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TheRoundUp 11/30: In which Jeff Jacobs destroys Randy Edsall

Jeff Jacobs Column: Randy Edsall Has Not Done Well In Maryland - Courant.com
When asked about the biggest difference between playing for Edsall and Pasqualoni, UConn captain Blidi Wreh-Wilson didn't hesitate. "We're expected to be more of men and be able to take care of ourselves without having a lot of people in our face all the time," he said.

UConn Football: Two QB system finally working for Huskies- The Register Citizen
"Every week McCummings is getting a bigger part of the game plan, and it’s helped us run the ball tremendously and taken a lot of pressure off Johnny," DeLeone said. "I don’t think the players have ever been a problem. It’s us finally finding, it took us this long, what we do best and finding what we can win with at this level. We’re starting to get into a groove of what we think we can do."

Can UConn Beat Cincinnati And Send U of L to Orange Bowl? | Rick Bozich
The Huskies are 1-3 on the road this season. The win was over Buffalo. They have lost both of their Big East road games by at least two touchdowns.

UConn Women: Tiffany Hayes becoming a force on the glass- The Register Citizen
In a recent three-game stretch Hayes had 13 rebounds against a much larger Stanford team and followed that up with 18 rebounds in her next two games. With 41 rebounds in six games, Hayes is UConn’s top rebounder heading into tonight’s 7 p.m. game against Towson at the XL Center.

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Well that quote inspires confidence in our OCs abilities

“I don’t think the players have ever been a problem. It’s us finally finding, it took us this long, what we do best and finding what we can win with at this level. We’re starting to get into a groove of what we think we can do.”

Seriously DeLeone? Pretty sure all of us here figured out by game 4 or 5 at the latest that McCummings should have been used more.

DeLeone has got to go, otherwise he will be Coach P’s undoing yet again.

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by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 10:48 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

How dare CTers

feel good about Edsall’s failures this year!

Sure, Randy is a terrible person for building the football program, but we must remember that he tried to do the right thing at the end by crippling that program just in time for Calbertus Magnus to solidify his rightful place as King of All Connecticut.

Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.

by gxpanos on Nov 30, 2011 11:11 AM EST reply actions  

Wait

When was King Cal’s throne ever in jeopardy?

2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
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by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions  

Well,

after the first-round loss to St Johns in the 2010 BE tourney, then the infractions/“atmosphere of compliance” situation, there were more than a few, “Is UConn done as a basketball powerhouse?”

Then, of course, Calbertus Magnus told everyone that he “doesn’t get defeated by things” (which should have been this blog’s banner by the way—really, “pardon our brilliance?”), won a national championship with a recruiting class of no-names and Germans, helped forge Kemba into the best UConn player ever, fired his own boss when everyone knew that’s exactly what was happening (serious Don Corleone status, or Don McCorleone status, as it were), then got Andre Drummond to commit.

But I mean, before all that stuff, people were excited enough about the “BCS” “berth” to lose only a million and half bucks (maybe the rest of the university should watch Cal say, “Not a dime back” on loop for a few hours).

Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.

by gxpanos on Nov 30, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

I second

the proposed banner change.

by Fergy on Nov 30, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions  

I also agree with this

How was that not part of the poll we had on here last year to determine what the new banner would be?

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by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Fourthed

I have no idea how this quote got past us.

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Thoroughly enjoying life atop whatever conference UConn is in today.

by Kevin Meacham on Nov 30, 2011 1:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Fine, it's changing

but should we go with:

The UConn Blog — Because Jim Calhoun does not get defeated by things.

or

The UConn Blog — We don’t get defeated by things.

by Andrew Porter on Nov 30, 2011 2:36 PM EST up reply actions  

I say the former, obviously.

But either will do.

Or maybe just a quote:

“I don’t get defeated by things.” — James A. Calhoun

Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.

by gxpanos on Nov 30, 2011 3:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I like the quote

the problem is that we can’t change the part of the banner that reads:
“The UConn Blog -”

So it’d look like this:
“The UConn Blog – ‘I don’t get defeated by things.’ – James A. Calhoun”

And that looks confusing as hell

by Andrew Porter on Nov 30, 2011 3:24 PM EST up reply actions  

What about...?

“We don’t get defeated by things (except football)”

2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
START McCUMMINGS
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
18-1
1967: Embrace it

by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 3:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I'd say option 1 too

Lest we are someday defeated by the Oriakhi family. We know for a fact that Cal can never be defeated.

by Fergy on Nov 30, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions  

The phrase "defeated by the Oriakhi family"

’Tis funny to me.

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by Kevin Meacham on Nov 30, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Meh

He still would have been King of All Connecticut even without all those awesome things, unless the infractions turned out to be Ohio State football level. Then, maybe, but I still doubt it.

UConn’s “end” as a basketball powerhouse =/= Calhoun loses spot atop Connecticut… at least for me.

Also, I am aware your original statement was a joke.

2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
START McCUMMINGS
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
18-1
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by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Gather 'round children, I am about to regale the shit out of you...

Don’t let his haircut fool you, Randy Edsall is an incompetent buffoon. The problem is that people see his haircut, which is executed with military precision, and assume that he must conduct every facet of his life in a similar fashion. This is a classic mistake. I believed in The Randy Edsall Haircut of Invincibility once, too. Then I saw the truth.

Randy Edsall is a man who coaches with the predictability of a mid-afternoon bowel movement. A man that has grown fat off the sweet, succulent teet milk of Mother Luck. But anybody with a gambling addition or a penchant for unprotected sex with hookers knows you can only scrape by on luck for so long. Sooner or later, that fickle teet is going to run dry. Randy sucked on Mother Luck’s juicy nips all the way to the Fiesta Bowl and, on the eve of the biggest game of his career, he sought her lactating embrace for one last drink. But, on that night, her mammaries were cold, barren, and unforgiving. And the Randy we saw that evening was more Edsel than Edsall: an ugly, incorrigible failure. When the world looked to Randy for a bit of lightning in a bottle, he gave us a Ziplock baggy with a fart in it; all his feeble coaching mind could muster without the nourishment of Mother Luck.

And when the dust had settled, my children, and the Sooners had their trophy, Randy was left with nothing but his immaculate haircut and the knowledge that he had reached his pinnacle. His team boarded one plane, while Randy boarded another, and that was all she wrote. 48 hours later, with gypsy-like execution, Edsall was Maryland bound, ready to pull the wool over a new set of eyes. Ready to trick a new nation of loyal fans to believe in the haircut.

by TheSwagMachine on Nov 30, 2011 1:08 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

Welcome back

The “Edsel” reference is pretty fantastic. Well done.

2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
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Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
18-1
1967: Embrace it

by derbyguy on Nov 30, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions  

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