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-> Let’s not go over the top, but the long downtrodden UConn football program, which began this season with dozens of new players who came in over the spring and summer and lost the opener at Maryland, 50-7, has folks asking how the Huskies got this good, this fast. Two weeks in a row they’ve left an FBS opponent flattened in East Hartford, squinting to get the license plate of whatever just ran them down. <-
-> “We try not to get too wrapped up in it,” Bell said, clutching his game ball. “You lose focus when you look at stuff like that. It’s cool when people talk (positively) about us, but we let our pads do the talking on Saturday. Praise is great, but you’ve got to keep working.”
It was apparent when T.J. Sheffield, transfer from Purdue, boldly returned punts where UConn returners of the past would fair catch, and gave the Huskies field position. It was apparent when UConn stormed the line of scrimmage and swamped Buffalo’s backfield, preventing a third-down conversion until the final minutes. <-
-> “We’ve got this rare schedule,” Mora said. “You’ve got to win at home, that’s mandatory. That’s not negotiable. If we can win at home, more people will start coming to games. We have to earn that. If you want to see some exciting football, there are trust issues, we’ve got to earn us, but just give us a chance, man.” <-
