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Today’s UConn football links can be found in the Thursday’s links section of the UConn Huskies vs South Florida Bulls preview.

UConn Women’s Basketball links

USA notebook: Reeve 2, Auriemma 0 [carl adamec – sny uconn]

Team USA Has Arrived In Paris [rich elliott – ct post]

Dupree, Taurasi Added To Team USA Finalists Roster [rich elliott – ct post]

UCLA’s Fields, UConn’s Nurse to meet again [jim fuller – new haven register]

Delle Donne won’t play and Griner iffy to be part of U.S. World Championship team [jim fuller – new haven register]

Stefanie Dolson Survives First National Team Cut; What’s Next? [hartford courant]

Watch the US Marines Train the UConn Women’s Basketball Team [stack]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

‘Born To Lead: Jim Calhoun,’ A New Documentary Film, Coming To Bushnell Oct. 2, and TV [dom amore – hartford courant]

Husky Run set for Oct. 1 [william paxton – ct post]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. UConn Baseball Kicks Off Fall Slate With Scout Day [uconn huskies]

W. Cross Country. Lauren Sara Earns Second-Straight Female Athlete of the Week Accolade [uconn huskies]

UConn Club. Mike Morrison Named Senior Director of Development For Athletics [uconn huskies]

W. Lacrosse. Women’s Lacrosse Adds Forrest Stillwell To Coaching Staff [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. UConn Primed To Host No. 5 Florida State On Thursday Night [uconn huskies]

W. Volleyball. Volleyball Hosts 2014 Husky Tournament [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Featured on Hockey East TV Package [uconn huskies]

M. Ice Hockey. Long Island Royals Tage Thompson Commits to UConn Huskies [elite prospects league]

M. Tennis. UConn Earns First Win of Season, 6-1, at Hartford [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey Geared Up For Two Weekend Road Games [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Huskies Return Home To Face Iona On Friday [uconn huskies]

W. Rowing. Gryszkiewicz, McCormick, and Ullinger Named as Rowing Team Captains [uconn huskies]

This in from UConn:

STORRS, Conn. (September 18, 2014) — The University of Connecticut and the University of Missouri will play a two-game football series in 2015 and ’17. The first game will be on September 19, 2015 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri while the second game will be September 23, 2017 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.

The Tigers have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 2012 and have played in bowl games in nine of the past 11 years, including a win over Oklahoma State in last year’s Cotton Bowl Classic. Head coach Gary Pinkel is currently in his third season at the school in 2014.

“We are very excited about playing a football series against Missouri as we continue to build a competitive non-conference schedule for our team and an exciting one for our loyal fans,” said UConn Director of Athletics Warde Manuel. “Our future football schedules have a number of games from various leagues around the country and I am happy to add Missouri and the Southeastern Conference to those contests.”

UConn has a 2-2 record against current teams in the Southeastern Conference with a win over South Carolina in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl and a 1-2 all-time series mark vs. Vanderbilt, including a win in 2010.

The Missouri series completes UConn’s non-conference scheduling for both 2015 and 2017. UConn will also play at series with Massachusetts on September 10, 2016 as the Huskies make their Gillette Stadium debut in Foxborough and on September 2, 2017 at Rentschler Field.

UConn will also play FCS opponent Maine on September 3, 2016.

Here is a summary of all future UConn non-conference football games under contract:

2015: September 5, Villanova; September 12, Army; September 19, at Missouri; October 2, at BYU.
2016: September 3, Maine; September 10, at UMass (Foxborough, Mass.); September 17, Virginia.
2017: September 2, UMass; September 9, Holy Cross; September 16, at Virginia; September 23, Missouri.
2018: September 8, at Boise State.
2019: September 7, Illinois; September 21, at Indiana.
2020: September 12, at Illinois; September 26, Indiana.

UConn and Tennessee have a two-game home-and-home series under contract with dates to be determined.

This week the Huskies will be on the road to face off against the South Florida Bulls this Friday night on a nationally televised game on ESPN.  Both teams boast 1-2 records with the Huskies losing to BYU 35-10 at home the opening week, defeating Stony Brook 19-16 on September 6^th, and then falling to Boise State 38-21 last week.  Meanwhile, South Florida opened their season with a 36-31 victory against the Western Carolina Catamounts, but have since fallen to ACC foes Maryland and North Carolina State 24-17 and 49-17, respectively.

This will be the first road test for the Huskies and the fourth consecutive home game for the Bulls.  Currently, the average price for South Florida vs. UConn football tickets is $38 with a get-in price of $12, according to ticket data provided by Easy Seat. Connecticut fans located down in Florida can find some great bargains on ticket prices so make sure to come out and show your support for the Huskies in enemy territory.

Following this weekend’s road game, the Huskies will return home for a matchup against the Temple Owls.  It will be the only home game until November 1^st when the Central Florida Knights come to town.  They will then rotate between road and home games for the remainder of the season, culminating in the home finale on December 6^th against SMU.

Tickets for Temple vs. UConn are a little pricier than the road contest at South Florida with the average price currently at $50 on the secondary market and a get-in price of $19. That is the cheapest game remaining on the 2014 UConn football schedule and 36% cheaper than their home average this year which currently stands at $68.

The Huskies will look to get back to .500 this week before their date with Temple on the 27^th.  If they can, expect a small uptick in ticket prices, but nothing too drastic.

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Video: No Regrets For Former UConn QB Casey Cochran [sox & dawgs]

Video: Casey Cochran Talks About His Role As A Coach For UConn [sox & dawgs]

Pruitt, Paull’s Careers Over at UConn Due To Medical Reasons [sox & dawgs]

UConn/Temple Kickoff Time For September 27 Set [sox & dawgs]

UConn in NFL: Week 2 [jim fuller – new haven register]

Monday presser: OL struggles, DL manuvering [john silver – sny uconn]

Huskies Defense Is A Reason To Get Excited [uconn huskies]

No regrets for UConn’s Cochran [ct post]

Diaco: Careers Over For Pruitt, Paull; Adeyemi To Start At DE [hartford courant]

Smart QB: UConn’s Casey Cochran Goes Out A Winner [hartford courant]

UConn’s Casey Cochran Says He Is At Peace With Decision [hartford courant]

Donald Brown Will Look To Take Advantage Of Injury To Ryan Mathews [hartford courant]

UConn’s Casey Cochran discusses decision to give up college football [new haven register]

UConn’s Cochran has no regrets [the day]

Know the foe: UConn [tampa bay times]

Tale of the Tape: UConn vs. Boise State [the uconn blog]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Stewart set for final push to earn USA roster spot [carl adamec – sny uconn]

Nurse sees big picture of UConn tradition [carl adamec – sny uconn]

Moore Has Taken Stewart Under Her Wing [rich elliott – ct post]

Nurse Felt Right At Home In Bridgeport [rich elliott – ct post]

Special night for future UConn teammates [jim fuller – new haven register]

Former Huskies Shine In U.S. Women’s National Team Exhibition Victory over Canada [uconn huskies]

U.S. women beat Canada in Bridgeport exhibition [ct post]

ESPN makes a film on UConn Women Huskies [ct post]

Team USA Handles Canada In Bridgeport Tune-Up [hartford courant]

Future UConn teammates face off as U.S. tops Canada in exhibition in Bridgeport [new haven register]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

UConn’s Kevin Ollie To Be Honored With Ray Meyer College Coach Of Year Award [sox & dawgs]

Other UConn related links

W. Soccer. Gottwik And Hill Honored By The American [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Nerwinski, Coly Earn Weekly Conference Honors [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Davidson Named Conference Offensive Player of the Week [uconn huskies]

Baseball. UConn Baseball Fall Scout Day 2014 [uconn huskies youtube]

Hockey. UConn Hockey Looks ‘Crisp’ In First Practice [hartford courant]

ESPN and the American Athletic Conference announced on Monday the game time and television network for the game between the UConn Huskies and Temple Owls at Rentschler Field on Saturday, September 27, 2014.

The game will kickoff at 4 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPNews.

Head coach Kevin Ollie of the Connecticut Huskies acknowledges the crowd after defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 in the NCAA Men’s Final Four Championship at AT&T Stadium on April 7, 2014 in Arlington, Texas.

This in from UConn:

UConn men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie, who guided the Huskies to the 2014 NCAA National Championship in just his second season as head coach, will be honored Wednesday as “The Ray Meyer College Coach of the Year” by the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.

It is the seventh year that the organization has honored the NCAA Champion coach at its annual induction dinner, which is set for Wednesday evening at the Gold Cup Room at Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago.

In addition to Ollie, honored at the dinner will be Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell with the Gale Sayers Award, former Miami Dolphins lineman Bob Kuechenburg with The George Connor Award, along with Hall of Fame inductees Dave Diehl, Donovan McNabb, Johnny Musso and Tom Zbikowski from the world of football. From baseball, inductees include Goose Gossage and White Sox legend Minnie Minoso will receive a lifetime achievement award.

From basketball, scheduled for induction are Bill Cartwright, Craig Hodges, Bill Wennington, Tim Hardaway and Quentin Richardson.

Ollie took the Huskies to a 32-8 record last season, coaching UConn’s to victories over Saint Joseph’s, Villanova, Iowa State, Michigan State, Florida, and Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament on its way to its fourth national title. Ollie became the fastest coach to reach 50 wins (52-18) in UConn history.

The award is named for Hall of Fame coach Ray Meyer, who coached DePaul for 42 years (1942-84) and compiled a 724-354 career record, still 17th on the all-time NCAA coaching list for total wins. Meyer’s teams won the NIT in 1945 and reached the NCAA Final Four in 1943 and 1979. He was the college coach of George Mikan, who went on to become the first of the great NBA big men. Meyer passed away in 2006.

UConn DEs #56 Angelo Pruitt and #57 Cole Ormsby along with the entire defensive line listen to instruction from DL coach Kevin Wolthausen before the Stony Brook game at Rentschler Field on Saturday, September 6, 2014.

The UConn Huskies lost a key player on offense last week in QB Casey Cochran. Now they have lost a key defensive player as well as seldom used offensive lineman.

During his weekly press conference on Monday, UConn head coach Bob Diaco announced that DE Angelo Pruitt and OL Bryan Paull are no longer with the team and their careers at UConn are over due to medical concerns.

Pruitt had missed the last two games (Stony Brook, Boise State) with what Diaco had described before as a lower leg injury. On Monday, he clarified it to be a genetic issue in the lower leg that Pruitt has decided to get taken care of.

Pruitt played in 26 career games (21 starts) and had 51 tackles, two sacks, one fumble recovery and one interception.

Diaco described Paull’s injury only as undisclosed upper body issue. Paull, who cracked the two-deep depth chart for the first time last year, saw action in four games on the offensive line in 2013.

photo credit: ian bethune – sox & dawgs

Editor’s note: This should have been posted on Monday after the press conference. For some reason I thought I had written it up and posted. Unfortunately, I was wrong and am posting now though it is backdated to Monday. My sincerest apologies.

UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco held his weekly press conference in anticipation of Friday night’s matchup with the South Florida Bulls in Tampa, FL.

He opened up talking about the improvement of the special teams, including the specialists who helped out the defense. He is pleased with the improvement of the defense from week 1 to week 3.

Everyone is getting close to seeing the DNA of the team.

There were some positives on offense in regards to time of possession, better red zone scoring. They are an offense that can produce big plays.

He said they need to continue to reduce pre-snap penalties. They only had one last game.

They are having to many negative plays that can’t get started properly because of the struggles of the offensive line which he says is a work in progress.

He was pleased with the play of the cornerbacks as their timing was better.

He was pleased with Tim Boyle‘s production.

He talked about Max DeLorenzo being a veteran player who has good vision and good understanding of the defensive alignments which helped his running game in the second half.

He stated the defensive changes on two-deep were out of necessity. Angelo Pruitt‘s career is over due to a genetic issue in his lower leg. The decision to retire was made Monday morning.

Diaco stated that true freshman Luke Carrezola will be an impact player going forward.

He said Boyle played the exact amount of time they wanted him to.

Diaco said the offensive line is a group that needs a lot of mentoring and work.

He stated Andreas Knappe went out there and competed. He liked his hands and how he got to the second level. He needs to work on his footwork.

He reiterated that the team is still in the building phase. They won’t do anything to compromise the building process.

He said the game against USF is a very important game because it’s a conference foe and that the energy needs to be different. It’s an important moment for the seniors.

He talked about Obi Melifonwu and him being the last line of defense, hence why it looked like Obi was involved in every Boise scoring play. He said Obi is physically imposing and talented. In the grand scheme of things, Obi is on track.

He said USF true freshman running back Marlon Mack has elite, home run speed.  The defense needs to give maximum effort to stop him.

He’s looking at the USF road trip as a business trip. He likes that road trips can bring the team together since they are in a closer environment.

He stated that everyone that has participated so far will play going forward.

He was asked about OL Kyle Schafenacker who he said is getting better and is a great teammate. He’s very smart and needs to work on his foot action and bend/flexibility. Doubtful he cracks the two-deep this year.

He said the Florida based players will have lots of friends and family there. He doesn’t want to minimize it though.

Diaco said for the shorter week, he compressed the days. As of Monday, they were back on track.

He is impressed with the group of RBs. He was impressed with Joshua Marriner pass blocking and talked about Ron Johnson‘s beautiful run.

Asked again about USF, he said they have very talented players, a big mauling offensive line, fast at skill positions on offense and in secondary. He also said USF has probably the most talented TEs that UConn will play this year.

He’d like to get the wide receivers more touches. The younger ones all have bright football futures ahead at UConn.

He said Arkeel Newsome was hit before he could even saddle the handoff. He said it’s hard to evaluate that moment because of how the play developed.

He said the defense needs to attack the ball more. They are not an up the field feast or famine defense.

He added that Bryan Paull‘s career is over due to an upper body injury.

With Casey Cochran retiring, Diaco ended things by saying that they will now have to add another quarterback to the mix as they’ll have three on scholarship next year in Boyle, Bryant Shirreffs and recruit Tyler Davis.

We’ll have more before Friday’s game on USF and Cochran, who met with the media on Monday.

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Video: UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco On Where His Team Is After Three Games [sox & dawgs]

Video: UConn Huskies QB Chandler Whitmer on Coach Casey Cochran [sox & dawgs]

Video: UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco on Reinforcing the Positives [sox & dawgs]

Video: UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco On His Younger Players [sox & dawgs]

UConn Football Depth Chart For South Florida [sox & dawgs]

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

UConn Football Coach Diaco: You Might Want To Write Something Different… [desmond conner – hartford courant]

Diaco: Pulling back on the O-Line [john silver – sny uconn]

UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco Says Huskies Have Long Way To Go [hartford courant]

Andreas Knappe gets first taste of action with Huskies [new haven register]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Nurse Thankful For Opportunity To Compete With Team Canada [rich elliott – ct post]

Collier Draws High Praise From Staley [rich elliott – ct post]

UConn’s Stewart, four former Huskies make first of U.S. national team cuts [jim fuller – new haven register]

Taurasi’s late-game brilliance no shocker to UConn’s Auriemma [jim fuller – new haven register]

Nurse has business to take care of before heading to UConn [jim fuller – new haven register]

Nurse soaking up Team Canada experience [ct post]

UConn Freshman Going Against Auriemma’s USA Team [hartford courant]

Incoming freshman Kia Nurse gets some time with current, former Huskies [new haven register]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Steve Enoch At Big Strick Classic [uconn huskies basketball]

Enoch ends up at UConn, just like he had hoped he would [the day]

Other UConn related links

W. Soccer. Gottwik And Houle Tally Twice In 5-0 Win Over UMass [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. No. 15 Boston College Tips No. 2 UConn In Shoot-Out [uconn huskies]

W. Tennis. Huskies Impressive in Singles Play at QU Invitational [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Three First Half Goals Pace UConn To 3-1 Win Over Seattle [uconn huskies]

M. Tennis. Spreyer and Toner Lead UConn Men’s Tennis at Brown Invite [uconn huskies]

M. Golf. Top 20 Finish For UConn’s Zaback [uconn huskies]

Ahead of Monday’s pregame press conference for the South Florida Bulls game this Friday night, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco has released his two-deep for the game and there are a few changes to it from the one versus Boise State.

Kenton Adeyemi takes overs for Angelo Pruitt as the starter at defensive end.

Cole Ormsby is now listed in “OR” situation at defensive tackle with B.J. McBryde after being the backup to Reuben Frank at defensive end.

Luke Carrezola takes Ormsby’s spot as the backup to Frank at defensive end.

UPDATE: Pruitt was originally on the depth chart as the back up to Ormsby and McBryde and had missed the past two games with a lower leg injury. Diaco announced during his weekly press conference that Pruitt’s playing career is over as he tends to a genetic issue in his leg.

Offense

LT: 71 Richard Levy (RSo., 6-6, 305)
74 Paul Nwokeji (RJr., 6-6, 287)

LG: 65 Gus Cruz (RSr., 6-4, 296)
77 Trey Rutherford (Fr., 6-5, 289)

C: 73 Alex Mateas (RSr., 6-4, 309)
70 Kyle Bockeloh (RSo., 6-3, 284)

RG: 60 Tyler Samra (Jr., 6-2, 288)
63 Ryan Crozier (Fr., 6-4, 297)

RT: 78 Dalton Gifford (RJr., 6-4, 304) OR
53 Andreas Knappe (RSo., 6-8, 300)

TE: 49 Sean McQuillan (RJr., 6-3, 239)
80 Tommy Myers (RFr., 6-5, 238)

WR: 85 Geremy Davis (RSr., 6-3, 216)
8 Thomas Lucas (RFr., 6-2, 198) OR
5 Noel Thomas (So., 6-1, 187)

QB: 10 Chandler Whitmer (RSr., 6-0, 192)
14 Tim Boyle (So., 6-3, 216)
16 Will Rishell (RFr., 5-10, 185)

FB: 34 Jazzmar Clax (RFr., 5-11, 241)
36 Matt Walsh (So., 6-1, 227)

TB: 44 Max DeLorenzo (RJr., 5-11, 210)
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)

WR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
9 Kamal Abrams (RJr., 5-11, 182) OR
1 Dhameer Bradley (So., 5-9, 166)

Defense

DE: 95 Kenton Adeyemi (RJr., 6-4, 268)
93 Folorunso Fatukasi (RFr., 6-4, 307)

NG: 90 Julian Campenni (RJr., 6-0, 299)
92 Mikal Myers (RSo., 6-1, 312)

DT: 97 B.J. McBryde (RSr., 6-5, 304) OR
57 Cole Ormsby (RFr., 6-3, 248)

DE: 47 Reuben Frank (RSr., 6-4, 246)
15 Luke Carrezola (Fr., 6-3, 242)

LB: 46 Marquise Vann (RJr., 6-0, 226)
55 Jon Hicks (RSo., 6-2, 236)

LB: 32 Jefferson Ashiru (RSo., 6-2, 233)
39 Junior Joseph (RFr., 6-1, 242)

LB: 2 Graham Stewart (RJr., 6-1, 227)
10 Cameron Stapleton (RFr., 6-4, 226)

CB: 16 Byron Jones (RSr., 6-1, 196)
7 John Green (RSo., 5-10, 179)

S: 22 Andrew Adams (RJr., 6-0, 197)
28 Jordan Floyd (RSo., 6-0, 206)

S: 20 Obi Melifonwu (RSo., 6-3, 210)
23 Junior Lee (RJr., 6-0, 214) OR
19 Ellis Marder (RSo., 6-1, 193)

CB: 6 Jhavon Williams (RSo., 5-10, 190)
21 Jamar Summers (Fr., 6-0, 180)

Special Teams

K: 17 Bobby Puyol (RSo., 5-10, 174)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)

P: 42 Justin Wain (RSo., 6-3, 204)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)

HL: 82 Blake Feagles (RFr., 5-10, 205)
42 Justin Wain (RSo., 6-3, 204)

KR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)

PR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
18 Brian Lemelle (So., 5-10, 165)

LS: 66 Dominick Manco (RJr., 6-0, 213)
67 Adam Mueller (RSr., 6-1, 212)