Excitement growing around UConn football program [Video]

(WFSB) – Excitement is growing around the UConn football program.

The Huskies have won two in a row and people are starting to notice.

The team, however, may not be as excited about all the buzz as the fans are.

For the head coach, it’s business as usual. Forget about their two straight blowout wins. Forget about the fact that ESPN says they’ll be favored in all of their remaining games.

To the head coach, it’s all just noise.

“We all know that in this world, at this time unfortunately, the social media world, they want to build you up so they can tear right back down, so we don’t listen to the noise,” said UConn coach Jim Mora.

“We play to our standards and we know that we can be much better. It’s hard when you’re told that you’re doing great when you know you’re not where you want to be at,” said Alex Honig, tight end.

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