UConn Football Rebroadcast of Inaugural Game @ Rentschler Field (9/3/20 @ 7p)

[huskymedic]

>>Join us on Thursday, September 3 at 7 p.m. for a rebroadcast of the inaugural game at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a 34-10 victory over Indiana on August 30, 2003. Dan Orlovsky completed 26-of-42 attempts for 307 yards and three touchdowns while Terry Caulley registered 166 yards on the ground.<<

>>Alums who are expected to be joining us are Orlovsky, Uyi Osunde, Sean Mulcahy, Caulley, Brian Markowski, Ryan Krug, Mike Kodish, Matt Nuzie and many more members of the 2003 team!<<

 

[ShabooAllStar]

Ironically, I just found this t-shirt in a box of old t's I was going through... we had
a blast that day!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Palatine]

It's worth watching just to see how amazing Terry Caulley was as a tailback.

 

[Hoophound]

Also, worth watching to let younger fans see what the Rent used to look like.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Imagine, UConn dominating a P5 team. I've said it before, UConn had earned its seat at the big boys table. Conference realignment and monopolistic practices conspired to harm UConn. They should be receiving reparations.

 

[Watchdog]

Fun time for all.........except my cousins from Indiana who came in for the weekend. They had always smugly dismissed our basketball team (1999 cured that) and the loss to our football team was also a bit shocking.

 

[FrostyNuggets]

The Law Firm made his college debut that day.

 

[huskymedic]

 

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[DoctorWho85]

I’d love to see them televise the whole first season at The Rent. Week for week

 

[Exit 4]

Huh, so we would have perhaps 14 back ups .

COVid and COVid tracing has thinned our available players. Edsall playing by the book on this stuff - which is the right thing of course.

 

[huskymedic]

Huh, so we would have perhaps 14 back ups .

COVid and COVid tracing has thinned our available players. Edsall playing by the book on this stuff - which is the right thing of course.

Edsall talks about the current team virus/quarantine numbers in more detail in his Dibble interview...

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Great day, game and initial game at The Rent in 2003.

 

[gtcam]

That day in August 2003 was like a visit to Disneyworld for a 6 yo kid
My eyes were all over the place and most of the game I was just taking in the sights and sounds
In fact that whole 1st season was a carnival at the RENT (no disrespect to Memorial Stadium)
Then UConn got down to business and we witnessed some awesome OBE games
Then came the collapse of the OBE and the start of the AAC (not that the AAC is a bad football conference) and the RED PANTS debacle.

 

[HartfordHank]

What is the line on the game?

 

[SubbaBub]

What is the line on the game?

UConn -23 1/2, lay the points.

 

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[Husky92]

Good to be watching our Huskies again! Go UConn!

 

[ZachFan]

That was so awesome. Gave me goose bumps. Will never forget. My hoarse voice took a week to come back.

 

[RioDog]

That was fun, but bittersweet knowing what would transpire in CE and the general degradation of CF.

 

[gioff2323]

Maybe it’s me, but I turned it off. Frankly, just made me miss UConn football even more. Gonna be a long year.

 

[formerlurker]

Maybe it’s me, but I turned it off. Frankly, just made me miss UConn football even more. Gonna be a long year.

The NFL plug around the -43:50 mark that mentions Drew Bledsoe and the Patriots taking on the Bills the following week snapped me back to reality on how long it's been.

* just busting your chops, Gioff.