Week 8 Games: non UConn

[Kolumbo]

Game worth following on a Tuesday night if FIU can hang
FIU (2-3) @ W. Kentucky (5-1)
FIU gets a field goal on its first possession
Hilltoppers threatened 3 & 4 at FIU 6 and throws an INT
Go Panthers!

 

[Kolumbo]

FIU up on W. Kentucky 19-3 late 2nd quarter

FIU is playing at Western Kentucky but an interesting fact about FIU's stadium. The stadium as of 08/06/24 is known as Pitbull Stadium because Pitbull is paying $1.2 million per year for the naming rights

 

[LIUCHusky]

FIU up on W. Kentucky 19-3 late 2nd quarter

FIU is playing at Western Kentucky but an interesting fact about FIU's stadium. The stadium as of 08/06/24 is known as Pitbull Stadium because Pitbull is paying $1.2 million per year for the naming rights

Starting FIU QB looks to be out for the rest of the game.

 

[Kolumbo]

Starting FIU QB looks to be out for the rest of the game.

That's too bad. I looked him up earlier, Keyone Jenkins from the Miami area. I didn't see the FIU v UConn game. Apparently he committed early to FIU, then committed to Auburn, then committed to and went with FIU in 2023. Entered transfer portal in 2024 but withdrew. Bunch of high school accolades.

2,414 yards freshman
2,557 yards sophomore
775 yards junior and counting

FIU 25-6 in the 4th. They gotta hold on.

 

[FightOnCT]

Strangest circle between Delaware, FIU, Western Kentucky and to an extent us.

 

[AllHusky]

25-6 FIU over W Ky, who beat Delaware
Seems like we might be getting hot, yes?

 

[Coult]

25-6 FIU over W Ky, who beat Delaware
Seems like we might be getting hot, yes?

Game was not even that close either with how many red zone field goals FIU kicked. The team is definitely gaining momentum and it cannot be understated how important it is that Joe is running a bit now. That FIU team looked completely different this week, though inconsistency and unpredictability is the nature of lower G5 football

 

[History Geek]

25-6 FIU over W Ky, who beat Delaware
Seems like we might be getting hot, yes?

I sure do hope so

 

[Purple Stein]

Hard to know what to think. I wonder if that injury on the opening kickoff deflated FIU to some extent, because they did not look like the same team vs WKU.

 

[Kolumbo]

Hen's fan on tonight's chicken fight, blue hens vs gamecocks. yeah, I'm reading cusa message boards!

"My whole "mental model" of the conference has gone to after watching last night's FIU @ WKU game.
How in the world did we beat that FIU team?
How in the world did we lose to that WKU team?
My reality has been shaken!
Felt pretty good about this Jax State game until last night. Now, I have no idea what to expect!
It's like I'm sailing through the Bermuda Triangle and my compass is just spinning around and around.."

https://csnbbs.com/thread-1018683.html

 

[Jetskies]

How in the world did we lose to that WKU team?

lost here - we played WKU?
otherwise, i just found out through here, that FIU beat WKU soundly... what the heck

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Hard to know what to think. I wonder if that injury on the opening kickoff deflated FIU to some extent, because they did not look like the same team vs WKU.

Or, more precisely, FIU's QB Jenkins was good. Then, he was injured, left the game. FIU's offense became offensive, their ex-Holy Cross QB was not good, and UConn's D stepped up.

 

[CCSUblue]

lost here - we played WKU?
otherwise, i just found out through here, that FIU beat WKU soundly... what the heck

He's speaking from the mind of a Delaware fan. Not a UConn fan.

 

[Kolumbo]

Blue Hens vs Gamecocks
Late in 2nd Quarter

21 - Jax State Gamecocks
6 - Del Blue Hens - 2 pt conversion fails

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This game is making our OT loss in Newark look even worse.

 

[ZooCougar]

This game is making our OT loss in Newark look even worse.

That’s because all these teams (including us) are about the same. So it comes down to matchups or who woke up on the right side of the bed. It also comes down to consistency.

 

[History Geek]

That’s because all these teams (including us) are about the same. So it comes down to matchups or who woke up on the right side of the bed. It also comes down to consistency.

Or hopefully our defense is gelling and we would beat them now. Not stating that as a fact, but that would be nice.

 

[AllHusky]

At first I was Horrifed by Delawares loss to J-State. Looked at Jacksonvilles schedule and results, they are not bad!

 

[Palatine]

At first I was Horrifed by Delawares loss to J-State. Looked at Jacksonvilles schedule and results, they are not bad!

I was horrified by our loss to Delaware. It is almost beyond comprehension that a defense -- not led by Edsall -- could play so poorly.