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How big would this win be?

ZOOCONN said:
I still have pictures on my phone of my father and I rushing the field, all time UConn memory for me
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Me too, my brother and my sons rushed the field. People can say what they want about Diaco and maybe they’re right but he can take credit for this one.

That was epic moment, pinnacle IMO of what UConn football could be.
 
ZooCougar said:
We should have checked our egos at the door and signed up for that series that Notre Dame wanted to have with us. That relationship might have been helpful.
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We wanted to do just that, but the Connecticut legislature effectively vetoed that. Yet another reason why owning our own stadium instead of leasing one from the state is a good idea.
 
It would be big but ONLY if we start 6-0. If we slip up to anyone in the following four weeks, it will be for naught.
 
CL82 said:
No.

In fact, it's not even particularly close. Beating a Notre Dame on their storied field for the first win after the tragic murder of Jazz Howard is a tough memory to beat. Beating a mediocre Syracuse in a tin can won't do it.

Not that the win isn't an important statement for the program, but it is just another incremental step towards relevancy.
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This.

1. As much as we like to belittle Notre Dame’s reputation, Syracuse is nowhere close to Notre Dame.

2. That win was at Notre Dame, not an awful indoor stadium in South Ontario.

3. If you weren’t there for the ‘09 season, it is impossible to describe the gut wrenching manner in which for three straight games we fell just short of winning for Jazz in the most gut wrenching way possible. One day someone needs to write a book about that season.

4. That game was on national, over the air, NBC, not only over the internet on ESPN plus.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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).
 
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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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.
 
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.
 
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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?
 
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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