Zergiotis starter moving forward

[uconnfan68]

Think he is Cody Endres actually.

Not close. Z has much better touch.

 

[Coach J]

I find this curious for several reasons. One MB has a win under his belt and two he didn't play poorly but they nutered him because his 2 best receivers were out. Wouldn't you want to see what he could do with Brown and Ross on the field? I mean after all he did win the job out of camp for a reason at least see what he can do with his 2 main guys out there. Also I strongly felt Jack Zergiotis got lucky more then once on completions where his receivers bailed him out with great catches. Also he had a few more that should have been picks, but were dropped. And I thought he picked the wrong read a few times. I did not see any of this out of MB last week sans the pick 6.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

A1


Definitely. Both Brian and Pindell would be very good with this bunch too. It was weird watching Uconn throwing successful so many times today.

Agreed. And that is a sad recollection of UConn since Dan O, with the possible exceptions of '09 (the Easely season) and Sherriff's final year in '17 with Lashee as OC. Also, the final 4 games in '13 with Casey. That was a very exciting stretch (who can forget the season finale against Memphis. Air Cochran. Think he threw around 58 times.

 

[kemba]

I find this curious for several reasons. One MB has a win under his belt and two he didn't play poorly but they nutered him because his 2 best receivers were out. Wouldn't you want to see what he could do with Brown and Ross on the field? I mean after all he did win the job out of camp for a reason at least see what he can do with his 2 main guys out there. Also I strongly felt Jack Zergiotis got lucky more then once on completions where his receivers bailed him out with great catches. Also he had a few more that should have been picks, but were dropped. And I thought he picked the wrong read a few times. I did not see any of this out of MB last week sans the pick 6.

Play in games counts more than in training camp, and the way Edsall announced MB as starter (Very late in camp, on twitter, at like 5 am) showed it wasn't exactly a decisive win

 

[tiger8mush]

game plan was surprising - 38 passing plays called (31 attempts, 7 sacks/rushes) and 22 rushing attempts by Thompkins / Mensah. Around 60% passing with a true freshman making his first start, certainly didn't think this would happen.

Whats neat is our top two WRs today (Brown and Ross) are also true freshmen. Drayton, another t.f., was also targeted a few times and played well last week too. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

 

[noeynox]

Not close. Z has much better touch.

Endres had great touch. Go back and watch the TD he threw to Kashief Moore at Rutgers. I do think this kid is better, Endres had lead feet. Similar attitudes however. Endres thought he was The Man also.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I find this curious for several reasons. One MB has a win under his belt and two he didn't play poorly but they nutered him because his 2 best receivers were out. Wouldn't you want to see what he could do with Brown and Ross on the field? I mean after all he did win the job out of camp for a reason at least see what he can do with his 2 main guys out there. Also I strongly felt Jack Zergiotis got lucky more then once on completions where his receivers bailed him out with great catches. Also he had a few more that should have been picks, but were dropped. And I thought he picked the wrong read a few times. I did not see any of this out of MB last week sans the pick 6.

Problem is, even if Beaudry is halfway decent, he's done after the last game.

We may have something here with Zergiotis and if continues to show promise we'll have our guy for the next three seasons.

 

[mikedog10]

game plan was surprising - 38 passing plays called (31 attempts, 7 sacks/rushes) and 22 rushing attempts by Thompkins / Mensah. Around 60% passing with a true freshman making his first start, certainly didn't think this would happen.

maybe the plan was different before the game, but did you see the rushing numbers? They needed to air the ball out even more!

 

[whaler11]

game plan was surprising - 38 passing plays called (31 attempts, 7 sacks/rushes) and 22 rushing attempts by Thompkins / Mensah. Around 60% passing with a true freshman making his first start, certainly didn't think this would happen.

Whats neat is our top two WRs today (Brown and Ross) are also true freshmen. Drayton, another t.f., was also targeted a few times and played well last week too. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

brown is a grad transfer. but he made one ridiculous catch. drayton made a big play for a true freshman.

 

[huskymedic]

>>Zergiotis was 21 of 32 for 275 yards. The only true freshmen to throw for more yards in a game at UConn during UConn’s time playing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level are Dan Orlovsky, who started 27 NFL games, and Tim Boyle, currently the No. 2 quarterback behind future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers with the Green Bay Packers.<<

 

[uconnphil2016]

brown is a grad transfer. but he made one ridiculous catch. drayton made a big play for a true freshman.

Drayton has the ‘it’ factor. He makes some great catches for a frosh. Him and Ross together should be fun.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Just finished watching the game.

Despite the two INTs, I was satisfied by Zergiotis, especially his poise as a true freshman. Made some difficult passes to Ross, Brown and Rose and liked that he wasn't afraid to take risks.

Bottom line, it was fun to watch 57 minutes of the game where UConn was still in it.

 

[uconnric]

game plan was surprising - 38 passing plays called (31 attempts, 7 sacks/rushes) and 22 rushing attempts by Thompkins / Mensah. Around 60% passing with a true freshman making his first start, certainly didn't think this would happen.

Whats neat is our top two WRs today (Brown and Ross) are also true freshmen. Drayton, another t.f., was also targeted a few times and played well last week too. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

Lots of reasons to be optimistic after yesterday's game. Brown is a transfer who only has one year of eligibility.

 

[UConnRock]

Love the concept of having a potential 4 year starter to build a team around. Fans have been teased for so long with potential of high school commits like Cochran, Nebrich, Boyle, etc. only to end up with transfers (Whitmer, Shirreffs, Pindell) or the walk-in Mcentee. We haven’t seen the types of throws that Zergiotis was making in a long time. The game was a refreshing reminder of what it is to be a UConn football fan. A much needed step forward.

 

[Kolumbo]

UConn football: Randy Edsall breaks down decision to name Jack Zergiotis starting quarterback

"got a strong arm . . . like one of the boys . . . . give me a Molsen . . let's go have a drink, sit down with the offensive linemen . . "

 

[huskymedic]

"got a strong arm . . . like one of the boys . . . . give me a Molsen . . let's go have a drink, sit down with the offensive linemen . . "

OLine didn’t want freaking ice cream - they wanted beers!

 

[Pudge]

Wally Pipp’d

That’s the nature of sport. Long before any of us were born. A spark is lit ... and you go with it.

 

[Pudge]

Love the concept of having a potential 4 year starter to build a team around. Fans have been teased for so long with potential of high school commits like Cochran, Nebrich, Boyle, etc. only to end up with transfers (Whitmer, Shirreffs, Pindell) or the walk-in Mcentee. We haven’t seen the types of throws that Zergiotis was making in a long time. The game was a refreshing reminder of what it is to be a UConn football fan. A much needed step forward.

You can’t have that conversation about the passing without a handful of impressive WRs. And Ardell Brown just looks different ... he’s got a professional talent/pride component to how he presents his play.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

"got a strong arm . . . like one of the boys . . . . give me a Molsen . . let's go have a drink, sit down with the offensive linemen . . "

Lol I can’t believe he said that... drinking age is 18 in Canada so that covers half the team...

 

[Adios]

This Zergiotis kid comes off as a Baker Mayfield.

He'll be a senior when we play Clemson?

 

[History Geek]

This Zergiotis kid comes off as a Baker Mayfield.

He'll be a senior when we play Clemson?

Assuming no redshirt for whatever reason (injury, coaches’ decision), he will be a junior in 2021.

 

[freescooter]

So here’s my problem with Z. As we learned a few days ago he is from Canada so he can’t be good. Lots of experts on this board pointed that out when we were recruiting another Canadian quarterback.

Problem #2 is what I call the palatine conundrum. When the #3 quarterback becomes your starter who do you turn to when pal is demanding the backup?

 

[Adios]

So here’s my problem with Z. As we learned a few days ago he is from Canada so he can’t be good. Lots of experts on this board pointed that out when we were recruiting another Canadian quarterback.

Problem #2 is what I call the palatine conundrum. When the #3 quarterback becomes your starter who do you turn to when pal is demanding the backup?

If we get a Canadian QB in the NFL, we'll have a strong Canadian tradition at UConn.

 

[huskymedic]