Operation Sports Forums - View Single Post - Can't wait to play with UConn in their first year of the Big East!

BigT34 · 05-29-2004, 08:07 PM

yeah and a darn decent one. I have no reason to favor them, but I'm damned impressed with what Edsall has done up in Storrs. They went 9-3 last year vs. a full 1-A schedule in what was just their third year ever at D-1A. they're also becoming real players for a lot of solid recruits on the East Coast this year--they are definitely on the rise. Their senior QB, Dan Orlovsky, is about as good as anyone in the country. If Terry Caulley can recover from his knee injury, UConn will have the player who led all freshmen in rushing with the highest rushing total for a freshman since Tennessee's Jamal Lewis--this in the same year that Clarrett and TA McClendon got all the hype. If he can't go yet, UConn still has a bevy of talented RBs, including a kid who was on Tom Lemming's top-100 list (Matt Lawrence).

With the Big East much weaker this year, UConn very well could win the conference. They smoked Wake Forest last year and gave BC all they could handle. NC State needed an interception return for a TD as the clock expired to break a tie and beat the Huskies--UConn was driving for the game-winning field goal at the time.

05-29-2004, 08:07 PM	#8
BigT34 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Jun 2003	Re: Can\'t wait to play with UConn in their first year of the Big East! yeah and a darn decent one. I have no reason to favor them, but I'm damned impressed with what Edsall has done up in Storrs. They went 9-3 last year vs. a full 1-A schedule in what was just their third year ever at D-1A. they're also becoming real players for a lot of solid recruits on the East Coast this year--they are definitely on the rise. Their senior QB, Dan Orlovsky, is about as good as anyone in the country. If Terry Caulley can recover from his knee injury, UConn will have the player who led all freshmen in rushing with the highest rushing total for a freshman since Tennessee's Jamal Lewis--this in the same year that Clarrett and TA McClendon got all the hype. If he can't go yet, UConn still has a bevy of talented RBs, including a kid who was on Tom Lemming's top-100 list (Matt Lawrence). With the Big East much weaker this year, UConn very well could win the conference. They smoked Wake Forest last year and gave BC all they could handle. NC State needed an interception return for a TD as the clock expired to break a tie and beat the Huskies--UConn was driving for the game-winning field goal at the time.