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STORRS – UConn football coach Jim Mora called the team’s walk-off against Temple on Oct. 5 one of the most exciting wins of his career. After last week’s loss to Wake Forest, he described it to Athletic Director David Benedict as one of the most frustrating.
Because of the new iPads that allow coaches to view film on the sideline during games, the full game is available immediately after it ends. Mora will typically begin his review in the car as his wife, Kathy, drives them home.
But Saturday was different; Mora needed to gather himself before he could begin the process of moving on to the next game, against Rice.
His frustration couldn’t have been clearer when he addressed reporters in his quick but impassioned postgame press conference. He mixed in expletives as he rebuked the ACC officiating crew that missed an apparent pass interference call on the Huskies’ final offensive play, effectively ending the game. He couldn’t help but call out the conference affiliation of the referees and how UConn’s independent status may have had something to do with what he believed wasn’t a “level playing field.”
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By Tuesday, when he spoke with reporters again, a cooler-headed Mora had already met with his staff and his players and gotten started on the preparation for Saturday’s homecoming game against the Owls.
“The way I felt after that game, I haven’t felt that way in a long, long time,” he said. “And I think that is an indicator of where this program is going.”
UConn has been in two close games against ACC opponents, Duke and Wake Forest. Mora believes there were missed calls late in each of them, both of which the Huskies lost.
“But I want to get to a point as a team where that doesn’t even matter,” he said….
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Author : Hartford Courant
Publish date : 2024-10-25 17:20:00
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