UConn football opened its season in an encouraging fashion, losing to Utah State but comfortably covering the 27-point spread and sufficiently competing down to the wire. The hosts prevailed, 31-20, and a few key Huskies went down with an injury, but Jim Mora and his staff have a lot to be proud of in their first outing.
UConn won the toss, deferred, and forced a stop after five plays on the Aggies’ first drive. Starting quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson took the field for the first time, and the Huskies ran behind Nate Carter in a drive that ended with a Roberson sneak for a touchdown, making it 7-0.