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UConn Football links

Big East power rankings [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Big East race update [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Tricks and treats in the Big East [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Weekend Rewind: Big East [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Big East news and notes [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Desperate times [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

UConn’s Paul Pasqualoni Concerned Only With Getting Huskies Ready [Hartford Courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Breaking Down UConn’s Opponents: Game 12, South Florida [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Dom also answered a question in his mailbag [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Drummond unlikely to play in Wednesday’s scrimmage [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

UConn Huskies 2011-2012 Preview [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn basketball bringing in the money [New Haven Register]

UConn’s Rashad Anderson Signs in Iran [Lost Letterman]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

“27 Minutes” With Shea Ralph [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Geno Auriemma By The Numbers [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

West Virginia sues Big East [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Big East Commish John Marinatto Responds To WVU Lawsuit [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

M. Soccer. The UConn Men’s Soccer Experience [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Men’s Soccer To Host DePaul Thursday; Time TBA [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Volleyball. Maving Nabs BIG EAST Player of the Week Honors [UConnHuskies.com]

Field Hockey. Jestine Angelini Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Lacrosse. Women’s Lacrosse Reflects on Fall Playdays [UConnHuskies.com]

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UConn Huskies head coach Paul Pasqualoni has released his depth chart for the Syracuse game on Saturday and there are some changes to the depth chart from last week against Pittsburgh but none on the offensive side of things.

Jesse Joseph has regained his starting spot at defensive end with Teddy Jennings as his backup. B.J. McBryde was behind Jennings last week but is now the backup to Trevardo Williams with Marcus Campbell now no where to be seen on the two deep.

There’s still no Blidi Wreh-Wilson on the depth chart and once again I expect that Pasqualoni will address his situation during his press briefing on Tuesday.

For a full look at the UConn depth chart for Syracuse, please click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

OFFENSE

LT: 71 Mike Ryan (RSr., 6-5, 335)
50 Tyler Bullock (So., 6-4, 298)

LG: 69 Steve Greene (RSo., 6-4, 304)
70 Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289)

C: 57 Moe Petrus (RSr., 6-2, 302)
70 Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289)

RG: 63 Adam Masters (RJr., 6-4, 292)
65 Gus Cruz (RFr., 6-4, 288)

RT: 77 Kevin Friend (RSo., 6-5, 300)
61 Stephen Brown (So., 6-6, 290)

TE: 89 John Delahunt (RJr., 6-3, 247) OR
94 Ryan Griffin (RJr., 6-6, 248)
81 Corey Manning (RJr., 6-5, 247)

WR: 6 Kashif Moore (RSr., 5-10, 175)
31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185) OR
84 Tebucky Jones (RFr., 5-11, 186)

FB: 39 Mark Hinkley (RJr., 5-11, 226)
47 Reuben Frank (RFr., 6-3, 238)

QB: 18 Johnny McEntee (RJr., 6-3, 224)
11 Scott McCummings (RFr., 6-2, 218) OR
2 Mike Nebrich (Fr., 6-1, 204)

TB: 43 Lyle McCombs (RFr., 5-8, 172)
1 Jonathan Jean-Louis (RSr., 6-0, 207) OR
45 Martin Hyppolite (RSo., 6-0, 215)

WR: 83 Isiah Moore (RSr., 6-1, 195)
85 Geremy Davis (Fr., 6-3, 211)

DEFENSE

DE: 48 Trevardo Williams (Jr., 6-1, 231)
97 B.J. McBryde (RFr., 6-4, 277)

DT: 4 Twyon Martin (RSr., 6-2, 273)
53 Ryan Wirth (RJr., 6-2, 268)

DT: 99 Kendall Reyes (RSr., 6-4, 295)
59 Shamar Stephen (RSo., 6-5, 315)

DE: 91 Jesse Joseph (Jr., 6-3, 262)
98 Teddy Jennings (RJr., 6-5, 248)

LB: 3 Sio Moore (RJr., 6-1, 232)
32 Jefferson Ashiru (Fr., 6-1, 210)

LB: 33 Yawin Smallwood (RFr., 6-2, 229)
36 Michael Osiecki (Fr., 6-1, 238) OR
55 Jerome Williams (RJr., 6-1, 255)

LB: 28 Jory Johnson (RJr., 6-1, 227)
46 Marquise Vann (Fr., 6-0, 225)

CB: 7 Dwayne Gratz (RJr., 6-0, 195)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

S: 15 Jerome Junior (RJr., 6-1, 215)
2 Gilbert Stlouis (So., 5-11, 183)

S: 40 Ty-Meer Brown (RFr., 6-0, 192)
25 Harris Agbor (RSr., 5-11, 1990

CB: 16 Byron Jones (RFr., 6-1, 187)
21 Gary Wilburn (RSr., 5-11, 197)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK: 38 Dave Teggart (RSr., 6-0, 203)
13 Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)

P: 86 Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)
13 Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)

H: 13 Chad Christen (RSo., 6-1, 201)
86 Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)

DS: 67 Adam Mueller (So., 6-1, 207)
66 Dominick Manco (Fr., 6-1, 251)

KR: 31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

PR: 31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

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The 2011-12 Preseason AP All-American Team is out and one member of the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team finds his name on the list.

Sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb is one five players on the team and one of four sophomores to be named to the team. His teammate, Alex Oriakhi, also received votes.

Here’s the full team:

*Jared Sullinger, Ohio State, Sophomore

Harrison Barnes, North Carolina, Sophomore

Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin, Senior

Terrence Jones, Kentucky, Sophomore

Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut, Sophomore

*unanimous selection

Others receiving votes (alphabetical): Anthony Davis, Kentucky; Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh; JaMychal Green, Alabama; John Henson, North Carolina; Tu Holloway, Xavier; Scoop Jardine, Syracuse; John Jenkins, Vanderbilt; Perry Jones III, Baylor; Kris Joseph, Syracuse; Kendall Marshall, North Carolina; Alex Oriakhi, Connecticut; Thomas Robinson, Kansas; Tyler Zeller, North Carolina.

I’m pretty sure in the past, we’ve never known who the finalists are for the Gold Gloves at their respective positions. But this year, we now know that four members of the 2011 Boston Red Sox are finalists for Gold Gloves.

They are Adrian Gonzalez (1B), Dustin Pedroia (2B), Kevin Youkilis (3B) and Jacoby Ellsbury (OF).

Also for the first time ever, ESPN2 will be announcing the Gold Glove awards during the Rawlings Gold Glove Show which will be done in the Baseball Tonight studios.

Here’s the release from ESPN on that:

ESPN2 will televise the first-ever Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show – emanating from ESPN’s Baseball Tonight studio in Bristol – Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 10 p.m. ET. The one-hour telecast, hosted by Baseball Tonight’s Karl Ravech with analysts John Kruk and Barry Larkin (a three-time Gold Glove winner – 1994, 1995, 1996), will include the announcement of the 2011 Gold Glove Award winners and extensive highlights and analysis of the best defensive performers and plays during the MLB regular season.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards are presented annually to the best defensive Major League Baseball players in both the American League and National League at every fielding position. All 18 Gold Glove Award winners, one for each position in each league, will be announced during the telecast. Guest presenters Omar Vizquel (11-time Gold Glove winner) and Mike Matheny (four-time winner) will join ESPN Baseball Tonight analysts during the show.

Rawlings Platinum Gold Glove Award™

The 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show telecast will include the introduction of the Rawlings Platinum Gold Glove Award. The 18 Rawlings Gold Glove winners will be eligible for the inaugural Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, with the winner to be determined by fan voting on the Rawlings, ESPN and ESPN Baseball Tonight Facebook pages. Voting will begin after the 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show telecast Nov. 1 and conclude Nov. 7, with the announcement of the winners on Friday, Nov. 11, at the Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony in New York, and via ESPN Baseball Tonight’s Facebook page and Twitter account.

To see the full list of nominees for the 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards from the American League and National League, please click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

The fate of the last Boston Red Sox players with contract options was decided on Monday as the club announced that the team options of Scott Atchison and Dan Wheeler were not exercised.

Here’s the release from the Red Sox:

The Boston Red Sox today declined team options on right-handed pitchers Scott Atchison and Dan Wheeler.

The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington.

The 35-year-old Atchison, who will remain on the club’s 40-man roster, made 17 appearances over six stints with the Red Sox this past season, posting a 1-0 record with a 3.26 ERA (11 ER/30.1 IP) and his first Major League save. He also pitched in 36 games with Triple-A Pawtucket, including one start, going 6-2 with five saves, a 2.64 ERA (18 ER/61.1 IP), 72 strikeouts and nine walks.

Signed by the Red Sox as a free agent on December 2, 2009, the right-hander has appeared in 113 career Major League games (one start) over parts of five seasons with the Mariners (2004-05), Giants (2007) and Red Sox (2010-11), tallying a 4.09 ERA (72 ER/158.1 IP) and 128 strikeouts while going 5-6 with one save.

Interestingly enough, Wheeler has been classified as a Type B free agent. The same goes for Jason Varitek. As expected, Jonathan Papelbon and David Ortiz are both Type A free agents.

So if the Red Sox offer both Varitek and Wheeler arbitration and they don’t accept it, the Red Sox would then pick up an extra supplemental pick. This will be interesting to follow as the odds are if you offer Varitek arbitration, he’s likely to accept it as he said he’d like to finish his career with the Red Sox.

For Cherington, if Tek isn’t in the team’s plans, then they most likely wouldn’t offer him arbitration. This will be something to keep an eye on over the coming weeks.

Wheeler had a tough year battling through injuries but started to turn around things late in the season. It’s the same situation for Wheeler as Tek. If he’s not in the plans, don’t expect arbitration unless he’s signs with someone else quickly.

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Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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UConn Football links

Big East bowl projections: Week 9 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Breaking Down UConn’s Opponents: Game 11, Fairfield [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Kemba Walker makes appearance at Lisbon store [Norwich Bulletin]

Little man on campus [The Hour]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

“16 Minutes” – With Kaleena Mosqueda Lewis’ HS Coach, Kevin Kiernan [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Sun Guard Renee Montgomery “Fired” By Hungarian Team [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

W. Volleyball. UConn Volleyball Takes Down DePaul, 3-1 [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Soccer. No. 5 Men’s Soccer Drops 1-0 Decision at Seton Hall [UConnHuskies.com]

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