http://www.realfootball365.com Connecticut Huskies Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. College Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12799 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12799 No disrespect intended to Tyler Lorenzen, but his injury last week against Louisville might have been a blessing in disguise for the University of Connecticut football team. Lorenzen will be out six to eight weeks with a broken right foot, which means Zach Frazer will be the quarterback -- for all practical purposes -- the rest of the season. So far, the Huskies have forged a 5-0 start powered... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-10-02T05:30:51-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12460 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12460 Sure, we know. Every game is important, you have to take them one at a time (just like pants legs) and all that. Moreover, Appalachian State's Big House shocker over Michigan last season will forever change the way Division 1-A schools look at their smaller brethren. Still, this is 1-AA Hofstra from the Colonial Athletic Association that the University of Connecticut is facing on Thursday... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-08-25T14:04:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12459 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12459 According to the Connecticut press, Greg Lloyd Jr. won the starting middle linebacker spot for the University of Connecticut while he was still on I-95. Before fall practice even began, Huskies coach Randy Edsall had decided to scrap the experiment of moving safety Dahna Deleston to outside linebacker and OLB Scott Lutrus (a freshman All-American last season) into the middle to replace current... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-08-25T13:45:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12251 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/12251 The University of Connecticut football team got a double shot of bad news this week. First came word that redshirt freshman defensive tackle Jarrell Miller -- quite possibly the most highly touted player ever recruited by the Huskies -- was leaving school. Miller, out of the Richmond, Va., suburb of Highland Springs, was a Parade All-America linebacker and his team's most valuable player in the... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-08-01T18:32:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/11560 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/11560 The recently released movie "Prom Night" is a horror show. And apparently, so was Connecticut football recruit Jordan Todman's prom last weekend at Dartmouth, Mass., High School. Police in Swansea, Mass., where the prom was held, set up a sobriety checkpoint outside the Venus de Milo restaurant, and Todman's girlfriend -- Leah Bello -- was refused entry after she blew a 0.8. She supposedly... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-06-10T15:33:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/11452 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/11452 The top recruiting services have all labeled Malik Generett as a "sleeper." Apparently, the University of Connecticut woke him up. Last Friday, the 6-foot-5, 205-pound quarterback-turned-wide receiver from William Penn High School in York, Pa., made a verbal commitment to the Huskies, and William Penn coach Matt Ortega gave UConn's Randy Edsall a lot of the credit. "The big names will be out... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-06-02T19:32:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10462 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10462 Maybe the University of Connecticut learned something form the Rich Rodriguez/West Virginia debacle. The school released details this week of a new deal for football coach Randy Edsall. Signed and sealed on Feb. 14, it will give the 10th-year Huskies coach an average of $1.5 million a year over the next five seasons. It also offers an extra month's salary if UConn plays in a bowl game, $100,000... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-02-27T15:20:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10460 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10460 As it turned out, Tyvon Branch's best event at the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine wasn't his 40 time -- although that was the second-best of the week -- but the long jump. As in, a long jump up the draft board. Coming in, the former University of Connecticut cornerback had been mentioned as a probable third- or fourth-round pick. Now, thanks in large part to his blistering 4.31 clocking in the 40... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-02-27T14:10:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10335 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10335 Donald Thomas didn't just walk on to the University of Connecticut football team -- teammate Danny Lansanah dragged him on. The two had developed a mutual respect for each other through battles on the campus basketball courts (both starred in that sport in high school -- Lansanah in Harrisburg, Pa., and Thomas at West Haven, Conn.), and Lansanah couldn't help but notice Thomas' 6-foot-4,... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-01-21T14:53:27-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10334 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10334 Effective linebackers are often said to have a "nose for the ball," and that certainly applies to Danny Lansanah of Connecticut. But Lansanah has also demonstrated that he has hands for the ball, as well -- eight career interceptions as a Huskies linebacker. Although Lansanah is a bit short by today's NFL standards (his height fluctuates between 5-foot-11 and 6-1, depending on the source), the... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-01-21T13:25:52-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10333 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10333 Tyvon Branch's University of Connecticut football career seemed to go by fast -- literally. The fleet Huskie cornerback was pointedly avoided by opposing teams this past season and finished without an interception. But he got his hands on the ball nevertheless, averaging an eye-popping 28.9 yards on 27 kickoff returns, hauling two back for touchdowns. He almost broke a third in the Meineke Car... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-01-21T13:20:27-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10331 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10331 Second in a series on Big East football teams and the 2007 season. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HUSKIES. RECORD: 9-4, 5-2. BOWL RECORD: Lost 24-10 to Wake Forest in the Meinecke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. HIGH POINTS: A 38-19 victory over Rutgers; a 21-17 defeat of Louisville at Homecoming. LOW POINTS: Losing three of their last four -- a 27-3 loss to Cincinnati, a 66-21 drubbing... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2008-01-21T04:39:05-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10213 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/10213 Michigan athletic director Bill Martin finally set the record straight for those of us wanting to know. Contrary to reports, he had made absolutely no direct contact with LSU head coach Les Miles about the Michigan coaching vacancy left by Lloyd Carr. Though Michigan did receive permission from LSU to speak with Miles, it was only extended for after last Saturday's SEC championship game. "I... rousseauwrites@aol.com (Robert Rousseau) Connecticut Huskies 2007-12-04T04:13:57-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/9898 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/9898 (First in a series of previews on Big East teams). Something has happened to the University of Connecticut football team over the past two seasons, and it isn't good. The Huskies seemed to have turned the corner in 2004, when they finished 8-4 and played in the Motor City Bowl. The completion of Rentschler Stadium fueled the optimism even more. Instead, the Huskies regressed to 5-6 in 2005 and... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2007-07-16T04:44:48-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/9170 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/connecticut/9170 Teams on the rebound: Twentieth and last in a series. For Connecticut coach Randy Edsall, last season was like another book in that apocalyptical "Left Behind" series. Left behind, in this case, referred to all the injured players UConn couldn't take on road trips. In all, eight starters went down for at least two games, including QB Matt Bonislawski, his backup (D.J. Hernandez) and star... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Connecticut Huskies 2006-07-19T04:06:41-05:00