The Army Black Knights will be like no other football team the UConn Huskies have played this year.

Sure UConn has faced running quarterbacks in their games against BYU and Boise State earlier this season. But they haven’t faced an offense like the one Army uses since the 2011 season, the dreaded triple-option.

UConn head coach Bob Diaco has more experience against the triple-option because when he coached at Notre Dame, the Irish played the service academies a little more frequently. But that doesn’t make Diaco’s job nor that of defensive coordinator Anthony Poindexter or co-defensive coordinator Vincent Brown’s jobs any easier.

Watch and listen below as Diaco talks about what it’s like to prepare for and face the triple-option of Army.

UConn WR #5 Noel Thomas breaks a tackle on his way to scoring his second touchdown of the day at Rentschler Field on Saturday, November 1, 2014.

If UConn Huskies WR Noel Thomas, a Norwalk, CT native, can continue to keep the off the field distractions to a minimum or even nothing at all, there’s no telling how good he can be for the team.

This is something that head coach Bob Diaco talked about during the preseason. And as Thomas has done his best to do just that along with an injury to Geremy Davis, he’s starting to be a feature target for Chandler Whitmer.

In the loss to the East Carolina Pirates, Thomas had five catches for 57 yards and a touchdown. In last Saturday’s win over the Central Florida Knights, Thomas had four catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns.

In his previous six games, he had just three catches for 40 yards and no touchdowns. His three receiving touchdowns ties him with Davis for the team lead. Thomas has a long way to go catch Davis in catches and yards.

Watch and listen below as Diaco and Whitmer talk about the improvement of Thomas:

Something happened to the UConn Huskies offensive line during those bye weeks they had. I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Oh wait, I can. It’s like the woes of the early season never happened. Seriously.

The offensive line was one of the biggest worries coming into the season. Now it’s one of the Huskies bigger strengths.

Over the past few games, you’ll have noticed that QB Chandler Whitmer has had more time to pass the ball and doesn’t have a big defensive end or tackle in his face all the time. Even the running game is starting to see bigger holes, which means more rushing yards for the running back flavor of the game and/or Deshon Foxx when he’s in at quarterback.

Watch below and listen as Alex Mateas and Richard Levy talk about the improved play of the offensive line.

It won’t be the first time that UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco has coached a game at Yankee Stadium as he’s done that as defensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

However, it will be the first time for everyone on the team playing there and it should be a special time for the eight New York natives on the team.

They are RJr. John-Luke Bogue (New Rochelle), RFr. DL Folorunso Fatukasi (Far Rockaway), RSr. LB Reuben Frank (Poughkeppesie), RFr., OL Thomas Hopkins (Hawthrone), RJr. S Junior Lee (Brooklyn), RJr. DS Dominick Manco (Lagrangeville), RSo. DT Mikal Myers (Newburg) and RFr. LB Cameron Stapleton (Staten Island).

Watch and listen below as Diaco, Myers, QB Chandler Whitmer, WR Noel Thomas, S Andrew Adams and C Alex Mateas talk about playing Army at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

Huskies All Access Host Erika Wachter sits down with Head Coach Bob Diaco, RS Sophomore DL Mikal Myers and Analyst Joe D’Ambrosio to preview the Huskies matchup vs Army at Yankee Stadium.

The UConn Huskies Men’s Hockey team celebrates after Evan Richardson’s goal in the first period against the BC Eagles at the XL Center in Hartford, CT on November 5, 2014.

Huskies All-Access takes a look back at the UConn Huskies men’s hockey team’s 1-0 win over the No. 3 Boston College Eagles in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,089 fans at the XL Center in Hartford, CT on Wednesday night.

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