No really, I'm serious, and
so are others. By winning out vs. Cincinnati and South Florida (and with a little help from West Virginia by beating Pitt in the
Backyard Brawl) UConn can win the Big East and automatically qualify for a BCS bowl. Namely, the Fiesta Bowl against the Big 12 champ.
The key is that WestVa vs. Pitt matchup. Pitt currently sits atop the
Big East standings, followed by UConn and then WestVa. UConn owns the tiebreaker over both schools (two huge home wins, by the way). So if WestVa knocks off Pitt and UConn wins out, UConn takes the cheese. And a moderately raucous fan base erupts in East Hartford.
This is totally possible, by the way. As
Ty Duffy said, file Dave Wannstedt in a big game under things I don't trust. And UConn has a winnable game vs. Cincinnati at home (the Bearcats have given up the most points --by far -- of any Big East team this season, and UConn is 5-0 at Rentschler Field), plus a decent matchup against middle-of-the-road South Florida in balmy Tampa on Dec. 4.
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