Scott Lutrus News

One week after delivering a blow seen 'round the world, UConn junior linebacker Greg Lloyd's season ended with a torn ACL and MCL sustained late in the fourth quarter of the Huskies' 56-31 win over Syracuse at Rentschler Field on Saturday.

For those of UConn fans who stayed up Saturday night and watched Stanford rally past Notre Dame, 45-38, here's the good news: Your Huskies are now guaranteed a bowl bid for the third consecutive season and fourth time since becoming a full-fledged Division I-A program .

Jared, Brendan and John Young packed the van on Thursday morning, said goodbye to the rest of their respective families and set off from Trumbull on the ride of their lives.

They raced up the end zone tunnel, under the 11 national championship banners, past all that history and tradition and hooted and hollered like it was nobody's business.

Just click the play button to join in the live UConn-Notre Dame football chat beginning at 1:30 p.m. ... Hey folks! It's Gameday.

If you see UConn football coach Randy Edsall on the field at Notre Dame Stadium this weekend with a tape measure, don't get confused.

UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick have had a couple of conversations but nothing too heavy about a future series between the teams, according to sources.

Running back Donald Brown, the Colts' first-round pick from the University of Connecticut, returned to practice Wednesday after suffering a left shoulder contusion in an Oct.

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.

The Huskies will likely need steadier play from Zach Frazer to hang with the Bearcats.

The UConn football team has lost three games this season by a combined nine points.

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.

Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage is sacked by Connecticut's Scott Lutrus during the first half their NCAA college football game in East Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, Oct.

Lots of folks milling around wearing the No.6 Tee. It's a hot shirt. Overcast skies but the drizzle has stopped.

UConn linebacker Scott Lutrus is a go - again. The junior captain who has been slowed by a left shoulder stinger is expected to play Saturday when UConn hosts Rutgers at Rentschler Field.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Finally a bit of good news for UConn. Linebacker Scott Lutrus is cleared and ready to play Saturday against Rutgers, coach Randy Edsall said Thursday.

In each of its three losses, the UConn football team was more or less one play away from victory.

Site: Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, W.Va. Time: Noon TV: ESPNU Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 Line: West Virginia by 7 1/2 Weather: Fox 61's Garett Argianas says "Areas of rain, especially in the first half.

Randy Edsall has had a chance to check the emotional pulse of his UConn football team all week.

Both UConn and West Virginia will honor Jasper Howard on their jerseys Saturday.