I say....
After less than a decade in D-1 football, UConn will enter the 2010 season as a legitimate threat to go to a BCS bowl as the Big East champion. With 17 starters coming back and a lot of momentum from the end of last season, teh Huskies look like a force to be dealt with this year. The Huskies will not be the conference favorite, that honor goes to Pittsburgh, but the Huskies are almost as good as with Dave Wandstedts record of managing talent second best may be in the best position to win the league. The Huskies 5 losses last season all came by four points or less and with some big game experience, this squad can undoubtedly shock the world and the run the table much like Cincinnati did a year ago.
The offense is not exciting but it is damned good. The Huskies run the ball, and they run it a lot. The offensive line is probably the best in the conference and last years starting running back was supposed to be a questionable fill for star Donald Brown, but ran for over 1100 yards. The QB play is very questionable, the Huskies rotated two starters last year, and neither completed more than 62 percent of their passes, and the TD/INT ratio for both was virtually even.
The defense is average, which is a common theme in the Big East this season. The defensive line and linebacking corps have been excellent over the last few years, and the Huskies stop the run very well, and that will be key against West Virginia and Pitt this season. The pass defense is less reliable, but the teams to beat in the conference will both be led by inexperienced QB's so that is a little less important than it may seem.
The schedule just screams BCS. The opening day game at should be the only true test in the first seven games, after that contest, the Huskies will face Temple, Vanderbilt, Buffalo, Texas Southern, Louisville, and Rutgers before West Virginia comes to town on Oct. 29th. The three best teams in the league (Cincinnati, West Virginia, and Pitt) all are home games and none are in consecutive weeks. After West Virginia, UCoon gets a week of to prepare for Pitt, and then a game against Syracuse before hosting the Bearcats. Even if they do drop a conference game and lose the title to someone else, the Huskies could be a BCS at large contender.
Prediction: 10-2, second Big East.
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