On vacation for most of this month, but I would be remiss to not post about a couple of things.
First off, looks like Thursday is going to be Randy Edsall day at ESPN. That raised an eyebrow for me. Edsall has for the most part in his career been fiercely expectation averse. He has high expectations, but he has always kept a low profile. That has loosened up in recent years and I think the last couple of Summer updates (though there was little news per se) is an indication UConn and Edsall think it’s about time UConn gets seen a little more.
This ESPN junket is terrific for the program.
Here’s the junket from ESPN. This is essentially a media tour.
BRISTOL, Conn. (July 26, 2010) — University of Connecticut head football coach Randy Edsall will spend Thursday, July 29 on the “campus” of ESPN in Bristol, Conn., for a number of interviews and appearances on the ESPN family of networks.
Here is a tentative schedule for Edsall on Thursday with all appearances and times subject to change.
10:50 a.m. – Appear on First Take with Jay Crawford, Dana Jacobson, Jay Crawford and Reischea Canidate
11:05a.m. – Interview with SportsCenter.com
11:20 a.m. – Interview With ESPN Rise
11:40 a.m. – Appear on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio, ESPNU and ESPN.com
1:00 p.m. – ESPN.com chat
1:20 p.m. – Interview with ESPNW
1:40 p.m. – Appear on ESPNU
2:10 p.m. – Appear on ESPNews
2:40 p.m. – Radio interview on 1250 ESPN Radio in Pittsburgh
3:10 p.m. – Appear on the The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio, ESPN2 and ESPN.com
3:30 p.m. – Appear on College Football Live with multiple airings on ESPN and ESPNU
Two points here.
1. UConn is starting to get some national traction. If they beat Michigan in the Big House Sept. 4 there are going to be everyone’s darlings for at least until Big East play. I would say that UConn is going to be the cool pick for the Big East.
2. UConn, specifically Edsall, thinks his team has a shot at it. Edsall isn’t going to stick his neck out if he doesn’t think the team has a better than punchers’ chance at the Big East title. As the season gets closer I am looking the Huskies more and more. QB, offensive line, defense front 7 are very very solid. If they can fix that secondary, or more likely get pressure with the front 7 to make the safeties moot, I really like their chances. Every other contender has a question mark at QB or head coach…or both.
I have some thoughts I will ramble off before we get into the season. Good job by Desmond Connor on the BC-UConn recruiting fiasco. BC is wrong, but I don’t know if the BC coach is off base.
Brief view.
If UConn has the season we all think UConn is going to have, Edsall is going to be white hot on the coaching carousel. All of UConn nation needs to understand this.
When BC coach Frank Spazziani apologized to Edsall I wonder if Edsall asked if they would like to play and just start to get along? Ha, not going there. Maybe another decade for the Cold War of New England football to thaw.
See ya’ll soon.
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