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

[thesportsguru11]

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

Friends, it is that time of 'chise season again.

The start of the 2018 season in 'chise will mark the third year of our create-a-coach side story featuring, you, the followers of this 'chise, me and our coaching alter egos.

If you wish to be a little more interactive with me in this 'chise, fill out a coach submission form and I'll insert you into the game as a coordinator at a mid-major school (in place of one of the fake coaches) in hopes that you can carve out your road to coaching glory with Coach Diaco. Who knows, maybe you can get to UConn someday.

You can PM this to me or post it right in here, either way works. I need submissions by Wednesday, July 1 unless I change my mind or if there are extenuating circumstances. I'm on vacation July 3rd-11th, so I'd love to get the offseason done before then. Otherwise, depending on how things go, I may keep it open during that span if we can work something out. I'm at bowl season in dynasty (almost caught up), and I'm anticipating getting the last game played by Saturday.

REMEMBER: Folks already with a coach in the 'chise are NOT allowed to submit another at this time.

Completely optional, as always,and it doesn't require you to be very active in this dynasty, the only thing you need to do is fill this out and watch the 2018 unfold. But it's a lot of fun, I do updates in with the Around the NCAA post and it's just a neat thing to follow along on the side. In a few seasons' time, I'd love to have 10-15 different followers with coaches (we're up to 6 right now), and hopefully we'll all land head coaching jobs at some point, that way I'd give UConn more compelling choices for out of conference scheduling.

CAC Entry Form for Season 5 (2018)

Name:
Age:
Skin Color: (Light, Medium, Dark)
Body Size: (Small, Medium, Large)
Head:
Apparel:
Hat/Glasses (Optional):
Alma Mater:
Offensive Philosophy/Playbook: (You can describe your style or give a playbook)
Defensive Philosophy/Playbook: (Same as above)
Sub Frequency: (Offense, Defense, NOT required)
Specialty: (Offense or Defense)
Coaching Style: (Example: Laid Back or High Energy?)

Any other information to consider for selecting initial job?


Thanks for your time. USF coming up later tonight!

[Knickerbocker91]

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

Name: Tyrell Coley
Age: 30
Skin Color: Medium
Body Size: Small
Head: Short Hair
Apparel: T-Shirt
Hat/Glasses: None
Alma Mater: Virginia Tech
Offensive Philosophy/Playbook: Run first, Pro style
Defensive Philosophy/Playbook: 3-4
Sub Frequency: 85 for Offense and Defense
Specialty: Offense
Coaching Style: Laid Back, High Disciplinary. Fire, Not Flash (Hilarious because my favorite position to play is WR)

No Duke. My only requirement.

[DrGravyBoat]

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

Name: Bob Trebell
Age: 42
Skin Color: White
Body Size: Small
Head: Short Hair
Apparel: Vest
Hat/Glasses: Regular
Alma Mater: Auburn
Offensive Philosophy/Playbook: Auburn/ Air Force mix
Defensive Philosophy/Playbook: 3-4
Sub Frequency: Minimal subs
Specialty: Special Teams
Coaching Style: High Energy, high octane.

[bryan3169]

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

Name: Brennan Smith
Age: 30
Skin Color: Light
Body Size: Medium
Head: Dark Hair as possible
Apparel: Polo
Hat/Glasses: Visor
Alma Mater: Northwestern
Offensive Philosophy/Playbook: Pro Style (Rush offense slighly higher than pass)
Defensive Philosophy/Playbook: 3-4 Defense
Sub Frequency: Medium Frequency
Specialty: Defense
Coaching Style: Aggressive

[RedRaider10]

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

Name: JJ Mac
Age: 27
Skin Color: (Light, Medium, Dark): Light
Body Size: (Small, Medium, Large): Small
Head: 8 (Or whatever the younger one is, I can't check now.)
Apparel: T-Shirt
Hat/Glasses (Optional): None
Alma Mater: Texas Tech
Offensive Philosophy/Playbook: No-Huddle Spread/Ohio State
Defensive Philosophy/Playbook: Attacking/3-4
Sub Frequency: High on Offense
Specialty: Offense
Coaching Style: High Energy

He wants to build up a team that he knows well. (Not so subtle hint...)

[ThaBoss18]

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

Name: Matthew King
Age: 32
Skin Color: Light
Body Size: Large
Head: Don't Care which one
Apparel: T-shirt
Hate/Glasses: None
Alma Mater: Tennessee
Offensive Philosophy: Pass First think 60% Pass 40% Run Pro style playbook
Defensive Philosophy: 4-3 attacking, likes to blitz and attack the QB
Specialty: Offense
Coaching style: Very aggressive but very calm

[thesportsguru11]

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

Bull Market

Carrezola's fumble six caps UConn's 21 point 4th, sink USF to remain unbeaten

Man, do I love me some defense. Big, fat, juicy defense.

Welcome back to the UConn soul train. First, let me say a massive thank you to the 5 of you who have just joined the NCAA Coaching Ranks. Hopefully we can get more (there's plenty of room), and we'll check in on that in a few days when we wrap up the season.

But into the game now. Last time we met, Mike Miller was kicking his way to stardom, and while Miller wasn't the hero in this one, UConn's stingy defense did its share of the work and produced, you guessed it, another unsung hero in Luke Carrezola.

But we'll save that for later.

UConn, again, fell behind at the half and, again, it took a furious 4th quarter rally to finally put the game away.

To be honest, UConn's offense wasn't all that good...again.

Arkeel Newsome started in style, taking the opening kickoff to the USF 35, and Bryant Shirreffs hit Thomas Lucas for 30 yards, setting up Josh Marriner for a 3 yard TD.

The only flaw in UConn's D early was the guarding of tight end Elkanah Dillon. USF tight ends have been problematic for UConn defenses over the years, (think Sean Price in 2015 for those who remember). The reason? Quintin Harrell was guarding Dillon, and Harrell is a rather slow linebacker (converted defensive end, understandable). However, it wasn't until later that Bob Diaco noticed....

D'Ernest Johnson took the opening carry of USF's drive 25 yards to midfield. Immediately following, Quinton Flowers hit Dillon for 50 yards and a TD, shedding tacklers like rag dolls on the way.

From there, a series of 3 and outs ensued, and the 1st ended at a 7 deadlock.

Flowers ended the 1st with a 45 yard pass to Dillon, and it only took 4 plays in the second until USF scored again. Marlon Mack, the other half of the two headed monster at tailback with Johnson, punched in the 1 yard TD (which set the career TD record at USF).

Trouble struck for UConn after, though, as Shirreffs, looking for a long pass, misfired and, instead of finding Lucas, hooked up with Nate Godwin. From USF.

But UConn dug in, and held USF to only 3 plays before a punt, and the Huskies took over at the long end of the 39.

Shirreffs scrambled for 14, and Marriner followed suit with a 14 yard carry of his own. Following a no gain and two incompletions, UConn rolled the dice on 4th down from the USF 34. Out of Miller's field goal range, so Diaco didn't really care that it was a 4th and 10. Regardless, UConn went to one of their favorite formations, the five man shotgun with Newsome and Jeff McNeal next to him. McNeal was wide open well past the first down marker, but...he....dropped it.

In and out of his hands. No one near him. Gahhhhh......

Back to the Elkanah Dillon show, and Diaco finally smartened up and put a faster linebacker (turned out being Sammie Leonard) on Dillon. Believe it or not, he was contained from that point on. Mostly.

UConn, aided by a 40 yard chuck and pray pass to Thom Lucas, ended the half with a field goal fro everyone's favorite near walk-on, Mike Miller. A really bad half (down 14-10) got masked by a chuck and pray...how about that...

Diaco tightened up the D even more after that, and forced USF into a 3 and out immediately out of the half.

However, UConn struggled with drops again on their drive Tommy Myers), but Ty McCray cornered a beautiful punt to the 3. While D'Ernest Johnson gashed UConn for 25, then Flowers followed with a 22 yard scramble, but USF again couldn't finish, and again punted.

With the end of the 3rd approaching at this point, UConn, per usual, kicked themselves in gear, stringing a long drive that stretched into the start of the 4th. Lucas caught a pass for 9. Center Steve Hashemi, a former tight end, pulled a Bill Belichick/Nate Solder (I mean....it was clearly deception....) for a 9 yard catch, Marriner ran for 15. Ron Johnson gained 24 on a pair of carries. Jon Haden made his first (and only) catch of the day to close to the 3rd for 10 yards. Marriner finished with a 6 yard TD, and UConn had a 17-14 lead, their first since the 1st quarter.

With the lead, what did UConn do? Nearly blow it. Yikes...

D'Ernest Johnson rattled off runs of 13, 14 and 10 before Mack took over and went for 9, 4, 4 and 2 to pull USF into the red zone. Luckily, Sta'fon McCray got held up a yard short on 3rd down (Tashawn Coleman on the TFL, and USF was held to a field goal to tie.

Ah, now we can talk about something exciting. The game broke open at this point. With time ticking away in the 4th (3 minutes and change to go), UConn tried to use as much of the clock as possible.

Marriner rolled forward for 8 (on his way to another 100 yard game, #Marriner26Heisman), but got stopped a half yard back on 2nd down and ended up a half yard short on 3rd, at their own 33. Conventional wisdom says you punt and trust your awesome D, right? Bob Diaco is a nutcase. But in this scenario, he was right.

Orginially calling a no huddle RB Dive, he had Shirreffs audible out and throw. Sure enough, Tommy Myers was wide open while USF looked for a run. Myers practically jogged to the mailbox, 66 yards for the go-ahead TD.

USF had about 2:30 to tie again, however, Mack went back 3 yards on the first play. Flowers rolled out to scramble on the next play, but Junior Joseph decked Flowers near the line of scrimmage, and the ball popped free. Carrezola, our unsung hero from earlier, scooped and scored to give UConn a 31-17 lead, and, effectively, the game.

SIDE NOTE: USF did get a last drive, but Cam Stapleton deflated it with career sack #.....eh I lost track. But he did break the single season sack record for UConn.. Congrats to Cam!

Another late rally for UConn. But that defense doe....

Can UConn finish 'er off with a 12-0 season at The Property against Temple? Join me back here on the UConn bane train...see ya there.

And uh...did I mention we won the AAC East?

Connecticut Huskies at South Florida Bulls
Nov 18, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#2 Connecticut Huskies (11-0, 8-0)	7	3	0	21	31
South Florida Bulls (8-3, 6-2)	7	7	0	3	17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CONN	USF
6:16	(CONN) Marriner 3 run (Miller kick)	7	0
5:45	(USF) Flowers 50 pass Dillon (Jones kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CONN	USF
5:56	(USF) Mack 1 run (Jones kick)	7	14
:00	(CONN) Miller 22 FG	10	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CONN	USF
6:57	(CONN) Marriner 6 run (Miller kick)	17	14
3:45	(USF) Jones 33 FG	17	17
2:26	(CONN) Shirreffs 66 pass Myers (Miller kick)	24	17
1:43	(CONN) Carrezola returned fumble 21 (Miller kick)	31	17

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bryant Shirreffs 8-17 186 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Josh Marriner 24 104 4.3 2 Ron Johnson 4 22 5.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Thomas Lucas 3 79 26.3 0 Tommy Myers 2 75 37.5 1 Jon Haden 1 10 10.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Junior Joseph 7 1 0 0 Derek Robinson 7 0 0 0 Vontae Diggs 6 1 0 0

South Florida Bulls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Quinton Flowers 10-17 171 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D'Ernest Johnson 18 117 6.5 0 Marlon Mack 6 17 2.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Elkanah Dillon 6 163 27.1 1 Ryeshene Bronson 1 9 9.0 0 Kennard Swanson 1 -2 -2.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Auggie Sanchez 9 0 0 0 Nate Godwin 6 1 1 0 Rohan Blackwood 6 1 0 0

[Knickerbocker91]

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

Congrats on winning the AAC East. That defense, aside from Elkanah Dillion's numbers, was on point.

[thesportsguru11]

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

NCAA Players of the Week

Week 13 CAC Results

Oklahoma St. and OC Kurt Warner moved to 6-4 (5-2) with a win over Texas in Week 13. Mason Rudolph threw for 388 yds and 3 TD's in the win.

Quinn Shea (HC, #19 USC; thesportsguru11)

L (8-3, 7-2) 17-31 vs. #4 UCLA (11-1, 8-1)

M. Browne: 17-38, 189 yds, TD
J. Smith: 6 rec, 52 yds, TD
M. Hutchings: 7 tckl (TFL)

Week 14: @ #21 Notre Dame (8-3)


Brian Woodard (OC, Ohio; mattynokes)

L (8-3, 5-3) 25-38 vs. #23 Western Michigan (10-1, 7-1)

J. Duckworth: 13-27, 181 yds,2 TD
D. Brown: 17 rush, 97 yds, TD
B. DiCillo: 11 tckl

Week 14: vs. Miami-OH (3-8, 2-6)


Max Crenshaw (OC, Central Michigan; whughes)

L (3-8, 1-7) 24-41 vs. Northern Illinois (4-7, 3-5)

D. Wood: 22-43, 315 yds, TD
C. Stith: 22 rush, 104 yds, 2 TD
N. Brisson-Fast: 5 tckl (5 TFL), 2 sck

Week 14: @ Ball St. (1-10, 1-7)


Sam Freday (OC, Bowling Green, RoundingThird)

L (5-6, 4-4) 20-41 vs. Buffalo (7-4, 6-2)

C. Williams: 16-29, 150 yds, 4 INT
J. Haley: 23 rush, 145 yds, TD
G. Schwieterman: 6 tckl (2 TFL), sck

Week 14: @ Akron (7-4, 5-3)


Kaelyn Willingham (OC, Rice; kswgrad2012)

W (8-3, 5-2) 48-39 vs. Old Dominion (4-7, 4-3)

J. Jones: 28-39, 365 yds, 5 TD, 11 rush, 26 yds, TD
K. Hicks: 10 rush, 72 yds, TD
T. Alaka: 7 rec, 41 yds, 3 TD
B. Lavender: 6 tckl (4 TFL), 1.5 sck

Week 14: @ #6 Marshall (10-1, 6-1)


Jordan James (OC, UTSA; HARLEE23)

W (4-7, 3-4) 37-40 vs. Louisiana Tech (5-6, 4-3)

J. Thomas: 19-25, 391 yds, 2 TD
K. Thomas: 10 rec, 242 yds
T. Crossland: 7 rec, 130 yds, 2 TD
J. Todd: 9 tckl (2 TFL), sck

Week 14: vs. Middle Tennessee State (3-8, 3-4)

Congrats on winning the AAC East. That defense, aside from Elkanah Dillion's numbers, was on point.

As I mentioned, the only reason Dillon had such a good game is because we had Harrell trying to guard him. If I'd have thought to put someone like Leonard, Diggs, or even Tashawn Coleman on him, he could've been completely neutralized.

[thesportsguru11]

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

UConn, BC confirm game at Gillette next fall

Set to play September 2018

UConn is out to assert their dominance of college football's northeast.

After reports broke last month that UConn and Boston College were discussing playing a game at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, the deal is now confirmed. The two teams will reportedly face off in Week 3 of next season, 2018, with a 7:00 primetime start. NESN and ESPN will have coverage of the game.

Sources have confirmed that this is a one game deal, and the back end of a proposed series at either Fenway Park or MetLife Stadium has been shut down.

Boston College and UConn have emerged as the top two teams in the Northeast this season, BC going 7-5 with a chance to win the ACC Atlantic for the first time ever, and UConn sitting at 11-0 and #2 in the country, with serious College Football Playoff aspirations.

More information will be released in the offseason about festivities and the like, and we will get that to you when it becomes available.

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UConn, Tennessee cancel upcoming series

UConn is now left looking for new teams to play, as the Tennessee Volunteers, due to scheduling issues, have agreed in principle with UConn to eliminate the home and home the two teams were set to play in 2019 and 2021.

No other information about who will replace the Vols on UConn's schedule has been released at this time. Rumors from the Hartford Courant say that Iowa, USC, and neutral site games against Texas A&M and Northwestern could fill that void.

There are no hurt feelings or anything, they just had to cancel. Hopefully we can play them sometime in the near future.

[thesportsguru11]

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

UConn Recruiting

What!?!?!?!?!?!? Guru remembering recruiting?? Where are we?

No, this is legitimately a recruiting update prior to senior day. UConn's class is shaping up well this year, as already Coach Bob Diaco has signed 16 players for next season, and a few more are still on the board and may be headed to East Hartford this fall.

UConn Huskies Recruiting- Commits as of 11/25/17
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Ja'Montres Jones	WR/TE	HS	West New York, NJ	6'5	244
Luke Williamson	RB	HS	Nautilus Park, CT	5'11	223
Mike Hill	LB	HS	Edmonton, CN	6'2	244
Scott Coffman	LB	HS	Piedmont, AL	6'2	180
Carlton Parker	WR	HS	Hope Mills, NC	6'2	195
Kent Newton	CB	HS	New Bodin, WI	6'1	181
Chris Murphy	CB	HS	Piedmont, AL	5'11	181
Altarri Gardner	DE	HS	Derby, CT	6'4	255
Kyler Parks	ATH	HS	Yazoo City, MS	5'11	185
A.J. Paxston	LB	HS	Bowling Green, OH	5'11	244
Brett Lowery	DE	HS	Ville Platte, LA	6'2	237
Sam Barnett	CB	HS	Portland, ME	5'11	166
Synphez Jeffries-Mayo	DT	JUCO Jr	Fairland, MD	6'0	266
Kyle Lee	LB	HS	Norwalk, CT	6'0	233
Danny Mack	LB	HS	Fort Lee, NJ	6'1	235
Brian Link	G	HS	Naugatuck, CT	6'1	300

Let's start with the commits though. We already knew about the heavy hitters, like 4-star prospects Ja'Montres Jones, Mike Hill, Luke Williamson, Scott Coffman, Carlton Parker and 3-star athlete Kyler Parks.

However, plenty of new commits have landed since then. Coach Diaco, much like every year, sees a need for defense, but with veterans littering the outside of the secondary, a share of new corners will pop up for UConn next fall.

Along with Parks (who will likely play corner), Wisconsin's Kent Newton, Alabama's Chris Murphy and Maine's Sam Barnett will all join Diaco at UConn. All are three-star prospects, and all grade out around 66 overall. Regardless, the trio will look to pair with redshirt freshman Jake Crowder and rising seniors Travis Lumpkin and Anthony Watkins, along with walk-on freshman J.D. Rudie next year. There is a strong chance all three could play next year.

Defensive end is another big spot for Diaco, as Sam Rourke is the only underclassman at end. Local prospect Altarri Gardner and Louisiana's Brett Lowery are the two prospects to commit thus far. Both grade out around 68 overall, and are in line to play immediately with Cam Stapleton graduating and backup Folo Fatukasi graduating this spring as well. Both are balanced, and will be asked to get to the QB early and often when they are able to play.

JUCO prospect Synphez Jeffries-Mayo has also been brought in to compete in a deep defensive tackle rotation next year with T.J. Newell, Gene Jackson, Brent Howard and Johnquez Blair. Though Jeffries-Mayo is undersized at 6 feet, 266 pounds, he's strong and athletic, which will diversify the position a bit.

In addition to Coffman and Hill at linebacker, another local prospect in Kyle Lee and A.J. Paxston are coming to bolster what will be a very deep linebacking group next year. Despite losing a pair of starters in Junior Joseph and Quintin Harrell, the duo could compete for playing time along with UCLA transfer Marcus Bradford, Sammie Leonard, Tim Duchane, Tashawn Coleman, John Cox and Tom Willis.

Paxston is a lot like Vontae Diggs in the sense that he has speed and ability to get to the QB. Thus, Paxston will be used exclusively in blitz packages early. Lee is similar, but is a little bigger than Paxston, and may be better suited for a middle linebacker role in UConn's 3-4.

There aren't many guys left on the UConn recruiting board, but an intriguing prospect is local QB Tanner Dean-Lowry.



A 3-star prospect, Dean-Lowry is graded as high as a 72 overall by SPARQ and is a fringe 4 star prospect according to ESPN. While UConn has their QB of the future in David Hamilton, Dean-Lowry fits Diaco's mold of a QB who can do a bit of everything, and would make a very reliable backup in 2 years' time. Or who knows, maybe he can overtake D-Ham completely if things go wrong.

Corners Patrick Walker and Elandon O'Neill are considering UConn, nimble D-Ends James Mandrell and Brian Jackson are still being evaluated, and big linebacker Alex Brown is deciding between Bowling Green, UConn and Boise State.

Other than that, we'll see what UConn can do. But the class is shaping up nicely so far.

[thesportsguru11]

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

The University of Connecticut, its staff, coaches, players, fans and boosters, would like to thank our seniors for their years of service to the school:

RB Josh Marriner: #Marriner26Heisman. 'Nuff said.

QB Bryant Shirreffs: 3 year starter who peaked as a sophomore. Been an effective game manager since, but his leadership, mobility and arm strength will be missed next year.

DE Cam Stapleton: UConn's all-time sacks leader was a 3 year starter who quietly became one of the best in school history.

CB Jamar Summers: A few picks shy of being the best corner in school history. 4 year starter who lived on his own island.

LB Junior Joseph: Never flashy or spectacular, but racked up awards last year and sacrificed his stats for a greater leadership role this year. A rock in the middle of the defense.

LB/DE Quintin Harrell: Jack of all trades despite being close to 300 pounds. JUCO transfer could really lay a hit.

WR Thomas Lucas: The #3 hitter in our baseball lineup, Lucas was only good for the long ball. But he was still one of the most effective wideouts in school history.

G Trey Rutherford: While I still don't know 4/5 of my linemen's names 4 years in to this dynasty, Rutherford makes me feel like he's been here forever. 'Cuz he kind of has.

TE Tommy Myers: Another guy who's been around forever. Holdover from the last of the Pasqualoni era (yuck), he was consistent as a receiver and held off a host of challengers earlier in his career.

T Tommy Hopkins: To be honest, I completely forgot he was starting for us for a while. But was our best tackle this season, and taught a lot to our younger linemen, who will take over for him next season.

DE Cole Ormsby: Extenuating circumstances prevented him from ever winning a starting job, but the dude could get to the QB.

CB Javon Hadley: Started alongside Summers and that messed with his numbers a bit, but was still really good for us for most of his run.

WR Damon Mitchell: Arkansas transfer was a 2 year starter, and our slot man both years. We won't find a much bigger slot man than him.

DE Folorunso Fatukasi: Never quite caught up to anyone who was a starter talent wise, but was a serviceable backup, and a great mentor to younger players. His presence will without a doubt be missed.

[thesportsguru11]

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

Rowing to Shore

UConn wraps up perfect regular season behind Marriner's 4 TD's, look for CFP berth in AAC Title

It hasn't been pretty once this season, but UConn is undefeated. Still. And because of their Heisman hopeful Josh Marriner, they are sitting pretty at 12-0, with a College Football Playoff Berth seemingly locked up.

In UConn's 38-21 over Temple on Senior Day at The Property, Marriner's 37 carries, 217 yards and record nearing 4 TD's allowed UConn to pull away from a Temple team that never seemed to be able to go down.

This was evidenced at the start of the game. After going 3 and out on their opening play, UConn was tasked with stopping J.T. Blyden, a UMass transfer who, like Marriner, has already topped 1,000 yards this season.

However, it was fullback Trent Martin who broke 5 tackles in the backfield and sprinted 53 yards to the end zone with blockers behind him. Unbelievable.

But as we know, UConn has never gotten off to good starts this season, so that can be excused.

Especially because return man god Arkeel Newsome brought the ensuing kick back to the Temple 29. Bryant Shirreffs' 15 yard scramble set up Marriner nicely, and bounded a yard in for the tying TD.

Blyden was next to break a bunch of tackles in a carry of 11, but was held a yard short on a big 3rd down, and Temple had to punt.

UConn covered 80 yards rather quickly, as Marriner went for 15, 3 and 10 before Shirreffs hit fellow senior Tommy Myers for 16. Alec Bloom was up next for a 9 yard gain, then Jeff McNeal gained 11 on a run after a string of short gains.

Marriner ended the drive with a 6 yard TD dive, 14-7 UConn into the 2nd.

Blyden apparently didn't care, and tied up the game himself with a 70 yard TD from the first play of Temple's next drive. Shedding 4 tackles in the backfield. Makes no sense because the dude can't be more than 5'9.

Regardless, UConn pieced together another long drive, led by Bryant Shirreffs firing a perfect 4-4 passing. Marriner ended with a 2 yard TD plunge (again), and UConn had a 21-14 lead at the half.

Temple went 3 and out very quickly out of the half, and set up UConn to take command of the game. Marriner sprinted 10 yards, then Shirreffs hit Thomas Lucas on a seam down the right sideline in one on one coverage for a 56 yard pickup. Marriner and Ron Johnson couldn't score despite the good field position their QB left them in, and Mike Miller cleaned up with a chip shot field goal. 24-14.

Temple needed a score as the 3rd dwindled away, but all they could muster was a punt, as the run game was starting to be completely washed away.

It took UConn two plays to once again score. Lucas was on the left side this time, and busted coverage on a C-Route. Shirreffs noticed, fired a laser and Lucas walked home with the TD from 65 yards out. 31-14 at this point, and into the 4th UConn was running away.

Following a Temple 3 and out (again) and a Shirreffs INT (his first and only of the day), Temple drove 95 yards down field to make the game interesting for about 3 minutes.

Will Ulmer, held completely silent up to this point from the QB spot, finally noticed it wasn't day anymore (Owls..get it?...never mind), and hit Matt Eaton for 17, Brodrick Yancy for 29, Derrek Thomas for 17, Yancy for 12 more, than tight end Will Randall for the 5 yard score.

OK. To be fair I had no idea Temple could do that. Marriner would make sure that would be the end on UConn's next drive, and gained 50 yards on his own, accompanied by Johnson's 24. Marriner's 20 yard TD put the game away, and moved UConn an inch closer to the promised land.

It was a very good day for Marriner, obviously with his 4 TD's, but Shirreffs was efficient (despite half of his yardage coming from Lucas), and the defense recovered from not being able to tackle anyone earlier.

In addition, we run the home win streak to about 2 years and a month, in total I think it's 16 games now. I need to check on that. But still, the more important thing is that we get one last game at The Property. AAC Title Game against (most likely) Tulane, who have pulled off an improbable turnaround. That team went 0-12 two seasons ago. I love Steve Addazio.

Did I mention, a 75% chance of snow?

Haha.

See ya next time.

Temple Owls at Connecticut Huskies
Nov 25, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Temple Owls (6-6, 5-4)	7	7	0	7	21
#2 Connecticut Huskies (12-0, 9-0)	7	14	10	7	38

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TEM	CONN
4:59	(TEM) Jordan 53 run (Jones kick)	7	0
3:18	(CONN) Marriner 1 run (Miller kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		TEM	CONN
5:23	(CONN) Marriner 6 run (Miller kick)	7	14
5:00	(TEM) Blyden 78 run (Jones kick)	14	14
1:45	(CONN) Marriner 2 run (Miller kick)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TEM	CONN
2:58	(CONN) Miller 23 FG	14	24
1:26	(CONN) Shirreffs 65 pass Lucas (Miller kick)	14	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TEM	CONN
4:14	(TEM) Ulmer 5 pass Randall (Jones kick)	21	31
2:58	(CONN) Marriner 20 run (Miller kick)	21	38

Temple Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Will Ulmer 14-20 204 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J.T. Blyden 10 159 15.9 0 Trent Jordan 3 53 17.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Derrek Thomas 5 95 19.0 0 Matt Eaton 3 40 13.3 0 Will Randall 3 27 9.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Shamir Bearfield 11 0 0 0 Zalmir Issah 10 0 0 0 Jacob Martin 6 2 0 0

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bryant Shirreffs 10-15 216 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Josh Marriner 37 217 5.8 4 Ron Johnson 6 40 6.6 0 Bryant Shirreffs 6 22 3.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tommy Myers 3 42 14.0 0 Thomas Lucas 2 121 60.5 1 Damon Mitchell 1 16 16.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Junior Joseph 9 1 0 0 Luke Carrezola 5 0 0 0 Derek Robinson 4 0 0 0

[thesportsguru11]

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

UConn to #1, baby!

NCAA Players of the Week

Week 14 CAC Results

Oklahoma State OC Kurt Warner led his Cowboys to a 24-6 win over Texas Tech this week. With the win, Warner's Cowboys improve to 7-4, 6-2.

Quinn Shea (HC, #17 USC; thesportsguru11)

W (9-3, 7-2) 28-21 vs. #21 Notre Dame (8-4)

M. Browne: 16-23, 224 yds, 3 TD
D. Marshall: 17 rush, 88 yds
M. Dorton: 11 tckl (5 TFL), 2 sck

Week 15: BYE


Brian Woodard (OC, Ohio; mattynokes)

W (9-3, 6-3) 49-28 vs. Miami-OH (3-9, 2-7)

J. Duckworth: 20-22, 259 yds, 3 TD
D. Brown: 23 rush, 207 yds, 2 TD
B. Cope: 10 rec, 232 yds, 3 TD
B. Jones: 6 tckl (2 TFL), sck

Week 15: BYE


Max Crenshaw (OC, Central Michigan; whughes)

W (4-8, 2-7) 20-12 vs. Ball St. (1-11, 1-8)

D. Wood: 13-31, 120 yds, INT
D. Spalding: 20 rush, 122 yds, TD
M. Stanitzek: 9 tckl (4 TFL), 1.5 sck

Week 15: BYE


Sam Freday (OC, Bowling Green, RoundingThird)

W (6-6, 5-4) 31-28 vs. Akron (7-5, 5-4)

C. Williams: 18-32, 178 yds, 2 TD
J. Haley: 19 rush, 108 yds, TD
G. Schwieterman: 8 tckl (4 TFL), 2 sck, FF, FR

Week 15: BYE


Kaelyn Willingham (OC, #22 Rice; kswgrad2012)

W (9-3, 6-2) 40-35 vs. #6 Marshall (10-2, 6-2)

J. Jones: 23-34, 344 yds, 5 TD, 17 rush, 94 yds
K. Hicks: 17 rush, 88 yds, TD, 6 rec, 104 yds, 2 TD
D. White: 10 tckl

Week 15: BYE


Jordan James (OC, UTSA; HARLEE23)

L (4-8, 3-5) 19-31 vs. Middle Tennessee St. (4-8, 4-4)

J. Thomas: 20-36, 290 yds, 2 TD
K. Thomas: 9 rec, 146 yds, TD
P. Gould: 7 tckl

Week 15: BYE

[DrGravyBoat]

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

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