Whoever UConn just played post game thread

[Palatine]

What WAS the official attendance yesterday anyway? Couldn't have been more than 1500 on the UConn (bench) side of the field and the one end zone with seats. Didn't get much of a look at the home side, but it didn't look too full either.

They reported 21,000

 

[MrHockey9]

It’s been probably posted already last night but Joly finally had a solid game yesterday. His shake off scoring on that two point conversion was impressive. Reminded me of several of his games last year. Hopefully, he has shaken off the drop yips. Charles needs to get him more involved in upcoming games.

 

[ZooCougar]

? Is somebody else getting back up snaps?

At Pitt? I would assume so if Jurk is practicing as a TE.

 

[Kolumbo]

Looks like Cam Ross is a big Ronaldo fan!

UConn 38-31 Rice (Oct 7, 2023) Video Highlights - ESPN

Video highlights, recaps and play breakdowns of the UConn Huskies vs. Rice Owls NCAAF game from October 7, 2023 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[TouchdownHusky]

You see it in all sports. Sometimes a coaches best decision is to stick with a struggling player that the fans want benched. A lot of time that player rewards the coaches faith and turns it around.

Here that Mac Jones!

 

[2Infinity]

At Pitt? I would assume so if Jurk is practicing as a TE.

I’m pretty sure he was referring to the UConn portion of the post and thus our backup QB, not Pitt’s.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Good to see TR use the middle of the field the past 2 games.

Yes. Those are throws he can reliably make.

 

[RSTuthill]

Well he’s obviously not even the back up anymore. They moved on.

Huh? Who was on the two deep? That would indeed be news if true. Do you have a source? Are we talking about the same guy? ZT?

 

[RedStickHusky]

At Pitt? I would assume so if Jurk is practicing as a TE.

Misread your post to think you meant Zion. My bad.

 

[SwingDog]

Is there a reason why this couldn't have been titled "Rice Post Game Thread."?

 

[RSTuthill]

Misread your post to think you meant Zion. My bad.

Oh, I guess so did I.

 

[ZooCougar]

Huh? Who was on the two deep? That would indeed be news if true. Do you have a source? Are we talking about the same guy? ZT?

No. Wrong team dude.

 

[KryHavok]

I was sooo relieved for the win, if for nothing else that I could finally get up and move around, being so frelling superstitious that I didn’t move from my seat (upon UConn taking the lead) while listening to the audio feed and watching the forum chat. Both sides of the ball kept the team in the game. Still, the pass defense got shredded, and Daniels had too much time to pass at times (blitz dammit). Yet the team battled and won. Well done to those boys! My word, we might have something resembling a passing attack. Let them enjoy the victory, heal, relax just a bit, and come back really hungry for win #2.

 

[uconnbill]

Rice vs UConn, Week 6

Considering the expectations, the opponent and the site of the game, this must be one of the worst losses (if not the worst) over the past 35 seasons. I'm trying to think of one worse (Nicholls State?).

Rice sucked for years so their board is clueless

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Rice vs UConn, Week 6

Considering the expectations, the opponent and the site of the game, this must be one of the worst losses (if not the worst) over the past 35 seasons. I'm trying to think of one worse (Nicholls State?).

That was fun. Thank you.

 

[Coach J]

Throwing the ball is good!

Now if can only stop running that Gawd awful Pop Warner bubble screen play we telegraph every time!

 

[JohnFSilver]

i said to myself over and over again saying I am not rooting for an 0-12 team, nice to get off the schnide and win a good damn football game. Good for Mora and these kids who have stayed on and not quit.

We have won a game now let’s win games and let’s do it against USF.

Who roots for 0-12? Are there people who are UConn fans that want them to go 0-12?

 

[Scoe]

Who roots for 0-12? Are there people who are UConn fans that want them to go 0-12?

Do you get what I actually said? I’ll educate you here.

Were 0-5 prior to our win so you had fear that we could have a winless season, seeing the Duke game in person then seeing the loss of Utah State blowing a 17 pt lead you had those thoughts in your head that we could go winless after the Utah state game.

You see how hard these kids have been playing and Mora trying like hell to find a way. So you badly wanted to see these kids and Mora win a game.

Maybe I could’ve been more specific saying we’re not going 0-12. Going winless is obviously an historic mark that no single player, coach or fan ever wants to go through.

So from a fans perspective a tongue and cheek comment during the Rice game was saying come on I’m not gonna be rooting for an 0-12 team, we’re not going 0-12.

 

[RSTuthill]

Do you get what I actually said? I’ll educate you here.

Were 0-5 prior to our win so you had fear that we could have a winless season, seeing the Duke game in person then seeing the loss of Utah State blowing a 17 pt lead you had those thoughts in your head that we could go winless after the Utah state game.

You see how hard these kids have been playing and Mora trying like hell to find a way. So you badly wanted to see these kids and Mora win a game.

Maybe I could’ve been more specific saying we’re not going 0-12. Going winless is obviously an historic mark that no single player, coach or fan ever wants to go through.

So from a fans perspective a tongue and cheek comment during the Rice game was saying come on I’m not gonna be rooting for an 0-12 team, we’re not going 0-12.

You are overreacting. All he was saying is that no one on this board is rooting for 0-12 and prefacing your remark with that statement is completely unnecessary. It is the unstated price of admission here.

 

[UConn2SF]

Big Game Boomer's Top 50 Performances of the Week:
QBs - Roberson #16
RBs - Rosa #49

https://x.com/BigGameBoomer/status/1711085723388891369?s=20

 

[Scoe]

You are overreacting. All he was saying is that no one on this board is rooting for 0-12 and prefacing your remark with that statement is completely unnecessary. It is the unstated price of admission here.

It’s a message board and things can get taken out of context in text.

 

[SuperHuski]

This was a really good UConn victory. I know it may seem like Rice played awful and that's why we won. But I just want to point out that we forced some of those mistakes. Our d-line caused multiple fumbles, even though we only recovered a couple of them.

Rice's quarterback doesn't throw many INTs. He threw an interception at the end of the game because they were down and he had to take chances. Our pressure was really getting to him. Plus I could see Rice's OC yelling at him from the other side of the field. He was really frustrated.

Even though Roberson had a rough start to the game, OC Charlton never yelled at him. In fact, I was surprised how vocal Roberson was on the sidelines since you read articles saying how quiet he is. Sitting a few rows behind the offense, I heard a fair amount of the conversations. One thing that stuck out to me was Roberson yelling, "I'm gonna make a great throw! You're gonna make a great catch!" This was after the 2nd or 3rd series early in the game.

Have a ton of notes (and pictures) from the game. Will write it up soon.

 

[Steve UConn72]

This was a really good UConn victory. I know it may seem like Rice played awful and that's why we won. But I just want to point out that we forced some of those mistakes. Our d-line caused multiple fumbles, even though we only recovered a couple of them.

Rice's quarterback doesn't throw many INTs. He threw an interception at the end of the game because they were down and he had to take chances. Our pressure was really getting to him. Plus I could see Rice's OC yelling at him from the other side of the field. He was really frustrated.

Even though Roberson had a rough start to the game, OC Charlton never yelled at him. In fact, I was surprised how vocal Roberson was on the sidelines since you read articles saying how quiet he is. Sitting a few rows behind the offense, I heard a fair amount of the conversations. One thing that stuck out to me was Roberson yelling, "I'm gonna make a great throw! You're gonna make a great catch!" This was after the 2nd or 3rd series early in the game.

Have a ton of notes (and pictures) from the game. Will write it up soon.

Since you were at the game on the UConn side and had a look at the Rice side of the stands, how close to accurate was the announced attendance of 21,000? Misplaced comma for a real total of 2,100?

 

[UCan3]

This was a really good UConn victory. I know it may seem like Rice played awful and that's why we won. But I just want to point out that we forced some of those mistakes. Our d-line caused multiple fumbles, even though we only recovered a couple of them.

Rice's quarterback doesn't throw many INTs. He threw an interception at the end of the game because they were down and he had to take chances. Our pressure was really getting to him. Plus I could see Rice's OC yelling at him from the other side of the field. He was really frustrated.

Even though Roberson had a rough start to the game, OC Charlton never yelled at him. In fact, I was surprised how vocal Roberson was on the sidelines since you read articles saying how quiet he is. Sitting a few rows behind the offense, I heard a fair amount of the conversations. One thing that stuck out to me was Roberson yelling, "I'm gonna make a great throw! You're gonna make a great catch!" This was after the 2nd or 3rd series early in the game.

Have a ton of notes (and pictures) from the game. Will write it up soon.

What a great post. This game deserves no asterisk. We won, they lost. Rice had every opportunity but as you stated, we were up for the challenge - made things difficult for them.