UCONN FOOTBALL BYE WEEK NOTES
by Zach Smart
The Uconn Huskies will look to bounce back from a frustrating 38-12 loss to UNC today, as they’re slated for a 12:00 PM date next week with longtime Big East nemesis Rutgers, at East Piscataway, N.J. The game is to be televised on the ESPNU network.
For this week, it’s business as usual for Randy Edsall and 5-1 UConn, who are closing in on being eligible for NCAA Bowl Games.
The Huskies, who took the world by wildfire while emerging into a reputable football talent for the first time in school history last year, will look to erase last week’s disgraceful dumping.
I know that’s a harsh way of putting it. Let’s be serious, though. Edsall has raised the bar for this Connecticut football team and has watched his image skyrocket after last season’s success. Edsall, who was supposedly actively pursued for the Georgia Tech job, knows there are no excuses for last week’s walloping.
Against the Tar Heels, the Huskies shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and blocked punts. Penalties didn’t seem to help much, either. The 11 gaffes committed by the Huskies computed to 97 total yards.
The barrage of follies helped negate the Huskies’ offensive output. Oddly enough, the Huskies posted 378 total yards to the Tar Heels 263. Plays-wise, they outran the Tar Heels by a 84-49 advantage while eating up the clock in Godzilla-size bites (the Huskies had a 36:22 to 23:38 clock possession edge.
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The absence of 6-4 tight end Steve Brouse (15.0 yards-per-catch) has been a slight, but the Huskies will need to resuscitate itself against Rutgers, which has had their fair share of difficulties this season.
The Scarlet Knights, still undergoing residual effects from the loss of stallion running back Ray Rice, are a dismal 1-4. Their exasperation has been particularly evident after QB Mike Teel’s snuff shot around the world.
http://rutgers.fandome.com/watch/104390/Rutgers-Coaches-and-Players-React-to-Mike-Teel-Punch/
If this was the NFL, the media circus would be going nuts. They would be blowing the Mike Teel story up the way they did the Plaxico Burress story. The NFL writers would string together a weekly talk show about Teel, T.O., and that Chad (Ocho Cinco?) guy, dissecting every little aspect of their antics and loving it like a little kid on Christmas morning.
Brown Reaches The 1000 Mark: After running for 161 yards against the Tar Heels, Donald Brown etched his name in the record book. The 5-foot-10 running back from New Jersey has now rushed for 1,067 yards this year, making him the ninth player in program history to reach the 1,000-yard milestone in a season. A great running game certainly increases the NCAA Football Odds of winning.
D.J. “Wooderson” Hernandez: I know I am exaggerating, but can’t you see UConn WR D.J. Hernandez evolving into a college version of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed And Confused, “Wooderson?” I know it’s a bit far-fetched. Even though Hernandez is only a fifth-year senior, it feels like the Bristol native has been at Storrs for a lot longer. I mean, he was the starting QB before moving to receiver. Pretty much everyone at Storrs knows him. The media guys, cheerleaders, and diehards alike. He can basically own that place when he’s 32. I’m probably blowing this out of proportion just because I would love to be a fifth-year senior, perusing the goods (a buffet-life of beautiful blonde-haired girls) as opposed to being a pawn to some scumbag as the country continues to toil in this economic tailspin. I guess my envisioning DJ as the face of the program translates to my bizarre Wooderson comparison. All I know is, I envy him. If I were a college athlete with another year of eligibility and another year at a campus that’s front-loaded with babes, I would probably milk it for as long as I could. Shoot, I am the one that is closer to Wooderson. But for some strange reason, it feels like D.J. has been a fixture on the UConn football squad forever. “I get older…they stay the same age.” Great movie. Great character. Nothing to do with any of the above. Right on.
The Uconn Huskies will look to bounce back from a frustrating 38-12 loss to UNC today, as they’re slated for a 12:00 PM date next week with longtime Big East nemesis Rutgers, at East Piscataway, N.J. The game is to be televised on the ESPNU network.
For this week, it’s business as usual for Randy Edsall and 5-1 UConn, who are closing in on being eligible for NCAA Bowl Games.
The Huskies, who took the world by wildfire while emerging into a reputable football talent for the first time in school history last year, will look to erase last week’s disgraceful dumping.
I know that’s a harsh way of putting it. Let’s be serious, though. Edsall has raised the bar for this Connecticut football team and has watched his image skyrocket after last season’s success. Edsall, who was supposedly actively pursued for the Georgia Tech job, knows there are no excuses for last week’s walloping.
Against the Tar Heels, the Huskies shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and blocked punts. Penalties didn’t seem to help much, either. The 11 gaffes committed by the Huskies computed to 97 total yards.
The barrage of follies helped negate the Huskies’ offensive output. Oddly enough, the Huskies posted 378 total yards to the Tar Heels 263. Plays-wise, they outran the Tar Heels by a 84-49 advantage while eating up the clock in Godzilla-size bites (the Huskies had a 36:22 to 23:38 clock possession edge.
Read More...Click Below!
The absence of 6-4 tight end Steve Brouse (15.0 yards-per-catch) has been a slight, but the Huskies will need to resuscitate itself against Rutgers, which has had their fair share of difficulties this season.
The Scarlet Knights, still undergoing residual effects from the loss of stallion running back Ray Rice, are a dismal 1-4. Their exasperation has been particularly evident after QB Mike Teel’s snuff shot around the world.
http://rutgers.fandome.com/watch/104390/Rutgers-Coaches-and-Players-React-to-Mike-Teel-Punch/
If this was the NFL, the media circus would be going nuts. They would be blowing the Mike Teel story up the way they did the Plaxico Burress story. The NFL writers would string together a weekly talk show about Teel, T.O., and that Chad (Ocho Cinco?) guy, dissecting every little aspect of their antics and loving it like a little kid on Christmas morning.
Brown Reaches The 1000 Mark: After running for 161 yards against the Tar Heels, Donald Brown etched his name in the record book. The 5-foot-10 running back from New Jersey has now rushed for 1,067 yards this year, making him the ninth player in program history to reach the 1,000-yard milestone in a season. A great running game certainly increases the NCAA Football Odds of winning.
D.J. “Wooderson” Hernandez: I know I am exaggerating, but can’t you see UConn WR D.J. Hernandez evolving into a college version of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed And Confused, “Wooderson?” I know it’s a bit far-fetched. Even though Hernandez is only a fifth-year senior, it feels like the Bristol native has been at Storrs for a lot longer. I mean, he was the starting QB before moving to receiver. Pretty much everyone at Storrs knows him. The media guys, cheerleaders, and diehards alike. He can basically own that place when he’s 32. I’m probably blowing this out of proportion just because I would love to be a fifth-year senior, perusing the goods (a buffet-life of beautiful blonde-haired girls) as opposed to being a pawn to some scumbag as the country continues to toil in this economic tailspin. I guess my envisioning DJ as the face of the program translates to my bizarre Wooderson comparison. All I know is, I envy him. If I were a college athlete with another year of eligibility and another year at a campus that’s front-loaded with babes, I would probably milk it for as long as I could. Shoot, I am the one that is closer to Wooderson. But for some strange reason, it feels like D.J. has been a fixture on the UConn football squad forever. “I get older…they stay the same age.” Great movie. Great character. Nothing to do with any of the above. Right on.
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