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Jerome Junior suspended, leaves school
The school announced that S Jerome Junior was suspended from the team and is no enrolled in the school. Curious occurrences since the semester is half over, but Junior won’t be back for 2012. University isn’t publicly commenting on the matters. So where does that leave the secondary? Surprisingly, despite the fact he was the [...]
WVU departures impact
It’s been rumored for some time and now it’s complete — WVU is out of the Big East after 21 years for $20 million. This leaves the Big East at seven teams and blows a hole in UConn’s home schedule. The conference has to find an 8th member and if it’s not Boise State, then [...]
Day after roster thoughts
Had a chance to sleep on the recruiting class and one thing that jumped out for the Huskies to me on signing day was the amount of linebackers Paul Pasqualoni brought in. The Huskies brought in three highly-regarded linebackers in Omaine Stephens, Jason Sylva and Jonathan Hicks. That goes with last year’s highly regarded recruits [...]
Recruiting roundup
I am not dwelling on ranking. the absurdity in parsing the difference between a 2-3 star player is silly. I don’t think it’s material. Here’s the Huskies list and here are some initial thoughts I have. Here’s the question for the Huskies — Did they get what they needed? To a certain extent. The Huskies [...]
Huskies hire Shane Day as QB coach
Huskies went back to the NFL to get a coach. Former Chicago Bears QB coach Shane Day takes over for Joe Moorhead. I don’t have an opinion oh him, but it’s a nice resume for a young coach so far. Here’s UConn’s release. Conn Athletic Communications – January 24, 2012 – Shane Day STORRS, [...]
Navy to join Big East
Navy is coming to the Big east, the conference will hold a call today to announce the move. This is a major move for the Big East and it’s going to trigger the increased exit fee out of the Big East. I imagine that happens now, but I am sure we will get a clarification. [...]
Huskies in all star games
UConn Athletic Communications – January 18, 2012 – All-Star Football Games STORRS, Conn. (Jan. 18, 2012) — Four University of Connecticut senior football players have been invited to play in upcoming postseason all-star games. Center Moe Petrus (St. Laurent, Que.) will play in the East-West Shrine Game on Sat., January 21 at 4:00 p.m. with [...]
January enrollees
UConn released a list of five spring enrolees headlined by quarterbacks Chandler Whitmer from Butler CC and in-state recruit Casey Cochran from Masuk. The one surprise is center Kyle Bockeloh (Houston, Texas, 6-2, 286), who wasn’t in school last semester after graduating high school. The Huskies took the unusual tact of announcing a walk-on, Bristol native [...]
UConn begins AD search
Per UConn (thoughts after release0. University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst announced on Wednesday that the school will begin a search for a permanent athletic director immediately. Parker Executive Search, Inc. of Atlanta will assist the university in this national search, supporting the committee and the President in the selection process. The search will be [...]
Help officially on the way
Little late coming here, but the Huskies did officially add QB Chandler Whitmer to the fold according to the UConn athletic department on Wednesday. He committed the second week of December after spending a year at Butler Community College after leaving Illinois.He threw for 25 touchdowns this past season and was an honorable mention All-American [...]
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