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UConn Bowl projections from the Courant.

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UConnTrumbull said:
Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't it just the covid year where teams were opting out? I don't remember any opt outs since.
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That was before the CFP. I can see a lot of athletes preferring to prepare for next year and not wanting to risk injury in a meaningless bowl game.
 
Waquoit said:
If only we were in the Orange Bowl and not the Fiesta Bowl that year.
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Should have been but the college football gods had it in for the Big East at that time and especially UConn for some reason so moving them as far away as possible from CT and pairing them up with Oklahoma(16) instead of Virginia Tech(21) in the Orange Bowl was just a way of sticking it to the Big East. Stanford(7) vs Oklahoma(16) in Glendale Arizona would have been easier for Stanford fans to attend and the game would have been more interesting than the Sooners beating up the Huskies. But that's football politics for you.
 
weyuo said:
Should have been but the college football gods had it in for the Big East at that time and especially UConn for some reason so moving them as far away as possible from CT and pairing them up with Oklahoma(16) instead of Virginia Tech(21) in the Orange Bowl was just a way of sticking it to the Big East. Stanford(7) vs Oklahoma(16) in Glendale Arizona would have been easier for Stanford fans to attend and the game would have been more interesting than the Sooners beating up the Huskies. But that's football politics for you.
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Now you’re just making up conspiracy theories. The Orange Bowl got the first pick that year of a “road” team to play the Big XII host and, for the anti-conspiracy reason of it being a far better team, selected Stamford. The Fiesta Bowl had the last pick of teams qualified for the major bowls that year and got us.
 
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BlueWolf25 said:
Sporting News has us in the Gasparilla Bowl against Arkansas
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ScottVib said:
A low-level P4 (particularly if they avoided an SEC team) would be a solid matchup for UConn... one more bite at the get a P4 win "apple"
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any P4 matchup sans the likes of FSU or Purdue would be bad for us. We have won 0/4 P4 matchups this year, what makes you BYers so confident we could beat one in a Bowl?

I wish we could get a team like WKU
 
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cellocgg said:
any P4 matchup sans the likes of FSU or Purdue would be bad for us. We have won 0/4 P4 matchups this year, what makes you BYers so confident we could beat one in a Bowl?

I wish we could get a team like WKU
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Well then I guess this projection should make you downright giddy…



They are bowl games - go big or stay home. Nobody thought we’d beat South Carolina & the ole Head Ball Coach either. I’d rather take our chances and lose to a P4 team then hiccup and get beat by 6-6 G5 team (pretty sure Mora & team does as well).
 
cellocgg said:
any P4 matchup sans the likes of FSU or Purdue would be bad for us. We have won 0/4 P4 matchups this year, what makes you BYers so confident we could beat one in a Bowl?

I wish we could get a team like WKU
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I didn't say we would beat one, but we could (particularly if you factor in potential opt-outs, which I suspect would more heavily impact UConn's potential P4 opponent as opposed to a G5 team, turmoil from coaching change etc) and IMO the potential gain from having that P4 scalp and 9 wins would far outweigh the loss from finishing with the same record as they did in the Fiesta Bowl season, with another close loss.

Ultimately the version of UConn football we've seen the last month could both beat or lose to anyone bowl-eligible in the G5 or lower P4 programs. Risk/reward to me says if you can't guarantee a win and the odds are relatively close regardless, take a shot against the biggest name, that you have a reasonable chance of success against. To me, UNC at 6-6 with a coaching change, would satisfy that.
 
UNC only beat UVA, FSU, Wake in the ACC and also beat Minnesota. So UNC is not as good as it first appeared. I think it would still be a tall order to beat UNC but doable.

Texas Tech won 6 games in the Big 12. This would be a much more difficult game, I think.

CBS Rankings last week: UConn 68, TT 41, UNC 55

I don't care if we play a G5, we need to win a bowl game. A Big 12 or ACC win would be super-sweet.
 
huskymedic said:
I’d rather take our chances and lose to a P4 team then hiccup and get beat by 6-6 G5 team (pretty sure Mora & team does as well).
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Uhm, Id rather take our chances that we win the game lol and a G5 gives us the best chance to do that

If we win our game, get a nice little trophy and finish 9-3 I don't think you'll care how we got there
 
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Kolumbo said:
UNC only beat UVA, FSU, Wake in the ACC and also beat Minnesota. So UNC is not as good as it first appeared. I think it would still be a tall order to beat UNC but doable.

Texas Tech won 6 games in the Big 12. This would be a much more difficult game, I think.

CBS Rankings last week: UConn 68, TT 41, UNC 55

I don't care if we play a G5, we need to win a bowl game. A Big 12 or ACC win would be super-sweet.
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TTech would be more than we can handle. But, bring it on if that’s the draw.
 
For selfish reasons I'm hoping whatever bowl game we get is after December 25TH.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
this is another one I am not sure we can win, but i guess we could upset UNC
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UNC would be a solid matchup for Uconn & an opportunity to get a win against mid level P4. They were competitive in their 3 ACC matchups this year, but came up short by a combined 15 points. They might be an 8 or 9 pt underdog but definitely a winnable game.
 
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