Connecticut Huskies 2009 College Football Predictions, Picks & Odds: Few have notice, but Connecticut has turned into a successful team in the Big East. Two bowl games in a row is a big accomplishment and Coach Randy Edsall is still in Stoors and making the most of the talent that he can get into Uconn. The Huskies have some big names to replace, like running back Donald Brown and quarterback Tyler Lorenzen, but another bowl is not impossible. Odds makers at Sportsbook.com have the Connecticut Huskies 200-1 odds to win the BSC 2010 National Championship.
Jordan Todman had a good spring and will likely split carries this season with Andre Dixon. Either way, the ground game will not be as good as it was last year and without the ground game running on all cylinders, Connecticut has to put the ball in the air. The team only threw five touchdown passes all year and now Lorenzen, who threw three of those, is gone. That leaves Zach Frazer and Cody Endres as the quarterback options. Neither were very impressive when they played last season and one of them better step up or the offense could be going nowhere.
Connecticut won games with their defense last year and that should be the case again this time around. There are some big names to replace, but at least the linebackers return. Scott Lutrus, Greg Lloyd and Lawrence Wilson are an experienced bunch in the middle of the field and that should help the entire unit while they learn to live without defensive end Cody Brown and cornerback Darius Butler. Twyon Martin is the lone experienced lineman and some players like Lindsey Witten have to step up and get some pressure on the opposing quarterback. In 2008 the Huskies ranked third in the conference in sacks, but that was mostly Brown and Julius Williams. The secondary lost two very experienced players in Butler and safety Dahna Deleston, but there is talent left, most notably Jasper Howard and Robert Vaughn. Sportsbook.com’s college football predictions have Connecticut Huskies at +600 to win the Big East conference.
The Huskies have to iron out some problems in the kicking game. They had six punts blocked a year ago and had some serious lapses of judgment in the return game,
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