The rivalry between Syracuse and UConn was one of the best things about the old Big East. Well, in basketball at least. The rivalry never really reached the same height of animosity or excitement in football as it did in basketball, but the two schools are reportedly working on plans to begin a home-and-home football series in the future.
Brett McMurphy of ESPN reports (via Twitter) are putting the finishing touches on a pair of games between 2016 and 2018. Per McMurphy, UConn would host the Orange in 2016 and Syracuse would host the Huskies in 2018. Specific dates have not been reported or confirmed.
Syracuse will not meet its ACC power conference scheduling requirement with this series, but the requirement has already been met for 2016 with Notre Dame in MetLife Stadium and 2018 against the Irish in South Bend.
UConn leads the all-time series between the two schools, with a 6-3 edge over nine games. The series started in 2004 after UConn upgraded from FCS to FBS and joined the Big East. Syracuse left the crumbling Big East for the ACC in 2013, and UConn stayed a part of the conference as it morphed into the American Athletic Conference. Syracuse won the most recent meeting between the two schools in 2012 with a 40-10 victory.
