The UConn Huskies are entering a new chapter in their football program after Jim Mora decided to leave for Colorado State. Now, the responsibility to carry the empire that Mora left falls on Jason Candle, who arrives from the Mid-American Conference after a successful tenure with the Toledo Rockets. But even before Candle takes the field as head coach, he has already earned high praise from men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley.

“I think he’s going to be awesome! A serious ball coach that the entire state and university needs to just support and get behind because you’re looking at people like James Madison and Tulane in the playoff, why can’t we become that in football?” the No. 5-ranked Huskies coach, Dan Hurley, said.

At Toledo, Jason Candle demonstrated a blend of tactical knowledge

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