UCONN, no no you UCONT

As my fine feathered friend had previously pointed out all this love UCONN is getting is really pissing me off. First off Herbie, really you picked UCONN to win the Big East...really. This pick will prob be almost as good as you picking Rutgers to win the BE last year (they finished 3-4 in conference play and 9-4 overall). I don't understand why the analyst try to be savy and cool and take the "sleeper" of the conference. If you want a sleeper then pick Louisville they are almost guaranteed to suck this year again. If you want to be serious then pick either, WVU, pitt, or CINCY, not UCONN. I've never seen such an unproven team get so much pre-season accolades, its not like your the basketball team (which shit the bed last year). Not everyone is picking them to win but every time the conversation or an article comes up some smart-ass says something like "I tell you what though that UCONN could really shake things up in the BE" well prob not they might beat a contender and open up the race between three teams but they will most likely not be one of them. I guess everyone knows something that I don't because I just don't remember seeing anything last season that made me think they had a strong team coming back this year. Here is a little run down of some of UCONN's recent seasons.

2006: 4-8 (1-6) Only BE win was over pitt..great success!
2007: 9-4 (5-2) This includes a 66-21 ass-whooping in Mo-town.
2008: 8-5 (3-4)
2009; 8-5 (3-4) Could have been 10-0 or 5-8 lost a lot of close games (winners win).

Ok so looking through those years there really isn't many notable wins and they have had one winning season in the BE which is nice. But looking at last year all you heard is they have lost so many games by less than a touchdown..well you know what good teams win. The talent that have is ok its not great yes they have Jordan Toddman back but other than that could anyone else even name another player on that team? If your going to compete then you need a play-maker and Jordan Toddman is far from what I consider a game changer. I'm not saying they are going to suck but I'll be surprised if they are in the running for the BE championship at the end of the season.

I will say that Edsall does do a good job of taking the mediocre recruits he gets and makes them much better as they go through the program which is commendable but this isn't about yearbook superlatives bullshit this is about winning games and I just don't see UCONN having what it takes to make a run at the BE championship.