UConn preview at Pre-Snap Read
Saw this preview today at the blog Pre-Snap Read. The NYT's college blog 'The Quad' is linking to them for all their previews.
http://www.presnapread.com/no-39-connecticut/
Nothing earth shattering, but seems rather informative. FWIW, they're up to No. 39 in the rankings and haven't gotten to Michigan yet.
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Michigan should be on upset alert – if it can be called an upset – when the Huskies come to Ann Arbor on the season’s first weekend. That game is a toss-up, as is a road date with Temple, but UConn should enter Big East holding a 4-1 mark. The first game of the conference season, at Rutgers on Oct. 8, will provide UConn with a major road test.
Putting Temple on the same level as M. May RR and Co. crush them.
"Dream season The Huskies finish 10-2, losing only at Michigan and once in conference play, and earn the Big East’s automatic B.C.S. bid."
Yep, I'm good with that.
From an outside perspective, one would think it's kind of odd that losing to a team that went 5-7 last year is part of a dream season.
They haven't gotten to Michigan yet because they have 37 more installments to do.
If my sarcasm detector is on the fritz, i apologize, but I assumed people would figure that out by my statement. The only reason I threw it in was that being ranked 38 or better seems rather bullish as compared to rankings of other national media sources I've seen.
I think he's saying we'll be #1. Am I right?
Ha, I guess that makes sense. I guess I just wasn't able to go there after the last three years...
They say Michigan should be on upset alert but note (1) the dream season is 10-2 with a loss to Michigan and (2) they expect to lose to WVU because "When it comes to West Virginia… well, the Mountaineers always beat the Huskies, who struggle mightily defending W.V.U.’s mobile quarterback play and wide-open rushing attack." If there is only some way RR can mimic the offense that WVU crushes them with on a yearly basis....
Yeah, it was a little confusing. I just figured that WVU and Pitt would be traveling to UConn and thus wouldn't be much of an upset. We get UConn at home, in the first game of the season, equals a potential upset.
Overall, I get the feeling that he thinks Michigan will win that game, even if others are calling for a UConn victory based on the past two seasons.
Wouldn't their logic imply that UConn should be on upset alert?
I'm as confused as the rest of you. One minute they say UConn will likely be favored, yet in their ranking they have UConn at #39 and Michigan hasn't been mentioned yet in the countdown.
I mean, really -- does Temple even have a football team? How many people really knew that they had a team before this crack publication put it on par with UM's program?
But it was from seeing them get whupped by other teams early in the season as in "Someone killed The Temple Owls 32-0"
aren't they joining the MAC for football - or at least considering it?
Temple has been gaining respect as of late. They went 9-4 last year(7-1 in MAC East). They lost to UCLA in a bowl game. Temple will be a solid team this year. However, they by no means, should ever be mentioned in the same sentence as UM!
he gives a hint when he answers a poster asking if Michigan will in fact be better than Spart-O:
"Paul: Thanks for the link. Adding it now. As for Michigan, I am expecting a revival of sorts for the Wolverines in 2010."
This guy looks to be higher on Michigan than most so far - if he has them up in the 20's and UCONN at #39, from the perspective of his rankings it would be an upset. No explanation for the Temple thing, however.
Didn't want to start a new thread for a simple question: where did Matt Hinton go to school? Looks like he has ties to Austin but didn't know if he actually went to school there....
Hinton went to Southern Miss, part of the reason he gives so much attention to mid-major programs