I'm thrilled! This schedule shows UConn is still serious about FBS football and that was a massive question with the Big East move. If we can conduct FB independence more like BYU than New Mexico St then the Big East move is a win-win-win in my book.
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Wagner @ UConn (-17.5)
If history tells us anything bet the farm on the Seahawks +17.5... but the dogs will squeak it out 24-14.
Liberty and New Mexico St. play twice this year. Why?
Indy>MAC/CUSA/SunBelt
...but it is going to get dicey pulling 8 games in essentially 13 months. Hope we don't have to pull a crazy stunt like Liberty/NMS did.
Methinks academic admissions is not the primary issue. If the new president is half as athletics-focused as Susan we'll be lucky.
2019 Recruiting Rankings:
86. Tulane
98. Harvard
106. Rice
117. Yale
130. UConn
2019 Football Team Rankings
I know Edsall won't talk mid-season but any chance Crocker gets the boot for 2019?
Let us not forget... our experienced/senior-laden defense was BAD last year, only outdone by this season's dumpster fire.
I believe an AAC team can (technically) have a shot at the playoff but the stars need to align and it is certainly a 2-3 year process including all of the following:
-NY6 win over P5 team in prior year
-1 or fewer losses in prior year
-2+ P5 top 15 wins in current season
-2/3 wins over ranked...
As bad as it's been since 2011, I've been thinking:
2015 Defense + 2017 Offense = 8-9 win AAC team.
I really hope this defense can be serviceable in 2019 whether it is with Crocker or a new DC. I refuse to believe no matter how undermanned/young our D is that they would still be giving up...
The offense was completely unbearable at times under Diaco but 2018 has made me realize that maybe the sub-par defense/putrid offense combo was better than the opposite we are experiencing this year.
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