STORRS, Conn. (AP) – Former Connecticut quarterback Dan Orlovsky had tears in his eyes as he watched Dave Teggart hit the 52-yard field goal that clinched a BCS bowl berth for the Huskies.
Orlovsky, now a backup with the NFL’s Houston Texans, was Connecticut’s first big recruit just 10 years ago, after the program decided to make the move from Division I-AA to Division I.
He was there when UConn was 2-9 in 2001, playing in the 16,000-seat Memorial Stadium, where the locker rooms were in a small brick building marked “Facilities,” and trailers were used for coaches’ offices.
Now, the Huskies are in the BCS. Not a bad little run for what people refer to, as a “basketball school.”
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