What did you in?

[BoatShow]

At what point did you lose all hope last night? This could probably be a weekly thread for the rest of the season.

I couldn't bare another second after the intentional grounding safety.

 

[TRest]

The big pass play on blown coverage with seconds left in the first half. It's coaching and/or players smarts, neither is going to improve this year.

 

[Sean]

Pretty sure Taylor Mack returning that kick was the moment where I knew we had 0 chance of turning this game, or season, around.

 

[bigAbruns]

The FG return for me.

 

[pepband99]

Pick 6.

 

[Waquoit]

This is so sad it's funny. There are no wrong answers. So far we have:

1. The IG safety
2. The FG return
3. Giving up that long pass play at the end of the 1st half
4. The Pick 6

I'll add:

5. The sorry 3 and out after the turnover, settling for the FG
6. Punting late down 11 on a 4th and short

 

[upstater]

Not setting the edge on Ross's runs.

That was the tell.

No matter how many times Maryland shot themselves in the foot, they would trample the D eventually. If you give up 20 yards on stretch plays consistently, there really is no drama left.

 

[ruskin]

This is so sad it's funny. There are no wrong answers. So far we have:

1. The IG safety
2. The FG return
3. Giving up that long pass play at the end of the 1st half
4. The Pick 6

I'll add:

5. The sorry 3 and out after the turnover, settling for the FG
6. Punting late down 11 on a 4th and short

No. 6 by a wide, wide, wide, wide margin. He couldn't have sent a clearer message he was no longer playing to win if he took the microphone from Emily, walked to the middle of the field and asked everyone to drive home safely

 

[BoatShow]

No. 6 by a wide, wide, wide, wide margin. He couldn't have sent a clearer message he was no longer playing to win if he took the microphone from Emily, walked to the middle of the field and asked everyone to drive home safely

It could have been a big spark and gotten people to stay in their seats a little longer if they picked that up for sure.

 

[Dooley]

The pick 6. That was the moment when some drunk Maryland fan started spouting his mouth off to my wife and I. He wouldn't leave the standing area right behind our section and kept up the button pushing for a while. He then moved over a section and met up with a friend who joined in on trying to push my buttons (calling me a loser and mimicking my wife who threatened to call security on the guy who I told was getting dangerously close to getting knocked out if he tried touching me again). I lost my temper and ran over to the , got in his face and begged him to punch me first so I could fulfill my promise to him of knocking him out. He "turtled" very quickly and tried to shake my hands like we were buds. Probably because an army of angry UCONN fans came running in from all directions ready to punch the guys too. But after that all settled down and the Maryland fans were ushered out by security (without my wife's prompting), the game and season all grew incredibly discouraging. When drunk fans from MARYLAND (a program that I used to consider worse than UCONN a few years ago) begin coming into our stadium to talk and there is NOTHING I can do or say to fight on behalf of my team/school, that was an absolute low point. Hopefully the Michigan fans will be able to hold their liquor better than these Maryland fans.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Kicking deep in the fourth quarter after Philips TD catch had me scratching my head.

 

[ruskin]

Sorry to hear there was an issue with the Maryland people. Ones we tailgated with were cool and the ones I saw afterwards were pretty magnanimous. Bad apples everywhere I guess.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Not setting the edge on Ross's runs.

That was the tell.

No matter how many times Maryland shot themselves in the foot, they would trample the D eventually. If you give up 20 yards on stretch plays consistently, there really is no drama left.

UConnwas leading 7-0 and you could see it was just a matter of time. The Terps shot themselves in the foot a few times but you could see the difference in speed and talent was just too obvious to compensate for over the long run.

 

[upstater]

UConnwas leading 7-0 and you could see it was just a matter of time. The Terps shot themselves in the foot a few times but you could see the difference in speed and talent was just too obvious to compensate for over the long run.

You can compensate though by setting the edge in order to funnel those RBs up the middle to see if your DTs and MLB can stop them, and to see if those RBs can take some licks. UConn certainly has DEs with the size to set the edge.

 

[uconnell]

Dooley the mistake you made was talking to them at all. Just call security as there is no reason for any fan to take that crap. Talking to them only encourages them.

 

[TRest]

The pick 6. That was the moment when some drunk Maryland fan started spouting his mouth off to my wife and I. He wouldn't leave the standing area right behind our section and kept up the button pushing for a while. He then moved over a section and met up with a friend who joined in on trying to push my buttons (calling me a loser and mimicking my wife who threatened to call security on the guy who I told was getting dangerously close to getting knocked out if he tried touching me again). I lost my temper and ran over to the , got in his face and begged him to punch me first so I could fulfill my promise to him of knocking him out. He "turtled" very quickly and tried to shake my hands like we were buds. Probably because an army of angry UCONN fans came running in from all directions ready to punch the guys too. But after that all settled down and the Maryland fans were ushered out by security (without my wife's prompting), the game and season all grew incredibly discouraging. When drunk fans from MARYLAND (a program that I used to consider worse than UCONN a few years ago) begin coming into our stadium to talk and there is NOTHING I can do or say to fight on behalf of my team/school, that was an absolute low point. Hopefully the Michigan fans will be able to hold their liquor better than these Maryland fans.

Visiting fans (this year) have no excuse to be drunker than UConn fans.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

It is a long season guys... and I doubt it'll get better...We should try College Lacrosse and forget Football. The AAC is a pseudo-FBS league and not any of the real leagues (Pac10, BigXII, B1G, ACC, SEC, MWC) wants us, because we are trying to skimp on a coaching staff that'll promote CFB!

PP got to go --- NOW!!!

 

[Dooley]

Dooley the mistake you made was talking to them at all. Just call security as there is no reason for any fan to take that crap. Talking to them only encourages them.

I usually have a pretty thick skin at games. I don't mind it when opposing fans root like heck for their team...heck, I expect them to root hard for their team. But ignoring this guy was impossible. Our seats are the last row of 139 and this guy was hanging over the rail yelling right in my ear (I was standing). I sat down after the TD and he continued to hang over the rail and yell at my wife and I. If it was just me and my wife was home (this was the one game a year that she went to...lucky her!), I probably could have ignored him more. But he crossed the line when he started yelling at her. Not to mention, he was holding his beer fairly loosely over the rail and coming dangerously close to spilling it all over her and her friend's heads. He was truly a and a black eye for the Maryland fanbase.

 

[Kgun7]

The fg return by a long shot! That decision doesn't necessarily show giving up ... It just shows an absolute failure to understand the rules and tactics of the game of football. Someone in that position should know better.

 

[upstater]

I usually have a pretty thick skin at games. I don't mind it when opposing fans root like heck for their team...heck, I expect them to root hard for their team. But ignoring this guy was impossible. Our seats are the last row of 139 and this guy was hanging over the rail yelling right in my ear (I was standing). I sat down after the TD and he continued to hang over the rail and yell at my wife and I. If it was just me and my wife was home (this was the one game a year that she went to...lucky her!), I probably could have ignored him more. But he crossed the line when he started yelling at her. Not to mention, he was holding his beer fairly loosely over the rail and coming dangerously close to spilling it all over her and her friend's heads. He was truly a and a black eye for the Maryland fanbase.

I was once at a game where this happened to me. It was pro football. I went with my wife, brother and his new girlfriend. The fans in back of me were razzing me the whole time (Patriots fan in a Bills crowd) and giving it to me pretty good, but I was talking to them. There was one jerk with a Napoleon complex in front of me who was constantly going over the line. I haven't been in a fight since HS and I tried to ignore the guy because I easily had a foot over him (no, I don't live in Tampa), and while my brother whispered to his girl that while I might be mild-mannered, there was only so much I can take, the guy stuck his finger in my chest and pushed, and I promptly sent him (and his beer) flying several rows below. The guy was with several friends, but when they tried to get into it with me, all the Bills fans behind me stuck up for me. Security showed up and the little wimp was pointing at me, but again the Bills fans behind stuck up and said that guy was instigating.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The best part of the FG return was the hesitation at the goal line, when I was convinced he just put himself in position to get tackled at the two (when prior to the hesitation he had a chance at reaching the ten yard line before contact).

I don't get why he wasn't told "if they cover the potential return at all, let the ball hit the turf and we'll get it at their line of scrimmage". By catching it, the best we could hope for was a touchback, the worst, well,.........

 

[bigAbruns]

The best part of the FG return was the hesitation at the goal line, when I was convinced he just put himself in position to get tackled at the two (when prior to the hesitation he had a chance at reaching the ten yard line before contact).

I don't get why he wasn't told "if they cover the potential return at all, let the ball hit the turf and we'll get it at their line of scrimmage". By catching it, the best we could hope for was a touchback, the worst, well,.........

He wasn't told because the coaching staff didn't think Maryland would cover....even after the TO.

 

[J187Money]

When BL left before the game ended.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

He wasn't told because the coaching staff didn't think Maryland would cover....even after the TO.

I truly believe that you are correct, which is a huge indictment on the guy in charge.

 

[Kgun7]

I truly believe that you are correct, which is a huge indictment on the guy in charge.

I have never seen a fg returned when it wasn't the end of a half or the end of a game. If you can't understand the potential loss of field position in that situation how can you be expected to understand anything else about how the game of football is played?