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Will UConn Win More Than 3 in 2018??

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Milo65 said:
I can't find two wins on this schedule. 1 Win...This is my reverse mojo, since I predicted 7 last year and 8 the year prior. Reverse Mojo...1 win
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You can't say "reverse mojo" in a reverse mojo post!
 
huskypantz said:
Our front-loaded schedule should work out well for us. We are an extremely young team and I expect that things will click in the second half of the season, where we play the weaker teams.
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That’s one way to look at it, but there’s also the fear of a young team getting demoralized after a bad start and quitting on the season. I don’t expect an Edsall-led team to give up, but you never know if the “here we go again” mindset will start creeping into guys heads.
 
JMick said:
I think we win 2.
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Yep. I don’t see more than that. We beat Rhody or UMass but not both, and one other game, a freak win. It is gonna be ugly.
 
I sipped, not drank, the Kool-Aid again and renewed my 4 tickets for a 19th season.

If Jimmy and Whaler give me the Blue-White Game as a W, I'll lay $500 to the BY charity of choice right now that we win more than 4.
 
Yes, 6 wins. I'm optimistic

Week 1: UCF --- L 17 - 42
Week 2: @ Boise State --- L 21 - 28
Week 3: URI --- W 35 - 21
Week 4: @ Syracuse -- W 28 - 24
Week 5: Cincinnati -- W 24- 21
Week 6: @ Memphis -- L 28-45
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: @ USF --- L 17-36
Week 9: UMass --- W 31-20
Week 10: @ Tulsa --- W 28 - 24
Week 11: SMU --- L 28-41
Week 12: @ East Carolina --- W 28 - 24
Week 13: Temple --- L 24-27
 
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UConnNick said:
We are all in for the trip to Boise for the smurf turf classic. Expect a miracle!
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Sure, because those religious platitudes work so well for Ollie.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Gee golly I wonder why anyone would have a negative outlook on all things UConn sports right now given the current state of our Men’s BB and football programs (the only ones that really matter).
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BTW ... you aren't entitled to FOUR National Championships; TWO National Championships in Soccer; a solid FBS Football Program; the finest Women's Basketball Program in College ever; great NE Baseball; a up&coming Men's Hockey Program ... and scores of interesting athletes in a broader spectrum of sports.

We are a tiny New England State that has accomplished much. Nope. This is not the the floor or the worst our UConn Huskies AD could be. I actually took heart when Edsall was brought back and infused professionalism back into the building; and I have some notion that Chillious can get Ollie to a full roster that we can develop to get back to the NCAA within a year (though ... Calhoun level?).

Your negativity is about your entitlement. Mine ... I was a 12 year old going to games in Memorial Stadium and sat through scores of BE Tourney games at MSG 17 years in a row. I have hope ... I have an expectations that we will achieve a level of excellence in athletics again.
 
I just have zero expectations this year. I think we win anywhere from 1 to 5 games. I'm just looking for progress, especially on defense. If we end the season looking better, that's all I really want.

After taking the over on 3 wins last year and having us march down the field against Cincy, only to blow the game on a missed XP after a taunting penalty, I don't believe in anything.
 
Irish Loop said:
I just have zero expectations this year. I think we win anywhere from 1 to 5 games. I'm just looking for progress, especially on defense. If we end the season looking better, that's all I really want.

After taking the over on 3 wins last year and having us march down the field against Cincy, only to blow the game on a missed XP after a taunting penalty, I don't believe in anything.
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Team did look sharper later in the year with Pindell at the helm against Cincy and UCF. Wouldn't be surprised if they look bad/new in September and look pretty sharp and on a roll towards the end of the yr
 
Hard to lose 9 or more games with the variance in talent of UConn's opponents without some of them being real ugly (Boise in 2nd game there!). I'd be more optimistic if HCRE2.0 gave me any indication that poor defensive performance wasn't 100% on players and 0% on schemes and coaching. Opponents had few turnovers vs. UConn because they could read our defensive alignment so easy and attach weakness.
If defense gets lit up 1st 2 games and then the fruit put up big numbers boy the season could get ugly.
Last year UConn averaged 23.6 on offense and 37.9 on defense. Spread of about 14 points. So, assuming more likely to have some big point spread loses than wins, if get near even points offense/defense points could challenge for 6 wins. Unfortunately don't see it happening. AAC had 4 of top 12 scoring offenses in 2017. Boise State scored over 30 per game as did UMass. DC has shown me little to suggest he will present "a schematic advantage" (ol' Charlie Weiss of ND comes to mind) for his defense so that gets it down to "my talent on defense against your talent on offense". Don't like the odds there.
My over under is so low think I'll just keep it to myself.
 
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I don't think it is complicated. I think the offense will be fine. Pindell has more upside that Shireffs, and more downside. I think he'll be fine and if not, McAfee or Washington will step in. If they play better defense they will win a few games. There are question marks to be sure. But I find it ridiculous (in any sport) where every "question mark" is viewed as an automatic negative. Some of those guys end up being fantastic. The offseason program and S&C should pay some dividends.

So on the whole...better than last year, but not by much. I'd say 4-5 wins.
 
My answer is "yes".

Then again, I have the unique ability to find 15 wins in a 12-game season...
 
Yes, UMass is better than us, but lets not get carried away here...they just arguably had their best FBS season and won 4 games. I also heard Whipple eats 'sandwiches' that are just mayo and bread, so based on that alone I'll go ahead and say I'm happy he never coached us
 
Pudge said:
BTW ... you aren't entitled to FOUR National Championships; TWO National Championships in Soccer; a solid FBS Football Program; the finest Women's Basketball Program in College ever; great NE Baseball; a up&coming Men's Hockey Program ... and scores of interesting athletes in a broader spectrum of sports.

We are a tiny New England State that has accomplished much. Nope. This is not the the floor or the worst our UConn Huskies AD could be. I actually took heart when Edsall was brought back and infused professionalism back into the building; and I have some notion that Chillious can get Ollie to a full roster that we can develop to get back to the NCAA within a year (though ... Calhoun level?).

Your negativity is about your entitlement. Mine ... I was a 12 year old going to games in Memorial Stadium and sat through scores of BE Tourney games at MSG 17 years in a row. I have hope ... I have an expectations that we will achieve a level of excellence in athletics again.
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Preachy preacher preaches.
 
blue93 said:
That’s one way to look at it, but there’s also the fear of a young team getting demoralized after a bad start and quitting on the season. I don’t expect an Edsall-led team to give up, but you never know if the “here we go again” mindset will start creeping into guys heads.
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Agree+. Mindset is extremely fragile and who knows if a sub par performance start by four classes of athletes who hasn't experienced a +.500 season deteriorates to a belief there isn't a savior for this program........especially after 3 years of underserved hype for BD and 1+ years of underperformance by RE and his staff.

We may question RE's efforts to enhance recruiting, but if not a hint of any progress shows this year, after 50 years of UCFB support, even my balloon may be permanently deflated.

I really fear the outcome of this season.
 
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1 win ... URI

5 losses ... UCF, USF, Boise, Memphis, Syracuse

6 ... ?

If we split the six toss ups, that pushes us to 4-8. But we will be underdogs in almost all of those six games. We'll be lucky to go 3-3.
 
A nascent Program that goes to the Fiesta Bowl (after a few others) in 2009 after its origin in 2003 FBS is ... a Solid Football Program.

By definition
 
Pudge said:
A nascent Program that goes to the Fiesta Bowl (after a few others) in 2009 after its origin in 2003 FBS is ... a Solid Football Program.

By definition
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Ancient history. That was 8 years ago. UConn is now a middling to lower mid-major in FB outside of the Power Five looking in. About at the level of Buffalo. UConn got to the Fiesta bowl because they had a Power Six conference waiting to take them in and optimize their trajectory. That situation no longer exists. Do you think UConn would have stepped up to 1A FB if the only offer was from one of the mid major conferences? I don't. UConn is at a tipping point. In four more years the financial implications are going to be really clear. If RE2.0 hasn't taken the Huskies to two bowls by then, the prognosis for the program won't be good.
 
I am befuddled at the folks predicting more than like 3-4 wins, and implore you to take another look and temper expectations.

Quick Breakdown:

Schedule: Kinda tough!

Defense: Its almost undoubtedly be the worst roster I've ever seen @ UConn by a large margin. No experience, No obvious all-conference types, tons of young kids that have never played and we have no clue. We are going to be relying on them this year... and this is coming off a year where we thought we had a LOT of players and got lit up. Watch out.

Offense: We lost our starting QB, our most dynamic RB, all of our good TEs, and the first offensive coordinator that has engineered an exciting offense since... Danny Orlovsky? Mayyyyyybe a random Lorenzen game? Our only positional strength is arguably OLine... Wait, our coach just jumped ship for Auburn. Our WRs might be fine, but who is throwing them the ball? Watch out.

Specials: We might have a couple good PR and KR. I liked Swann back there. Our K is fine but missed most of the important kicks he has booted in his career. P is ok(?)
I'm not trying to be chicken little but CFB rebuilds take time and this one was stripped down to the studs by Diaco.

Best case - Miracle 5-7
Worst case - 2-10
 
bmayuc said:
I am befuddled at the folks predicting more than like 3-4 wins, and implore you to take another look and temper expectations.

Quick Breakdown:

Schedule: Kinda tough!

Defense: Its almost undoubtedly be the worst roster I've ever seen @ UConn by a large margin. No experience, No obvious all-conference types, tons of young kids that have never played and we have no clue. We are going to be relying on them this year... and this is coming off a year where we thought we had a LOT of players and got lit up. Watch out.

Offense: We lost our starting QB, our most dynamic RB, all of our good TEs, and the first offensive coordinator that has engineered an exciting offense since... Danny Orlovsky? Mayyyyyybe a random Lorenzen game? Our only positional strength is arguably OLine... Wait, our coach just jumped ship for Auburn. Our WRs might be fine, but who is throwing them the ball? Watch out.

Specials: We might have a couple good PR and KR. I liked Swann back there. Our K is fine but missed most of the important kicks he has booted in his career. P is ok(?)
I'm not trying to be chicken little but CFB rebuilds take time and this one was stripped down to the studs by Diaco.

Best case - Miracle 5-7
Worst case - 2-10
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Im more worried about RB than QB right now. But yes two wins is my honest prediction. A lot will have to go right to exceed that.
 
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JMick said:
Im more worried about RB than QB right now. But yes two wins is my honest prediction. A lot will have to go right to exceed that.
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I’m opposite. I think Mensah is going to be a really good player.
 
Guess I am old school. Wish the Huskies had a fullback who could lay the wood from the backfield. Another look the opponents have to defend against. Can't remember who it was but someone used that with great effectiveness against UConn last year.
 
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JMick said:
Im more worried about RB than QB right now. But yes two wins is my honest prediction. A lot will have to go right to exceed that.
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Agreed. I have fair confidence in Pindell
 
I normally pretty optimistic about the football team, but I think it is because I want there to be a reason to attend home games other than tailgating.

I believe the defense will be better than what I get the sense most posters here think and no it's not because they couldn't get much worse. In reality their ranking can't get much worse, but the defense in and of itself certainly could.

For one, it is difficult to reconcile some of the accolades that some of the seniors received leading up to their all-star games with their performance within the confines of the overall defense last season. Could it be an indication that the defense was not exactly marching to the same beat? I am hopeful that the sum of the parts of a full year of experience (i.e. stronger, faster, and acting on instinct) for the returning players, plus the handful of field-ready freshmen, minus those who may not have fully bought in is worth more than the group provided last year.

If the offense is competent enough to help hide some of the defense's weaknesses, that should equal at least 4 wins.
 
JMick said:
Im more worried about RB than QB right now. But yes two wins is my honest prediction. A lot will have to go right to exceed that.
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"If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it's that.." as goes the offensive line, so goes the offense.
 
Spelf said:
Agreed. I have fair confidence in Pindell
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I really like Washington and I don't think Pindell will be the reason we lose games. If we can't run the ball though then it won't matter who the QB is
 
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