3. UConn at UMass
LINE UConn -3.5
ATS PICK UConn
Oh you know you want to.
Yeah, it’s easy to program-shame considering these two have done a whole lot of not-winning for a very, very long time – but that stinks.
The students, players, and alumni all deserve to have a little bit of fun.
It’s finally going to happen for one of these two.
UMass has lost 16 straight since beating a winless Akron in 2019 – the Zips, by the way, play in their own sad matchup against Bowling Green this week – and are on a run of 22 losses in the last 23 games.
At least the Minutemen got to play four games last year.
UConn has lost 16 in a row – sitting out all of last year – after getting past Wagner to start the 2019 season. Worse yet, it has lost 32 straight games against FBS programs going back to the middle of 2017 and 37 of 39 since stunning Cincinnati in 2016.
Here’s the difference. UConn has at least been close.
It pushed Vanderbilt last week and almost one in a 30-28 heartbreaker, and that’s coming off the rough 24-22 loss to Wyoming the week before. The program is settling in under interim head coach Lou Spanos, all while UMass hasn’t come closer than 14 points to anyone since that win over Akron.
They’re both having problems, but UConn is showing a bit more of a passing attack and a more experienced kicker.