UCONN (2-2, 0-0 BE) vs. WESTERN MICH. (2-2, 1-0 MAC) GAME 5 w Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 w 3:30 P.M. RENTSCHLER FIELD (40,000)
SNY w WTIC-UCONN RADIO NETWORK
UConn Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Score/Time 9/3 FORDHAM (ESPN3) W, 35-3 9/10 at Vanderbilt (SNY) L, 24-21 9/16 IOWA STATE (ESPN2) L, 24-20 9/24 at Buffalo (SNY) W, 17-3 10/1 WESTERN MICHIGAN(SNY)3:30 PM 10/8 at West Virginia*(SNY/ESPNR) 12:00 PM 10/15 USF* TBA 10/26 at Pittsburgh* (ESPN) 8:00 PM 11/5 SYRACUSE* TBA 11/19 LOUISVILLE* TBA 11/26 RUTGERS* TBA 12/3 at Cincinnati* (ESPN/2) 12:00 PM * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game
Western Michigan Schedule/Results Date Opponent Score/Time 9/3 at Michigan (ABC) L, 34-10 9/10 NICHOLLS W, 38-7 9/17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* W, 44-14 9/24 at Illinois (Big 10 Net.) L, 23-20 10/1 at Connecticut (SNY) 3:30 PM 10/8 BOWLING GREEN* (STO) 2:00 PM 10/15 at Northern Illinois* (CSN) 3:30 PM 10/22 at Eastern Michigan* 1:00 PM 10/29 BALL STATE* 2:00 PM 11/8 at Toledo* (ESPN2/U) 8:00 PM 11/16 at Miami* (ESPN2/U) 8:00 PM 11/25 AKRON* (ESPNU/3) TBA * Denotes Mid-American Conference game
GAME STORYLINES
w UConn plays its final non-conference game of the regular season and it second game in a row against a team from the Mid-American Conference. w
UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni is now the all-time leader in BIG EAST wins in overall and conference games.
w Husky quarterback Johnny McEntee made his first two career touchdown passes last Saturday night at Buffalo. w UConn’s defense continues to be stingy
as it is ranked 14th in the country in total defense and 12th in scoring defense.
THE COACHES CONNECTICUT HEAD COACH PAUL PASQUALONI UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni made his Husky head coaching debut a successful one on Sept. 3 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 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). Pasqualoni is the all-time winningest coach in BIG EAST Conference league wins with 62 and overall wins with 109. He is just one of two league coaches in history to win four BIG EAST Championships. His overall college coaching record stands at 143-78-1 (34-17 at WCSU, 107-59-1 at Syracuse and 22 at UConn). For the previous five seasons, Pasqualoni had served on NFL staffs -- with Dallas in 2005-07 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. WESTERN MICHIGAN HEAD COACH BILL CUBIT Bill Cubit is in his seventh season in charge of the Western Michigan program. He has an overall record of 42-35 with the program. In 2008, he led the team to nine wins for just the third time in program history and the team played in the Texas Bowl. He also led WMU to an appearance in the International Bowl following the 2006 season. Before taking the reigns of the team in 2004, he was the offensive coordinator and QB coach at Stanford in 2003. He was also the offensive coordinator at WMU from 1997-99. He also has coaching stops at Rutgers (2001-02), Akron (1990-91), Florida (1989), Central Florida (1983-85) and Swarthmore (1975-76). He has also been a successful high school head coach. He is a 1975 Delaware gruaduate and was a QB and WR for the Fighting Blue Hens from 1971-74.
RADIO & TV COVERAGE TELEVISION COVERAGE Saturday’s game will be televised by SNY in the Connecticut and Northeast region. Bob Picozzi is on play-by-play while former North Carolina head coach John Bunting is on color. Tom Domer is the producer and Howard Miller directs. The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 12:30 p.m. The game will be replayed in its entirity on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7:00 p.m. RADIO COVERAGE For the 20th 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.