People wondered what Jim Mora was getting himself into taking the Connecticut head coaching job.
Mora should be a dark-horse candidate for Coach of the Year after he has the Huskies bowl-eligible following their 36-33 win over Liberty, ranked 19th, on Saturday.
The Flames were coming off a win over Arkansas and were 8-1. The Huskies were not impressed.
The difference was a TD pass of 30 yards from Zion Turner to Keven Clercius with 5:43 left.
TOUCHDOWN ‼️@_ZionTurner on the 💵to @kevens_clercius!#HuskyRevolution pic.twitter.com/4Dgm0sftaN
— UConn Football (@UConnFootball) November 12, 2022
As called by @mikecrispinonyk on UConn radio & heard on the @varsity app: pic.twitter.com/AYYYdhFNaa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 12, 2022
The last time UConn won 6 games was in 2015 when it went 6-7 and lost in the St. Petersburg Bowl.
Since that season, the now 6-5 Huskies totaled 10 wins while losing 40 games. The school did not play football in 2020 due to COVID-19.
For the first time since 2015, @UConnFootball is BOWL ELIGIBLE‼️ pic.twitter.com/PsrITLMlK3
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) November 12, 2022
HIM MORA! pic.twitter.com/yMidFYIrc4
— UConn Huskies (@UConnHuskies) November 12, 2022
UCONN HUSKIES FOOTBALL IS BOWL ELIGIBLE ‼️
Taking down 19th ranked Liberty, we are now bowl eligible for the first time since 2015!#HuskyRevolution pic.twitter.com/QOmTEDmW1h
— UConn Football (@UConnFootball) November 12, 2022
The Foundation. #️⃣6️⃣
6️⃣ Years as a Husky. And now 6️⃣ wins for the first time.
And @_swenny4 is not done yet#HuskyRevolution pic.twitter.com/prVr4ZAzQQ
— UConn Football (@UConnFootball) November 12, 2022
