After an excellent 2023-2024 campaign, the 8-4 UConn football team is bowl eligible! However, where exactly the Huskies will be playing is a mystery. Connecticut has the potential to play all over the country, whether it be in the Bronx, N.Y., for the Pinstripe Bowl or in Florida for the Boca Raton Bowl. In this week’s roundtable, our group of writers will give their take on the bowl game they think the Huskies should be lacing up for.
Gavin Friedman, Campus Correspondent: Boca Raton Bowl
What better place to hold the Huskies’ eighth bowl game than along the beaches of South Florida. FAU Stadium, home of the Boca Raton Bowl, is located just over two miles away from the Atlantic Ocean which can provide plenty of picturesque scenery. This can also be a good opportunity for the social media team to use the beautiful landscape to make some good content. Additionally, there are only three bowl eligible teams from Florida, meaning it’s unlikely that UConn will face a team with a significant home field advantage. The Huskies will be able to enjoy the warm Florida weather which will be a nice change for the team compared to the cold Connecticut winter. Boca Raton would be the perfect place for the Huskies to end their best season since 2010 and potentially their first bowl game victory since 2009.
Ryan Lombardi, Campus Correspondent: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
In the time of bowl season, fans usually hope their team gets invited to picturesque destinations or games with longstanding traditions. Instead, I’d like to see the Huskies close their season somewhere completely different: Boise, Idaho. It may not be an ideal vacation spot, nor does it have the prestige of certain other bowls, but it makes up for all that with one key thing: personality. Not only is the game hosted on Boise State’s unique blue turf, but the event takes pride in its potato theme. It has arguably the best bowl mascot out there, a giant potato named Spuddy Buddy, and fans and players alike are treated to various complementary potato dishes. So, while some hope to see UConn finish its historic season in warmth and paradise, I’d rather it come to a close with the Huskies hoisting a literal potato bowl trophy and seeing head coach Jim Mora fall victim to the obligatory post-game french fry bath.
Brayden Gorski, Campus Correspondent: Wasabi Fenway Bowl
In an era of College Football filled with gimmick bowls, crazy trophies and mascots, a bowl game in America’s most beloved ballpark would be a sight to see. Connecticut played at Fenway Park for the first time in 2017 against Boston College, falling to the Eagles 39-16. Since both teams are bowl eligible in 2024, what better opponent for this Boston based bowl than the Boston College Eagles? The Huskies have never defeated BC in 14 games against them, which is an additional storyline for a possible bowl game. This game will also be a massive test for UConn, a team that went 0-3 against ACC teams during the regular season despite keeping all three games close. The two most prominent FBS schools in New England facing off in the cathedral of the region would bring fans from all over to Fenway Park.
UConn has beaten BC. Fact check your stories.
We beat BC literally the last time we played them
We can’t play in the fenway or pinstripe bowls. The Yanks have an agreement to have an ACC and B1G team; the Sox have a similar agreement with the ACC and AAC. Please do some fact checking before hitting send.
UConn beat BC 13-3 on 10/29/22 in East Hartford, CT.