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Your predictions for the season

uconnbaseball said:
5-7, but if Syracuse has another meltdown we could stun them. UAB is not a winnable game, they will kill us, and Rice is a tossup at best. FAU and GAST will be tough but maybe we spring a minor home upset.

We will show enough improvement to feel good about 2025, but until proven otherwise we have no QB. A shame - we have legitimate weapons on offense.
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You mean the Rice that we totally outclassed last season at their place.

I don’t know how they made a bowl tbh.
 
With as many transfers as Mora brought in, this fall camp is crucial for the team to mesh running a new defensive scheme with the 3-3-5 and on offense with a new QB, WRs, and O-Line.

I’m much more confident this year with the transfers as they all have proven production and are majority from P4 schools. Last year we could not say that.

I feel like our DL is going to be a force as we bring the majority back in Yates, Stafford, Gourdine and reinforce with Barton, Banks, Choute, and Simon. Our LBs I am also high on with Jayden McDonald from Troy leading the group (Watch his highlights).

We will have to see about the DB group we need the depth, transfers Reggie Akles and Dean Engram are sidelined with injuries in camp don’t know the extent.

The OL is another question mark but I’m happy we return Valentin Senn and Chase Lundt who were both named to the Shrine Bowl 1000 list along with Jelani Stafford.

With solid QB play, a running back group that has the “depth and talent of the 2008 squad” per UConn Country on twitter, and a revamped WR group I can see our ceiling at 9-3.

Prediction: 8-4
 
For the other year in a row, all I hope for is all 12 games the opposing team has to play their first string O and D in the fourth qtr and the opponent's offense is running their sets.
In other words, be ahead or competitive every game.
 
This isn't the hardest undefeated season I've ever predicted.

As others have mentioned, what we get out of QB is what we'll get out of the season.

Poor QB play = difficult undefeated season
Good QB play = undefeated lock
 
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Chin Diesel said:
For the other year in a row, all I hope for is all 12 games the opposing team has to play their first string O and D in the fourth qtr and the opponent's offense is running their sets.
In other words, be ahead or competitive every game.
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Hallelujah for watchable football
 
UConnDan97 said:
This isn't the hardest undefeated season I've ever predicted.

As others have mentioned, what we get out of QB is what we'll get out of the season.

Poor QB play = difficult undefeated season
Good QB play = undefeated lock
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CH8 had a nice sports segment on Mora and his team, the other night. They’re very high on Evers and some of the new receivers, he’s going to have for targets. The kid has talent, Oklahoma knew that when they grabbed him.
 
08/31 - at Maryland W
09/07 - Merrimack W
09/14 - at Duke L
09/21 - Florida Atlantic W
09/28 - Buffalo W
10/05 - Temple W
10/19 - Wake Forest L
10/26 - Rice W
11/01 - Georgia State W
11/09 - at UAB L
11/23 - at Syracuse L
11/30 - at UMass W

8-4
 
Evers is a mystery. Seems similar to when Roberson was coming in except nobody’s seen Evers play. It appears he really is a running QB which I feel is promising.
 
08/31 - at Maryland W
09/07 - Merrimack W
09/14 - at Duke W
09/21 - Florida Atlantic W
09/28 - Buffalo W
10/05 - Temple W
10/19 - Wake Forest W
10/26 - Rice W
11/01 - Georgia State W
11/09 - at UAB W
11/23 - at Syracuse W
11/30 - at UMass W
 
Hogoff said:
08/31 - at Maryland W
09/07 - Merrimack W
09/14 - at Duke W
09/21 - Florida Atlantic W
09/28 - Buffalo W
10/05 - Temple W
10/19 - Wake Forest W
10/26 - Rice W
11/01 - Georgia State W
11/09 - at UAB W
11/23 - at Syracuse W
11/30 - at UMass W
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Otherwise why play at all?
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
The nightmare ends now!

A few kids step in on the offensive line, the transfers at WR end up better than advertised and we develop Evers into the QB Oklahoma was expecting when they recruited him out of high school. Our defense kicks it up to a level we haven't seen in more than a decade and steamroll everyone in our path once the calendar turns to September.

08/31 - at Maryland - Tossup
09/07 – Merrimack - Win
09/14 - at Duke - Win
09/21 - Florida Atlantic - Win
09/28 - Buffalo - Win
10/05 - Temple - Win
10/19 - Wake Forest - Win
10/26 - Rice - Win
11/01 - Georgia State - Win (payback)
11/09 - at UAB - Win
11/23 - at Syracuse - Win
11/30 - at UMass - Win

As Maryland and Wake end up with their respective conference’s automatic bid to the new playoff, the committee ends up with no choice but to give us an at-large bid.
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My God. Guess we can dream.
 
It’s an interesting schedule to try to project. Like with every season, injuries, team chemistry and momentum both good and bad will all play their part. How the team responds to these situations will be the deciding factor in how they finish.

This schedule has zero guaranteed losses, which is a nice thing for a team trying to pull itself up out of the muck of a decade+ of bad seasons.

The toughest opponents are maybe UMD and Cuse and neither should strike fear in anybody’s heart. After Merrimack, the rest of the schedule looks like a bunch of coin flips. It’s crazy how razor thin the margins for winning and losing are for UConn. There’s no we played like * * * but still got the win. Every game is a struggle.

If the team can stay relatively healthy at key positions, and they can get some production at QB. 6-6 or 7-5 could be on the table. If they suffer key losses and/or the QBs struggle mightily then 4-8 or 5-7 are more realistic. I’m going to skew positive and go 6-6.
 
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Ldandy said:
It’s an interesting schedule to try to project. Like with every season, injuries, team chemistry and momentum both good and bad will all play their part. How the team responds to these situations will be the deciding factor in how they finish.

This schedule has zero guaranteed losses, which is a nice thing for a team trying to pull itself up out of the muck of a decade+ of bad seasons.

The toughest opponents are maybe UMD and Cuse and neither should strike fear in anybody’s heart. After Merrimack, the rest of the schedule looks like a bunch of coin flips. It’s crazy how razor thin the margins for winning and losing are for UConn. There’s no we played like * * * but still got the win. Every game is a struggle.

If the team can stay relatively healthy at key positions, and they can get some production at QB. 6-6 or 7-5 could be on the table. If they suffer key losses and/or the QBs struggle mightily then 4-8 or 5-7 are more realistic. I’m going to skew positive and go 6-6.
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l think you are right about the razor thin margins. 2years ago we were on the right side most of the time. Last year on the wrong side. If Evers is good we might land on the positive side more often.
 
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Ldandy said:
It’s an interesting schedule to try to project. Like with every season, injuries, team chemistry and momentum both good and bad will all play their part. How the team responds to these situations will be the deciding factor in how they finish.

This schedule has zero guaranteed losses, which is a nice thing for a team trying to pull itself up out of the muck of a decade+ of bad seasons.

The toughest opponents are maybe UMD and Cuse and neither should strike fear in anybody’s heart. After Merrimack, the rest of the schedule looks like a bunch of coin flips. It’s crazy how razor thin the margins for winning and losing are for UConn. There’s no we played like * * * but still got the win. Every game is a struggle.

If the team can stay relatively healthy at key positions, and they can get some production at QB. 6-6 or 7-5 could be on the table. If they suffer key losses and/or the QBs struggle mightily then 4-8 or 5-7 are more realistic. I’m going to skew positive and go 6-6.
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Fair. I’m hopeful this is the year we make a splash. That’s the case every year, but the influx of tested talent is reason for optimism.
 
3-3-5 plus Buckman = 12. After reading the Buckman thread going to go see what bookmakers will give me on UConn winning men's, women's and getting into football playoffs. May get that house in Greenwich yet.
 
Milo65 said:
5 wins. Hopefully, I’m wrong, but I’ve been drinking the Kool Aid for years and I now just can’t think Bowl Game and jinx it all.
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Losing 3 in a row at home would be a major disappointment ... especially that late In the season. Somebody's getting canned if that happens
 
Wild to me the number of people that have us beating Georgia St and Rice but losing to UAB. UAB is not good.
 
Ahhhh, August...when the BY is filled with undying optimism. I love it!!

I am with the "fool me once" crowd (or in this case fool me like 12 years in a row, lol). I was so optimistic last year. But as a previous poster said, these games come down to 1 or 2 plays. We could have easily been 6-6 last year and hanging another bowl banner if not for a few bad/unlucky plays and the same can be said about 2022, we could have easily been 3-9 if not for a few good/lucky plays.

I feel this year is the same. I have learned not to buy into the transfer hype. We all got excited when we picked up a bunch HS 4* recruits from P5 schools only to eventually realize they were in the portal for a reason and ended up doing nothing or very little here. Yes, this year's transfers SEEM to have more potential but I will believe it when I see them on the field against competition that also went out and improved their roster through the portal. Every team is getting better. The question is are we lapping them or just keeping pace?

I am going with a range of 3 wins (floor) to 7 wins (ceiling). In my heart, I am feeling we get to 6 this year and a bowl invite. A bowl win would be nice but I think that will depend on the matchup.
 
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On the plus side, we have a very good HC. On the minus side we have inexperience at QB, an OC who has never been one before and a DC installing a new defense. I am optimistic that Mora can figure this out. I already took the over so I'll say 6-6.
 
Husky68 said:
3-3-5 plus Buckman = 12. After reading the Buckman thread going to go see what bookmakers will give me on UConn winning men's, women's and getting into football playoffs. May get that house in Greenwich yet.
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Articles about a scheme that gives us PTSD and a backup slot receiver is really getting the fanbase pumped up.
 
The head says 5-7, the heart says 7-6, but the problem is so damn non-linear that it could easily be 9-4.
 
Mora is, by far, the best coach UConn is likely to attract. We are lucky to have gotten him. He started from nowhere, with a team that has never had a national reputation for football. He could have simply given up after last year but did not.

Instead, with the AD, he has made a concertized effort to build a better program. I will bet that he has been assured that he can stay as long as he wants to.

Let's be patient and give him as many years as it takes. I think that there will be slow, but steady, improvement to a very enjoyable sports program- with the understanding that UConn football will never reach the heights of UConn basketball.
 
RSTuthill said:
The head says 5-7, the heart says 7-6, but the problem is so damn non-linear that it could easily be 9-4.
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Why would you see 9-4 as a problem? Especially as apparently it would exceed expectations of both your head and your heart.
 
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