At least this UConn coach isn’t annoying on the sidelines
It’s Wednesday, so you know what that means… time for the blog that gives you the internet’s most ridiculous college football preview series- it’s #FakeNunes time. Can we keep finding ways to get #jokesandgarbage into a Syracuse Orange preview? You be the judge….
Now onto this week’s opponent
Opponent: Connecticut Huskies
Location: Storrs, CT
Students: 32,669 students who would donate a kidney to Danny Hurley
The 2024 Fake Nunes Statistical Index (#FNSI)
We continue to look to innovate our analytics model so we here’s what the lab cooked up for this season.
Rivalry Trophy
The FNSI staff won’t give up on their quest to bring back more tradition into today’s college game. Let’s see what they’ve got for this one
The Pasqualoni Bowl
Anytime you’ve got a head coach who has worked at both schools, they deserve to have their name on the rivalry trophy. To honor Coach P, the winning HC should take this home and enjoy a pasta dinner out of it.
Jersey Boys
Fran Brown wants to reclaim the Garden State so let’s see how the Orange stack up against each opponent.
The Huskies have seven player from Jersey, but that’s not even close to the twenty five for the Orange. (UConn does have a 1-0 advantage on players from Sweden)
Advantage: Syracuse
Notable Alum
Bringing back this one as we love to drop, some knowledge every now and then to help our loyal readers possibly win a trivia night. After all we are the Syracuse blog that loves you back and we take that seriously.
Bob Kaufman vs Bernard Goldberg
Kaufman’s one of the co-founders of Bob’s Discount Furniture, a brand that evolved from his 1980s waterbed business. Goldberg co-founded Raymour Furniture, which is now Raymour and Flanigan Furniture. Bet you didn’t think a football blog could educate you on American furniture companies did you?
Advantage: UConn because waterbeds are certainly due for a return soon
Head Coach Radio Show Sponsor
Blank vs AmeriCU
There’s something called UConn+ but there’s no way we’re paying to find out anything about a UConn HC.
Advantage: Syracuse
Fran Brown Hat Tracker
Fran went with a gray hat with the block Syracuse lettering and this one is now 2-1 on the road- undefeated on Saturdays.
D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images
The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction
Syracuse comes out in a 2-3 zone and Jim Calhoun dials up a play to feed Jeff Adrien in the short corner….sorry that was a little Big East flashback. This game actually turns into a fun little offensive battle as the Syracuse passing game and Huskies ground attack take turns finding the end zone. A nervous Dome crowd is finally put at ease when Trebor Pena returns a punt for a score and the Orange hang on.
Final Score: Syracuse 38, UConn 27