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.
I remember both. I was at UConn when Clements (and his buddies Mike Zito and Rick Robustelli) were BMOC's. I saw Clements gash Rhode Island for about 250 yards at RI in (I think) 1969, and I was at the aforementioned Rutgers game. I drove up from Virginia, and I think it was Homecoming. I think that was the year we played a little "Six degrees of separation" after that win. We beat Rutgers who beat someone who beat Penn State, so we should have been a top ten team!
And then he pointed at his shoes and mentioned how they were a little snug.
How much does Brewt actually weigh? He looks smaller to me. Maybe it’s the body frame difference. I actually believe he and Houston are similar in weight, but Brewt is shorter and his muscle is in his lower body. YPC 5.3 in 15 carries before injury. Either way, I’d love to see how OC utilizes all of the offensive weapons.
I definitely agree
He may not be the fastest back but he has tremendous strength in his legs, you can see him driving his legs while inside a moving pile of players. He also is the best I’ve seen at cutting and changing direction to find daylight. A run in a defensive setup that can get most backs 3 or 4 yards, he can turn into 10 or more.
Running East to west? I like Burns to make something out of nothing. That guy is tenacious.
I have an honest question. Do Brewton and Rosa have the hands to be successful pass receivers? I am not convinced that they do but hope to be proven wrong.
Burns is a beast, he knocks people over until 4 or 5 gang tackle him. Rosa on the other hand gets his yards with his ability to make sharp cuts and a deft ability to change direction and escape tacklers.
Not sure about Brewton but Rosa was a dual threat QB in high school. He threw passes instead of catching passes. Now that being said, there’s nothing that leads me to believe that Rosa can’t be a good receiver.