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Nicklo28 said:
Coach Sammis said Skylar would play as long as he wanted to.
So he wanted to play one series!!!
All his talk about playing for his team what a joke.
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Hard to reconcile what he said before the game about “finishing what he started”, practicing with the team and going to Boston …..and then only playing one play.
Can’t help but wonder what Skyler has to say about the reason for his decision.
 
Just unthawing. The D was completely blown off the line and dominated. Rosa was an utter disaster. Our 4th string QB played like it. Should have just let Cam run all day. What a waste of money and time. Never again.
 
Horrible game, but it’s not like I’m not looking forward to next year either so at least there’s that.

Try and keep key players (Edwards, Neider, Chadwick) and replenish with the portal. Rosa probably should rescind his choice to transfer.

Realistically, I feel positive for the program and don’t blame it for this but the constant instability in staff and players opting out like this discourages people from supporting. I can’t blame the program or AD for that specifically, I don’t know what else they can control but it is a feature of this era.
 
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I'll be writing a note to Sammis thanking him for staying on, for the great job he did with this year's offense and complimenting him on how much he grew as a coach at UConn.
I think he's a future star (Parcells reborn....at least in body type) and let's hope his legacy of excellent line play can be maintained.
 
Nicklo28 said:
Coach Sammis said Skylar would play as long as he wanted to.
So he wanted to play one series!!!
All his talk about playing for his team what a joke.
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Our QB was so inept the first half that he probably singlehandedly drove Skyler Bell to the end of the bench. Passes that were uncatchable, passes six feet off the ground being batted down, etc
Maybe Farrar will show more next year with an intact line and skill guys all in sync, but he was thrown into an impossible situation today. He was the proverbial deer in the headlights.
 
UConnDan97 said:
I think Notre Dame was the brunt of a lot of jokes for opting out this year, but they probably got it right. I expect that next year will have a lot more universities following suit...
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Take a look at what's happening with BYU right now...a team that was a borderline playoff team. This will absolutely be the trend moving forward and I don't think the conferences can do much to stop it.
 
Scrutineer said:
I'll be writing a note to Sammis thanking him for staying on, for the great job he did with this year's offense and complimenting him on how much he grew as a coach at UConn.
I think he's a future star (Parcells reborn....at least in body type) and let's hope his legacy of excellent line play can be maintained.
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Thank you for your comments Mrs Sammis
 
We were competitive in th first half despite rolling out a true freshman at QB who was obviously not ready to play at this level. The players came ready to play, but I think with how poorly Farrar performed today we stood no chance. Army is going to run the ball and control time of possession, you need to be able to keep your offense on the field and allow your defense to rest. Obviously not having your offense put up any points is kind of a gut punch to the defense as well. I think the D tried to stay in it mentally in the 2nd half but the writing was on the wall and it was probably tough for them to play their best game. Hence some of the poor tackling. Although shout-out to Godspower, not only for the awesome name but for the awesome running.

I obviously would have preferred to end the season on a high note. But I was mentally prepared for this outcome by the time the bowl had been announced since we had already lost Mora. It is what it is. Really excited for the Candle era (and portal season) to begin. The program is in good hands and we are still going to win games.
 
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Nicklo28 said:
Of course Playing Bell would not have made a difference but to play one series then decide enough it’s a bad look. Especially after all his talk before the game.
While The Army QB played with 101 fever.
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At least he was there unlike Fagnano and others who didn't show up to cheer the teammates on
 
Great season. 2 players with amazing season stats for any University.

Bowl season is a joke. UConn wasn’t close to the same team it was a month ago. College football is making itself smaller and they might end up regretting that.

Very excited about the future of UConn football.
 
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Scrutineer said:
Our QB was so inept the first half that he probably singlehandedly drove Skyler Bell to the end of the bench. Passes that were uncatchable, passes six feet off the ground being batted down, etc
Maybe Farrar will show more next year with an intact line and skill guys all in sync, but he was thrown into an impossible situation today. He was the proverbial deer in the headlights.
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Farrar had one really nice drive but I think this is what you get when you're essentially putting a third stringer out there that probably had few if any reps until a few weeks ago this season.

Also, I'm not really a fan of the hate Bell is getting. I didn't hear the full story but if he was willing to play to showcase his skills, he rightfully figured that he was not going to get an opportunity to do so today, so why risk injury? This isn't a "we have to hand it to him" comment, but I really don't get the flak he's getting when you boil it down to his future and what he needs to do to give himself the best shot there. And to be honest, Bell becoming a big time NFL player is worth way more to this program than winning this bowl game.
 
Redding Husky said:
College football is completely broken. But our trend is still up.
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Your right. It is so broken, that it may not be fixable by the
Redding Husky said:
College football is completely broken. But our trend is still up.
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Sad to support your team all year, they make a bowl and can't compete because the key players are gone. IT MAKES NO SENSE....It is not just the Huskies facing this, but other teams as well I think there will be push back from fans .
 
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UConn is really a one-deep team. The dropoff is STEEEEEP after our starters. I wasn’t going to bet any money that Evers was gonna light it up today, had he played.

So, Thankful we didn’t lose fagnano, bell and Edwards during the regular season this year. I have no choice but to see that positive.
 
I can be bitter and dump on the woulda couldas but when reflecting these past few years far exceeded anything I could have wished for after going through a painful decade of embarrassment. Thank you Mora for seeing and proving we were not a lost cause and Fagnano, Bell and Edwards for carrying the program and fans to a point where we can complain about our 9-4 seasons. Coach Candle may you us even more success and a P4 invite.
 
NHUConnfan said:
Take a look at what's happening with BYU right now...a team that was a borderline playoff team. This will absolutely be the trend moving forward and I don't think the conferences can do much to stop it.
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What? BYU is playing a ranked team, has 369 yards of offense, 2 turnovers and is down 21-18 with 5 minutes to go. Not sure what you
mean.

Edited to add: BYU leads 25-21 with 2:00 minutes to go.
 
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fleaflicker said:
Your right. It is so broken, that it may not be fixable by the

Sad to support your team all year, they make a bowl and can't compete because the key players are gone. IT MAKES NO SENSE....It is not just the Huskies facing this, but other teams as well I think there will be push back from fans .
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The kids in the portal that opted out of the bowl game. I don’t think that helps them.
 
This was gonna be a tough game even with Joe and Skyler and everyone else playing and Monken is a better coach than Mora. Gotta give credit to Army they wanted it more we'll move on from this.

The only thing that sucked was paying the money for tickets to this game and sitting in the cold while Army's entire team went all out. This loss doesn't bother me, I understand today's circumstances and it's a "meaningless " bowl game but if you went to the game you would have a different perspective.
 
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BullDawg said:
What? BYU is playing a ranked team, has 369 yards of offense, 2 turnovers and is down 21-18 with 5 minutes to go. Not sure what you mean.
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Well it was 21-10 for almost half the game. They're making a heroic comeback and good for them for doing it... But it was looking real bleak for them for quite a bit.
 
JMick said:
Im surprised people are this mad. What did you expect? Have you not been paying attention to what these bowl games have become? Have you not watched any of the other games?
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I don't see anyone freaking out. You didn't go to the game did you.
 
NHUConnfan said:
Well it was 21-10 for almost half the game. They're making a heroic comeback and good for them for doing it... But it was looking real bleak for them for quite a bit.
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Amazingly, the Pop Tarts Bowl seems like a “real” Bowl game.
 
There’s really nothing to discuss with the game because it wasn’t a game and the result was baked in the cake a month ago. A tragic ending to a great season. It should have never happened.

UConn never never never ever again should participate in a bowl game if our players do not want to go. Players made personal choices to put us in a position where we couldn’t win this game. And sorry this is competition. It’s about winning and losing. If we don’t want to compete. Don’t show up. And how is it that our program, in the precarious state it is in as an independent, thinks it’s too good for a bowl? Including a backup qb who fleeced Mike Burton out of 6 figures. Too good to showcase the best of the program on a Saturday on ESPN? Likely the biggest audience that saw us all year. We don’t play for a conference championship. So what are we playing for? What are the fans supposed to be invested in? Well I hope for starters we start holding UConn’s feet to the fire about getting into either the ACC or Big 12. I mean things are clearly going well for us as we feel comfortable enough to forfeit a bowl game and get worked by Army for 3 and half hours on ESPN. If the bowl doesn’t matter, something better for the fans to justify the support. Only getting us into a power 4 conference does so that should be the minimum expectation of the administration going forward. And no excuses on it this time.

Well let’s forget the fans for a second because we know us poor saps are not the focus during these times. How about what we did to our players?

Skyler Bell was trotted out to tell us he was playing and was trying to get others in the portal to play. Wall him! A hero! People wanted to build a statute for him over this news. The new Locked On UConn host gushed “this means UConn is going all in for win #10.” Well, That was never the case. Bell played one series and took his pads off. Was it done to rube fans to pay for tickets or throw off the opponent? Regardless, It was deceitful and he looks bad because of it.

Because of Bell’s warrior like decision to tell us he was playing (not true) Joe Fagano got smeared online (still going on today) as the sole quitter for 2 weeks while Bell got the statue built for him. He abandoned the team! I’m so mad at Joe! Turns out they both quit. Joe was just more up front about it.

The Candle era begins today and all will be forgotten with news of new hires and recruits. But it’s gonna be hard to forget about some of the selfishness and lies of the last month that robbed the fanbase from a proper send off for this worthy team. The fans and the team deserved better. It did not have to end this poorly.
 
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beerfan said:
I really don't think so, I was watching the Pinn Stripe before this game, no one was catching passes because of the cold
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I was honestly shocked that the fan made the FG challenge today but he may have been a bit inebriated because he ripped off his shirt and dove into the endzone 😂

But seriously, it was cold as heck today especially after the sun went down. Not a really fun environment to play in and one that most college football players haven't played in nor are prepared for.
 
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