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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1887883, member: 289"] - It’s the tortoise vs. the hare and we are definitely the hare: We are rushing for 146 yards per game, (92nd in the country) and passing for 360 yards, (10th) for a total of 506 yards per game, (23rd). Connecticut is rushing for 138 yards per game, (98th). That’s less than we are rushing for – and they are supposed to grind us up with their running game? They are passing for 193 yards per game (96th) for a total of 331 (109). Sounds like some of our old teams- the bad ones. - It’s all about efficiency. How can you gain 549 yards and score only 20 points. It took three turnovers, three failed 4th down attempts and 10 penalties to do that. If we can cut down on the mistakes, we should be able to gain more yards and score points than Connecticut is capable of scoring. - And I think we’’ll get better as the season progresses. We’ve just put our toes in the water with this offense. It’s not going to go downhill from here: it’s going to take off. [IMG]https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8210786bce55a69df97e8cf8822c733ce0ee9adc/217_0_3070_1844/master/3070.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=6b966696b8c63edc00b77d9977d7699c[/IMG] - Connecticut has forced two turnovers in three games. They are minus 3 in turnover margin, just as we are (98th in the country). They aren’t going to win the game on turnovers. - If there’s a game winning field goal, it’s as likely to come off the foot of Cole Murphy as Bobby Puyol, who has already had a season’s worth of game winners. - I remember my comments after the Colgate game: we did an excellent job of keeping everything in front of us, closing on plays and surrounding the guy with the ball. We also did some excellent tackling with the “hawk” method. That fell apart against Louisville and USF but a lot of that was the talent they put on the field. Connecticut is much more like Colgate in their offensive approach and we may been a big comeback by the defense in this one. I think they will get better as the season progresses, too.As we get better our opponents will look worse. - We’ve played much better opposition than UConn has. Colgate is, if anything, better than Maine and we beat Colgate far worse than they beat Maine. Navy’s pretty good but probably not as good as South Florida and nothing like Louisville. Virginia is surely much worse. They might actually be 0-3 vs. our schedule. We’d surely be at least 2-1 - and a better 2-1 - against theirs. - We’ve got to start winning and the players know it. That can add pressure or it can bring out the best in players. It’s going to bring out the best in our guys. - Besides – their coach is a “meathead” of the sort we didn’t want to be coached by anymore because what Dino Babers does is better. Calling their last time out with 17 seconds left after an out of bounds play and the ball on the 1 yard line is the exact sort of thing we’ve seen here for years. Now the other team is going to do things like that for us. 1-2 with 9+ to go! LET’S GO ORANGE!!!! [/QUOTE]

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