As we learned earlier on Sunday afternoon, the UConn Huskies will be heading south to Birmingham, AL to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field on January 2, 2010.

Here is the ticket information for UConn fans. If you’re a UConn fan and are planning on attending the game, please buy your tickets through UConn. They have to sell their allotment of 10,000 tickets and it defeats the purpose getting them somewhere else.

Tickets for the game will be $40 through UConnBowl.com or by calling 1-800-468-2666.

Here is how UConn will be handling the tickets.

If you’re a donor to the UConn Club, tickets will be available on Tuesday, December 8th at different times, depending on your level of commitment.

• Legend, Champion & All-American – call between 9 am-11 am
• MVP,  Golden Husky & Director – call between 12 pm-3 pm
• All other donor categories – call between 4 pm -7 pm

UConn football season ticket holders who aren’t donors can call on Wednesday morning, December 9th, between 9 am-12 pm. Tickets will then be released to the general public starting at 12 pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Once again, tickets for the game will be $40 through UConnBowl.com or by calling 1-800-468-2666.

PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS THROUGH UCONN!!!

They will also have ticket and travel packages that will be available and you’ll be able to see those on UConnBowl.com once they are released.

If you need hotel information for the game, Papajohnsbowl.com has you covered.

After an emotional 2009 season, the UConn Huskies football team found out where they will be going bowling and they’ll be heading to Stanley Robinson’s hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.

The Huskies are heading to the PapaJohns.com Bowl to be held at Legion Field in Birmingham on January 2, 2010. They will take on Steve Spurrier and the South Carolina Gamecocks. The game will start at 2 p.m. ET and be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Once the formal announcement is made, I will post all of the information about tickets and accommodations.

After the UConn Huskies football team plays in their bowl game (we should learn that later today), four players will get a chance to play in one more college football game.

Running back Andre Dixon and defensive end Lindsey Witten will get a chance to showcase their skills in the East-West Shrine Game on January 23, 2010 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL.

Joining them in postseason all-star game play are safety Robert Vaughn and wide receiver Marcus Easley who have been invited to participate in the Texas vs The Nation Game in El Paso, TX on February 6, 2010.

Dixon finished the 2009 regular season with 967 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns. He also caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. Witten had 41 tackles including 13 for a loss and finished with 11.5 sacks.

Vaughn finished fifth on the team in tackles with 59 and had four interceptions. Easley, who came out of nowhere in 2009 and may be a mid-to-late round NFL pick,  finished as UConn’s leading receiver with 859 yards and 8 touchdowns. He didn’t catch a pass in UConn’s first four games.

Did anyone actually believe that the Boston Red Sox would playing in Australia in March of 2010?

There was a report yesterday in The Daily Telegraph that the Red Sox would be heading down under to play some games in Sydney during March 2010.

Red Sox officials watched the Danny Green-Roy Jones Jr fight at Acer Arena on Wednesday night as guest of Events NSW chief executive Geoff Parmenter. We understand negotiations have been taking place with Red Sox management for several months about coming to Sydney to play a yet to be announced Major League rival around late March.

Seriously, the spring training schedule is out and spring training tickets went on sale yesterday. Do you really think the Red Sox would want to return money to fans just to head to the land down under?

The Red Sox quickly put this report to bed with an official statement.

“Major League Baseball controls all matters regarding international play of Major League games. Contrary to reports that came out earlier today, the Boston Red Sox aren’t in negotiations to play nor plan to play a game in Australia in the 2010 season. We are privileged to have a passionate group of Red Sox Nation ‘citizens’ in Australia and we look forward to their continued support as we prepare for another exciting season of baseball.”

While the UConn Huskies football team awaits their bowl game destination, it’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as the Harvard Crimson come to Gampel Pavilion. Tip is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the game will be televised locally on My-TV9 and SNY. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

UConn Men’s Basketball links

A brief preview: Harvard @ #14 UConn [TheUConnBlog.com]

November [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Calhoun praises 6-1 Harvard opponent [Connecticut Post]

Under Amaker, Harvard No Pushover [Hartford Courant]

No. 14 UConn vs. Harvard [Hartford Courant]

Top 10 Moments In Program History [Hartford Courant]

Crimson have been red hot [New Haven Register]

Calhoun has his Huskies focused on Crimson [The Day]

Harvard at No. 14 UConn [The Day]

Harvard could present a challenge [The Republican-American]

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It was shaping up to be another heartbreaking loss for the UConn Huskies. You know the one where they lead late only to give up a touchdown late.

Huskies kicker Dave Teggart made sure that didn’t happen though as his 42 yard field goal with no time left gave them a 29-27 win in front of 35,264 on a snowy Saturday night at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

Trailing 26-21, South Florida Bulls quarterback BJ Daniels scampered 8 yards for a touchdown with 40 seconds left to put them out front 27-26. The Bulls went for two and the conversion failed keeping it an one point game.

Jordan Todman returned the ensuing kickoff 21 yards to give the Huskies the ball at their 44. From there, Zach Frazer took over.

He hit tight end Ryan Griffin for 11 yards then hit Andre Dixon for 5 yards. On 2nd and 5 at the USF 40, Frazer hit Kashif Moore for 14 yards with 13 seconds left in the game. After a timeout by the Huskies, Dixon ran the ball for a yard towards the middle of the field to set up the game winner for Teggart.

Given everything that this UConn team has been through, I am very proud of them.

They could have easily just packed it in after the Jasper Howard tragedy. They were 3-2 at the time of his tragic death and came out fighting but fell short for three straight weeks. UConn finally got a week off before the big win over Notre Dame and that bye week may have saved the Huskies.

It allowed them to regroup after Howard’s death and the three straight losses and setup a game plan for Notre Dame. They followed up the Notre Dame win with a big win over Syracuse last weekend to make themselves bowl eligible for a third straight season.

They fought hard all night against the Bulls and almost watched Daniels and the rest of his South Florida squad ruin senior night. Instead, the Huskies now guarantee themselves a winning season no matter what happens in the bowl game.

The Huskies and the Bulls both finish up the season at 7-5 (3-4 in the Big East) but UConn has the momentum heading into  their bowl game having won their final three games.

Scoring:

1st quarter

CON – Andre Dixon 12 Yard Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed) – UConn 6 USF 0

2nd quarter

USF – Mike Ford 14 Yard Run (Eric Schwartz Kick) – USF 7 UConn 6

CON – Marcus Easley 21 Yard Pass From Zach Frazer (Dave Teggart Kick) – UConn 13 USF 7

3rd quarter

CON – Isiah Moore 5 Yd Pass From Zach Frazer (Dave Teggart Kick) – UConn 20 USF 7

USF – B.J. Daniels 2 Yd Run (Eric Schwartz Kick) – UConn 20 USF 14

4th quarter

USF – B.J. Daniels 27 Yd Run (Eric Schwartz Kick) – USF 21 UConn 20

CON – Andre Dixon 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) – UConn 26 USF 21

USF – B.J. Daniels 8 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) – USF 27 UConn 26

CON – Dave Teggart 42 Yard Field Goal – UConn 29 USF 27

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies football team as they will honor their 16 seniors before tonight’s game with the South Florida Bulls. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. If you missed my game preview be sure to check that out.

Here’s the weather forecast for tonight:

Today: Rain, mainly after 1pm. High near 41. North wind between 6 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before 1am. Low around 30. North wind between 11 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

And of course the snow fall map:

Links coming up after the jump.

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