I've never seen a team more snake bit than UConn football. They started the big boy football journey so late(2002 as compared to their peers). Syracuse won their first major bowl game in the very early 1900's. BC started varsity football in 1893 and won the Sugar Bowl with a undefeated season in 1940. The state and the school couldn't get off their behind til this century to "allow" D-1A football at Storrs.
The only one to coach them to any semblance of success bailed on them the same day they played in their very first major bowl game. Successive head coaches(P & Diaco) ran the recruiting and fan base into the ground. Edsall returns on a bare bones salary, fights with the legislature over his son as a position coach and has to pony up cash from his pocket to help the program. Last season he coached them to 1 lousy win.
Now, the season starts and the winning QB(Beaudry) gets hurt, a true freshman gets thrown in and panics. Their redshirt freshman QB cracks his collar bone in practice I assume so now they are back to a CC transfer who hopefully is 100%. And a hundred other things that have happened to the Huskies since they have gone D-1.
But, they look over all better than last year. They've only played 4 games so far this year so there is still hope. Next year they'll be older, deeper and better than this year. Don't give up. Don't ever give up. Sooner than later the luck has to change for these guys.