Week 01 NCAA Football

[BigTenFan]

Ruelas was never offered a scholarship

 

[CJasmer]

Given how the team played starting question coaching recognition of talent evaluation and development. Perhaps Hurley should help with talent evaluation in the portal. He does an incredible job for basketball.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Opponents probably not much, but life goes on for Washington St. and Oregon St.--who provided a couple of transfer offensive stars for Miami in QB Ward and RB Martinez.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well, Michael Penix will be missed at Washington of course, but Will Rogers is looking good. Doesn't have the cannon, but he's poised and accurate. And that was awfully nice of Coach Fisch to bring Jonah Coleman with him from Arizona. That dude is a beast.

 

[Rich]

College football is better when the U is arrogant and kicking ass.

 

[UConn2SF]

Looks like Chris Shearin is one of the starting safeties for James Madison.

Like UConn south with Ross, Shearin, Ruelas, and Will Knight (and one time UConn commit Tyjai Hopper)

 

[huskymedic]

Four more in misery…​

-> UConn: So now word is out that Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark wants to add UConn, and UConn is apparently receptive to leaving the Big East. To make this potential marriage happen, the Huskies reportedly wouldn’t join in football for a handful of years so they could ramp up to competitiveness. But let’s be real here: Decades may not even be enough time. Some fans may start to criticize coach Jim Mora for lack of tangible progress after Saturday’s 50-7 loss to Maryland. But unless Mora can move UConn’s campus to, say, Florida, this is how it’s going to go in the Big 12 or any other league. <-

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Vowelguy]

Records vs P4 / G5 / 1AA

BiG 1-1 / 9-0 / 6-0
SEC 2-2 / 5-0 / 6-0
ACC 1-3 / 4-0 / 7-0
B12 1-1 / 2-1 / 11-0
ND 1-0 / 0-0 / 0-0
———————————
.. .. 7-7 / 20-1 / 30-0

 

[HCCForever]

Merrimack may beat us. They played very well vs. Air Force and did a really good job stopping the run.



G5 programs are going to lose by more and more as time goes on. The talent separation is greater than ever. Has a G5 even upset a Power program yet, even come close?

I agree and is a reason that we UConn fans shouldn't lose our minds over the Maryland game yesterday. Plenty of examples this weekend of big losses when G5 goes against the big boys.

 

[superjohn]

I agree and is a reason that we UConn fans shouldn't lose our minds over the Maryland game yesterday. Plenty of examples this weekend of big losses when G5 goes against the big boys.

UConn fans lose their minds because it's a new season and they once again look atrocious and like they haven't been coached. Maryland plays in the Big 10 but I wouldn't exactly call them big boys. Maryland was picked 11th in the Big 10. After a dozen years of this nonsense I don't think it's too much for fans to ask that we look somewhat competitive in Mora's third season here.

 

[ZooCougar]

I agree and is a reason that we UConn fans shouldn't lose our minds over the Maryland game yesterday. Plenty of examples this weekend of big losses when G5 goes against the big boys.

This is crazy and why we are in this fix. It's insanity to point to others failures and say it's ok for us.

Yesterday was worse than anyone expected.

 

[HCCForever]

UConn fans lose their minds because it's a new season and they once again look atrocious and like they haven't been coached. Maryland plays in the Big 10 but I wouldn't exactly call them big boys. Maryland was picked 11th in the Big 10. After a dozen years of this nonsense I don't think it's too much for fans to ask that we look somewhat competitive in Mora's third season here.

I agree with your points. I am alluding to the wholesale changes that some fans are calling for after one game. I expected a better game as well but not ready to fire the coaching staff after one game. I will be a little more patient.

 

[Rich]

I agree with your points. I am alluding to the wholesale changes that some fans are calling for after one game. I expected a better game as well but not ready to fire the coaching staff after one game. I will be a little more patient.

It's not just the coaches, it's the entire roster. We just don't have competitive players.

I'd put the blame for roster construction on Mora, but it's not like he had to pick between Evers and Cam Ward out of the portal. He's living on practically every other FBS, and some FCS, teams' table scraps.

Speaking of Evers I wouldn't put too much stock in the 'he's rusty' argument. You cannot predict how a high school kid is going to perform in front of thousands of screaming fans, television cameras.

There's a reason Evers got lost on the bench at his first two stops; all the physical talent in the world won't matter if you can't handle the pressure of D1 football.

 

[uconnfan68]

UConn fans lose their minds because it's a new season and they once again look atrocious and like they haven't been coached. Maryland plays in the Big 10 but I wouldn't exactly call them big boys. Maryland was picked 11th in the Big 10. After a dozen years of this nonsense I don't think it's too much for fans to ask that we look somewhat competitive in Mora's third season here.

Might be year 3, but we’ve seen multiple coaching changes at coordinator and position levels, and a much higher player turnover than ever before. I honestly believe he’s trying to fix things, but lack of conference affiliation is killing us.

 

[superjohn]

Might be year 3, but we’ve seen multiple coaching changes at coordinator and position levels, and a much higher player turnover than ever before. I honestly believe he’s trying to fix things, but lack of conference affiliation is killing us.

I sure hope he's trying but we should expect a lot more from our coach than that.

 

[Tdaley]

Looks like Brian Brewton got zero carries for Middle Tennessee this weekend. I wonder if he is hurt or he is having trouble getting on the field because of better players in front of him.

 

[UCFBfan]

So I get it with NIL and all. But this is ridiculous. Why bother to give offers to HS kids if your a major P4 program? I'm watching the LSU/USC game and when LSU had the ball every player who touched the ball was called out as last name and immediately followed up with transfer from. Is anyone on their starting offense a returner from last season? The same was being said about USC's defense. It's just insane to me. I miss the days where you groom a player to get their chance and reap the benefits! Now, a player may blow up and leave before other parts of your team is ready to take that next step and your back to missing pieces.

It's just an insane world and I don't blame any HC for leave CFB. And yes, I know this makes me sound like a grumpy curmudgeon.

 

[CJasmer]

So I get it with NIL and all. But this is ridiculous. Why bother to give offers to HS kids if your a major P4 program? I'm watching the LSU/USC game and when LSU had the ball every player who touched the ball was called out as last name and immediately followed up with transfer from. Is anyone on their starting offense a returner from last season? The same was being said about USC's defense. It's just insane to me. I miss the days where you groom a player to get their chance and reap the benefits! Now, a player may blow up and leave before other parts of your team is ready to take that next step and your back to missing pieces.

It's just an insane world and I don't blame any HC for leave CFB. And yes, I know this makes me sound like a grumpy curmudgeon.

The separation from haves to have nots is even greater in the NIL era. It appears USC has shored their defense with portal players upfront. The WR for both LSU and USC are incredible.

 

[CJasmer]

The QB playing level by LSU and USC is incredible. You can see not just player development in both cases but both teams are well coached. Both QBs waited for their time to start. Not portal players.

 

[HCCForever]

So I get it with NIL and all. But this is ridiculous. Why bother to give offers to HS kids if your a major P4 program? I'm watching the LSU/USC game and when LSU had the ball every player who touched the ball was called out as last name and immediately followed up with transfer from. Is anyone on their starting offense a returner from last season? The same was being said about USC's defense. It's just insane to me. I miss the days where you groom a player to get their chance and reap the benefits! Now, a player may blow up and leave before other parts of your team is ready to take that next step and your back to missing pieces.

It's just an insane world and I don't blame any HC for leave CFB. And yes, I know this makes me sound like a grumpy curmudgeon.

It is an insane world and USC's defense has improved since last year. Good game so far in Las Vegas.

 

[uconnfan68]

It is an insane world and USC's defense has improved since last year. Good game so far in Las Vegas.

20-20 with 13 seconds left, USC ready to kick a fg.

Watched LSU’s dline draw a movement penalty by a quick shift. Why can’t we do that? Our shift doesn’t do anything.

 

[Purple Stein]

Isn’t Diaco a defensive coach at LSU these days? USC has owned the LSU defense these last two minutes.

This has been a great game - a preview of what the playoffs might be like. Crazy that people argued for years that a football tournament was a bad idea.

 

[storrsroars]

USC executes a perfect 2 minute drill for the TD. Sweet.

 

[Scoe]

A Bob Diaco sighting right before the game winning td just fitting for LSU.