Connecticut vs Louisville

Big East Title Decided Tonight?

Before I get started, let me get this out…

USC LOST???

I watched that game while bouncing back and forth from it and the Mississippi Valley State vs. Alabama State U on ESPNU. And I keep wondering why EPSN never talks about the BLACK college games on the other EPSN stations.

I mean, if you interrupt the MVS/ASU game to update everybody about the big Pac 10 game, that’s cool, but why is it that the game on EPSN never even mentioned that there WAS in fact another game on their family of networks.

It’s like the SWAC and MEAC teams are the proverbial “red head step child”.

Don’t get me wrong, the USC vs. Oregon State game was very entertaining, and on the scope of National Championship Title hopes, quite immense. But do you totally ignore even an UPDATE of the game on your other network? Come on ESPN, that sounds pretty….well…bigoted to me.

But that USC game was AWESOME, and it shakes everything up…even for the Big East. And there are two undefeated teams there, one is South Florida, who will play NC State, and then there is Uconn.

Tonight Uconn travels TO Louisville to determine if that 4-0 record is for real, or just “smoke and mirrors”. I have actually been to Louisville and it is a great city (is the Gault House still there?) and the last few years Louisville has been an explosive offensive team…problem is, their defensive is IMPLOSIVE.

So let’s size it up. Connecticut has scored about 123 points this year, and allowed 50. Sounds nice, but the Hofstra game was not impressive, and the Temple game may have shown some weakness in the Huskies with that overtime win.

Overtime…against TEMPLE?

The beat down against Virginia seems legit, unless we find out that Virginia finishes like 3-8, but I will give Connecticut credit for a good win. The Baylor game was good too, but it seems that the Huskies can handle their business at home pretty well. That overtime win against Temple was on the road…maybe a flaw…..

Now with Louisville, this team seems to have fallen a bit since they had Michael Bush (and the broken leg game that broke my heart). This was supposed to be the team that scares the BCS big boys. This was the team that started making noise a few years ago with that game vs. Florida State in the pouring rain. They need that…I hate to say this word…SWAGGER…back.

And they can get it with a win against Connecticut.

I’m not gonna count the Kentucky loss too much against them, the SEC is very tough and when it comes to state rivals, throw everything out the window….ask ECU about that when they played NC State.

Still, it was an embarrassing loss, losing 27-2. Still, they picked it up with a win against Tennessee Tech 51-10, although I can’t say it was very impressive. The game against Kansas State however, was pretty good. A 38-29 win against a Big 12 team is not bad. So is this team ready to take on the Huskies and win?

The Huskies has this cat (Brown) that looks like he can get 2000 yards this year. Connecticut is number 6 in the nation in rushing and Louisville is 26th. We’re talking about a difference of 80 yards per game so it’s a little closer than you think. But when it comes to passing…ugh!

Louisville is in the 70’s in the nation, and Connecticut is in the 90’s. I can see why Uconn is so low since they focus much more on running, but you’d think Louisville would be much higher.

A lot of stats are pretty even for these teams, from passing yards to penalty yards, so you might toss a coin to decide who can win this. But there is a flaw with Connecticut. Last year they lost 4 games, and during the regular season, all 3 were AWAY games, losing by a margin of 110-40.

But Louisville went 6-6 last year and lost some key games. Losing to Utah is ok because those guys are pretty good, but losing to Syracuse….yikes! And those losses INCLUDE one to Connecticut by a score of 21-17.

This game is huge because on a national spotlight, the Big East needs to show that it is worth of the BCS chat, especially with Southern Cal falling down hard. It’s up for grabs now, with the SEC likely to beat each other up. Can Oklahoma run the tables? Whether they can or not, Uconn is in a perfect position to go undefeated…but not unless they get by the Cardinals of Louisville.

This is gonna be good! But in the end, I think home field advantage helps Louisville and they win a much needed boost by a touchdown. We’ll see, and oh, don’t forget to check out my “Greatest Running Backs EVER” blogs.