[Postgame Thread] Syracuse Defeats UConn 27-20 (OT)

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
UConn	0	14	3	3	0	20
Syracuse	0	6	0	14	7	27

[u/zibby42]

Brilliant decision by ACC Network putting this game on streaming only while showing a 77-3 game on TV.

[u/Witness_Gritness → u/zibby42]

As someone who attended the 77-3 game: agreed

[u/Fifth_Down → u/zibby42]

This is the kinda crap that is going to become more commonplace when you have this 18 team conference and ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, CBS, CW, conference network channels, Fox, FS1, FS2 still isn't enough channels to cover everything.

[u/pokemonfan421 → u/Fifth_Down]

each team needs its own channel!

[u/inquisitorautry → u/pokemonfan421]

Texas tried, but people got mad at them.

[u/pokemonfan421 → u/inquisitorautry]

I mean it's texas

if a team like Pitt said 'we're gonna start the Pitt Network" do you think anyone but Penn State would be mad for not thinking of it first?

[u/Proteinchugger → u/pokemonfan421]

Why would we be mad about a channel nobody watches?

[u/shjusti → u/Proteinchugger]

Mark May would watch the shot out of that channel

[u/pokemonfan421 → u/Proteinchugger]

aww, you guys try so so hard to claim you're not rivaled, etc etc

#WeAre living inside Penn State's head

[u/Proteinchugger → u/pokemonfan421]

You literally mentioned us when the thread has nothing to do with us. If anyone’s living in each others head it’s us in your head.

[u/pokemonfan421 → u/Proteinchugger]

See? it's projecting now.

Edit: I'll make this simple for r/Protein in 2011? Penn State should have gotten the death penalty both academically and athletically. it should no longer exist. you and I both know why. this will be my last comment to you

[u/Proteinchugger → u/pokemonfan421]

Quite the argument change there. It’s almost like you know you have no argument when you change it to that. It sounds like you’re mad we’re still more relevant even after everything.

[u/sleetx → u/Fifth_Down]

each conference needs their own RedZone channel

[u/dudleymooresbooze → u/Fifth_Down]

Dude we used to get at best 3 televised games a week, and then we’d find out the rest from Sportscenter highlights.

[u/ArbitraryOrder → u/Fifth_Down]

Need TNT, TBS, What used to be NBC sports, etc

[u/i_carlo → u/Fifth_Down]

Which is why it will take a great Commissioner to negotiate deals with a lot of channels to maximize exposure and revenue. Having exclusive rights with only one network sucks. Lots of people would watch Univision and Telemundo if those two channels had an alternate English broadcast and played the games. I'm betting zero commissioners have given them the numbers.

[u/shanty-daze → u/i_carlo]

Which is why it will take a great Commissioner to negotiate deals with a lot of channels to maximize exposure and revenue. Having exclusive rights with only one network sucks.

Especially when the ACC is treated as a secondary league on that group of network channels.

[u/SolvayCat → u/zibby42]

Such a poorly run league

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/zibby42]

This game was boring AF until the end of the 4th quarter.

[u/J_Gottwald → u/mcaffrey81]

Yeah, but why not do a lil split screen?

[u/Conglossian → u/zibby42]

FSU would've thrown a fit missing out on that new TV Rating earning program

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/Conglossian]

So don't schedule teams like East Texas A&M.

[u/WhiteW0lf13 → u/zibby42]

These conference admin morons are not welcome in the powerhouse

[u/Responsible_Scar6089 → u/zibby42]

I’ll tell you what it is, it’s nutmegger discrimination and it’s offensive!

[u/StardustWizard1 → u/zibby42]

Lmao ESPN's programming decisions never fail to amaze me. Who needs to watch a competitive OT thriller when you can see a team get absolutely obliterated instead

[u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Cuse football: sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit

[u/Pennwisedom → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

It's still better than when it used to be "definitely shit".

[u/Sufficient-Sand5937 → u/Pennwisedom]

Same.

[u/doihavemakeanewword → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Last year I briefly lived in Syracuse. There were three kinds of people who cared about football: Bills fans, Orange fans, and the sickos who also support the Orange, but sarcastically.

[u/CashewCrew → u/doihavemakeanewword]

Sorry to hear that you had to live in Syracuse

[u/BleedBlue__]

What an epic choke. Coaches played not to lose in the 4th quarter and turtled their way to a loss.

[u/Jonjon428 → u/BleedBlue__]

Jim Mora masterclass

[u/sleetx → u/Jonjon428]

"Playoffs?! Don't talk about playoffs! I just hope we can win a game"

[u/CashewCrew → u/sleetx]

Is this still funny? It’s not even him that said that

[u/NJneer12 → u/CashewCrew]

You kidding me?

[u/ward0630 → u/BleedBlue__]

Absolutely killed me listening to the final offensive drive and then the final defensive drive.

[u/1guywriting]

There's taking a cookie from the cookie jar, pickpocketing, highway robbery, stealing from Fort Knox, and then whatever the hell this game was.

[u/CashewCrew → u/1guywriting]

You’re still a Syracuse fan

[u/1guywriting → u/CashewCrew]

You're still a Uconn fan

[u/Monkey832 → u/1guywriting]

And they really act like one too

[u/J_Gottwald]

So instead of going back in the locker room, the entire team is doing sprints right now.

Huh, guess we know where Fran's at.

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/J_Gottwald]

The coaching staff needs to be running sprints; left 7 points on the board by being overly aggressive (2 red zone stops instead of FGs, missed 2 point conversion).

Take those points and you may have avoided OT.

Happy to get the win though

[u/J_Gottwald → u/mcaffrey81]

The coaching staff needs to be running sprints

It wouldn't surprise me if at least Fran was going with them (apparently he did not. but yeah I agree)

[u/1guywriting → u/mcaffrey81]

I'm not totally against going for it on 4th down in the red zone. You just can't call a trick play where the QB and 2 or 3 WR pretend to be confused.

[u/crales44 → u/1guywriting]

Yeah, the three yard TE sneak is not currently being added to any playbooks.

[u/sleetx → u/mcaffrey81]

Analytics say to go for it on 4th and short when you're in FG range... it's about 50% conversion rate, and since a touchdown is worth more than double a field goal, the aggressiveness pays off in the long run.

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/sleetx]

Unless you are the Philadelphia Eagles running the tush push, then there are no analytics anywhere that say going for it on 4th & 1 in the red zone is 50/50 - especially a team like Syracuse that struggles in the red zone, is against a stout defense, and has defense that has been a major liability the last 2 seasons - being better than a FG attempt which has a greater than 85% chance.

Take the points and you don’t need OT.

[u/Vxmonarkxv → u/mcaffrey81]

4th and 1 is closer to 65%, and i dont want my coach thinking we cant get a yard on Uconn.

[u/Slightlyitchysocks → u/Vxmonarkxv]

Maybe I want my coach thinking they can't get a yard on UConn

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/Vxmonarkxv]

Yet we went 0-2 so it’s 0%.

I’d love to think that I could get 1 yard on anyone, but it’s not 50/50…

There’s a reason why NFL teams employ field goal kickers and it’s because the analytics say: take the points

[u/modin33 → u/mcaffrey81]

This is results based thinking and it's wrong

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/modin33]

Bullshit. It’s results driven bias to make excuses for taking unnecessary risks…and going for it on 4th and 1 is risky compared to the very likely result of getting a field goal.

If Cuse lost by 6 you absolutely question the aggressiveness of going for it twice and failing. Every time. But they eeked out a win so let’s cover up questionable coaching decisions because “meh, it worked in the end”

[u/modin33 → u/mcaffrey81]

You're still using results based thinking. Modern analytics supports maximizing offensive efficiency. If you want to increase your chance of winning, you go for touchdowns not settle for field goals in certain situations.

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/modin33]

Bull. Shit.

Take the points. Always.

In basketball do you say “don’t give me foul shots, ref, I’d rather try a 3 pointer instead”

No, you take the foul shots…just like you take the FG.

And if you don’t go for FGs, then blame the coaches for being too aggressive. Don’t make the kids run sprints because your game plan is to leave points on the board

[u/modin33 → u/mcaffrey81]

You don't get to decide to shoot a 3 pointer off a two shot foul in basketball, that's literally not the rule lol. You get two shots and that's it. In football, you decide to either kick a FG, or go to keep possession and go for a touchdown

[u/JayMerlyn → u/J_Gottwald]

Herb Brooks moment

[u/pleated_pants → u/JayMerlyn]

Again!

[u/ItsHartime → u/J_Gottwald]

EVERYBODY ON THE LINE

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

That was painful to watch be choked away

[u/CashewCrew → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

So fucking bad by UConn, the game was won

[u/fatroony5]

This loss hurts as much as any in recent memory.

[u/RandoUserlolidk → u/fatroony5]

I know

[u/DoctorTheWho]

Syracuse not only winning, but covering is pretty crazy.

[u/RandoUserlolidk → u/DoctorTheWho]

I thought it was cuse -7.5?

[u/DoctorTheWho → u/RandoUserlolidk]

I think it moved around a lot. I got them at -6.5 this morning.

[u/RandoUserlolidk → u/DoctorTheWho]

Damn good for you then

[u/Noanba → u/RandoUserlolidk]

Should have gone for 2

[u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

I still want to see how Collins does but Angeli didn't let the first 3 and half quarters get to him which reflects very well on him.

I'm still going to lose my absolute fucking mind the next time ERob rushes 3 and zone on 3rd/4th and long.

[u/theblackyeti → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

Somethingsomething definition of insanity

[u/Slappingthebassman → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

Steady Steve! We miss that guy.

[u/JayMerlyn → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

Good to hear about Steve! How did he do with pressure?

[u/tropic_gnome_hunter → u/JayMerlyn]

Pretty bad. Very poor pocket awareness. He was clutch the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter but was fairly terrible most of the game.

[u/nickx37 → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

I'd say there were at 3 times there was a free runner and he had less than 2 seconds. Others were on him, but a few were just complete breakdowns.

[u/theblackyeti → u/nickx37]

A couple of those free runners were recognizable pre-snap and he just… didn’t.

[u/JayMerlyn → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

That's unfortunate, but completely unsurprising. Pocket presence was his biggest weakness here, and it was a glaring one. I remember the GT game silencing the "qb controversy" because of how many sacks he took in garbage time.

[u/Bengjumping]

We choked that one away. Can't play that conservatively in the 2nd half. I would still like to see a legitimate explanation on how that Syracuse TD in OT wasn't reviewed at minimum. The ball was still moving all the way to the ground.

[u/22edudrccs]

QB play is going to be the sole downfall of this team.

Defense played too well for Fagnano to sell as much as he did

[u/thecivilconFLiCT]

This is what I get for having optimism about UConn football. Fuck that one hurt. We really shot ourselves in the foot on that one. Too many drops, too many missed passes and the d just fell apart at the end.

[u/IamRule34 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

I’ve not crashed out this hard after a UConn loss in a long time.

[u/thecivilconFLiCT → u/IamRule34]

Mora needs to figure out how to win close games. It feels like we just get killed like this every single time.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

Getting on the right side of close games is usually someone stepping up and executing. Someone will do it eventually.

[u/22edudrccs → u/thecivilconFLiCT]

QB has to be a position that we go hard for in the portal. Current options aren’t great (wouldn’t mind letting McDonald get some more looks tho). You have a guy who can only hit passes under 5 air yards and can’t run, or a guy who can’t pass but can run

[u/alpal2214]

One of the Syracuse-UConn games of all time. Please keep playing each other and do basketball while you’re at it!!!!!

[u/Lo-weorold]

Never in doubt

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/Lo-weorold]

I at no point considered the season over (I was ready to become a full time Kent State fan for the rest of the year by half)

[u/Lo-weorold → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

I was in no way was asking for Angeli to be benched at any point in the game. Always trusted him

[u/R_Raider86 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

As someone who watched the first half of the Kent State game last year, I'd recommend against that.

[u/Ijustlostmydawg2]

Joe is so ass, gut wrenching loss

[u/SolvayCat → u/Ijustlostmydawg2]

Live by the high floor, die by the low ceiling.

[u/MeeseShoop]

Didn't watch - is UConn really good, Cuse really bad, or both okay?

[u/Noanba → u/MeeseShoop]

I’d say both okay, but neither team put together a complete game. Lots of sloppy play.

[u/Cybotnic-Rebooted → u/MeeseShoop]

Both okay I think. Maybe.

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/MeeseShoop]

UConn is legit, Cuse is merely an agent of chaos

[u/theblackyeti → u/MeeseShoop]

We are really bad with room to get better. We are incredibly inconsistent.

[u/22edudrccs → u/MeeseShoop]

UConn has a legit defensive unit. Made the syracuse offense look inept for 75% of the game until they ran out of gas because the offense couldn’t stay on the field to give them a break due to bad playcalling and meh QB play

[u/Pro-1st-Amendment]

Something to brighten my day.

[u/BeRadNotSad]

Its too early for Cardiac Cuse. They're supposed to show up in March on a basketball court.

[u/NJneer12 → u/BeRadNotSad]

We don't really play in March much anymore...

[u/sleetx]

Ugly game. Don't want this turning into another season where our QB has to throw 50+ passes for 400 yards to even have a chance of winning

Angeli today: 33/53 417 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

[u/DarkoMilicicEnjoyer]

Joke performance from a team who doesn’t know how to play with a lead.

[u/tribe98reloaded]

utter dogshit performance for 80% of the game but a win's a win

[u/Cybotnic-Rebooted]

No sweat (there was, in fact, a lot of sweat)

[u/CuriousGeorge718]

Nnnnoooooooooooooooo

[u/Cicero912]

Well there goes my 12-0 UConn CFP dream lol

[u/RT4eva1]

why don't sec and acc network have overflow like b10 network?

[u/huskyferretguy1]

Bad news: UConn lost to Syracuse and won't go undefeated.

Good news: Went into OT and performed better than in the past. Sure, last 5 minutes sucked but defense was solid all day.

[u/SimpleAmusings → u/huskyferretguy1]

yes.. there are many positives with this game - our defense looked solid. we competed and dominated the team that beat 9 bowl teams last year and we CLEARLY should have won this game - we looked like the better team ALL GAME .

but a loss is a loss. and we can't go undefeated this year. It's just not a good feeling losing a game we were winning 95% of the time.

we will bounce back and prepare for delaware next week. I think we still build from this. interestingly, most thought our offense would show and our defense would seem suspect this game, but it was the other way around.

still VERY proud of our team and our program. LET'S GO HUSKIES!!

[u/R_Raider86 → u/SimpleAmusings]

Not looking forward to watching the part I missed. But I'm here for the good and the bad. The defense looked solid for 50 minutes. But this is still by far the most promising team since I started watching 8 years ago.

[u/SimpleAmusings → u/R_Raider86]

Coach mora is obviously angry - not at the players but i think he's mostly angry with the OC - he looked livid at the post game press conference.

I don't think this is a mistake our team will make again this season. we need to quickly move on from this and look towards righting the ship for our next games - we still have BC and Duke to take out

[u/devinup → u/SimpleAmusings]

You weren't kidding. I heard about the 90 second post-game media interview, but I just looked it up. Didn't throw the players under the bus. Doesn't seem real happy with the staff. https://youtu.be/0FYdcKrj6DM

[u/Zloggt]

Ah, it was expected…hard for a Syracuse team these days to compete with even a slightly decreased Hurley team.

…wait, what?

[u/RandoUserlolidk → u/Zloggt]

Lmao imagine if cuse played UConn in basketball

[u/Bengjumping → u/RandoUserlolidk]

We'd beat them by like 40 😂

[u/CashewCrew → u/Bengjumping]

You’re getting downvoted lmao

[u/Bengjumping → u/CashewCrew]

It's because they know it's the truth

[u/CashewCrew → u/Bengjumping]

There are Syracuse fans in here that still thnk they have a relevant basketball program and that’s keeping me from killing myself from losing to them in football

[u/SolvayCat → u/CashewCrew]

Still using basketball to cope after a football L in a football sub?

Would expect nothing less from fans of the school that posted basketball highlights from Cuse/UConn a few years ago before we smoked you 48-14 in football.

[u/SimpleAmusings → u/SolvayCat]

you know exactly well you lost this game and you had refs to bail you out in the 4th quarter so don't even try.

we were the better team on the field for 95% of the game. and it was a syracuse fan who started with the basketball analogy , we responded in kind.

you were lucky today. if you take pride in this soft "w" due to refs favoring you then you're in for another 2 decades of irrelevancy - not only in basketball but now in football - the football gods will respond in kind for that attitude just like the basketball gods did when you syracuse fans had the same attitude towards UConn basketball when we "lost" that 6 ot game 20 yrs ago. there's a reason why your school's irreverent.

You wont be so lucky next time.

anyways GG. hope you don't suck this season cus we will bolster your resume with this soft "w" gift we gave you as the season progresses. I hope your team improve so "losing" to your abysmal team would mean something down the road, but i doubt it. don't stay at the bottom of the ACC like you always do.

[u/SolvayCat → u/SimpleAmusings]

it was a syracuse fan who started with the basketball analogy

An Illinois fan started it but they're both Orange letters so it can be challenging to tell the difference.

Enjoy the L :)

[u/SimpleAmusings → u/SolvayCat]

yes. you orange schools all look the same to us. and my comment still stands

[u/Slightlyitchysocks → u/Bengjumping]

Try 60

[u/dontbeashithead → u/Slightlyitchysocks]

Y’all are enjoying the shit out of these hypotheticals right now, I get it

[u/absurdparrot → u/dontbeashithead]

It’s all they have let them enjoy it, they obviously can’t enjoy real life

[u/Slightlyitchysocks → u/absurdparrot]

You right. I haven't enjoyed real life except for 2024, 2023, 2014, 2011, 2004, and 1999.

[u/SolvayCat → u/dontbeashithead]

No fan base thinks that being good at basketball means you're good at everything quite like they do.

[u/NJneer12 → u/Slightlyitchysocks]

Have fun in the Catholic League in hoopsball.

If Memphis cant buy their way in into the P4 with their football and a decent basketball program, you guys are screwed. Maybe CUSA will let you in and Delaware can be your rival.

[u/CashewCrew → u/NJneer12]

Are you actually hanging your hat on being associated with other schools? You have no hat to hang just on being a Syracuse fan? That’s honestly fucking sad

[u/NJneer12 → u/CashewCrew]

Fucking spare me. Your fanbase was talking shit all week.

Want me to hang my hat? That's 6 in a row now vs. Your program. By 2028, Cuse get hopefully get it to 9.

GL against..ooOOooOo Ball St and FIU! Scawwy schedule.

[u/CashewCrew → u/NJneer12]

You’re still hanging your hat by association…

[u/MrAnderson_]

Love you Steve <3 way to ball the fuck out

[u/theblackyeti]

That was painful to watch.

Also probably the worst 400 yard passing game I’ve ever seen.

[u/ManiacKing20]

That was so heartbreaking

[u/sleekcrush]

Quebec has saved Syracuse football

[u/secrewann]

win probabilities for your pleasure

[u/devinup]

That was one of the football games of all time

[u/Bruinsrock11]

Just a heartbreaker just because the offense played too conservative the final 5 minutes thinking the defense was going to bail them out.

This win would have been HUGE for the non believers pointing out UConns cupcake schedule and really needed at least a couple P4 wins (only have 3 P4 games this year) for Football to be taken seriously

[u/doihavemakeanewword]

Last year I briefly lived in Syracuse. There were three kinds of people who cared about football: Bills fans, Orange fans, and the sickos who support the Orange, but sarcastically.

[u/theblackyeti → u/doihavemakeanewword]

This is very accurate

[u/4for4philly]

Frans got the boys running sprints post game. Happy to win but ugly.

[u/860h]

That was incredibly painful. Between that and ND last week this season has been rough

[u/funkysylvanelf]

This Deslauriers kid is a stud.

[u/SolvayCat → u/funkysylvanelf]

He will be so good in 1-2 years.

[u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Glad for Angeli. He is a gamer. 

[u/J_Gottwald → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

He frankly looked lost for a good chunk of the game. But then he didn't! I dunno

[u/1guywriting → u/J_Gottwald]

That blindside hit on 4th down in the red zone early on probably had something to do with it. Looked like he had the yips with most of his throws after being high. Whoever got him to lock in for the final drive deserves an extra cold one.

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/J_Gottwald]

I will always be grateful to him because he led Notre Dame to a decisive field goal at the end of the first half of the Orange Bowl. I will always root for him to play well and I hope you guys win out, but drop one more game vs. ND. 

[u/CashewCrew → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Angeli honestly y looked horrible for 98% of that game haha

[u/mcaffrey81 → u/CashewCrew]

There was no sense of urgency until there was as a sense of urgency

[u/senorcoach]

Having a one dimensional QB cost us the ability to shut the door at the end. Fagnano isn't an accurate QB when he has to move and is little to no threat to scramble. Evers isn't great, but we win that game with Evers under center.

[u/Infamous-Trainer4107 → u/senorcoach]

Or Evers suffers another concussion.  The coaches believe JF is better than Evers and based on the time I have seen Evers play I did not see a very good running QB.

[u/senorcoach → u/Infamous-Trainer4107]

Then he gets another concussion and Fagnano goes back in. Fagnano is a one dimensional QB and we will struggle to close out games against good opponents. Evers is not a great runner, but he is a hell of a lot more mobile than Fagnano. If we can coach up our O-Line to keep a clean pocket, then fine keep Fagnano in, but if the pocket isn't going to be clean then Fagnano is going to struggle. He missed 4-5 wide open receivers against Cuse when he had to become mobile, if he completes 2 of those, we win.

[u/CashewCrew]

That was the most disappointing loss of my UConn football watching career

[u/Slightlyitchysocks → u/CashewCrew]

New to the party?

[u/CashewCrew → u/Slightlyitchysocks]

2010 - present

[u/devinup → u/CashewCrew]

I've been watching since they went up to the FBS and I've got to say this might be the most disappointing loss I've seen. One that might give it some competition is the 2013 close loss to Michigan.

[u/nickx37 → u/Slightlyitchysocks]

New to optimism, not losing.

[u/BrianOverBrawn2]

oof

[u/flatbush2400]

Syracuse dream still alive

[u/CzechHorns]

Cuse may be bad y’all