Temple blog Cherry and White Huddle asked yours truly for some thoughts on Saturday's game, and I did my best to answer without cursing the name of Paul Pasqualoni. As I will be in attendance for Saturday's homecoming game, please fill the comments with suggestions on which types of alcohol would best block out the pain.
A Western Michigan blogger had questions about UConn. I gave him answers.
The first game of the week is Friday night.
Get them in before kickoff tomorrow.
There are a lot of great pieces on Jim Calhoun out there today, but for people who either lived or grew up in Connecticut over the past twenty years will find a lot to like here. One thing in particular worth noting is this line, which I think explains a lot of the dichotomy between local and national reactions to Calhoun: "Calhoun won two more titles, never taking his foot off the gas. He had gotten to the top by fighting, and he'd stay at the top by fighting. But a national title can change a coach from an underdog to a bully even when the coach himself doesn't change."
The mothership has launched a nifty new feature where they track who is still alive in the National Title hunt and the good news for UConn fans is that after Week 1 it is still conceivable UConn could be the national champion come January. Not alive? That would be be Pitt. Syracuse, UMass, N.C. State and UMass all check in as barely alive.
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I answered some UConn questions for UMass blog UMass74. Check it out.
John Silver is a good reporter and he does a fine job covering UConn football. He apparently did such a good job that SNY hired him away to run their official UConn blog. Which they named HuskieBlog. No, I'm not joking. Yes, I wish I was.