We have a football team too... Guru's UConn Huskies (NCAA 14)

[RoundingThird]

Good job. Score was closer than in reality, and turnovers were probably about the same, knowing the UConn offense.

[thesportsguru11]

Quote: Originally Posted by Po1soNNN

Good job. Score was closer than in reality, and turnovers were probably about the same, knowing the UConn offense.

I just got done playing the Boise game for week 2. Your mind will be blown. Maybe.

[thesportsguru11]

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[dcfounders]

Great work keep it up!

[thesportsguru11]

GAMEDAY!

Game 2 for our UConn Huskies see the 0-1 Boise State Broncos come to town with their new head coach Bryan Harsin.

The Broncos feature two stars on the offense, dual threat QB Grant Hedrick and NFL prospect Jay Ajayi at tailback.

Ajayi and Hedrick are both dangerous in space, and the best matchup of the day will be between them and UConn's great linebacking core of Graham Stewart, Jefferson Ashiru and Marquise Vann.

Boise's receivers, Matt Miller, Shane Williams-Rhodes and Dallas Burroughs, are all solid and make for big weapons in the pass game. Byron Jones will be tasked with covering, most likely, Miller and will have to play well again.

Chandler Whitmer is back in the starting spot this week after a poor performance last week vs. BYU. In order to keep his starting job, he'll have to play well against a solid Boise secondary, led by safety Jeremy Ioane and the Broncos' several solid corners. I'd expect the short pass game to be effective with guys like Sean McQuillan, Thomas Lucas and the stable of running backs to see lots of touches.

Prediction: Boise 24, UConn 14

I'm thinking Boise can pull this out, but only because I'm not entirely confident in Whitmer just yet. If he plays well and the defense stops Ajayi, UConn has a shot to pull the upset.

Quote: Originally Posted by dcfounders

Great work keep it up!

Glad you like it. Thanks for the comment.

[Yankeesfan224]

tough first lose look forward to seeing what you did against Boise State

[Gronk4M13]

Following, this is very well done.

[thesportsguru11]

Bucked

UConn rallies back, falls in triple OT on fumble 6

Dallas Burroughs with his eventual game winning TD grab.

If you'll excuse me, I need to clear up two things before I get fully into this recap. Go ahead, text your girlfriend or something, I'll be right with you.

- Jefferson Ashiru is the best football player ever. Ever.

- Chandler Whitmer, I apologize for my mockery of you last week. Now that you have asserted yourself as a serviceable QB, you may enter the cockles of my (and Bob Diaco's) heart for the best turnaround in one week in NCAA Football history.

OK, all good.

Basically, all was lost from the get-go.

No turnovers or anything like that, it was just the offense sucked. Deshon Foxx had a great return to open the game, but Tim Boyle (in for an injured Whitmer, he had the wind knocked out of him on the second play of the game), went 0-5 in his very short stint as UConn QB.

A few numbers to illustrate my point: 1 yard of offense through the first quarter, no first downs until right before half.

However, the defense (led by Ashiru, of course), were able to stop Grant Hedrick and Jay Ajayi (for the most part) after the Broncos got up 14-0 after 1 quarter.

But after the terrible stats and Whitmer coming back in the game, UConn figured it out. Whitmer hit Geremy Davis for a big gain to get inside the 10 before hitting Sean McQuillan 2 plays later for a score.

14-7 at half. After Boise's Jack Fields ran in a score, Whitmer responded by running in a TD of his own with 4 minutes to go and brought our Huskies within 7.

Jay Ajayi, who had 83 yards and 2 scores, was one of 4 Boise rushers who saw snaps vs. UConn.

However, after stymieing Boise's offense most of the day, Hedrick found life. Ajayi had a few big runs and Hedrick directed Boise into the 10 yard line with 3 minutes to go. Seeing daggers, Hedrick looked for Shane Williams-Rhodes. Instead, he found.. who else.... Ashiru. Hedrick would throw 3 picks in the game, but that was clearly the biggest.

Max DeLorenzo (who would leave the game later; he'll be back next week) rewarded his offense by running in a short TD, and suddenly UConn tied the game at 21 with 1:45 remaining.

Needless to say, Boise didn't mess around. Because exactly 18 seconds after DeLorenzo's score Hedrick hit Dallas Burroughs for a miraculous 75 yard score where he spun past Byron Jones and ran into the end zone. 28-21 Boise.

Whitmer didn't flinch. He hit Foxx for a diving 21 yard gain, then Davis for another long completion that brought UConn 30 yards from overtime.

With 45 seconds and 3 timeouts, UConn took their time. Josh Marriner ran twice to get inside the 6, and Whitmer hit Foxx for a 6 yard TD.

Overtime here we come.

In the first OT, both teams matched field goals. Second OT, Whitmer hit McQuillan for a 20 yard score, and Boise responded with a 9 yard Jay Ajayi scamper. Tied at 38, we headed to a 3rd OT period.

Boise got ball first, and Hedrick hit Matt Miller, held quiet by Jones most of the game, for the go-ahead score. Miller also got the conversion. UConn's flawless D through regulation had faded away.

With the Broncs up 8, UConn needed a score and conversion to stay alive. It didn't last long, as Whitmer was sacked by Tanner Vallejo, and Jeremy Ioane ran it back to give Boise the 52-38 victory in triple OT.

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach Diaco

That's going to sting. We had them on the ropes, we came back twice, we were close. At least we have our position battles finalized, and we can go into Army in 2 weeks with confidence.

As Coach mentioned, UConn has a bye before playing Army in Yankee Stadium Week 4.

In closing, Chandler, I do apologize.

Jefferson Ashiru's stat line: 16 tackles (5 TFL), sack, INT (DAMN!)

#AshiruforButkus #AshiruforNagurski #AshiruforBednarik

Graham Stewart is underrated.

See ya in 2 weeks.

Sean McQuillan with the first score in double OT.

Boise State Broncos at Connecticut Huskies
Sep 6, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Boise State Broncos (1-1)	14	0	7	7	24	52
Connecticut Huskies (0-2)	0	7	0	21	10	38

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BSU	CONN
5:00	(BSU) Ajayi 3 run (Goodale kick)	7	0
1:25	(BSU) Demas 8 run (Goodale kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BSU	CONN
:41	(CONN) Whitmer 10 pass McQuillan (Puyol kick)	14	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BSU	CONN
:59	(BSU) Fields 16 run (Goodale kick)	21	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BSU	CONN
4:04	(CONN) Whitmer 7 run (Puyol kick)	21	14
1:42	(CONN) DeLorenzo 2 run (Puyol kick)	21	21
1:24	(BSU) Hedrick 22 pass Burroughs (Goodale kick)	28	21
:14	(CONN) Whitmer 6 pass Foxx (Puyol kick)	28	28
OVERTIME SCORING		BSU	CONN
	(BSU) Goodale 38 kick	31	28
	(CONN) Puyol 19 kick	31	31
	(CONN) Whitmer 20 pass McQuillan (Puyol kick)	31	38
	(BSU) Ajayi 9 run (Goodale kick)	38	38
	(BSU) Hedrick 5 pass Miller (Converison good)	46	38
	(BSU) Ioane 75 fumble recovery	52	38

Boise State Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Grant Hedrick 28-36 422 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jay Ajayi 17 83 4.8 2 Grant Hedrick 16 93 5.8 0 Devan Demas 8 64 8.0 1 Jack Fields 2 19 9.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Matt Miller 6 70 11.6 1 Dallas Burroughs 5 151 30.2 1 Shane Williams-Rhodes 3 35 11.6 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tanner Vallejo 9 2 0 0 Jeremy Ioane 8 0 0 1 Cleshawn Page 4 0 1 0

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chandler Whitmer 20-34 326 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Josh Marriner 16 26 1.6 0 Chandler Whitmer 7 9 1.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Thomas Lucas 5 85 17.0 0 Sean McQuillan 5 53 10.6 2 Geremy Davis 4 114 28.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jefferson Ashiru 16 1 1 0 Graham Stewart 9 0 1 0 Byron Jones 8 0 0 0

Quote: Originally Posted by Yankeesfan224

tough first lose look forward to seeing what you did against Boise State

Well you're about to find out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gronk4M13

Following, this is very well done.

Thanks, Gronk!