Number of Wins This Year (2019)

[GridironGR8]

I went with 3. Most likely Wagner, UMass and ECU. I also think we have a reasonably chance of stunning Illinois. But not so great a chance that I felt comfortable predicting 4. I also expect the Huskies to look better in most of their games than they did last year. Improvement will be evident.

 

[AndOne]

Two wins. QB is unknown. The DBs are the same group that got torched last year. DL has no legit pass rushers. LBs are new. Just too many holes on defense.

 

[John Greene]

5> wins. Opponents have no idea the pain the UConn starting QB is going to cause and how goodable the #2 guy is.

UConn QB's have been causing pain for a few years now. Afraid you will have to be more specific about who you expect to be on the receiving end of the pain.

Everyone knows that the #2 QB is always the best player on the team.

 

[freescooter]

I think 3-4. I like Spanish a lot and I think he will improve the defense. I don’t know about quarterback but I think people underrate Mensah. He is a good back and contrary to Palatine’s ravings he did not gain 1000 going down on the first hit.

If we have a guy who can throw the ball im not too worried about receivers. With a competent passer decent college receivers are a dime a dozen. We will be better if the qb is at least adequate. So I think 3 and if things go right 4. If they go really well 6. Navy isn’t the team of a few years ago when they had a great option quarterback running the show. ECU is like is like us. UMass Wagner. Neither Big 10 team is gonna challenge THE@ Ohio State University for the B10.

 

[freescooter]

Obviously I meant Spanos not Spanish. $&@$ auto correct

 

[BlueandOG]

Wagner: Win, 35-14
Illinois: Loss, 24-21
Indiana: Loss, 21-13
UCF: Loss, 55-10
USF: Win, 21-17
Tulane: Win, 28-7
Houston: Loss, 31-17
UMASS: Win, 28-3
Navy: Win, 10-7
Cinci: Win, 24-21
ECU: Win, 27-24
Temple: Loss, 31-21

7 wins, we go bowling!

 

[Bobol]

5 wins; this is a much- much better team than last season. This will be a positive season.

!. Wagner
2. Tulane
3. UMass
4. Navy
5. E.C.U.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Wagner: Win, 35-14
Illinois: Loss, 24-21
Indiana: Loss, 21-13
UCF: Loss, 55-10
USF: Win, 21-17
Tulane: Win, 28-7
Houston: Loss, 31-17
UMASS: Win, 28-3
Navy: Win, 10-7
Cinci: Win, 24-21
ECU: Win, 27-24
Temple: Loss, 31-21

7 wins, we go bowling!

I don't think UCF will put 55 on us. They might beat us 35-17, but not 55.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

8 wins




I can dream can’t i

 

[Duncan Idaho]

I think 3-4. I like Spanish a lot and I think he will improve the defense. I don’t know about quarterback but I think people underrate Mensah. He is a good back and contrary to Palatine’s ravings he did not gain 1000 going down on the first hit.

If we have a guy who can throw the ball im not too worried about receivers. With a competent passer decent college receivers are a dime a dozen. We will be better if the qb is at least adequate. So I think 3 and if things go right 4. If they go really well 6. Navy isn’t the team of a few years ago when they had a great option quarterback running the show. ECU is like is like us. UMass Wagner. Neither Big 10 team is gonna challenge THE@ Ohio State University for the B10.

Yep. Mensah's work in the weight room helped getting those 1000+ uards.

 

[Uconnalliance]

Considering the BCS doesn't exist you really are going out on a limb.

BCS... because of sauce .. happy hour jag sorry dreams of Arizona past

 

[UCDaveD]

3... just enough to hit the over, thank you Vegas!

Lol this post convinced me to ride the OVER too.

 

[RSTuthill]

The problem with making an accurate prediction is that football success is a non-linear function of so many aspects of the game. A little improvement here and there and somewhere else combine to produce such a large unexpected effect. Likewise a little degradation in performance here and there and the whole thing falls apart. Someone mentioned that Peart had POTY potential but last year he made some game changing mistakes by jumping offside. Another year, more maturity and confidence in himself to not over-react, and he can easily clean that up. Just that little thing can have a huge effect. A few of those and UConn could easily find itself itself with a bowl bid in December. So while my head says that this will be a 2 win season, my head also says that it could possibly be a six or even seven win season. Not impossible at all.

 

[Husky25]

3 is way too safe. Hope [Late Summer]s eternal. Have some stones. I'm going for bowl eligibility. Otherwise, why go to games? Why log on to Internet message boards? I'm taking the Dalton approach and choose to be optimistic until it's time to not be optimistic.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

I'm going 3 - Wagner, UMass, Navy. ECU will be up for the taking to get to 4

 

[Stainmaster]

Wagner, UMass, and some random AAC bottomfeeder experiencing a Murphy’s Law game against us.

 

[uconnfan68]

You didn’t include undefeated so I went with >5.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Wagner: Win, 35-14
Illinois: Loss, 24-21
Indiana: Loss, 21-13
UCF: Loss, 55-10
USF: Win, 21-17
Tulane: Win, 28-7
Houston: Loss, 31-17
UMASS: Win, 28-3
Navy: Win, 10-7
Cinci: Win, 24-21
ECU: Win, 27-24
Temple: Loss, 31-21

7 wins, we go bowling!

I would switch Illinois as a win and USF as a loss. We may lose to Cinci too. It seems to be a curse. It's great you listed projected scores. Can't wait for the bowl game.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The problem with making an accurate prediction is that football success is a non-linear function of so many aspects of the game. A little improvement here and there and somewhere else combine to produce such a large unexpected effect. Likewise a little degradation in performance here and there and the whole thing falls apart. Someone mentioned that Peart had POTY potential but last year he made some game changing mistakes by jumping offside. Another year, more maturity and confidence in himself to not over-react, and he can easily clean that up. Just that little thing can have a huge effect. A few of those and UConn could easily find itself itself with a bowl bid in December. So while my head says that this will be a 2 win season, my head also says that it could possibly be a six or even seven win season. Not impossible at all.

There would have to be a whole hell of a lot more than a few little improvements to get us from 1 win to 6 or 7 wins.

Starting with namely, the fact that we went from a decent QB to a complete unknown who played 1 DII season in the past 4 years.

 

[RSTuthill]

There would have to be a whole hell of a lot more than a few little improvements to get us from 1 win to 6 or 7 wins.

Starting with namely, the fact that we went from a decent QB to a complete unknown who played 1 DII season in the past 4 years.

That is just the point. Not as many as you would think.

 

[blue93]

There would have to be a whole hell of a lot more than a few little improvements to get us from 1 win to 6 or 7 wins.

Starting with namely, the fact that we went from a decent QB to a complete unknown who played 1 DII season in the past 4 years.

Not only that, but some of last year's blowouts weren't even as close as the scores indicated. Some of those games were over by halftime. If we improve, we'll be getting teams best efforts from start to finish...

 

[NEforceUConn]

Under the gun I say 5 wins!!! Bring it!!

 

[don356]

Wagner: Win, 35-14
Illinois: Loss, 24-21
Indiana: Loss, 21-13
UCF: Loss, 55-10
USF: Win, 21-17
Tulane: Win, 28-7
Houston: Loss, 31-17
UMASS: Win, 28-3
Navy: Win, 10-7
Cinci: Win, 24-21
ECU: Win, 27-24
Temple: Loss, 31-21

7 wins, we go bowling!

We'll be lucky if we hold Cincy at their place to 21 points in a quarter. I watched about a half of a replay of the Cincy/Ucla game and they have a redshirt frosh from Germany at left o-tackle who may be the biggest guy i've ever seen in a college fball game. 6'9, 330 lbs of muscle. Kid just throws people around. The kid looks agile enough to play bball. It's hard to imagine how strong that kid will be in two years. He's scary.

 

[huskymedic]

We'll be lucky if we hold Cincy at their place to 21 points in a quarter. I watched about a half of a replay of the Cincy/Ucla game and they have a redshirt frosh from Germany at left o-tackle who may be the biggest guy i've ever seen in a college fball game. 6'9, 330 lbs of muscle. Kid just throws people around. The kid looks agile enough to play bball. It's hard to imagine how strong that kid will be in two years. He's scary.