Had some insomnia, saw the replay was on B1G channel, so I turned it on. Game was in Q2, already 0-14.
What I saw from offense was actually mildly encouraging - for first time in 3 years we often had WRs getting open downfield. I interpret this both as we have better WR talent, and the offense has opened up. Now, getting the ball to those guys is another issue. In Q2 alone, UConn missed on two long pass plays that should've been complete, one where Evers threw behind a guy, another where the WR beat his guy down the sideline, then inexplicably slowed down so ball hit off his fingertips. That wasn't Evers fault. You could say that we're now talking about QB/receiver timing instead of the same stodgy offense we've seen the past two years. That said, the late INT in Q2 was all Evers and a horrible mistake after the D held for a FG instead of what seemed a sure TD.
On defense, I missed the first two TDs, so can't say. I did see good effort, swarming to ball, and pretty good play. That they kept MD out of the end zone after the dumb INT was pretty impressive.
I think UConn could've easily had 10-14 pts in Q2 if they connected on those two long passes.
Fagnano looked good in his first series. After that... missed reads, off target, nothing to suggest he keeps the job.
I think there's enough there to beat Merrimack with Evers.
