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The Commodores got a good dose of physical Big East Football last season and on Saturday most of their fans will get to see it up close.

This is the DJ Shoemate show and he runs for 75 bone crunching yards. That opens up the field for our QBs (god only knows who will play when), although I do see McCummings taking one the distance on the option. Big night for Kash. McCombs adds another 75 yards on the ground as well.

The defense gets uncorked and Sio and Jory make runs off the edge all evening. Pick six for Blidi as a result of the presure.

27-17 dogs and we still don't know exactly what the QB situation will look like for the rest of the season.
 
27-14 Uconn. Maybe I was expecting too much, but didn't see as much mobility on OL blocking in space and some "real open receivers" for FD and some "bad angles" on safeties. Good part in that other than LSU defense a lot of teams looked like 1st game "learning how to play together again" just like Uconn. If get behind, will be interesting to see how Uconn hangs in; if get ahead do we step on their neck or pull a Utah State. Got my seats in section V, so at least 2 Uconn fans will be there to chant "BE...BE" at the end of the game. :)
 
34-31 UConn. I think this game will be closer but there is also a slight chance we could blow them out.
 
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They struggled.with.ELON. 42-10, JOHNNY MAC And geremy davis have a big game, DJ dissapoints and JJL has a solid game
 
Defending Big East Champion UConn Huskies - 31
Singers of 'Brick House' & 'Three Times A Lady' - 21
 
This has me a worried as Nashville is in the path for 6-10 inches of rain and Commodores are more comfortable in water than Huskies.

In spite of these seeming insurmontable obstacles I think PP and the Huskies prevail

Uconn- 24
Vandy -13

I just don't see Vandy scoring a ton of points against us.
 
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BugsyCT said:
D carries the load.

UConn 17
Vandy 14
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This is a reasonable prediction for the remaining 11 games on our schedule.
 
I dare someone on this thread to predict UConn to lose...
 
Going to be a really interesting game, this can go either way, SEC home-turf, rowdy fans, gotta be careful and contain Vandy!

With that being said:

UConn 30
Vandy 20

Halftime: Tied at 14

McCombs rushes for a cool 100 yards and 1 TD.

McEntee throws for 150+ yards and 2 TDs, one to Ryan Griffin and Isiah Moore.

Blidi nearly gets a pick 6.

Teggart shatters the UConn record, for most points by a kicker.
 
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rw005 said:
Going to be a really interesting game, this can go either way, SEC home-turf, rowdy fans, gotta be careful and contain Vandy!

With that being said:

UConn 30
Vandy 20

Halftime: Tied at 14

McCombs rushes for a cool 100 yards and 1 TD.

McEntee throws for 150+ yards and 2 TDs, one to Ryan Griffin and Isiah Moore.

Blidi nearly gets a pick 6.

Teggart shatters the UConn record, for most points by a kicker.
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Rowdy crowd? I wish. Only when VU starts out a season 4-0 or 5-0, which rarely happens. We do not boast the typical SEC environment for football, which is 80,000 + screaming rednecks. That's both fortunate and unfortunate at once.

I've read the comments in both of the Vandy threads, and most of them are pretty reasonable/make sense, imo.
Some comments: I believe that our defense is being underestimated just a tad here, knock on wood. Sure, the secondary did not look too hot Saturday, which is bewildering since we were playing Elon and we have a first team all-SEC cornerback and some very talented players in the secondary, so I'd chock a large part of that up to first game/first game for coaching staff/100 degrees in the shade on Saturday, and some rather vanilla coverage schemes/limited blitzing. I'm sure we'll be more aggressive against UConn on d, because we'll have to be to have a chance to win.

On offense, you guys are fairly spot-on: We don't know what to expect usually, either, as our qb has a history of inconsistent play (hopefully that's changing as we speak.) The running game was a shell of what it could be Saturday, in large part because our best running back, Warren Norman, is hurt, and/or was not 100%, and was held our for one more week. He will play Saturday. #2 Zac Stacy, who started Saturday, is ok, but I don't think he's half a dangerous as Norman. Norman makes plays on special teams, too, (3 tds on kickoff returns last year.)

Our o-line sucks. Our d-line does not, but they played like they were, well, playing Elon Saturday. Here's to a competitive and injury-free contest, and have fun in Nashville, those of you who make the trip this weekend. It will be a nailbiter, I'm sure. We're used to them.

VU 31, UConn 28.
 
bek7567 said:
Rowdy crowd? I wish. Only when VU starts out a season 4-0 or 5-0, which rarely happens. We do not boast the typical SEC environment for football, which is 80,000 + screaming rednecks. That's both fortunate and unfortunate at once.

I've read the comments in both of the Vandy threads, and most of them are pretty reasonable/make sense, imo.
Some comments: I believe that our defense is being underestimated just a tad here, knock on wood. Sure, the secondary did not look too hot Saturday, which is bewildering since we were playing Elon and we have a first team all-SEC cornerback and some very talented players in the secondary, so I'd chock a large part of that up to first game/first game for coaching staff/100 degrees in the shade on Saturday, and some rather vanilla coverage schemes/limited blitzing. I'm sure we'll be more aggressive against UConn on d, because we'll have to be to have a chance to win.

On offense, you guys are fairly spot-on: We don't know what to expect usually, either, as our qb has a history of inconsistent play (hopefully that's changing as we speak.) The running game was a shell of what it could be Saturday, in large part because our best running back, Warren Norman, is hurt, and/or was not 100%, and was held our for one more week. He will play Saturday. #2 Zac Stacy, who started Saturday, is ok, but I don't think he's half a dangerous as Norman. Norman makes plays on special teams, too, (3 tds on kickoff returns last year.)

Our o-line sucks. Our d-line does not, but they played like they were, well, playing Elon Saturday. Here's to a competitive and injury-free contest, and have fun in Nashville, those of you who make the trip this weekend. It will be a nailbiter, I'm sure. We're used to them.

VU 31, UConn 28.
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True, but coming from a Vandy fan (I assume), not surprising (except I'm surprised a Vandy fan found this site). For what it's worth, I could really see a defensive battle / offensive struggle here. Assuming no defensive / special team scores, I would definitely take the under on 44.
 
jbdphi said:
True, but coming from a Vandy fan (I assume), not surprising (except I'm surprised a Vandy fan found this site). For what it's worth, I could really see a defensive battle / offensive struggle here. Assuming no defensive / special team scores, I would definitely take the under on 44.
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Well, I'm definitely not a Tennessee fan if I refer to UConn's upcoming opponent as "we." And one of the regulars here invited us at Vandymania, our site on Rivals.
 
Obviously, people can pick a football game any way they want to. But rowdy fans? At Vanderbilt? Seriously?

By all reports, there is no one in the south with less of a home field advantage than Vanderbilt. They don't have many fans, and the fans they have are tempered in enthusiasm having been conditioned to losing.
 
Huskies - 24
Dores - 13

Late defensive touchdown (Blidi? Jones?) masks how close the game is for the most part.
 
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24
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17

I feel kind of cheesy about this because I picked us to lose one OOC game (this one) in my preseason prediction.
 
UConn - 17
Vandy - 16

In a game that reminds us of that dreaded 2007 game, but plays in our favor this time.
 
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I think we'll struggle offensively through the air and it'll take until the second half to really get the ground game going, with both Shoemate and McCombs putting in good games. It'll be a tough test, but I think our defense is just a little too good to lose this one.

UConn 23, Vanderbilt 13
 
businesslawyer said:
By all reports, there is no one in the south with less of a home field advantage than Vanderbilt. They don't have many fans, and the fans they have are tempered in enthusiasm having been conditioned to losing.
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I'd have to disagree -- I went down to the Duke game in 2007 and their "scene" was downright pathetic. We showed up about 4-5 hours early and sat around for 30 minutes waiting for the parking staff to show up to even open the gates. It was as if we had to remind them that there was a football game that day. Then, once we entered the lot, we were the only tailgaters there for at least an hour, and even then, the first few people to join us were Donald Brown's and Alex LaMagdelaine's parents. It was that bad.

But, yes, I'd say that Vanderbilt's fans can't be much better. At least Vanderbilt plays in the SEC and occasionally produces NFL talent.

Connecticut 31, Vanderbilt 13. Teggart is perfect and the defense is almost perfect; Shoemate and McCombs combine for 150 yards rushing, and one of the three QBs steps up and takes the starting role against Iowa State with a solid performance.
 
UConn9604 said:
I'd have to disagree -- I went down to the Duke game in 2007 and their "scene" was downright pathetic. We showed up about 4-5 hours early and sat around for 30 minutes waiting for the parking staff to show up to even open the gates. It was as if we had to remind them that there was a football game that day. Then, once we entered the lot, we were the only tailgaters there for at least an hour, and even then, the first few people to join us were Donald Brown's and Alex LaMagdelaine's parents. It was that bad.

But, yes, I'd say that Vanderbilt's fans can't be much better. At least Vanderbilt plays in the SEC and occasionally produces NFL talent.

Connecticut 31, Vanderbilt 13. Teggart is perfect and the defense is almost perfect; Shoemate and McCombs combine for 150 yards rushing, and one of the three QBs steps up and takes the starting role against Iowa State with a solid performance.
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For the record, our fans roll up and smoke both Duke and Wake Forests' fans. That said, we are small and we are quiet, but we tailgate and our uniforms look good.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/

Above is a link to vegasinsider which has Vandy anywhere from a -1.5-2.5 favorite in this game. What does that mean, absolutely nothing, but I was surprised to see 100% of UConn fans predicting a victory this Saturday.

Y'all 24
You Guys 27
 
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CrazyVandyFan said:
For the record, our fans roll up and smoke both Duke and Wake Forests' fans. That said, we are small and we are quiet, but we tailgate and our uniforms look good.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/

Above is a link to vegasinsider which has Vandy anywhere from a -1.5-2.5 favorite in this game. What does that mean, absolutely nothing, but I was surprised to see 100% of UConn fans predicting a victory this Saturday.

Y'all 24
You Guys 27
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The game is pretty much a toss up. I would expect 95% from both fanbases to pick their team to win tomorrow night.
 
UConn9604 said:
I'd have to disagree -- I went down to the Duke game in 2007 and their "scene" was downright pathetic. We showed up about 4-5 hours early and sat around for 30 minutes waiting for the parking staff to show up to even open the gates. It was as if we had to remind them that there was a football game that day. Then, once we entered the lot, we were the only tailgaters there for at least an hour, and even then, the first few people to join us were Donald Brown's and Alex LaMagdelaine's parents. It was that bad.

But, yes, I'd say that Vanderbilt's fans can't be much better. At least Vanderbilt plays in the SEC and occasionally produces NFL talent.

Connecticut 31, Vanderbilt 13. Teggart is perfect and the defense is almost perfect; Shoemate and McCombs combine for 150 yards rushing, and one of the three QBs steps up and takes the starting role against Iowa State with a solid performance.
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The funniest part of that Duke game was while leaving (the tailgating was going full force by then) many Duke fans made comments to the effect of "if we really had a good football team we would have beaten them by a lot more".
 
Someone much smarter than I will have to explain why this is viewed as a toss up game.

1. We beat them fairly easily last year, at a time when we were playing really, really, really bad football.

2. While I understand the many questions we have, they have them to. What they don't have is the quality of players up and down the roster on both sides of the line of scrimmage that we do. Or the habit of winning games, as opposed to losing them.

3. We almost beat them in Nashville with a much, much less talented roster Orlovsky's sophomore year. Yes, we had Dan Orlovsky, but they had Jay Cutler. May of these players have beaten a much better SEC team in Birmingham. Yes, you never take a road game against a BCS opponent for granted, but our road win at Baylor was against a much better team than this. And it's not like we haven't won at Wake, Duke and Indiana as well.

If I were a betting man, I would have a lot of money on this game. A lot. I don't know whether we win by a lot or a little. Depends on whether our offense can get anything going. Whether our team is good or not is still a very open question. But we are a materially better team than Vanderbilt. We shut their offense down and win the special teams battle. That's 2 out of 3 even if our offense isn't good.

Same outcome as the civil war. Don't care about the score.
 
businesslawyer said:
Someone much smarter than I will have to explain why this is viewed as a toss up game.

1. We beat them fairly easily last year, at a time when we were playing really, really, really bad football.

2. While I understand the many questions we have, they have them to. What they don't have is the quality of players up and down the roster on both sides of the line of scrimmage that we do. Or the habit of winning games, as opposed to losing them.

3. We almost beat them in Nashville with a much, much less talented roster Orlovsky's sophomore year. Yes, we had Dan Orlovsky, but they had Jay Cutler. May of these players have beaten a much better SEC team in Birmingham. Yes, you never take a road game against a BCS opponent for granted, but our road win at Baylor was against a much better team than this. And it's not like we haven't won at Wake, Duke and Indiana as well.

If I were a betting man, I would have a lot of money on this game. A lot. I don't know whether we win by a lot or a little. Depends on whether our offense can get anything going. Whether our team is good or not is still a very open question. But we are a materially better team than Vanderbilt. We shut their offense down and win the special teams battle. That's 2 out of 3 even if our offense isn't good.

Same outcome as the civil war. Don't care about the score.
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Wow, so we've found the ignorant ass.

Do a little research on any of the recruiting sites and get back to me on the talent appraisal.
 
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Ha. Tell that to my family at dinner. And then duck. (Directed at Jimmy -- not Crazy Vandy fan).

Here is how you evaluate talent. You watch players make plays or fail to make plays while they are in college. And then, for good measure, you see if they get drafted. Here is how you don't evaluate talent -- log on to Rivals and look for a number.
 
CrazyVandyFan said:
Wow, so we've found the ignorant ass.

Do a little research on any of the recruiting sites and get back to me on the talent appraisal.
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Recruiting sites now trump on the field direct competition. Good one.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Recruiting sites now trump on the field direct competition. Good one.
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I hear ya, but to claim UConn has much more talent is just an ignorant opinion. You've had better coaching by far and may have better talent, but to suggest there is some large gap shows a complete lack of knowledge of your opponent.
 
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