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Game week starts today. The routine starts today. Game week prep and practice. I'm not sure if there was a formal camp closing or what, but I bet there was, and the guys are all ready to take these next few months of 1-week seasons by the horns.
Season 1. UMass.
Renewing what I believe is the longest,oldest UConn football rivalry. Who cares if it's not, actually that - the longest, a technicality. It's a long rivalry, and they have actually won more than we have in the 70+ years or whatever it is..., so we need to take a step to even that up.
When UConn and UMass last played, they hung 62 points on us. We lost, if you're wondering. By a lot. UMass defensive co-ordinator in that game, was a wild man named Don Brown that's now coaching the UConn D. George Deleone had just produced a QB on offense that was picked #2 in the first round of the NFL draft. Paul Pasqualoni was Deleone's head coach. That's what was going on then, with our coachign leaders. Coach Brown actually was back at UMass since, and might even have a few connections with older players there still.
Most of our players, last time these two programs were squared up on the field, were in elementary school, well except that big guy from the lands of vikings. (the real ones - not the Minnesota ones)
UMass is in the process of doing now, what we did 12 years ago, with football. The connections go back a lot farther, when you bring up names like Dick MacPherson, etc.
Bottom line, is that it's season 1 for us. Season 1 started for the team today.
For me, all the story lines are nice. Lots of old timer history, all of which doesn't mean all that much to the younger generation, but UMass? -along those lines? UMass, depending on how things go in the future, scheduling wise, how the interest in this game turns out from both sides? just might be a nice bridge between the old and the new when it comes to playing football every fall.
Especially on their end, after we hang 60 points on them as a return favor for last time.
Anyway, I am simply waiting for that feeling of waking up next Thursday morning, when I get out of bed, and among the many first thoughts of the day is...."We're playing tonight." - and the smile that it will bring.
Season 1.
Season 1. UMass.
Renewing what I believe is the longest,oldest UConn football rivalry. Who cares if it's not, actually that - the longest, a technicality. It's a long rivalry, and they have actually won more than we have in the 70+ years or whatever it is..., so we need to take a step to even that up.
When UConn and UMass last played, they hung 62 points on us. We lost, if you're wondering. By a lot. UMass defensive co-ordinator in that game, was a wild man named Don Brown that's now coaching the UConn D. George Deleone had just produced a QB on offense that was picked #2 in the first round of the NFL draft. Paul Pasqualoni was Deleone's head coach. That's what was going on then, with our coachign leaders. Coach Brown actually was back at UMass since, and might even have a few connections with older players there still.
Most of our players, last time these two programs were squared up on the field, were in elementary school, well except that big guy from the lands of vikings. (the real ones - not the Minnesota ones)
UMass is in the process of doing now, what we did 12 years ago, with football. The connections go back a lot farther, when you bring up names like Dick MacPherson, etc.
Bottom line, is that it's season 1 for us. Season 1 started for the team today.
For me, all the story lines are nice. Lots of old timer history, all of which doesn't mean all that much to the younger generation, but UMass? -along those lines? UMass, depending on how things go in the future, scheduling wise, how the interest in this game turns out from both sides? just might be a nice bridge between the old and the new when it comes to playing football every fall.
Especially on their end, after we hang 60 points on them as a return favor for last time.
Anyway, I am simply waiting for that feeling of waking up next Thursday morning, when I get out of bed, and among the many first thoughts of the day is...."We're playing tonight." - and the smile that it will bring.
Season 1.