Kickoff: Can the URI captains take any longer to get to midfield for the toss. Just saying. Hurry up young Rams. UConn wins toss and takes the ball. I can't take this new Randy Edsall. It's like he's cheating on me. Two weeks in a row decides to receive. Incredible.
Game 12:04 p.m.: Dixon starts and goes 20 something yards first play. Mike Lang also starts.
Game update 12:06 p.m.: Endres TD pass to Andre Dixon. 19 yards. First career TD pass for Endres. 7-0 Huskies. This one doesn't look like it's going to be competitive.
Update 12:14 p.m.: People are not even in their seats yet. Jordan Todman 3 yard TD run set up by a Reggie McClain interception. 14-0 UConn 9:23 left in first quarter.
Update 12:26 p.m.: Endres fumbles the ball at 33 after review. Endres just didn't make quick enough decisions. The protection was fine. Got to pull the trigger. That and short range accuracy are Endres' greatest weaknesses. Quicker decisions needed.
Update 12:31 p.m.: Uh Oh. 67 yard TD pass from Chris Etienne to Ty Bynum. Corner passed him off to safety Jerome Junior who just flat out whiffed on tackle. Junior wanted to put on a big hit and missed. He should have just made the tackle. 14-7 UConn. Not a good sequence.
Update 12:34 p.m.: Mike Lang's first career catch is fumbled. Huskies two turnovers on consecutive possession. URI takes over at UConn 44. Bagsby in at safety after junior burned.
Update 12:39 p.m.: Meme Wylie out for game with arm injury. McClain has his second INT of the game. 2:35 left first quarter.
First quarter wrap: Huskies jumped out to 14-0 and then stopped playing.UConn has fumbles 3 times, two recovered by URI. Some of the breakdowns are mental. When the Huskies aren't making mistakes they can't be stopped. Endres 8-of-9 to open but has fumbles twice. One was on him, the last one was on Dan Ryan who was just beat easily off the ball by the end for a sack.
Second quarter
Update 12:48: Todman 8-yard TD run. Huskies have got the game back. 21-7.
Update 1:02 p.m.: Huskies having trouble protecting Endres on certain plays. Have to do a better job there. Desi Cullen dropped a punt snap, avoided two tackles and took two steps before actually punting it. Great play by Cullen. Why he dropped the ball? I have no idea. Looked like Australia rules football there.
Update 1:19 p.m.: Teggart 19 yard field goal with 30 seconds left in half. 24-7 #UConn. It hasn't been a crisp game for the Huskies. That's the best I can say. The first two drives were crisp, then that's it. Huskies are in no danger of losing this game, and the passing game is working when Endres has time, but it should be better. Biggest thing is the running game isn't really dominating. Offensive line hasn't been nearly as good against URI as it was against Baylor.
Halftime wrap: 24-7 at half, no danger of losing for the Huskies. Cody Endres 12-of-15 for 152 and a touchdown. He is doing a nice job. A couple of times held ball on too long, but he can throw the ball. Mike Smith getting a lot of work in the passing game. 6 catches 61 yards. Running game isn't being featured. Todman 10 carries for 63 yards.
Huskies had one big misplay on defense by Jerome Junior that led to 66 yard TD play. Aaron Bagsby has replaced Junior and been all over the place. Not a great first half for the Huskies, but they are in no danger of losing. 24-7.
Third quarter
1:48 p.m.: Concentration thing. Howard on a punt sets up short because the two previous URI punts were short. The punt goes 58 yards and Howard tries for an over the shoulder catch and muffs the punt. URI takes over at the UConn 20. 5 fumbles, 3 lost for the Huskies. Simple concentration.
Update 1:52 p.m.; Huskies defense hold on a 4th and short from the UConn 11. Huskies take over. Defense has play well except for one play.
Update 2:09 p.m..: Jordan Todman 2 yard TD run, his third of the day. UConn 31-7. That's about if for the live game blog today. Going to make this and early day. Huskies need to clean it up, but getting some good work against Rhode Island.
Update 2:18 p.m.: Give it up for true frosh Mike Lang's first career TD catch of 50 yards. He had 1 catch earlier, and he fumbled it. He was wide open on the throw. 38-7 UConn. I like Lang, spent about 10 minutes with him Tuesday. His parents were coming up possibly for game. That would be a good present. I'll check after.
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