UCONN (5-4, 2-2 BE) vs. SYRACUSE (7-3, 4-2 BE) GAME 10 w Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 w 7:00 P.M. CARRIER DOME (49,250)
ESPNU w WTIC-UCONN RADIO NETWORK
UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 9/4 at Michigan (ABC) L, 10-30 9/11 TEXAS SOUTHERN (SNY) W, 62-3 9/18 at Temple (SNY) L, 16-30 9/25 BUFFALO (SNY) W, 45-21 10/2 VANDERBILT (SNY) W, 40-21 10/8 at Rutgers* (ESPN) L, 24-27 10/23 at Louisville* (ESPNU) L, 0-26 10/29 WEST VIRGINIA* (ESPN2) W, 16-13 11/11 PITTSBURGH* (ESPN) W, 30-28 11/20 at Syracuse* (ESPNU) 7:00 PM 11/27 CINCINNATI* (SNY) 12:00 PM 12/4 at USF* (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) TBA * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
Syracuse Schedule/Results Date Opponent Score/Time 9/4 at Akron W, 29-3 9/11 at Washington L, 20-41 9/18 MAINE W, 38-14 9/25 COLGATE W, 42-7 10/9 at South Florida* W, 13-9 10/16 PITTSBURGH* L, 14-45 10/23 at West Virginia* W, 19-14 10/30 at Cincinnati* W, 31-7 11/6 LOUISVILLE* L, 20-28 11/13 at Rutgers* W, 13-10 11/20 CONNECTICUT* (ESPNU) 7:00 PM 11/27 BOSTON COLLEGE 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
GAME STORYLINES
w Junior Jordan Todman is the secondleading rusher in the nation at 147.00 yards per game and is first in the BIG EAST. w He is third in career rushing at UConn with 2,660 yds. and fourth in TDs with 26.
w UConn is a perfect 5-0 at home this sea-
son but has failed to win any of its four road games.
w Senior linebacker Lawrence Wilson is now
third in school history in tackles with 421. He was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week for his effort vs. Pittsburugh.
THE COACHES CONNECTICUT HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL UConn head coach Randy Edsall became the all-time winningest coach in UConn football history on Sat., September 11 with his 67th career win at the school. He tackled the challenge of bringing a former NCAA Division I-AA team up to par with the BIG EAST in an 11-year span head on, guiding the Huskies to the 2007 BIG EAST Championship, three bowl games in the past five years with two bowl wins. He is in his 12th season at UConn and has led the Huskies to wins in 60 of UConn’s last 99 games dating back to the ninth game of the 2002 season. He has a 62-45 (.579) mark through the first 107 games of UConn’s tenure at the FBS level. His overall career mark at UConn stands at 71-69. Saturday’s game against Syracuse will be the 141st of his UConn career --the most of any coach in UConn history. He topped the mark of 121 set by J.O. Christian (1934-49). His 71 career coaching wins at UConn is the most of any coach in school history as he passed J.O. Christian who had 66. Immediately prior to becoming UConn’s head coach in 1998, Edsall served as defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech in 1998 under George O’Leary. Edsall began his coaching career at his alma mater, Syracuse, from 1980-1990, working under Frank Maloney and Dick MacPherson in a variety of capacities. Edsall moved on to Boston College where he coached defensive backs under Tom Coughlin from 1991-93 before following Coughlin to the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, staying on the First Coast through the 1997 season. Edsall is a native of Glen Rock, Pa., and graduated from Susquehannock High School. He was inducted into the York Area Sports Hall of Fame. SYRACUSE HEAD COACH DOUG MARRONE Doug Marrone is in his second year as the head coach at Syracuse. He played on the offensive line for Syracuse from 1983-85 and then played two years in the NFL. He graduated from Syracuse in 1991 and then began his assistant coaching career. He was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2006-08 and also was the offensive line coach for the New York Jets from 2002-05. His college assistant jobs included stops at Cortland State, Coast Guard (1993), Northeastern, Georgia Tech and Tennessee before joining the NFL ranks.
RADIO & TV COVERAGE TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised live nationally by ESPNU. Clay Matvick is on play-by-play while Herm Edwards is on color. Eric Posman is the producer and Scott Barke is the director. The game will also be replayed on SNY in its entirity on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 2:00 p.m.. The game will also be rebroadcast in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. RADIO COVERAGE For the 19th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines and E.B. Davis on production.