UConn Bowl projections from the Courant.

[Chin Diesel]

if those are our only choices, give me Rutgers, please. If there are more choices, I would like a B12 team for UConn to play against.

IDK. An east coast bowl game against a regional rival school on a decent date is hard to beat.
Second choice would be the Texas Tech game.
USF in Orlando would be third.
Mobile, Alabama game would be fourth.

 

[ZooCougar]

Whatever bowl game we make won’t make our butts look fat.

It’s so stupid to complain about which bowl game we might get. Once we left the AAC we had no control over that.

Nobody cares if we beat La Tech in a bowl versus Illinois.

USF throttled Syracuse last season in a bowl last year and people everywhere just can’t stop talking about it!

Actually nobody talks about it and nobody cares. Nobody.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Whatever bowl game we make won’t make our butts look fat.

It’s so stupid to complain about which bowl game we might get. Once we left the AAC we had no control over that.

Nobody cares if we beat La Tech in a bowl versus Illinois.

USF throttled Syracuse last season in a bowl last year and people everywhere just can’t stop talking about it!

Actually nobody talks about it and nobody cares. Nobody.

Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?

 

[UConnDan97]

Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?

... and we now know that all this led to UConn getting our starting center from the transfer portal due to this series of events (Wes Hoeh). Life is crazy sometimes...

 

[ZooCougar]

Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?

He was fired well before that dude. Like well before that. With one or two games left in the regular season. And SU started a Tight End at QB.

Again. Nobody cares.

 

[ZooCougar]

... and we now know that all this led to UConn getting our starting center from the transfer portal due to this series of events (Wes Hoeh). Life is crazy sometimes...

Sort of. Actually no.

His timeline isn’t remotely right. SU had tons of guys in the portal before the bowl.

 

[gsmooth]

If we want to snowball momentum into next season and prove that UConn is back, losing in a Bowl game isn't the way to do it. We need a similar strength G4

Or a similar strength P4 team. Not all the teams in the P4 are great, but if some are barely good enough to make a bowl game, that would be ideal for UConn, especially a B12 that has those characteristics. If UConn defeats a B12 in a bowl game it will help in keeping the decision makers from dismissing UConn Football so easily and quikcly. Will they say "oh, they beat one of our Big 12 teams, let's invite them now"? No, there are other factors, but defeating a B12 team would certainly help.

 

[cellocgg]

Or a similar strength P4 team. Not all the teams in the P4 are great, but if some are barely good enough to make a bowl game, that would be ideal for UConn, especially a B12 that has those characteristics. If UConn defeats a B12 in a bowl game it will help the decision makers from dismissing UConn Football. Will they say "oh, they beat one of our Big 12 teams, let's invite them now"? No, there are other factors, but defeating a B12 team would certainly help.

if we lose to a B12 team (or really any P4) it will hurt our case. If we beat any team in a Bowl and finish 9-4 or maybe even 10-3 it will help our case.

Nobody will remember who we beat but they will remember who we lose to. No need to take risks on a stronger opponent

 

[huskymedic]

 

[gopher2]

UConn vs Nittany Lions!

 

[Duncan Idaho]

He was fired well before that dude. Like well before that. With one or two games left in the regular season. And SU started a Tight End at QB.

Again. Nobody cares.

You seem to know a lot.