Top 5 UCONN Wins are..

[BNich]

Despite what has happened recently, I'm glad we can still reminisce on some of the good memories in the young program. IMO were still a fledgling program from a D1A perspective.

 

[UConnDan97]

Hate to be a downer but all it did was keep UConn from finishing 4-8. But this is the point of lists: to spark debate. I don't have to agree with your reasoning, in order to understand it.

My personal list includes: Notre Dame, Iowa State, South Florida (in the monsoon), Louisville (fair catch game), and Pittsburgh (2 OT at home) Baylor. Honerable mentions go to South Florida to get into the BCS, Baylor, and Indiana (First game at the Rent, established a field advantage).

I agree that we don't have to agree, and that is of course what lists are about. My commentary was dealing more with the prior statements of calling it a "random fluke win" or tying the importance of a win to an invite to the ACC. It doesn't mean that I believe everyone (or anyone, for that matter) should absolutely have it in their top5. But let's not put qualifiers on it that don't or shouldn't exist...

 

[sdhusky]

Iowa State was the most thrilling. Remember listening to it on the radio and being in total shock that we were blowing them out. At that time I didn't think UConn would have a winning season for years to come.

I was in a drive through window listening on the radio to the Iowa St game in San Diego when Terry broke off his long run and sealed the deal.

Amazing. I was screaming like an idiot.

 

[HartfordHank]

I was in a drive through window listening on the radio to the Iowa St game in San Diego when Terry broke off his long run and sealed the deal.

Amazing. I was screaming like an idiot.

Hopefully an In n Out Drive Thru?

 

[sdhusky]

Hopefully an In n Out Drive Thru?

Indeed

 

[J187Money]

For me, and I rate these more from a personal experience standpoint (only rating games I attended):

- ND
- USF (rushing the field)
- USF (in Tampa to make the BCS game)
- WVU (finally getting that monkey off our back)
- Indiana (to open the rent)

Games that didn't make the cut but would make my top 10

- Toledo (1st bowl)
- SC (Birmingham - didn't make my top 5 because I wasn't dressed properly (I sandwiched that bowl in between Florida and Cali trips and didn't bring winter clothes--how can it be that cold in Alabama - isn't it the south)?
- Buffalo (Int'l bowl - DB was unreal)

 

[thatguyed]

Michigan 2013

 

[rw005]

Top 6 (for Jazz tribute reasons)

1. WVU win (about freakin time)
2. South Carolina bowl (going into SEC territory and destroying them)
3. South Florida game (the one where Teggart kicked 50 yards in the snow)
4. Notre Dame (truly something special, DIXON...FOR THE WIN!)
5. Indiana (the game that opened up The Rent)
6. Toledo (first bowl victory)

I wish UConn would do a Top games set on 6 DVDs and we as fans can vote on each of the games that should be in the set.

 

[Srqhusky]

2013 Michigan

 

[RMoore1999]

I always feel like the Iowa State win or the absolute drubbing of Wake Forest belong in there somehow, since both were critically important to the psyche of the program (it showed that we could play like "big boys"), but it's hard to top any of the five that you've mentioned...

Yes, Iowa St. for sure does:

@ND
@USF (2010)
@Iowa St.
South Carolina
West Virginia
@Louisville (2012)

 

[AZHuskiePop]

To me another game that was big was the 30-0 thrashing of Navy
We were in San Juan Airport waiting for a flight back to Hartford
The crowd had continued to grow to about 150 people. When the score was announced the entire crowd let out a roar.
Its the first time I witnessed the pride in our state unified by a football team.
It was at that moment I started to believe that our experiment with D1 football had a chance.
I think the next week we went out there and beat a fading Iowa State team. They had been ranked in the top ten earlier.
They also had a Heisman mentioned QB who was outplayed by the Danny O.(from my home town.)

 

[Husky25]

That Rutgers game was great. I can't believe nobody brought up DJ Hernandez's win against Pitt in 2OT. Significance/importance aside, I think that was probably the most exciting game I can recall, although @ND was awfully close. I guess when you factor in competitiveness of the game I'd have to say @ND was our best win. Maybe not our most important but definitely top 5, maybe not our most exciting, but definitely top 5, so it probably is what I would consider our top win.

A few of us brought up Pitt in 2OT.

 

[BlueDogs]

Incredibly great moments. What's sad is we must look back to find solace instead of looking forward. These triumphs just serve to contrast what a mess we have going on with aimless folks at the helm.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

This year's Louisville game isn't one of the Top 5. Nice win, but it had no positive impact on the program whatsoever. In fact, it might have had a negative impact as a loss may have led to P getting sacked.

Good point. Damn it!

 

[J187Money]

A few of us brought up Pitt in 2OT.

I had to leave at halftime. So I missed the comeback. Still mad about that.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

The Michigan win next season.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

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One of the top 5 wins should be the '63 game against Yale?? Just think of what happened if we never have beaten Yale?? What do you think the FB team would be like now??