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UConn in the NFL: Week 6 [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Recruit Dangerfield to be at UConn’s First Night [carl adamec – sny uconn]

On Eve Of First Practice, Auriemma Talks Health, New Players [rich elliott – ct post]

Geno said UConn’s Stewart “got an education” playing with national team [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn celebrating its dual national championships side by side [jim fuller – new haven register]

Rebecca Lobo there from the start [espnW]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Kevin Ollie: Huskies Will ‘Contest On Defense, Punch On Offense’ [dom amore – hartford courant]

Kevin Ollie, Geno Auriemma talk the talk at Oakdale Theater [david borges – new haven register]

Ollie offers early look at 2014-15 Huskies at “Champions” dinner [william paxton – ct post]

UConn celebrates at ‘Champions’ dinner [ct post]

UConn celebrates titles, looks toward future [new haven register]

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M. & W. Soccer. Rizza’s Gift Sparks Off-Field Excitement For UConn Soccer [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey To Honor Diane Madl on Friday Night [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. UConn Dropped By No. 2 Syracuse, 4-0, On Tuesday [uconn huskies]

M. Golf. UConn Wins Connecticut Cup For 2nd Straight Year [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. Huskies Host USF On Thursday Night [uconn huskies]

W. Volleyball. UConn Set for Weekend Road Matches with Tulane, Houston [uconn huskies]

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Lack Of Offense, Turnovers Continue To Haunt UConn Football Team [hartford courant]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

For UConn Women: New-Look AAC; Kaleena’s Fitness; Replacing Stars [hartford courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Hamilton Brothers Toughened Up Youngest, Daniel, For Time At UConn [dom amore – hartford courant]

For UConn Men: Talk Of Repeat; Boatright’s Leadership; AAC Weakness [hartford courant]

Top 25 Countdown: No. 20 UConn Huskies [nbc sports]

Other UConn related links

Photos: UConn Men’s Soccer vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane – 10/11/14 [sox & dawgs]

M. Soccer. Huskies To Host No. 4 Syracuse On Tuesday [uconn huskies]

Newington, CT Native Tony Rizza Gives $8 Million For New UConn Soccer Stadium [sox & dawgs]

M. Soccer. Rizza Pledges $8 Million For New Soccer Stadium [uconn huskies]

UConn Soccer: Tony Rizza Pledges $8-million Donation [uconn huskies youtube]

Tony Rizza (’87) Gives $8 Million For UConn Soccer Facility [hartford courant]

Rizza’s $5M Gift Comes From A Modest Heart [hartford courant]

Westport’s Rizza gives UConn $5 million to upgrade soccer stadium [the hour]

M. Soccer. Levene Earns Second Straight Goalkeeper Of The Week Honors [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Klein, Middendorf Take Home Big East Accolades [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. Three Huskies Honored By The American [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Not Capitalizing On Power Play [hartford courant]

Here are photos from the UConn Huskies men’s soccer team’s 2-0 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium on Saturday, October 11, 2014.

You can catch the Huskies in action on Tuesday, October 14 at 7 p.m. at Morrone Stadium when they’ll take on their former Big East rivals, the Syracuse Orange.

photo credits: ian bethune

Joe Morrone built the UConn Huskies men’s soccer program from the ground up, literally. Len Tsantris did the same with the UConn women’s soccer team and continues to do so in his 33rd year at the helm.

UConn men’s soccer head coach Ray Reid has continued the success that his predecessor had in his 17th season as head coach. And now Newington, CT native and UConn graduate Tony Rizza will ensure that the success of both programs continues for generations of future men’s and women’s soccer student-athletes.

Rizza, who had previously given $3 million anonymously, added another $5 million in matching donations to help rebuild Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. The entire facility which includes the training grounds and existing practice fields will be named the Rizza Family Soccer Complex.

“I look forward to seeing my gift help UConn build a world class soccer complex that will keep both the men’s and women’s soccer programs in their spots among the premier soccer programs in America — a place where players want to play and UConn students and fans want to come to enjoy the finest collegiate soccer in America.”

The 1987 graduate of UConn is the senior managing director of Columbus Circle Investors, Inc., a Stamford investment advisory firm with $16.6 billion in assets and 65 employees.

He started 59 games in his UConn soccer career from 1983-1986 and played in three NCAA Tournaments and won two Big East Championships during his career.

“Tony’s gift gives validation to the men’s and women’s soccer team and the athletic department,” said Reid. “These gifts are not usually made to a soccer program in this country.”

“It makes a broad statement to other donors that ‘hey we need your help, look what Tony has done to get us started’.”

The first person to make a donation after Rizza was Coach Reid who donated a $100,000.

Rizza waited until after the UConn Basketball Champions Facility was done to make the second donation. That facility will have its official dedication this Friday with another big announcement, possibly regarding naming rights.

“I thought it would be a good time to give it another shot in the arm, if you well, to the effort and see if we can get it done,” Rizza said.

He also wanted to remain anonymous this time around as well but was talked out of it.

“It’s a pretty big gift and I don’t want people to misinterpret what that means,” said Rizza. “I’m not looking for notoriety or anything like that. I was just looking to help.”

“I didn’t see the need to put my name toward it. I just thought I could give the gift and get the ball rolling from there.”

The $8 million donation by Rizza is the largest ever made to the UConn Division of Athletics.

The plan is to hire an architect over the coming months and then come up with renderings that Rizza along with the two soccer coaches, athletic director Warde Manuel and president Susan Herbst can look at and decide what will be best going forward.

Reid hopes to have a shovel in the ground on the new facility by December of 2015.

photo credit: ian bethune

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Report Card: UConn Vs. Tulane [desmond conner – hartford courant]

UConn’s “trying not to lose” philosophy not getting it done [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn commit Tyler Davis continues to light it up [jim fuller – new haven register]

Former UConn CB draws rave reviews [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn football slowly disappearing from sight … [lee lewis – waterbury republican-american]

Postgame wrap: Offensive struggles continue [john silver – sny uconn]

UConn Football Falls 3-12 To Tulane [hartford courant]

Newsome Emerging As A Threat [hartford courant]

Huskies Licking Their Wounds After Another Offensive Debacle [hartford courant]

Nick Montana back at quarterback; Tulane defeats UConn 12-3 on Saturday in Yulman Stadium [times-picayune]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

UConn’s Moriah Jefferson has chance to step into leadership role [new haven register]

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W. Cross Country. Women’s Cross Country Competes in 2014 New England Championships [uconn huskies]

W. Ice Hockey. UConn Blanked 1-0 At Union [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Suffers 7-1 Loss at Penn State [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Hockey Loses 7-1 To Penn State [hartford courant]

W. Tennis. UConn Women’s Tennis Shuts Out Providence 7-0 [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Awuah And Larin Push UConn Past Tulsa, 2-0 [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. UConn Soccer Getting $8M Gift; Hoop Facility Next In Line [uconn huskies]

M. Golf. UConn Hosts 6th Annual Connecticut Cup At Ellington Ridge CC [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. First-Half Surge Leads UConn to 3-1 Win At SMU [uconn huskies]

W. Volleyball. UConn Drops 3-1 Match to Cincinnati on Sunday Afternoon [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey Wins Shoot-Out, Tops BU, 2-1, on Sunday [uconn huskies]

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies football team as they’ll take on the Tulane Green Wave at 8 p.m. in New Orleans, LA. If you missed our UConn vs Tulane preview, be sure to check that out.

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UConn Football links

Paw Prints – UConn Huskies (1-4, 0-2) @ Tulane Green Wave (1-4, 0-1) Preview [sox & dawgs]

Video: Don’t Call Deshon Foxx a “Wildcat” Quarterback [sox & dawgs]

Preview: UConn football at Tulane (with analysis, prediction) [ed daigneault – waterbury republican-american]

Youth being served at UConn, Tulane [jim fuller – new haven register]

Commit No. 16: K/P Michael Tarbutt (Buffalo, N.Y.) [john silver – sny uconn]

UConn-Tulane: When 1-4 Teams Meet, A Win Would Be Precious [hartford courant]

Bob Diaco forced to look at future of UConn football [new haven register]

UConn gets back to work tonight with AAC road game at Tulane [the day]

Huskies try to avoid making same mistakes [waterbury republican-american]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Kyla Irwin, Daughter Of Branford High Star, On UConn’s 2016 List [john altavilla – hartford courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

UConn Men Come Under The Eyes Of NBA Scouts, Too [dom amore – hartford courant]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. UConn Set For Conference Showdown Against Tulsa [uconn huskies]

W. Cross Country. Women’s Cross Country Heads To Boston for the New England Championships [uconn huskies]

W. Ice Hockey. Four Huskies Score In 4-2 Win At Union [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. No. 6 Field Hockey Tops Old Dominion, 4-0, on Friday Night [uconn huskies]

W. Volleyball. UConn Stopped by Memphis, 3-1, On Friday Night [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Huskies Skate to 2-2 Tie with Penn State in Season Opener [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Hockey Season Opens With A Tie At Penn State [hartford courant]

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Paw Prints – UConn Huskies (1-4, 0-2) @ Tulane Green Wave (1-4, 0-1) Preview [sox & dawgs]

Video: The Blitz Episode 6 – Tulane [sox & dawgs]

Diaco Says Tulane’s Offense Can Come At You In Waves [hartford courant]

As Tulane Tries To Sell Program, Nick Montana Offers Marquee Name [hartford courant]

UConn football team returns from bye with with positive outlook [the day]

Other UConn related links

M. Tennis. Men’s Tennis Shut Out by Quinnipiac [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. UConn And Houston Play To Scoreless Draw [uconn huskies]

W. Tennis. UConn Women Fall to UMass, 5-2 [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. UConn Hockey Entering New Era In Packed House At Penn State [hartford courant]

This week:

The UConn Huskies are back in action on Saturday night when they’ll take on the Tulane Green Wave at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, LA. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.

The Line:

According to Rivals.com odds, Tulane is favored by 3 points. The over/under is 45.5 points.

Tickets:

According to Ticketmaster.com, there are still tickets available to the game.

Getting To The Game:

Here is link for the weather report.

Here is the link to the Yulman Stadium fan guide which includes directions to the stadium, parking information as well as stadium policies and the like. And here is the Yulman Stadium seating chart.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television:

Saturday’s game will be televised nationally by ESPNews. Mike Couzens is on play-by-play with Brian Kinchen on color.

You can also watch it online at WatchESPN.

Radio:

The UConn IMG Sports Network is the home of Husky football on the radio. WTIC NewsTalk 1080 in Hartford serves as the flagship station and is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada.

Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines.

The Tulane game will also be available on Sirius Radio Channel 93 and XM Channel 199.

Here is a full list of stations on the UConn IMG Radio Network.

Tulane Green Wave Radio:

Tulane Football can be heard on WMTI FM 106.1 “The Ticket” with Todd Graffagnini (pxp); Steve Barrios (analyst); Gus Kattengell (sideline).

Last Week:

UConn was off last week and when they last played, Temple beat them 36-10. Tulane was also off last week and when they last played, Rutgers took them down 31-6.

History:

Saturday’s game is the first-ever meeting between UConn and Tulane, a first year member of the American Athletic Conference.

Connections:

There are no Louisiana natives on the UConn team.

The Tulane roster has one Connecticut native on it – freshman defensive end Trey Cammisa (Greenwich).

Former Tulane president Scott Cowan, who served in that position from 1998 until retiring this year, is a 1968 UConn graduate and played freshman football for the Huskies.

UConn Notes:

Here is the video from UConn head coach Bob Diaco’s press conference. Here is a transcript of some his remarks from the press conference.

UConn head coach Bob Diaco made his UConn and collegiate head coaching debut on August 29th vs. BYU. Diaco served on the Notre Dame coaching staff as the defensive coordinator for the past four years and the assistant head coach for the past two. He was the 2012 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given to the top assistant college football coach in the country and was the first Irish assistant to receive the prestigious award.

Here is UConn’s roster and 2014 schedule.

Here is UConn’s depth chart for the game.

The captains of the 2014 UConn Huskies football team are Geremy Davis, Byron Jones, Alex Mateas and Marquise Vann.

Despite UConn having virtually an entire new staff this year, seven of the Huskies’ full-time coaches have previously worked games at Rentschler Field. Head coach Bob Diaco, defensive coordinator Anthony Poindexter and assistant coach Wayne Lineburg were on the Virginia staff for a 45-10 Husky win on Sept. 13, 2008; Assistant head coach Don Patterson was on the Buffalo staff for a 24-17 UConn win on Sept. 29, 2012; Offensive coordinator Mike Cummings was on the Western Michigan staff for a 41-27 UConn win on Nov. 1, 2003; Assistant coach Kevin Wolthausen was on the Louisville staff for a 30-20 UConn loss on Dec. 3, 2005. UConn assistant coach Mike Foley is the lone holdover on the staff and is entering his ninth season.

The Huskies were picked to finish 9th in the American in 2014.

The Huskies are playing five first-time opponents this season as they opened with three-straight – BYU, Stony Brook and Boise State. The Huskies will also play first-time opponent East Carolina on October 23.

Head coach Bob Diaco and his staff have seen a large number of players get into games this season – many of them first time college performers. Diaco played 57 players against BYU, 55 against Stony Brook, 56 vs. Boise State and 55 vs. USF.

Here is a breakdown by class of Husky players who have seen their first collegiate action during the first five games of the 2014 season – a total of 23 players.

True Freshmen (9)
TE Alec Bloom, LB Luke Carrezola, OL Ryan Crozier, LB Vontae Diggs, TE Steve Hashemi, TB Ron Johnson, RB Arkeel Newsome, OL Trey Rutherford, CB Jamar Summers.

Redshirt Freshmen (10)
H Blake Feagles, DL Folorunso “Foley” Fatukasi, OL Thomas Hopkins, LB Junior Joseph, WR Thomas Lucas, RB Joshua Marriner, TE Tommy Myers, LB Cole Ormsby, LB Cameron Stapleton, LB Jalen Stevens

Redshirt Sophomores (4)
C Kyle Bockeloh, OT Andreas Knappe, DL Sean Marinan, P Justin Wain

WR Geremy Davis has a reception in 31 straight contests, tied for the 12th longest streak in the FBS.

Davis is 7th in the American in reception yards per game at 73.6 – which is 60th nationally.

Freshman TB Arkeel Newsome scored the first touchdown of his career with a 74-yard reception vs. Temple on Sept. 27. It was UConn’s longest play since a Chandler Whitmer to Shakim Phillips 75-yard touchdown pass on Sept. 14, 2013 vs. Maryland.

LB Marquise Vann has made at least nine tackles in every game this season and leads the Huskies with 52 stops, including a career-high 14 at USF on Sept. 19.

QB Chandler Whitmer’s name started to appear in the UConn record books early in the 2013 season. Here’s a summary: seventh in career total offense with 3,924 yards; eighth in career plays with 729; sixth in career pass completions with 333; seventh in career passing attempts with 595; fifth in career passing yards with 4,275; sixth in career yards per game with 203.6; and fourth in career yards per attempt with 7.18. His 361 pass attempts in 2012 were sixth in single-season history and his 208 completions were seventh while his 2,664 passing yards were fifth.

Preseason Award Watch Lists:

Geremy Davis

• Biletnikoff Award Watch List

Casey Cochran

• Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

Notes from this week’s opponent Temple:

Here is video from Tulane head coach Curtis Johnson’s weekly pregame press conference. Here are some selected quotes from his press conference.

Curtis Johnson is in third year as the head coach at Tulane and has a 10-20 record at the school. He led the Green Wave to a 7-6 record last year, including an appearance in the New Orleans Bowl. Prior to taking over at Tulane, he was the wide receivers coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-11 . During his time there, the Saints made the playoffs four times in six years including a Super Bowl win in the 2009 season.

He also had coaching stints at Idaho (1987-88), San Diego State (1989-93), SMU (1994), California (1995) and Miami (Fla.) (1996-2005). Johnson was on the coaching staff of Miami when the team won the national championship in 2001.

Here is Tulane’s depth chart for the game.

Here are Tulane’s 2014 roster and 2014 schedule.

Eleven members of the Tulane football program have turned a class project into a call to action video for the ongoing awareness campaign in preventing violence towards women.

The Tulane depth chart for the UConn game features 35 underclassmen, including 11 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshmen and 12 true freshmen.

This season, 17 players have made their first collegiate starts while 21 players made their collegiate debuts.

Tulane is averaging 4.6 yards per rush (184 att. 855 yards) and 171.0 rushing yards per game, which is currently the third-best effort in the American.

Tulane came up with one turnover in its last game at Rutgers and has now forced at least one turnover in every game this season.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Tanner Lee ranks fourth in the league and 46th nationally for passing touchdowns with eight, and is fourth in the conference for passing yards with 914.

Senior receiver Justyn Shackleford has a team-best 20 receptions for 295 yards and two touchdowns this season. Shackleford ranks eighth in the league for receiving yards.

Through five games, opponent offenses’ have entered the red zone 27 times and have come away with a score on just 18 of those opportunities with 14 touchdowns and three field goals. TU’s red zone defense success of .667 percent ranks second among American schools and 10th nationally.

Tulane players Preseason watch lists:

Lorenzo Doss – CB

• Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List
• Jim Thorpe Award Watch List
• Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List
• Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List

Matt Marfisi – TE

• AFCA Good Works Team

Thursday UConn Football Links:

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UConn Students – UConn Football Is Heading To Yankee Stadium [sox & dawgs]

What a difference a year makes? [jim fuller – new haven register]

QB Boyle Bides His Time, Says He’ll Be Ready When Diaco Calls [hartford courant]

UConn receiver Deshon Foxx keeps parents’ names close at hand [new haven register]

Five UConn players for Tulane football to watch this week [times-picayune]

Next Week:

UConn has a bye week once again and returns to action on Thursday, October 23 as they’ll be in Greenville, NC for a American Athletic Conference matchup with the East Carolina Pirates.

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Today’s UConn Football links can be found in the Thursday links section of the UConn vs Tulane preview.

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Acorns Of Information From A Morning Drive To Storrs [john altavilla – hartford courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

In The American, There is UConn, SMU … And The Rest [dom amore – hartford courant]

Other UConn related links

M. Ice Hockey. Video: UConn Hockey in Hartford. It Starts Now! [sox & dawgs]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Set to Open Season at Penn State [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey Gears Up for Weekend Battles with No. 19 ODU, Boston University [uconn huskies]

W. Ice Hockey. UConn Skates With Union This Weekend [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Huskies Earn 0-0 Draw Against Conference Foe Cincinnati [uconn huskies]

Softball. UConn Softball Releases Full 2015 Schedule [uconn huskies]

POLO. Cornell Polo Topples University of Connecticut [cornell daily sun]