2013 Record: 3-9

2014 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 3.5*

2014 Season Win Total Picks NCAA Football: 'Over'

Randy Edsall's departure after the 2010 Fiesta Bowl appearance marked the beginning of the end for both Huskies football and Edsall. Edsall has gone just 13-24 and is on his last life in Maryland while Connecticut suffered through a terrible effort by Paul Pasqualoni and a 13-23 mark the past three seasons.

Connecticut, somehow, still doesn't have a quarterback. They've had four different starters - all of them terrible - over the last two years and they enter the 2014 season with more questions than answers under center.

The quarterback debacle is a shame. Because new coach Bob Diaco has a very stout defense, with 10 returning starters from the nation's No. 23 rush unit.

The Huskies open the Diaco Era with three home games. But they will lose two of them with powerful BYU and Boise State programs coming to Storrs. After that comes a stretch of three of four on the road before closing the season with a manageable four home games in five weeks through November and December.

Connecticut is a long way from another major bowl game. However, I think they are better than this season win total number gives them credit for. Running back Lyle McCombs and the defense alone can scrape together four wins. And if by some miracle a quarterback emerges then this team could even find itself competing for a bowl game.

2014 Connecticut Huskies Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) Location Result

Fri, Aug 29th, 2014 BYU 07:00 PM Rentschler Field

Sat, Sep 6th, 2014 Stony Brook 12:00 PM Rentschler Field

Sat, Sep 13th, 2014 Boise State 12:00 PM Rentschler Field

Fri, Sep 19th, 2014 at 08:00 PM Raymond James Stadium

Sat, Sep 27th, 2014 Temple TBA Rentschler Field

Sat, Oct 11th, 2014 at Tulane TBA Yulman Stadium

Thu, Oct 23rd, 2014 at East Carolina 07:00 PM Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Sat, Nov 1st, 2014 UCF TBA Rentschler Field

Sat, Nov 8th, 2014 at Army 03:30 PM Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY

Sat, Nov 22nd, 2014 Cincinnati TBA Rentschler Field

Sat, Nov 29th, 2014 at Memphis TBA Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

Sat, Dec 6th, 2014 SMU TBA Rentschler Field

All Times EST

*Season Win Total Odds from Raphael Esparza. Esparza was a Las Vegas sportsbook manager for 13 years at some of the largest books on The Strip. He is a proven oddsmaker and this is his projected total.

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