My memory of Torkelson was the Rutgers game with J.J. Jennings. The Rutties fans were predicting that Jennings would rush for over 200 yards & that Snookie would win in a rout. UConn was ahead late in the game, & UConn drove the field with Eric getting 5 yards at a clip. UConn Wins. Torkelson outduels Jennings in rushing yardage 164 to 100. Tork is drafted by the Packers & has a long career, Jennings to the WFL & oblivion.
People see his size but underestimate his strength. He’s a weight room junkie and you can see he very rarely gets arm tackled.
We don’t really run any plays that put Rosa in that position though. Hopefully we continue to expand our offensive playbook as Zion gets more experienced. Charlton probably had to cut the playbook in half the second that Roberson got hurt
I thought he improved this week, consciously turning up field much more effectively, though he still had his share of westbound jukin.
He improved at half time... think he got some coaching....
Mine was the Yale game. By the fourth quarter UConn linemen were telling the Yale d “ he’s coming again” and they couldn’t stop him. But I also remember the year before a game at UNH. He was a backup but was in to return a UNH kickoff. Had a great run back then carried about five times in a row to set up the winning score. I was up there for a xc meet and we stuck around for the game.
Or just a little farther, to Vince Clements, aka The Connecticut Comet.
Things just not looking good for Brian Brewton. I just don't see him fitting in too well anymore especially with Rosa stepping up.
Was thinking about this and I agree with your assessment. Sometimes VR would do better to put his head down and head north. I will also say that his running style looks, well,...nuts. A lot of head fakes and jukes. It frustated me for most of the season. Sometimes its too much, but on Fri. I realized that VR seems to intuitively use that crazy style in combination with his strength and balance to shed blocks and make himself hard to bring down (as others have observed). Really fun to watch him run- probably frazzling for defenders- a little tweaking of his game and few more pounds and he'll be big challenge for DCs to deal with. Gonna be fun to watch.
well he's got some competition coming! Jackson Harper has 99yd and a 98yd kick returns tonight
Brewton beat out both Houston and Rosa for playing time when they were all healthy, and was very effective before getting hurt. No reason to assume he’s not going to be competing with them for who gets touches after Carter.
You can never have too much speed on the roster. It's impossible, I did the math.
Was that the Greg Sinay fg. 9-7 game?
I go back further than that. I was a Junior when UConn beat Yale for the first time. The coaching staff was notable because 3 of them became NFL head coaches. Rick Forzano was our head coach, and later i think Lions HC. Sam Rutigliano was an assistant became Browns (i think) HC and Lou Holtz was an assistant with the most notable pro, college and TV career of all, and of course fathering Skip. Lou once said of his UConn days that he coached in Storrs, that used to be known as Storr until they built another one.
I’ll take a look at that again, but in my recollection he stutter stepped freezing the defender and picked up another three or four more yards. I’m not sure I can find fault with that. Plowing over defenders is easier said than done.
Effective in terms of what exactly? Comparing stats and I don’t think effective is the term here. I’d like to see Brewton in the slot with Turner, would be an absolute defense nightmare.
I’m confused. Look at his yards per carry. H was supposed to be Carter’s backup at TB and and get some carries from the slot, same as Houston was supposed to do. But Brewton is actually bigger and should be more able to handle a larger number of carries in a game.
