

Can't say enough about Edwards and Robinson. Those two are monsters. I like Brown but he's a different type of back. It was nice to see Edwards get a bulk of the workload. I don't feel like we've seen that that often this season. Not saying Robinson doesn't deserve it. It's just nice to see him healthy enough to get it today.

Overall, we beat who we were supposed and went 8-4. We won a few toss ups and we're close to beating Wake and in it until the end with Duke, on the road. This team has hit its first benchmark IMO. Next step is win the games they should win easier and beat some low level P4 teams.

On to bowling!

 

[UConnDan97]

8-4 was the closest we've been to an undefeated season in a while (not counting our undefeated COVID season), and I'm extremely happy about it!

The job that the players and coaching staff have done here over the last couple of years has been terrific, and I finally have real hope in sustained success again with the people here now.

Pride. Heart. UCONN.

On to the bowl game!

 

[Duncan Idaho]

We’ve played them 78 times dating back to 1897. Closest FBS school and old Yankee rivals. Doesn’t really matter that we’re a tier above them; it’s still a legitimate rivalry

Nobody pined to play UMass after we moved up to IA. Someone raise their hands if they even thought of UMass football. OK Scooter you can put your hand down. Now, after a decade+ of suck we are tight. Not sure everyone flew into see this one. They were a Yankee Conference football rival as was URI. In fact, we have played them much more than UMass.

 

[Tdaley]

1st series

Missed it. Thank you!

 

[Alum86]

@ZooCougar was correct that this would be a rock fight. Albeit a chippy, flag prone high scoring one. The D started out great, opposite of most games this season, deteriorated, and hung on in the second half. Joey Shoestrings did not look good.

 

[Alum86]

Nobody pined to play UMass after we moved up to IA. Someone raise their hands if they even thought of UMass football. OK Scooter you can put your hand down. Now, after a decade+ of suck we are tight. Not sure everyone flew into see this one. They were a Yankee Conference football rival as was URI. In fact, we have played them much more than UMass.

Central hung with Rhody. Was flipping between that and us today. Not sure we would cover against those 2 if we played them next week. And yes, I hate we are playing the likes of UMass yearly at this point in time.

 

[UC70]

Didn't have espn+, didn't bother with radio. Switched back and forth between Boneyard chat and Stat link from UConn website. Cumbersome but effective. You guys were great, occasionally short on detail but from what I heard, better than the UMass announcers. Thanks for getting me through it.

Posted earlier, awesome year of progress. Only non competitive in MD game, 3 coulda shoulda wouldas with Duke, WF and Cuse along with a potpourri of blowouts and close ones with "inferior" opponents. More than got the job done.

Bowl win, NIL, and recruit your butts off! Go Huskies.

Yup, NIL support by all of us on the board will enable us to hit the portal hard to get more talent.

 

[freescooter]

Central hung with Rhody. Was flipping between that and us today. Not sure we would cover against those 2 if we played them next week. And yes, I hate we are playing the likes of UMass yearly at this point in time.

We would beat both handily.

Rivalry games are good because they are somewhat unpredictable. Often closer than they should have any right to be. And they can be very one sided, yet still be exciting. Texas leads the series 76-37 but it is still a rivalry. Colorado- Colorado St is like 70-20 but is important for both teams. This one is 38-38-2. Going forward I hope we win 3/4 of them. But that doesn’t mean it will be less of an intense rivalry. It clearly is a big deal for UMass.

 

[UC70]

UMass is a problem for us. Everyone keeps saying they are our rival but having any association with them just brings us down. I would prefer we stop playing them until at least we land in a football conference.

Playing UMass makes complete sense. Rival or not. The MAC is a very respectible conference and UConn being in a conference or not, we should always play them. But not in basketball for sure.

 

[maple]

Rivalry games are good because they are somewhat unpredictable. Often closer than they should have any right to be.

Exactly. Look at Georgia and GT’s game last night. 8 OT!

 

[freescooter]

Central hung with Rhody. Was flipping between that and us today. Not sure we would cover against those 2 if we played them next week. And yes, I hate we are playing the likes of UMass yearly at this point in time.

We would beat both handily.

Rivalry games are good because they are somewhat unpredictable. Often closer than they should have any right to be. And they can be very one sided, yet still be exciting. Texas leads the series with A&M 76-37 but it is still a rivalry. Colorado leads the series with CState 69-22 but it is still a rivalry. They don’t need to be even. Just exciting. I am hopeful we ‘ll always be the big brother from now on.. doesn’t mean it cant be a big deal.