Connecticut Huskies (1-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack (0-1, 0-0 ACC) Game 2 • Saturday, Sep. 8, 2012 • 12:00 PM East Hartford, Conn. • Rentschler Field (40,000) SNY • IMG-UConn Radio Network
The Coaches connecticut head coach paul pasqualoni UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni made his Husky coaching debut a successful one on Sept. 3, 2011 as the Huskies topped Fordham of the FCS. The Cheshire, Conn. native was named the 28th head football coach in UConn history on January 14, 2011. Pasqualoni is the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 65 and overall wins with 113. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 147-83-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 6-7 at UConn). Pasqualoni has had a highly-successful career on all levels of football -- professional, college and high school. He was the head coach at Western Connecticut from 1982-86 and led the team to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1985. He had an extremely successful tenure as the head coach at Syracuse from 1991-2004. Pasqualoni led the Orange to 107 wins, four BIG EAST titles and a 6-3 postseason record. Among his bowl appearances at Syracuse were two Fiesta Bowls (1992 and ‘97) and an Orange Bowl (‘98). For the previous five seasons, Pasqualoni has served on NFL staffs -- with Dallas in 2006-07 and ‘10 and with Miami in 2008-09. His first coaching job was an assistant coach at Cheshire HS from 1972-75. He is a 1972 Penn State graduate. North CarolinA State head coach Tom O’Brien Tom O’Brien is in his sixth season as the head coach at North Carolina State and has an overall record of 33-31 at the school. He has led the Wolfpack to bowl games in three of the last four years with a win in the Belk Bowl last season vs. Louisville and a win in the Champs Sports Bowl in 2010 against West Virginia. O’Brien was the head coach at Boston College between 1997 and 2006 and led the Eagles to bowl games for eight consecutive seasons (1999-2006). He has an overall record of 108-76 as a head coach. O’Brien served as an assistant coach at Navy from 1975-81 and at Virginia from 1982 to 1996. He is a 1971 Navy graduate.
UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 8/30 Massachusetts (SNY) W, 37-0 9/8 NC State (SNY) 12:00 PM 9/15 at Maryland (SNY) 12:30 PM 9/22 at Western Michigan (ESPN3) 2:00 PM 9/29 Buffalo (SNY) 12:00 PM 10/6 at Rutgers* TBA 10/13 Temple* TBA 10/19 at Syracuse* (ESPN) 8:00 PM 11/3 at USF* TBA 11/9 Pittsburgh* (ESPN2) 8:00 PM 11/24 at Louisville* TBA 12/1 Cincinnati* (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) TBA *Denotes BIG EAST Conference Game
NC State Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) 8/31 vs. Tennessee (ESPNU) 9/8 at Connecticut (SNY) 9/15 South Alabama 9/22 Citadel 9/29 at Miami* 10/6 Florida State* 10/20 at Maryland* 10/27 at North Carolina* 11/3 Virginia* 11/10 Wake Forest* 11/17 at Clemson* 11/24 Boston College*
Score/Time L, 21-35 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
*Denotes ACC Game
Radio & TV Coverage television coverage Saturday’s game is being televised live as the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week. It will be seen live in Connecticut and regionally on SNY – the television home of UConn football and men’s and women’s basketball. Eamon McAnaney is on play-by-play with former NFL offensive lineman David Diaz-Infante on color, Paul Carcaterra is the sideline reporter while Todd Jones is the producer and Will Bealke directs. The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 7:00 a.m. and 9 a.m. and on Monday, Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. (Connecticut only) and Wednesday, Sept. 12 at noon (Connecticut only). The game will be replayed it is entirety on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and on Monday, Sept. 10 at 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at noon (Connecticut only). The game will be seen live in 34 different TV markets, including: KXTD in Dallas, Brighthouse Networks in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando, MASN2 in Baltimore, WWHO in Columbus, Ohio, KCWX in San Antonio, Cox New Orleans, Cox New England, Time Warner in Buffalo, WMSN in Madison, Wisc., WMYS in South Bend, Ind and WTVW in Evansville, Ind.
Quick Hits • UConn and North Carolina State meet for just the second time in history while the Huskies are 4-10 in games against ACC teams. UConn also meets ACC opponent Maryland next week. • After one week, the UConn defense is ranked first in the country in total defense and fourth in both rushing and passing defense. • Husky redshirt sophomore quarterback Chandler Whitmer was 15 of 25 in the air for 219 yards in his first collegiate start. • UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni and N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien face each other for the ninth time dating back to their careers at Syracuse and Boston College.