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Post by Ignutz on Sept 4, 2021 16:41:09 GMT -5
Sean McDonough with a shout-out to the HC win and to HCBC at the start of the second half of Alabama-UMiami national telecast on ABC.
Called BC a “superstar”.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 4, 2021 16:47:44 GMT -5
Fresno St. up on Oregon by 3 into the 4th quarter! Game winning TD for the Ducks was scored by the guy who started for BC at QB when we played them. (edit) And the Jackwabbits nearly doubled up on Colorado State, 42-23; coached by Steve Addazio.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 4, 2021 16:53:03 GMT -5
Edsall may be a lousy coach, but geez, what what is the attraction for a recruit in 2021? Play off campus, have no idea who you'll be playing from year to year....do they sell them on free tickets to hoop games?
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 17:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Sept 4, 2021 17:26:40 GMT -5
Edsall may be a lousy coach, but geez, what what is the attraction for a recruit in 2021? Play off campus, have no idea who you'll be playing from year to year....do they sell them on free tickets to hoop games? fbschedules.com/ncaa/uconn/ There's games on here kids would want to play. The rest of the stuff I agree w/you on. Plus the punching bag aspect of the program
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 4, 2021 17:34:32 GMT -5
I got out of 500 Mass and a friend came up to me talking about Modak’s TD and especially about him swatting away the QB!
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Post by dharry13 on Sept 4, 2021 17:39:36 GMT -5
Fantastic game. Didn’t pass for a huge amount but to me certainly showed they can do it. Great all phases
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Post by deep Purple on Sept 4, 2021 18:45:36 GMT -5
Touchdown Holy Cross!! By the way--can anyone report on Oliver's 23 yard run (I am following on "stats")? Did he show some speed there? I think they made a mistake on the stats. On the play-by-play on the box score on their first drive. "3rd and 5 at HCR42 Oliver,Peter rush for 23 yards gain to the UCo35 (Fortt,Omar), 1ST DOWN."I think that was actually a completed pass to Gilliam.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 18:56:36 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 18:58:18 GMT -5
Sort of silly for CBSSN to choose Sluka as the player of the game with over 8 minutes left
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Post by efg72 on Sept 4, 2021 19:12:19 GMT -5
Sort of silly for CBSSN to choose Sluka as the player of the game with over 8 minutes left Think Anderson and one or two others were deserving of the honor
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 19:15:10 GMT -5
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Post by thecrossisback on Sept 4, 2021 19:42:45 GMT -5
What a game. Happy I got to enjoy it in person! Can’t go undefeated if you don’t win the first game! Attachments:
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 4, 2021 19:46:11 GMT -5
‘Announced’ crowd - 18762 - from the tv I’d say at most half of the number actually in attendance
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Post by gks on Sept 4, 2021 19:56:57 GMT -5
Was at game. Great win.
HC, except for a stretch from mid first quarter to mid second quarter controlled this game. They dictated. Peter Oliver went out with a concussion. He ran great today. Offense with Saluka has a confidence to it. Felt they were conservative with his running today but Saluka is a factor that must be accounted for. Ng's kickoff were almost all into the endzone. A rare weapon for FCS programs. D-Line was awesome. Coach Pucko has them playing like a street gang. They dominated up front. Will absolutely own the PL if they continue to play like this.
Enjoy Chesney while it lasts. Wins like this get you FBS jobs.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 20:02:40 GMT -5
Was at game. Great win. HC, except for a stretch from mid first quarter to mid second quarter controlled this game. They dictated. Peter Oliver went out with a concussion. He ran great today. Offense with Saluka has a confidence to it. Felt they were conservative with his running today but Saluka His name is Sluka.
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Post by gks on Sept 4, 2021 20:03:30 GMT -5
Was at game. Great win. HC, except for a stretch from mid first quarter to mid second quarter controlled this game. They dictated. Peter Oliver went out with a concussion. He ran great today. Offense with Saluka has a confidence to it. Felt they were conservative with his running today but Saluka His name is Sluka. My bad. Thanks for the correction.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 20:14:28 GMT -5
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Post by JRGNYR on Sept 4, 2021 20:32:46 GMT -5
It’s nice to get an FBS win again, finally. 4th FBS win since ‘82 and by my count the first FBS win over someone not named Army (86, 87, 02). Hope the rest of this season plays out better than the rest of the 02 season, which went downhill quickly if I remember right.
No letdowns next week. Merrimack will want to do the same thing to HC that HC just did to UConn.
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Post by cross99 on Sept 4, 2021 20:32:59 GMT -5
I was totally unaware you had a headset on during the game and were privy to the amount of time HCBC called plays. Nice win in a game that we should have won. Two biggest takeaways for me: 1) Chesney bringing his Strength & Conditioning Coach with him from Assumption has made a huge difference at HC. We were bigger, stronger, and faster today. 2) Chesney needs to unplug his headset when we have the ball and let his Offensive Coordinator call the game. We could have score 50 today if we didn’t spend so much time getting in our own way, defaulting to 2nd and long after running nearly every 1st down, etc. We have a bunch of weapons on offense, including the emergence of Purdy in the second half today, and the ultra conservative play-calling/approach is just holding the talent back.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2021 20:36:53 GMT -5
38 are the most points since the 49 vs Fordham in 2019
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 4, 2021 21:46:33 GMT -5
It’s nice to get an FBS win again, finally. 4th FBS win since ‘82 and by my count the first FBS win over someone not named Army (86, 87, 02). Hope the rest of this season plays out better than the rest of the 02 season, which went downhill quickly if I remember right. No letdowns next week. Merrimack will want to do the same thing to HC that HC just did to UConn. Merrimack went down to D-2 and beat St. Anselm 55-23. I like our chances of heading to New Haven at 2-0.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 4, 2021 22:03:22 GMT -5
‘Announced’ crowd - 18762 - from the tv I’d say at most half of the number actually in attendance I would guess somewhere between 14K - 16K. It was a cool morning but the sun was definitely beating down during game. A good number of fans were taking breaks and getting into the shade periodically.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 4, 2021 22:51:14 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 5, 2021 4:55:21 GMT -5
Story from the UConn site: After flopping in the Week 0 opener at Fresno State, UConn football flopped even harder in its home opener Saturday, losing to FCS school Holy Cross at Rentschler Field, 38-28. Holy Cross opened the game with a 77-yard touchdown drive in which quarterback Matthew Sluka effortlessly moved the Crusaders down the field. Offensively, UConn opened the game with seven plays and 18 yards in its first two drives. After trading punts, Jack Zergiotis tied the game up with a 50-yard cannon to freshman receiver Keelan Marion.
On the ensuing possession, Holy Cross fumbled leading to a short field that UConn capitalized on with a Zergiotis sneak for a touchdown, making it 14-7 Huskies. This would be their final lead of the game. Minutes later, a Zergiotis pass deflected off the body of a pass-rusher into the hands of defensive lineman Jason Modack, who returned it 29 yards for a touchdown, tying the game at 14.
The two teams traded long touchdown drives, with Zergiotis hitting Marion again to make it 21-21 with 2:57 left in the first half. Marion made an incredible effort to secure possession and keep a foot in bounds after the play was initially called
Holy Cross responded with a poised drive that included a 3rd-down conversion and a 4th-down conversion to end the half with a field goal and go into the locker room with a 24-21 lead. UConn’s mediocrity continued through the 3rd quarter. The Huskies’ drives ended with a fumble, a touchdown, and a punt. Holy Cross got a touchdown as well to hold on to its three-point lead.
In the fourth quarter, turnovers and bad coaching led UConn to squander any offensive momentum it had going. Zergiotis threw two interceptions, the second of which essentially sealed the game for the visitors. UConn also punted from the Holy Cross 41-yard line with 10:35 left in the game down a touchdown.
Even though the punt was downed at the two-yard line, an optimal outcome for the decision to punt, Holy Cross drove 98 yards down the field for a touchdown to secure the victory.
The 98-yard drive was aided by a 76-yard scamper by Sluka, where UConn displayed terrible discipline and tackling, a play that set the Crusaders up for their game-changing touchdown.
Holy Cross out-gained UConn, 361-262, as the Huskies allowed 224 rushing yards. UConn was thoroughly outplayed on both sides of the ball in a way that would be excusable against a Big Ten opponent but absolutely unacceptable against an FCS team. The Huskies coughed the ball up four times while the Crusaders committed just one turnover.
Zergiotis finished 17-for-41 on passing attempts for 174 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions. Kevin Mensah lead Husky rushers with 65 yards and Marion was their leading receiver with three catches for 60 yards and the two touchdowns.
This loss is incredibly embarrassing for the program and can hardly be chalked up to a talent deficiency, rust issue, or melting cleats. This is the worst loss in program history since the drubbing Paul Pasqualoni’s Huskies took to FCS Towson in 2013.
If UConn leadership was not already considering changes in the leadership of this football program, this loss is a down point for a program that already hit rock bottom in 2018. If it hasn’t progressed since then, shouldn’t somebody be held accountable?
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