BIG EAST FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GAME #3 CONNECTICUT

September 12, 2008


The Connecticut Huskies are 2-0, however, their overtime snoozefest victory over lowly (albeit improving) Temple is not inspiring a lot of confidence in the Huskies heading into their match-up with Virginia Saturday night. After watching Big East hopeful Rutgers get smoked by North Carolina on their home field, this year's Big East is looking down right pitiful. Can UConn score one against the ACC for the conference?

Despite over 200 yards rushing last week from Donald Brown, the Huskies were very lucky to escape Philadelphia with the win. Another poor game in the passing department from Tyler Lorenzen (just 86 yards in the air) and the the receiving corps contributed to the game being a major struggle. Now, they face a Virginia team that is coming off a New year's Day bowl appearance last season, but are out of the game rather slowly this season, mostly due to their 52-7 loss to USC.

Connecticut will have to find a better balance offensively, through two games, Donald Brown has 5 of their six total touchdowns while the passing game has not led to a score, but has been picked off four times against Temple and Hofstra while completing just 51% of his throws for 270 yards in two games.

Looking at the NCAA Betting Odds for the weekend, UConn is favored by 10 points, even 10 and a half with some Online Sportsbooks, too much for me...

Prediction:

Connecticut 23
Virginia 20