Another blowout on deck? Michigan’s next opponent, UConn, loses big on Saturday

Michigan has received its first two video games by scores of 51-7 and 56-10. Its subsequent recreation could possibly be equally lopsided.

Connecticut is about to go to Michigan Stadium subsequent Saturday, Sep. 17. The Huskies misplaced to Syracuse on Saturday evening 48-14 to fall to 1-2 on the season.

Michigan dominated Hawaii in a recreation that began after 9 p.m. ET on Saturday evening and didn’t finish till 12:18 a.m. The Wolverines blew out Colorado State to begin the season. Each video games had been at dwelling.

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UConn, in the meantime, managed simply 202 yards of complete offense in opposition to Syracuse, unable to push the ball down the sphere by the air or discover a constant floor recreation. The Huskies are beginning a real freshman at quarterback, Zion Turner, after Penn State switch Ta’Quan Roberson tore his ACL within the first quarter of the opener. Per the Hartford Courant’s Joe Arruda, Turner didn’t try a go greater than 20 yards downfield on Saturday.

UConn trailed 27-7 at half and by no means acquired again within the recreation.

On UConn’s protection, Arruda wrote, “Syracuse scored on each considered one of its possessions by the sport’s first three quarters. The primary punt from the Orange got here close to the beginning of the fourth quarter and was muffed by UConn return man Dajon Harrison. Syracuse scored a 39-yard landing on the very subsequent play.”

The Huskies, taking part in as an impartial not affiliated with any convention, misplaced their opener at Utah State, 31-20. They beat Central Connecticut, an FCS faculty, 28-3.

Jim L. Mora, the previous UCLA and NFL head coach, is in his first season at UConn, making an attempt to revive a program that went 1-11 final season and hasn’t received greater than three video games since 2015.

Michigan’s nonconference schedule was considered as weak getting into the season, and that’s solely change into extra evident now that the season is underway.

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