UConn called a coach that's already lost to Tennessee for some advice ahead of matchup on Saturday
The UConn Huskies will travel to Knoxville on Saturday to take on the Tennessee Vols. UConn is 1-7 this season, though they're better than their record indicates. Four of the Huskies' seven losses this season have come by 7 points or less. They play hard, they just haven't been able to close out games. Still, […]
The UConn Huskies will travel to Knoxville on Saturday to take on the Tennessee Vols.
UConn is 1-7 this season, though they're better than their record indicates.
Four of the Huskies' seven losses this season have come by 7 points or less. They play hard, they just haven't been able to close out games.
Still, this is a game that Tennessee's expected to win in blowout fashion.
Despite the long odds against them, UConn is still going to do everything they can in preparation in the hopes of stealing a win from the Vols.
That includes trying to get some advice from a coach that's already lost to Tennessee this season.
UConn head coach Jim Mora told WNML's Vince Ferrara on Thursday that the Huskies reached out to Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops for some advice about playing the Vols after the Wildcats' 33-27 loss to Tennessee last Saturday.
"We reached out to (Mark) Stoops and said 'hey, tell us about Tennessee' and he says 'they're really fast and they're really talented' and that was about all he said," said Mora on Thursday. "Well, we see that on film, you know. To see it in person will be interesting."
I'm sure Stoops shared more information than that with UConn, but it's not like Mora was going to reveal that during a radio interview.
Stoops, by the way, sounded incredibly relieved this week to not have to face the Vols' rushing attack for another year. The longtime Kentucky head coach was almost at a loss for words this week when describing what it was like to go up against Tennessee's three-headed monster at running back.
I'm sure Stoops shared plenty of insight with Mora and the Huskies, but I'm not sure how much it will help. Stoops, after all, is 0-3 against Heupel and the Vols over the last three seasons. And two of those losses came in Lexington.
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