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PITTSBURGH (5-5) at INDIANAPOLIS (5-5)Thursday, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBCOPENING LINE -- Steelers by 2 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Pittsburgh 5-5, Indianapolis 5-4-1SERIES RECORD -- Steelers lead 21-6LAST MEETING -- Steelers beat Colts 45-10, Dec. 6, 2015LAST WEEK -- Steelers beat Browns 24-9; Colts beat Titans 24-17AP PRO32 RANKING -- Steelers No. 16, Colts No. 17STEELERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (23), PASS (7).STEELERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (22), RUSH (9), PASS (26).COLTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (14), RUSH (24), PASS (12).COLTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (30), RUSH (24), PASS (32).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Steelers have won three straight in series and 13 of 15 since Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984. ... Pittsburgh has lost four straight Thanksgiving Day appearances since 1983. ... Steelers have outscored Indy 96-44 in last two games. ... QB Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for three TDs vs. Colts in last two games and needs three more to tie John Elway (295) for No. 9 on NFLs career list. ... Roethlisbergers next 300-yard game will be No. 50 in career. ... WR Antonio Brown needs 93 yards to join Hines Ward as only players in franchise history with four straight 1,000-yard seasons, and one 100-yard game to break Wards career franchise record (29 games). .... Brown also is tied with Antwaan Randle El on Steelers list for most careers punt returns for touchdowns (five). ... RB LeVeon Bell needs two TD runs to tie Rocky Bleier (23) for No. 10 in franchise history. ... CB William Gay is tied with Hall of Famer Rod Woodson for most interception returns for score (six) in Steelers history. ... Pittsburgh defense had eight sacks against Cleveland last week in warmup to facing Colts team that has allowed league-high 35 sacks. ... Former Colts coach Tony Dungy and former Indy receiver Marvin Harrison will receive Hall of Fame rings during halftime ceremony. ... Indy is 2-0 on Thanksgiving Day, winning at Detroit in 2004 and at Atlanta in 2007. ... Colts have won 10 straight Thursday night games since 2007. ... Indy is 35-21 in prime-time games since 2004, but 3-9 in last 12 night games, with four straight prime-time losses. ... Colts are chasing third straight win after stringing together first back-to-back wins since final two games in 2015. But QB Andrew Luck (concussion) will miss first game of season. Scott Tolzien will make first start -- and throw first regular-season pass -- since replacing injured Aaron Rodgers for Green Bay in 2013. ... Tolzien becomes Colts fifth starting quarterback (Matt Hasselbeck, Luck, Kerry Collins, Peyton Manning) to face Steelers in last five games of series. ... RB Frank Gore needs 58 yards rushing to pass Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett (12,739 yards) for No. 8 on leagues career list. ... WR T.Y. Hilton, former youth league teammate of Brown, needs 112 yards receiving for fourth straight 1,000-yard season. Harrison and Reggie Wayne are only other Colts to achieve feat. ... K Adam Vinatieri needs 13 points to extend NFL record of 100-point seasons to 19. ... Fantasy Tip: Go with Brown. Steelers receiver has torched Colts defense each of past two seasons: 18 catches, 251 yards, four TDs combined. Against NFLs worst-rated pass defense, theres no reason to suspect Colts will have answer this time, either.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFLJoe Allen Wales Jersey . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Joe Allen Jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. http://www.soccerwalesstore.com/aaron-ramsey-wales-UEFA-EURO-jersey/ . 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They also handed Houston its only regular-season loss before falling to Marshall 16-10 in the St. Petersburg Bowl -- UConns first bowl game in five years.The team returns 15 starters this season and fans are hoping the Huskies can make a statement loud enough to be heard by those making the expansion decisions in Texas. Diaco said hes not paying attention to what is being said outside the program but embraces the enthusiasm.If you cant get excited about people really wanting you to achieve, then youre in the wrong business, youre in the wrong game, Diaco said. Its the best. I love that.The Huskies ranked just 117th in the nation in total offense last season, but return four starters from its offensive line, and will get back center Ryan Crozier, who missed last season with a knee injury.Junior quarterback Bryant Shirreffs threw for 2,078 yards and nine touchdowns, and ran for 503 yards, a year ago. He is back and so is his top target, Noel Thomas, who caught 54 passes for 719 yards and three TDs.Diaco said Shirreffs isnt a lock to be the teams starting quarterback and is being pushed by senior Garrett Anderson, a junior-college transfer who played some receiver last year.The defense, which gave up just 19.5 points per game, is expected to be the teams strength, led by safety Obi Melifonwu.We have a base, a foundation and a building, said linebacker Matt Walsh. Now were just putting a whole other floor on it.Here are some of the other things to watch for in advance of UConns season opener on Sept. 1 against Maine:KEY GAMESUConns position in the American Athletic Conference could be decided during a key stretch that begins wiith a Sept.dddddddddddd. 29 visit to Houston, which lost to the Huskies 20-17 in East Hartford last year. UConn then returns home to face Cincinnati on Oct. 8. Both programs have been mentioned in Big 12 expansion talks. The Huskies also renew their rivalry with Boston College at Chestnut Hill on Nov. 19.RUNNING BACKSThe tailback tandem of Arkeel Newsome and Ron Johnson are back after combining for 1,016 rushing yards last season. Backup Josh Marriner transferred to Old Dominion during the offseason. Two freshmen on the roster, Nate Hopkins and JaKevious Vickers, could also get some carries.DAVIS SWITCHTyler Davis has switched positions. Recruited as a quarterback, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound redshirt freshman will instead be catching passes and running out of the F or slot-back position this year. Diaco said it didnt make much sense to have someone as athletically talented as Davis sitting on the bench as a backup quarterback.Theres so many jobs he can do for the team more than just stand on the sidelines and wait to go in at quarterback after two or three guys have a problem, he said. Get him in a spot where he can be an impact player.GAMEDAY EXPERIENCEAthletic director David Benedict says he wants to improve the game-day experience to get more fans to Rentschler Field. He has cut the prices of some concessions and eased parking restrictions in an effort to encourage tailgating. He also announced that plans for a ticket surcharge that would help pay for new soccer, baseball and softball fields at the school wont be implemented this season.PREDICTIONA 7-5 season and a second consecutive bowl game would be another step forward for UConn, though it may not be enough to convince the Big 12 that UConn football is worth adding.---This story has been corrected to show 2014 record was 2-10. ' ' '