Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sunday wrap

Game Saturday is on ABC at 8 p.m. It's been almost 8 years since an intersquad Big East game was on prime time ABC.

There are 3 games slated to be on ABC, but early indications are that UConn-Cincinnati will have a large map. There will be no reverse mirror of this game on ESPN or ESPN2.

On to the Sunday teleconference:

Endres has surgery for a separated shoulder and is out for the year. Robbie Frey hasn't had surgery, but we are unlikely to see him for the rest of the year either.

Edsall on Zach Frazer's performance:

"Inconsistent at the start, and made some reads that he shouldn't have made. He did a good job of taking the team down and finished the game strong. He is going to have to be the guy and do the things that he is capable of doing. He started off slow and finished the game up strong,

"He just has to stay within himself and takes what defense gives him, when he does that he is pretty good. He gets in trouble when he gets outside of himself."

The defense gave up 141 yards on 56 plays. 5 plays by Rutgers went for 181 yards. The Huskies defended the same play perfectly 14 plays earlier and forced Savage to run. It's a consistency thing.


Edsall is going to make changes in the two-deep, and I think we will see Jerome Junior at strong safety full-time. Edsall said Junior had his best game Saturday. He was off the field in favor of Aaron Bagsby, who took a poor angle on the play and allowed a 25 yard gain to go for 81 yards. 


As far as other news: 


*It isn't definite and the staff still has to decide. But, don't expect Mike Box to play under any circumstances. It's late in the season, and they can't blow a redshirt to sub for Frazer if he goes down. That will be decided Tuesday, but don't expect to see Box until at least next year. This is going to be Frazer's snaps until he gets hurt or the game is out of hand.

2 comments:

Sean O said...

UConn upset!! Cincy is thinking national title, thinking West Virginia next week, thinking Pitt in December...they are not thinking about UConn.

I'm still hopeful. And for whatever reason...not only was UConn the last team to beat Cincy in the regular season, they pounded them.

John said...

To be a fan Sean...if you can't believe you can win it why watch? I give UConn an honest chance. They have to win it with their offense.