It has been about four months since Athletic Director David Benedict replaced Bob Diaco with Randy Edsall. Though the hire wasn’t met with immediate, widespread praise, Edsall and his staff have done a pretty convincing job of proving his second tenure could actually be better than his first.
However SB Nation’s Bill Connelly, the best college football analyst out there when it comes to meshing thorough statistical analysis with on-field observation, started his American Athletic Conference team previews with UConn, indicating that he sees the Huskies as his preseason last-place pick.
That’s totally fair given how last season ended, but UConn can beat those gloomy expectations.