Cody Endres News

It was snowing the first time Zach Frazer walked into Notre Dame Stadium. And you know what his first urge was? To wake up the echoes? Shake down the thunder? Strike the Heisman pose in one of Lindsey Nelson's psychedelic sports jackets? "I just wanted to make a snow angel on the field," the UConn junior quarterback said Tuesday.

Even with five losses by a total of 15 points in a 4-5 season, Connecticut players know of a loss much deeper.

Through nine games, Cincinnati hasn't lost a fumble, something no other college football team in an division in the country can say.

Much has been made about the breakout season of defensive lineman Chris Neild for West Virginia.

Quarterback Zach Frazer runs with the ball against Rutgers on Oct. 31. Frazer will be the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season after Cody Endres had season-ending shoulder surgery last week.

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly has long expressed his admiration for the work Randy Edsall has done coaching at UConn, and the Husky head man has echoed that praise for his counterpart.

UConn Coach Randy Edsall just wrapped up his teleconference with state media heading into the game at No.4 Cincinnati.

It stands to reason that the UConn football team will at some point start seeing a few breaks go its way.

The fourth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats kick off a crucial three-game homestand this weekend, as they host the Connecticut Huskies in Big East play at Nippert Stadium.

Tim Brown scored a 37-yard touchdown pass from Tom Savage to help put Rutgers ahead in the first half.

Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres was scheduled to have season-ending surgery on his non-throwing shoulder Sunday morning, coach Randy Edsall said after UConn's 28-24 loss to Rutgers on Saturday.

Offense: Outgained Rutgers 481-322 but the Huskies never found their groove running the ball.

Tim Brown scored on an 81-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give Rutgers an improbable 28-24 win over Connecticut , handing the Huskies their second straight emotional defeat following the death of cornerback Jasper Howard.

It used to be the biggest tipoff in the UConn football team's playbook. Forget reading what the guards did, any Big East linebacker worth his salt knew that if Marcus Easley was in the game for the Huskies, they had definitely called a running play.

Maybe it's a case of reading into things too much. But it's worth mentioning that Andre Dixon and Kashif Moore had a look of determination as they left New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in North Miami Monday afternoon.

As Jasper Howard's family and friends were paying their final respects to the slain young man Monday in Miami, a Connecticut prosecutor and judge were signing arrest warrants for three men charged in connection with Howard's stabbing death on Oct.

On the day that Jasper "Jazz" Howard's family and friends said goodbye during an emotional funeral at a Miami church, state and University of Connecticut police were closing in on the man they say thrust a knife into the 20-year-old football player's abdomen during an altercation outside the Student Union on Oct.

On a possible arrest: "I know nothing." On being focused on football: "We are more so than any other time in the last 9-10 days." On kids dealing with Jasper Howard's death going forward: "It's time to move forward.

West Virginia 28, Connecticut 24: UConn nearly pulled out a win for Jasper Howard.

For the second week in a row, West Virginia found itself trailing at halftime. The answer for what ailed the Mountaineers: a healthy dose of Noel Devine.