If Etta Tawo keeps on this pace, he may crack 2k yards receiving. I have to think if he keeps it up and stays healthy, that he's a Biletnikoff finalist at a minimum and likely All American. Pretty exciting and nice to see a player that was overlooked at his former school to really blossom.
Nice to see Ish start to make an appearance in this offense. Just one bad step from a long TD for him and played very physical when he did get the ball.
Dungey looked fantastic at times and then struggled with accuracy/consistency here and there. I think the offense is slowing down a bit for him and his arm stamina is building. So that's a positive sign.
Franklin was all over the place all game as was Bennett, I thought Thomas had a great game too. The LB's look like they are getting comfort with the Tampa 2.
DB's overall played well, good tackling for the most part against a QB that can look pretty good in streaks. Couple of blown coverages/miscues but I think that is bound to happen over the middle with how young this group is.
Specials, which has been strong, took a dip this game. A number of miscues on kickoffs, not much return on kicks or punts, mixed performance on our punts and 2 missed FG's. And they allowed a critical field goal fake. Not a strong game for them at all. Hopefully a learning experience for them but I do have concern with Hof's consistency.
Run game still continues to struggle with the exception of a big play here or there. I think this is directly linked to the run blocking struggles this hodge podge OL has had.
Mentioning the OL, I felt the pass protection was pretty good today. Nice to see Evan Adams get some run. I think he has a bright future here.
Thought the staff called a good game - was a little surprised that Dino didn't go for it on the 4th and 1 at midfield but that was the only real call I questioned based on how he typically calls a game.
Final note, my lord is Bob Diaco a doosh. Even his demeanor I found annoying. Really don't care for him. He looks like he has UCONN heading in the right direction, so I give him credit for that, but I'm glad we didn't hire him.
I liked Shafer but now I have the feel a bit of what it was like for our opponents. Diaco's UCONN teams remind me of Shafer's teams and how he used them.
