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Year 3 (2024)

are you guys all saying that there's hope for us?!
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
According to today's press conference, Mora feels good about progress with raising NIL. And if he is talking about having conversations with players about not being good enough, he must feel pretty confident he can bring in higher quality talent via the portal.

I don't think it will be shocking if Mora makes changes on offense. He complains about the offense after almost evey game. I think he is as frustrated as us. And if he doesn't...that means he is hanging all the deficiencies on the quality of players.
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I will say this. HCJM's skillet is ideally suited to raising money. Whether or not he enjoys spending time on that I have no clue. It is a talent but most probably not a favorite way to spend time
 
Windham4th said:
Not that we are anything to sneeze, but the thought of playing UMass every year sounds so incredibly dull.
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Other than a P5 coming to The Rent, it's the only game every year that's guaranteed to have some true excitement. That's even true this year because if we beat them and Sacred Heart, our 3-9 will technically be better than their 3-9. There's no reason we should ditch UMass as an annual rival, especially with both of us as independents.

Speaking of future schedules, does anyone think there's a chance we could play Wazzu and/or Oregon State next season? I imagine those two are scrambling to fill their schedules since they only have three confirmed games and only themselves in the Pac-2.

We still have one opening and potentially two if AAC-bound Army cancels/modifies our series.
 
RSTuthill said:
So I was gonna post my own thread but then found this.

What will happen during the post season?

1. Will HCJM stay? Personally I think that it is at best 50-50. UConn has shown clearly that it does not have the resources to compete in the age of the portal/NIL.Thus CFB has fundamentally changed since HCJM was hired.

2. If HCJM leaves, who will replace him? Personally I would vote for Chesney.

3. If HCJM does NOT leave;
----- Is a DC hired?
----- Is Charlton replaced?
----- Any other coaching changes?
----- How bad will the exodus outbound be?
----- Will there be any money to hire quality replacement players?

4. Any other major changes such as realignment and other stuff?
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On #4, it is possible that UMass and Delaware could pair up to join either the MAC or CUSA.
 
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BonaConn said:
Other than a P5 coming to The Rent, it's the only game every year that's guaranteed to have some true excitement. That's even true this year because if we beat them and Sacred Heart, our 3-9 will technically be better than their 3-9. There's no reason we should ditch UMass as an annual rival, especially with both of us as independents.

Speaking of future schedules, does anyone think there's a chance we could play Wazzu and/or Oregon State next season? I imagine those two are scrambling to fill their schedules since they only have three confirmed games and only themselves in the Pac-2.

We still have one opening and potentially two if AAC-bound Army cancels/modifies our series.
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The opening will likely be a home game against an FCS opponent.
 
CL82 said:
Nah, I think our game matters to them.

Personally, I don't mind the UMass game because that was a rivalry game in football back when I was in college. I would love for us to have risen beyond it, and for time, we did just that, but now we have regressed and this game has become semi-interesting due to Regional bragging rights.
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Agree about UMass but BCU, Rutgers and Cuse would feel no need to play UConn.
 
Bongo Fury said:
Agree about UMass but BCU, Rutgers and Cuse would feel no need to play UConn.
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BCU will still play us. As P* conferences keep growing, we are going to find it more and more challenging to schedule a games with their members.
 
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shizzle787 said:
The opening will likely be a home game against an FCS opponent.
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Hopefully on Thursday night before Labor Day before we all go to the shore for the weekend on Friday.
 
CL82 said:
BC you will still play us. As P* conferences keep growing, we are going to find it more and more challenging to schedule a games with their members.
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Yep - in 3-4 years the schedule is going to look pretty bad.
 
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shizzle787 said:
The opening will likely be a home game against an FCS opponent.
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Sure, but if the Army game gets cancelled, hopefully it's replaced by an FCS team on 9/9. Then, maybe we could start a home-and-home at the Rent with Oregon State or Wazzu in October. (I'm kind of assuming Cuse is gonna be at Yankee Stadium in November)
 
BonaConn said:
Sure, but if the Army game gets cancelled, hopefully it's replaced by an FCS team on 9/9. Then, maybe we could start a home-and-home at the Rent with Oregon State or Wazzu in October. (I'm kind of assuming Cuse is gonna be at Yankee Stadium in November)
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UConnDan97 said:
I agree with a lot of this post. The team is competitive in just about every game. I see growth in Roberson. I see growth in multiple players. Cam Edwards was gassed because Rosa was hurt and we don't have depth in certain critical areas. And we really miss some of last year's losses like Guidone, etc.

But this is a competitive team. This isn't the despair that I felt under Diaco and Edsall 2.0. I'm hoping the Huskies can close the year strong, hit the recruiting trail, and build toward next year. I'm confident Mora is the right guy...
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I watched the first quarter and honestly not bad. We self destruct every game
 
Mora said he’s getting 14 impact players. Done with HS signings.

It sounded, to me, like $$ are in the bag.

We are getting them and can be aggressive. Where are the Benjimans from? Who knows
 
RSTuthill said:
UConn is playing as a mid level FCS right now. What they need is an FCS coach who could win an FCS national title with UConn's resources and money. That is Chesney. There is no one in FBS right now that is attractive, who would come here.
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What we need is folks to have bigger aspirations. We remain a program uncommitted to competing at highest level in ALL sports.
 
CL82 said:
Nah, I think our game matters to them.

Personally, I don't mind the UMass game because that was a rivalry game in football back when I was in college. I would love for us to have risen beyond it, and for time, we did just that, but now we have regressed and this game has become semi-interesting due to Regional bragging rights.
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Regional bragging rights? I have literally never heard anyone mention these games except for people on here. And I live in CT and worked in Springfield for a decade.
 
Windham4th said:
Regional bragging rights? I have literally never heard anyone mention these games except for people on here. And I live in CT and worked in Springfield for a decade.
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I think a big chunk of money should be spent on a qb - anywhere from 500,000 to 1,000,000. Not sure what the going rate is for an above average g5 starting qb, but I would think that would be enough.
 
huskysupporter said:
I think a big chunk of money should be spent on a qb - anywhere from 500,000 to 1,000,000. Not sure what the going rate is for an above average g5 starting qb, but I would think that would be enough.
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We have a really good high school prospect coming in next year so I'm not really worried about that.
 
shizzle787 said:
We have a really good high school prospect coming in next year so I'm not really worried about that.
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I wouldn't mind being able to redshirt him a year, but I wonder, with the portal, if that would end up meaning we never saw him on the field.
 
CL82 said:
I wouldn't mind being able to redshirt him a year, but I wonder, with the portal, if that would end up meaning we never saw him on the field.
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He's probably better than Roberson so I would not risk it.
 
Due to an highly effective Marketing Campaign, UConn raised expectations for this year. So now, this season feels a bit like a nightmare - last Saturday was Edsall low. But I agree other games have been competitive. But one thing I would point out, these games aren’t as close as they appear on paper. It’s not like we were winning an at end of game and we let one slip away. Nope, most times we are fighting but when it comes down to make a serious run to win the game, we Wither.

My point? Next year it’s not just about us getting better, but Mora may need ”win back” some fans he lost this year. The commitment to attend a game in E. Hartford is significant. It’s a 6 hour event for many, travel/parking/traffic/food.

Mora has lots of work to do in the offseason. Whatever he did last offseason was clearly nowhere close to where it needed to be. Not sure if he’s got a bunch of “yes men” around him or what But time for him/staff to get serious.
 
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