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Syracuse Football: Uconn Huskies Game Preview

By Josh Peelman

Sep 12, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange quarterback Eric Dungey (2) warms up prior to the game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse won 30-17. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 12, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; Syracuse Orange quarterback Eric Dungey (2) warms up prior to the game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse won 30-17. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports /
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Syracuse Football is in a dangerous place. We’ve lost the surprise factor in our new offense and our defense has yet to stop anybody but lowly Colgate. So what must the Orange do while visiting the Huskies on Saturday?

Syracuse football comes in with a (1-2) record looking to bounce back from two consecutive lopsided games. The University of Connecticut Huskies, our former Big East rivals (more so in basketball than football) comes into this game with a 2-1 record. (Whether they deserved to win both of their games is up for debate, but that is another story.)

The Huskies come into this game having faced lowly Maine, a respectable Navy squad, and Virginia. The Virginia Cavaliers, if you didn’t know, were ranked last in the ESPN ACC Power Rankings last week. Now, that’s not saying much though because we were only ranked one spot ahead of the Cavaliers.

To put things into perspective, the teams Uconn have faced have a combined record of 3-5, with all three wins coming from Navy. So the Huskies have played two winless teams and a team who deserved to win.

The Huskies come into this game knowing its winnable especially with how Syracuse’s defense has played of late. The good news though is that Uconn doesn’t pass much and our secondary is depleted so hopefully that helps this weekend. Here’s three keys to the game for our Syracuse Football team.

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