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How big would this win be?

I think a win against Syracuse this Saturday will be a far bigger win for the people here than it will be for football fans around the country who don't really care about either UConn or Syracuse. It will be big for me, as it's not a win against an FCS school, nor a mid-major. I expect to be thrilled on Saturday....not our Super Bowl, but it will be a part of a great start. I'll be even more excited when we beat Duke.
 
A UConn win will be huge. Not ND huge, but UConn needs to beat programs from the ACC. We will recognize the progress UConn is making. Many outsiders will probably just consider the pungent odor exuding from southern canada the same ol same ol
 
I'm not sure if it would be bigger than any of a few wins that we've had since Mora took over.

I do believe however it would coast a pall from Dawson City to Charlottetown if we do end up winning.

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It will be a win on the road to a great season and show the ACC and or Big 12 the win over UNC was not a one off.
 
Chosen said:
When we beat Syracuse on Saturday, would this win be as program defining as the win over Notre Dame in 2009?
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The ND win would have been except for the one of the worst own goals in the post-2010 decline of the program. PP hire-cancellation of Irish series are 1 and 1A IMO. ... but yes a road win at a P4 in week 2 would no doubt be resume-enhancing (and maybe give Yormark a little bit more ammo).
 
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It would be a big statement, and in the national eye, probably the biggest win since Edsall 1.0, because we simply have more eyes on us now than we did in 2022 when we beat Liberty. I still think that Liberty game was the biggest win of the Mora era, but as far as anyone outside our constitution state bubble is concerned, this would be the biggest in 15 years
 
Chosen said:
When we beat Syracuse on Saturday, would this win be as program defining as the win over Notre Dame in 2009?
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Yes and no depending if we are playing the team and the officials also. ND game officials did all they could to protect ND.
Obviously as an independent we suffer at the hands of conference officials. We have to be over the top better on the field for the win.
 
Big win for this era of UCONN Football, but not on the same level as win at N.D.
 
FillTheRent said:
No. We’ve beaten Syracuse before. And there was a time during the Edsall 1.0 years when it was expected that we would beat them. Syracuse is not Notre Dame.
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ND was not today's ND in 2010 either....
 
VAHuskyFan said:
If we beat Syracuse, that would make them a 1-3 team in two weeks (assuming a win vs Colgate and loss to Clemson).

It’s hard to say thats a signature win for the program. It’s an important game and would help build a foundation for a great year. But I don’t see it moving the needle much in terms of program perception by itself.
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That’s not really true. If you look at Mora’s first year I would argue that beating Liberty was the best win. They were ranked, had a high profile head coach, had beaten BYU and Arkansas. But the biggest win was beating BC. They were BC, ACC, P4, 1 1/2 away. And it change the perception on Mora from interesting guy to this guy might actually make something happen here. Syracuse would be like that, I think. We might have a better win but maybe not a bigger win.
 
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Hogoff said:
I would equate this game closer to Iowa State in ‘02.
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Not the same year, but I would trade either a Jonathan or Otto broken arm for a big Husky W on Saturday.
 
freescooter said:
That’s not really true. If you look at Mora’s first year I would argue that beating Liberty was the best win. They were ranked, had a high profile head coach, had beaten BYU and Arkansas. But the biggest win was beating BC. They were BC, ACC, P4, 1 1/2 away. And it change the perception on Mora from interesting guy to this guy might actually make something happen here. Syracuse would be like that, I think. We might have a better win but maybe not a bigger win.
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One of my biggest complaints about Edsall’s tenure (1st one) and this rosy picture of it. Yes, we did make some noise but I think we only beat something like two teams that finished the year in the Top 25.

Diacco was one snap away from equaling that.

Mora has done some great things, no doubt. But we’ve got we’ve got to start piling up some
quality wins for him to cement his legacy and I think he knows that. We don’t have any top 25 type games this year but I will take 2-3 wins against ACC teams.
 
I think it will mostly tell us whether this team is actually any good or we are just overly excited again. As @upstater said, beating ACC teams on the regular is important to show we could compete in the league and not be a drag.
 
This post is insulting. Cuse is a mediocre has-been. We don't have a marquis team on the slate this year, every game is winnable - and I expect UConn to win them all.
 
KembaKek said:
It would be a big statement, and in the national eye, probably the biggest win since Edsall 1.0, because we simply have more eyes on us now than we did in 2022 when we beat Liberty. I still think that Liberty game was the biggest win of the Mora era, but as far as anyone outside our constitution state bubble is concerned, this would be the biggest in 15 years
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Why?
 
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I will cut against the grain and say the potential exists for this to be a bigger win than the Notre Dame game which in hindsight did very little for us.

A win tomorrow would hopefully rejuvenate the fanbase (sell tickets) and potentially set the stage for us to be undefeated when we play BC. Hey we might feel like a big time football program again. So yes tomorrow is a huge game and potentially a memorable turning point game for the program. ND was memorable but not a turning point.

I will expect the worst (ACC refs) and hope for the best.
 
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This game reminds me of when the Rent opened back in '03. We beat Indiana season opener I believe. Week 2 had BC come to town. Program had juice and momentum. Sold out stadium. We lost but if we would have won that game the season could have been special. I feel the same about this game and season.
 
metsfan2323 said:
I will cut against the grain and say the potential exists for this to be a bigger win than the Notre Dame game which in hindsight did very little for us.

A win tomorrow would hopefully rejuvenate the fanbase (sell tickets) and potentially set the stage for us to be undefeated when we play BC. Hey we might feel like a big time football program again. So yes tomorrow is a huge game and potentially a memorable turning point game for the program. ND was memorable but not a turning point.

I will expect the worst (ACC refs) and hope for the best.
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Doesn't the visiting team provide the officiating crew? That has been protocol in the past. If I am correct,who does UConn contract with for officiating...
 
05Alum said:
This game reminds me of when the Rent opened back in '03. We beat Indiana season opener I believe. Week 2 had BC come to town. Program had juice and momentum. Sold out stadium. We lost but if we would have won that game the season could have been special. I feel the same about this game and season.
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I may be wrong as it was many years ago; while it was our home opener, IIRC, the Indiana game was a couple weeks into the season.

That BC game was missed opportunity and it could have been a launching point for an even better season in 2003 and possibly a bowl game (we had no tie-ins so we're left out that year).
 
KembaKek said:
I don't know what you're asking why about
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Why do you think the liberty game was the biggest win in the Mora era of UConn football?
 
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After Cuse steamrolling us last time, I am going into this game very cautiously optimistic. Their huge OL scares me, mostly because our DL looked so underwhelming against CCSU. Hopefully, we left plenty up our sleeve against Central and Cuse has no idea what we are about to throw at them. However, I'm too beaten and battered emotionally to expect that. I will say, a win in this game will be as big a win for me as we've had since beating highly ranked Houston under Diaco. I really need it.
 
ZooCougar said:
Top 25 team. Weren't they undefeated?
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I don't know if they were undefeated. They were ranked and the win made us bowl eligible (after a multi-year stretch where we won very few games, most of which were against FCS schools.

I enjoyed it so much that I ended up on the field (something I swore decades earlier that I would never do) and got a hug fromAD Dave.
 
ZooCougar said:
Top 25 team. Weren't they undefeated?
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One loss at the time we played, they finished with 4 losses but I attribute that to all the rumors swirling around Hugh Freeze leaving them
 
metsfan2323 said:
I will cut against the grain and say the potential exists for this to be a bigger win than the Notre Dame game which in hindsight did very little for us.

A win tomorrow would hopefully rejuvenate the fanbase (sell tickets) and potentially set the stage for us to be undefeated when we play BC. Hey we might feel like a big time football program again. So yes tomorrow is a huge game and potentially a memorable turning point game for the program. ND was memorable but not a turning point.

I will expect the worst (ACC refs) and hope for the best.
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How is this any bigger than the ACC games last year. Or Maryland? Or BC or Tennessee the year before?
 
HuskyHawk said:
How is this any bigger than the ACC games last year. Or Maryland? Or BC or Tennessee the year before?
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Momentum. We had no momentum going into last season, personally I never thought we had a realistic chance to beat Maryland, and after that blowout it felt like the program was still stuck in the mud. Right now it feels like the program is turning a corner and if we pull off the big upset tomorrow, being undefeated going to BC would seem to be doable.
 
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