Saturday, September 13, 2008

Live Blogging -- UConn-Virginia

First quarter

Update 7:23 p.m.: Place 1/2 full. After spending 15 minutes tailgating,the problem is not fans. It's traffic flow and distance. Impossible to get in early unless you leave tailgate 40 minutes before gametime. Not possible any other way.

Update 7:43: Brown 3-yard TD run 7-0 UConn. Powerful first drive with the ground game. Jordan Todman got his first carry.

First quarter wrap: Dominating opening quarter by the Huskies. Huskies at the UVa 10 ready to go in for their second TD. 85 yards on 15 rushes. Lorenzen looks sharp with 42 yards scrambling and accurate passes. Defense was tremendous on the one Uva drive they had. Place is packed. The crowd is loud. UConn is fired up. Lorenzen 8-8, 60 yards passing and42 rushing.


Update 8:07: Anthony Davis 3-yard TD catch. Good catch. 14-0 UConn. Virginia showing no signs of life. 13 plays, 77 yards. 7:04. 14-0 UConn.

Update 8:20: Brown breaks 63 yard run. Darius Butler 13-yard end around for TD. 21-0 UConn. Lorenzen 9-9. This one is at a tipping point.

Update 8:39: Name the score, 28-0 on Brown 8-yard TD run. UConn is annihilating the Cavaliers. Lorenzen 11-11, 122 yards passing. Brown, 15 carries, 112 yards 2 TDs.

Total offense: 308-66.

Second quarter wrap: Wow. UConn scored on its first four possessions, until a kneel down at the end of the half. 307-90 offensive advantage. Time of poessession 19:44-10:16.

Lorenzen 11-of-11 for 122 yards and a touchdown. Brown 112 yards on 15 carries and two touchdowns. Darius Butler has a 29-yard catch, a 13 yard TD run and several tackles and a 30 yard return on a kickoff. Domination.

Third quarter

Update 9:18: Uva comes out throwing. UConn holds inside the red zone for a 42 yard field goal. 28-3.

Update 9:37: Donald Brown 63 yard TD run. One word: EXPLOSIVE!

Update 9:43 p.m.: Jordan Todman 14-yard TD run set up by a Lawrence Wilson INT. Todman, fast, very fast. 42-3 UConn.

Good night baby. See you in the postgame, live blogging is all done!

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