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October 1, 2008
No more tickets
A few items from another day of double duty (Dooty!):
-- UConn's home games against Cincinnati and West Virginia are now sold out.
The only home game left with any empty seats (unless you're a corporate big wig and want to buy your own box) is the Dec. 6 finale against Pittsburgh.
-- North Carolina coach Butch Davis had some high praise for the Huskies Wednesday, including a comparison to one of his former players, now an NFL star.
"This week, as much as in any game this season, that's an enormous challenge," Davis said of stopping the run. "Donald Brown, he is really good. He reminds be a great deal of Clinton Portis. He's got great jump-cut ability, he's got excellent vision, he's got speed. And if he can get to the second level and get in the secondary, he can score."
Davis said shutting down Brown isn't exactly the plan.
"I don't know if you ever stop anybody that is that good," Davis said. "You just try to do the best you can, try to gang tackle him and minimized a lot of the big plays."
-- I received a release Wednesday afternoon from the Big East stating that UConn quarterback Tyler Lorenzen was one of the semifinalists for the Draddy Trophy, a rather prestigous national award. Defensive tackle Rhema Fuller was a finalist for the award a couple years ago and received a post-graduate scholarship.
I started to sit down to write a story about it and even made a call to UConn wondering why folks like me weren't informed of such news earlier. Then I read the release a little closer.
Lorenzen is one of 164 semifinalists. 1-6-4
Now, I don't mean to diminish the accomplishments of any of those 164 talented and bright individuals. After all, you need to be a senior with a GPA of at least 3.2, demonstrate outstanding athletic ability, leadership and citizenship.
But 164 semifinalists?
The National Football Foundation (who gives out the award) has to either narrow it down a little more when it comes to the semis or wait a little longer to release that info, please.
For what it's worth, Lorenzen, Pitt kicker Conor Lee, Rutgers cornerback Jason McCourty, Syracuse guard Ryan Durand and West Virginia linebacker Reed Williams all made the list.
Rutgers fullback Brian Leonard won the award in 2006.
- Neill
Posted by Neill on October 1, 2008 6:50 PM
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