With a change in the offensive system at North Carolina State, Bryant Shirreffs wanted a change in scenery. He ultimately decided on playing for Bob Diaco and the new look UConn Huskies football team.
But due to NCAA transfer rules, Shirreffs can’t play for the Huskies in 2014. Instead, he’ll spend the season learning the playbook and running the scout and look teams in practice.
Watch below as Diaco and Shirreffs talk about what lies ahead in 2014.
As we know, UConn Huskies QB Chandler Whitmer decided to return to school for his fifth and final year of eligibility.
He didn’t have to do it. He already had his degree from UConn as he graduated last December.
And given how the 2013 season played out for him, you really did think there’s just no way he was coming back especially with a new coach in Bob Diaco coming in.
But a call from Diaco to Whitmer changed Whitmer’s thinking and here we are in August of 2014 with him as the key backup to Casey Cochran. And according to Diaco as it has been well documented, he plans to play two QB’s in the game.
Watch below as Diaco and Whitmer talk about Whitmer’s return to the football program.
UConn Huskies head coach Bob Diaco had an interesting dilemma on his hands. He had three starting quarterbacks coming back for his team in Tim Boyle, Casey Cochran and Chandler Whitmer.
As a true freshman in 2013, Boyle saw action in five games, starting four before being replaced by Cochran for the final four games of the season.
While I can’t say what Diaco was thinking, the general thought was that Boyle would sit out this year gaining an extra year of eligibility. Normally most freshman don’t play, earning a redshirt year. Basically what this all means is that all college athletes have five years to play four.
With Boyle, he still has four years to play three. So to me, it wasn’t a surprise when Diaco announced that Boyle was “going to be protected” this year.
What Diaco means is that if Boyle doesn’t have to play, he won’t. But if he does, he’ll be ready to come in.
Watch below as Diaco explains the situation with Boyle and also Boyle’s reaction to the news.
During his press conference after practice on Monday, August 19, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco named Casey Cochran as his starter.
Cochran beat out Chandler Whitmer and Tim Boyle for the starting nod. Whitmer will see game action according to Diaco.
Watch as Diaco explains the decision making process towards naming Cochran as the man to lead UConn in 2014.
UConn WR Geremy Davis looks on during the stretching drills at practice on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.
We are exactly two weeks away from the 2014 season opener for the UConn Huskies football team as they’ll take on the BYU Cougars at Rentschler Field on August 29 at 7 p.m.
With new head coach Bob Diaco in charge, things will be very different than last year.
So I’ll ask you this.
Do you have your tickets for the game against BYU yet? Maybe pickup a mini-plan or even season tickets. If you’re an alumni or a fan of the team, be sure to get out there and show your support.
It would be great to see a packed house for opening night on national television and the Boise State game, heck entire home schedule.
So head over to UConnTickets.com and pick up your individual, mini-plan or season tickets today.
UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco is a big fan of the tight end position as evidenced by the almost four minutes he spent talking about them during his press conference on Monday.
He talks about Sean McQuillan, a Glastonbury native, Tommy Myers, a Coventry native and Steve Hashemi, a Trumbull native, as well as the others in the mix for the position.
As we already know, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco has said he wants to have his starting quarterback locked down by August 18 as the team begins its preparations for the season opener against BYU on Friday, August 29 at Rentschler Field.
The competition is still between Tim Boyle, Casey Cochran and Chandler Whitmer.
Whitmer started the 2013 season as the QB and went 0-4. Boyle followed him by going 0-4. Cochran finished up the season 3-1 winning his last three games.
As of Monday, August 11th, the competition between the three is wide open.
Watch below to see what Diaco had to say about the battle.
During spring practice, the media was introduced to the rodeo drill by UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco at a 6 a.m. practice. I was not there for that but did get to witness it at other spring practices.
With Wednesday being the first day the Huskies could practice in pads, Diaco broke out one of his favorite drills again to get the boys going.
In the video below, you’ll see Diaco explain the rodeo drill, talk about who he thought did well in it and you’ll also get to witness it for yourself.
Enjoy!
During his press conference on Saturday, UConn Huskies head football coach Bob Diaco talked about the importance of special teams.
We’ll have a lot more from today’s open practice as we’ll be able to talk to some players today.
During his press conference on Saturday, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco talked about Andreas Knappe transitioning from defense to offense.
Knappe is one of the players available today and I’ll be asking him about that transition.