Zach Frazer News

Jordan Todman stood alone in the Notre Dame end zone looking up at the top of the stadium and the building behind it that has one of the most famous paintings in college sports.

Congratulations to you UConn fans. Oh, I'm sure you're pleased. Not to beat a dead horse on this but the photos John Woike took of folks in the Joyce lot before the game will be up on courant.com not the blog.

The Connecticut Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat on senior day.

UConn quarterback Zach Frazer's grandmother, Izzy Stathas, passed away on Thursday.

Zach Frazer always dreamed of starting at quarterback in Notre Dame Stadium. This Saturday he gets his chance.

For the second season in a row, UConn has the top Graduation Success Rate among football programs in the Big East.

Zach Frazer walked through the portal and onto the field that he believes every high school football player dreams of playing on.

Line: Notre Dame by 6. Series Record: First meeting. What's at Stake Maybe Charlie Weis' job and Notre Dame's Gator Bowl hopes.

The University of Connecticut's football team brings their 4-5 recordA west to take on Notre Dame on Saturday.A The Irish opened as a six-point favorite but the Huskies are confident and capable of dealing the Irish their fifth defeat of the season.

Saturday will be the first, and perhaps the only, time that UConn football takes on the storied Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Zach Frazer always envisioned himself starting games at Notre Dame Stadium. Just not as the Connecticut quarterback.

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

It is officially UConn-Notre Dame week. The game is Saturday in South Bend at 2:30 p.m. - on NBC.

Say this much for the UConn defense. It didn't wait until the fourth quarter to collapse this time.

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.

A long, emotional and frustrating Saturday night had actually turned into Sunday morning when coach Randy Edsall emerged from UConn's locker room just past midnight and tried to give his take on the Huskies' 47-45 loss to fourth-ranked Cincinnati.

When UC took a 20 point lead over the University of Connecticut Huskies Saturday night, Brian Kelly said he was tempted to put Tony Pike in for a series to knock off the rust.

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.

But he was hot in the second half against Rutgers last week, leading the Huskies on two scoring drives in a 28-24 loss.

UConn quarterback Cody Endres is done for the year with an injury to his left shoulder sustained on the Huskies' third series of the game Saturday.