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JohnFSilver said:
Jim needs to “Coach Prime” 50% of the roster. There are players stealing scholarship money.

They get nothing off the bench, and special team is terrible.
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To do that you've got to have guys who actually want to replace the players that leave. Colorado knew they could replace the dead weight with better talent. We'll be filling out the roster with a whole slew of Brett Buckmans
 
JohnFSilver said:
What would coaching help with? I am sorry, so down on players. Poor angles, boneheaded decisions, mixed up assignments, missed tackles, easily beaten, blown coverages and blocks, dropped passes.

Coaching doesn’t guarantee execution.
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Then bench the players that keep making the same mistakes. Change the playcalling to hide the deficiencies. Let's not forgot this is Moras roster now. Yes, the players deserve the criticism but so does the coaching.
 
Scoe said:
Should’ve gone for 2 at the end and I was saying it during the last drive.

Mora stealing a win from his kids, having no situational awareness at the end of the half.
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Strange that your playing against a team with a losing record and you don't go for the win. A big problem was a failure of the defensive backs to cover. Missed covers all over the field.

Our game showed some spunk and we put some points on the board. Overall play calling is too conservative.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
What would coaching help with? I am sorry, so down on players. Poor angles, boneheaded decisions, mixed up assignments, missed tackles, easily beaten, blown coverages and blocks, dropped passes.

Coaching doesn’t guarantee execution.
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You realize that the players don't just magically appear at UConn, right?
 
Punkbo said:
Sorry to the naysayers, but I don’t think it’s fair to second-guess a guy for trying to kick an extra-point in a 1-point game.
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there's a lot of things that I think people say are unfair, I think its fair to question that one when you're searching for a win. For morale's sake I'd rather take the shot than try to rely on a college kicker and overtime. Naturally this one's not the kicker's fault, but point remains. Could be our runner gets stuffed, but this group needed a morale boost.
 
0-12 is more than probable at this point. Too bad it won’t result in draft picks.
 
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Scoe said:
There is enough talent to win games I specially mean games as in 2 wins certainly enough to win a game, it’s harder to win when you have coaches who are losing games, Mora isn’t doing anything about it.
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That is where I disagree. I don’t think there is.
 
BugsyCT said:
No, usually we’re non-competitive the whole game. This was just a ridiculous ending for a hard-luck program.
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I'll respectfully disagree. We had a lucky, random-walkish combination of good effort from the O and D in the first half, combined with scheisen play by the D backs in the second half, combined with mixed bag of good and bad play calling throughout the game, all topped of by the cherry-on-top new way to lose- open the flood gates and let the conversion get blocked. Overall a continuing combination of incosistent play combined with the ongoing litany of simply stupid play against a NOT-GOOD team. If USU had a decent D we would have lost by three TDs.

Sorry- no solace and no moral victory here.

Beleive me I wish it were otherwise.
 
JohnFSilver said:
That is where I disagree. I don’t think there is.
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The decision not to run the clock down in the first half and then kick the FG is totally on Mora. 17-0 with all the momentum rather than giving an explosive team the ball with 40 seconds left.
 
The Good:
  • Jelani Stafford A+++
  • Jelani Stafford offensive packages
  • Jelani Stafford designed passes
  • Best offensive game this year. 218 rush yards. 258 passing. 476 total yards. (2nd best was GAST with 394 total yards)
  • Up tempo Roberson
  • 24 total receptions. Ross had 7. Previous high was 5, Buckman vs FIU.
  • Cam Edwards seems like a solid #2 RB. Rosa and Cam accounted for 75% of the ground game.
  • 2 interceptions to start the game. We're at 2 INTs for the season now.
  • Mitchel with another great game, 15 tackles, 5 solos, 1 TFL
  • Defense held USU to 17 total yards in the first 29 mins, and 23 seconds of the first half.

The Bad:
  • Blown coverages by the DBs
  • Missed tackles
  • non-Mitchell, non-Tui LBs
  • Center snap timings
  • Opposing QB containment
  • DBs not turning around and flagged for PI
  • Blocking in screen passes + too many screen passes in general
  • WRs routes bunched together when separation in general is an issue
  • Roberson has touch issues on short passes
  • 1 total sack
  • Teammates running into Buckman during punt returns
  • Special teams in general

The Ugly:
  • TE blocking miscues
  • Allowing a TD with 37 secs left in the 2nd quarter. 2 plays, 75 yards.
 
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Bomber36 said:
The decision not to run the clock down in the first half and then kick the FG is totally on Mora. 17-0 with all the momentum rather than giving an explosive team the ball with 40 seconds left.
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What did you want them to do? The play call gave them a chance to get the first and should have kept the clock running.

Our qb made an awful throw on what should be a routine pitch and catch.
 
joelerg87 said:
What did you want them to do? The play call gave them a chance to get the first and should have kept the clock running.

Our qb made an awful throw on what should be a routine pitch and catch.
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Run the ball and kick the field goal, that’s what I want them to do.
 
Have seen D backs and STs mentioned so far.

Here's the reality- EVERY squad contributed to this loss as they have done every game so far this season, in addition to squirelly calls by the coaches. The on difference is that USU's crappy D made this game closer than usual. TR's long TD through was a rarely called and even more rarely accurate anomally.

Before USU's first TD I thought we might have turned some kind of corner, but as soon the D backs choked in the final minute of the first I came back to earth and realized nothing had changed.

Don't know what Mora can do. I don't think he knows either. A sad state of affairs.
 
Punkbo said:
Sorry to the naysayers, but I don’t think it’s fair to second-guess a guy for trying to kick an extra-point in a 1-point game.
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Exactly!

What little that was left from the crowd was getting rowdy and momentum was on our side. Most people are feeling confident in that situation at home against a team you should beat.

If Mora goes for 2 and we don't get it, the entire fan base would be calling for his head. He made the right call. We just didn't block...
 
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Big disappointment. USU was at a huge disadvantage. Traveling across country for a noon game on a wet field.They were asleep the first half. UConn let up.
 
UConnDan97 said:
Exactly!

What little that was left from the crowd was getting rowdy and momentum was on our side. Most people are feeling confident in that situation at home against a team you should beat.

If Mora goes for 2 and we don't get it, the entire fan base would be calling for his head. He made the right call. We just didn't block...
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At some point when you're 0-4 and played horrible, you have to say f-it, we're playing to win. I think that needs to be the philosophy the rest of the season. I'll take one less win on the year to see the coaching staff on coaches showing some testiculos.
 
UCTitleTown said:
At some point when you're 0-4 and played horrible, you have to say f-it, we're playing to win. I think that needs to be the philosophy the rest of the season. I'll take one less win on the year to see the coaching staff on coaches showing some testiculos.
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If the head coach says f-it and misses, then typically the fan base says f-u. I've been around long enough to know that's true. He made the right call. We weren't playing against freaking Tennessee! It was Utah State...
 
As others have said, the team showed some spirit today, and importantly the Offense fought back when the defense couldn't hold the line. A hard to stomach loss, but it shows why we aren't in a conference we'd like to be in.
 
JohnFSilver said:
Kind of sick of blaming coaches. People Been blaming coaches for 10 years. How about players stop making ridiculous plays?
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I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, but as a coach, if you know your DBs are a major liability, you don’t play a defense that allows them to get burned at the end of the 1st half. This is twice it’s happened. Put them in an extreme prevent D and at least limit it to a FG at worst. Bad coaching.
 
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