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This is the week that all UConn football fans have been waiting for.  Through trial, tribulation, and heartbreakers time and time again this season, a win this week would help tremendously in keeping the Huskies slim bowl hopes alive.

Zach Frazer will enter Notre Dame Stadium and lead the Huskies out on the field against the team and coach that recruited him all throughout high school.  He understands the significance of this game.

Notre Dame on the other hand has been on a free fall of late.  Head coach Charlie Weis' job security is uncertain and a lose this week to a young Connecticut program could doom his time in South Bend.

Of course there is the mystique and lust of playing against Notre Dame, but this is a game for the UConn to show the nation who they really are.  Notre Dame has lost to teams that it is supposed to beat, and sure could happen again this week.

The execution of Notre Dame has not been the same in recent history.  Charlie Weis had built a team this season that many thought had the potential to contend at the national level.  That doesn't seem to be the case.

Head coach, Randy Edsall has had to deal with much more then just wins and losses this season.  The death of a player, Jasper Howard, shocked the UConn community.

Edsall just wants his team to go out and execute the game plan.  UConn played every game tight down the stretch this season.  It's crazy to think this team has only four wins and has lost five games.

UConn's five losses were by a COMBINED 15 Points!

Staggering to say the least.

Then again at the end of the day it is all about winning, when the clock strikes zero.  There is no question this is the game UConn has had circled on its calendar all year long.  No matter what the record of Notre Dame is, it is still Notre Dame football.

Connecticut will take center stage and to defeat the storied program of Notre Dame, would be a remarkable accomplishment after the season UConn has been through. 

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