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Stampede
SMU throttles Huskies in Texas

DALLAS, tx -- The Connecticut Huskies are facing adversity. The Huskies have lost their second consecutive game, this time at the hands of the SMU Mustangs. Last week, the Huskies were taken down by Top-10 Louisville. This week, #20 SMU had its way with UCONN.

Going into the game, the Huskies knew they were going to be facing an aerial assault from SMU. Garrett Gilbert, the QB of SMU, and former Texas Longhorn, led the charge the entire game. By the end of the day, Gilbert racked up 321 yards through the air, including three touchdown passes.

SMU hit the ground running (metaphorically speaking) against UCONN. In the first quarter, an 83-yard drive was capped off by a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Rishadd Wimbley. It was the first of two touchdowns on the ground for Wimbley, who picked up 87 yards on 18 carries.

Rishadd Wimbley scores the first of his two touchdowns

In the second quarter, SMU added to their lead quickly, as Jeremiah Gaines caught a pass from Gilbert on a 4th-down-and-one for a touchdown. After the game, head coach Paul Pasqualoni was asked about the play, "It was a gutsy move on their part. We were sure they were gonna take the three points, so we were more than surprised they went for it on 4th." A Chase Hover field goal with 1:24 remaining gave the Mustangs a 17-0 lead.

That was the lead SMU was destined to have going into the 2nd half, however Huskies QB Chandler Whitmer was not on the same page with that. Whitmer, like he has done numerous times this season, led a drive in the last two minutes of the half, culminating in a Sean McQuillan 3-yard touchdown pass. Whitmer described the play as follows: "We were looking for a short pass, because we only had 6 seconds. If it was incomplete, we were gonna just take the three points. But luckily, I was able to find Sean [McQuillan] open in the end zone."

Darius Joseph scores one of three touchdown passes from Gilbert

SMU did not let up in the 2nd half, as they scored three of the first four touchdowns to put the game out of reach. UCONN answered a SMU 49 yard TD with a 3 yard TD of its own, but back-to-back touchdowns put the game out of reach with a little over 3 minutes to go in the game. A Dhameer Bradley touchdown pass from Whitmer came during "junk time", but it was way too little, way too late.

The Huskies drop their second game in a row, falling to 6-3 (3-2) on the season. They will welcome Temple to Rentschler Field next week, hoping to bounce back.

Connecticut Huskies at Southern Methodist Mustangs
Nov 16, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Connecticut Huskies (6-3 (3-2))	0	7	0	13	20
Southern Methodist Mustangs (7-2 (4-1))	7	10	7	14	38

Team Stats Comparison
	CONN	SMU
Total Offense	319	399
Rushing Yards	52	78
Passing Yards	267	321
First Downs	16	16
Punt Return Yards	13	16
Kick Return Yards	118	36
Total Yards	450	451
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	6-12 (50%)	6-10 (60%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1 (100%)	1-2 (50%)
2-Point Conversion	0-1 (0%)	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-3-0 (75%)	5-4-0 (80%)
Penalties
Posession Time	12:48	15:12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CONN	SMU
3:26	(SMU) Rishadd Wimbley 3 yard TD run (Chase Hover XPT)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CONN	SMU
5:06	(SMU) Jeremiah Gaines 1 yard TD catch (Hover XPT)	0	14
1:24	(SMU) Chase Hover 47 yard FG	0	17
0:05	(CONN) Sean McQuillan 3 yard TD catch (Chad Christen XPT)	7	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CONN	SMU
4:30	(SMU) Darius Joseph 49 yard TD catch (Hover XPT)	7	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CONN	SMU
5:54	(CONN) Mark Hansson 3 yard TD catch (Christen XPT)	14	24
3:43	(SMU) Jeremy Johnson 6 yard TD catch (Hover XPT)	14	31
3:29	(SMU) Rishadd Wimbley 1 yard TD run (Hover XPT)	14	38
2:25	(CONN) Dhameer Bradley 7 yard TD catch (2-pt failed)	20	38

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chandler Whitmer 20/32 267 3 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lyle McCombs 20 57 2.8 0 Max DeLorenzo 2 3 1.5 0 Chandler Whitmer 1 -8 -8.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Shakim Phillips 6 106 17.6 0 Geremy Davis 6 108 18.0 0 Lyle McCombs 4 26 6.5 0 Sean McQuillan 2 17 8.5 1 Dhameer Bradley 1 7 7.0 1 Mark Hansson 1 3 3.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Kevin Friend 2 0 Steven Greene 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Andrew Adams 0 0.0 1 0 Jesse Joseph 4 3.0 0 0 Byron Jones 7 0.0 0 0 Yawin Smallwood 6 0.0 0 0 Jefferson Ashiru 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chad Christen 0/1 2/2 2 N/A PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Cole Wagner 3 161 53.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kamal Abrams 4 89 22.2 0 Shakim Phillips 1 29 29.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taylor Mack 1 13 13.0 0

Southern Methodist Mustangs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Garrett Gilbert 22/28 321 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Rishadd Wimbley 18 87 4.8 2 Garrett Gilbert 9 -9 -1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jeremy Johnson 6 80 13.3 1 Darius Joseph 5 100 20.0 1 Keenan Holman 5 67 13.4 0 Der'rikk Thompson 2 56 28.0 0 Rishadd Wimbley 2 7 3.5 0 Arrius Holleman 1 10 10.0 0 Jeremiah Gaines 1 1 1.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Ben Hughes 3 0 Taylor Lasecki 1 0 Ben Gottschalk 1 0 Seaver Myers 0 2 Rishadd Wimbley 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kenneth Acker 5 0.0 1 0 Shakiel Randolph 0 0.0 1 0 Kevin Pope 5 1.0 0 0 Jay Scott 8 0.0 0 0 Randall Joyner 6 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase Hover 1/1 5/5 8 47 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Mike Loftus 1 47 47.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Der'rikk Thompson 1 32 32.0 0 Darius Joseph 1 4 4.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kenneth Acker 1 16 16.0 0

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Tack on Four More

EAST HARTFORD, ct -- Paul Pasqualoni and his coaching staff have added four more recruits to their Class of 2014. This week, the Huskies were able to add commitments from DE Robert Copeland, TE Mark Doyle, MLB Steve Hadley, and CB Josh Smith. Here is some information about the newest Huskies.

Robert Copeland, DE - This defensive end comes to Connecticut all the way from Cerritos, California. Ranked the #92 defensive end in the country, Copeland ended up choosing Connecticut over BYU, Bowling Green, Boise State, and Rutgers. Copeland's favorite activity is playing video games, especially the Call of Duty Series.

Mark Doyle, TE - Tight end Mark Doyle joins the Huskies via Swainsboro, Georgia. Originally born in New Haven, CT, Doyle has been a lifelong Huskies fan. His favorite sports moment was when Kemba Walker hit the step-back shot against Pittsburgh to send UCONN to the semi-finals of the Big East Tournament. He ultimately chose UCONN over the likes of North Carolina, NC State, Penn State, and Clemson.

Steve Hadley, MLB - The #34 MLB in the Class of 2014, Steve Hadley, hails from North Fort Myers, Florida. He ultimately chose Connecticut over Western Kentucky, San Jose State, Marshall, and San Diego State. Hadley hopes to be able to contribute immediately on the defensive end, but will "do whatever is best for the team". It is clear that Hadley has a good head on his shoulders.

Josh Smith, CB - Ranked the #128 cornerback in the Class of 2014, Josh Smith is coming to UCONN with a chip on his shoulders. The Rosedale, Maryland, native has won three consecutive state championships, and looks to win his fourth in four years this season. He broke the Maryland single-game record with 6 interceptions in a game his sophomore year. We will all be very surprised if Smith contributes early in his career. He seems destined to be a redshirt for the 2014 season.

Below is UCONN's entire Class of 2014.

Connecticut Huskies Recruiting - 2014
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Levi Smith	ATH	HS	Southwood Acres, CT	6'8"	262
Mike Hinds	DT	HS	Elizabeth City, NC	6'2"	294
Robert Copeland	DE	HS	Cerritos, CA	6'5"	250
Mark Doyle	TE	HS	Swainsboro, GA	6'6"	260
Devin Williams	DT	HS	Grand Prairie, TX	6'0"	269
Steve Hadley	MLB	HS	North Fort Myers, FL	6'2"	256
Ronald Johnson	G	HS	West Haven, CT	6'2"	279
Josh Smith	CB	HS	Rosedale, MD	6'2"	201
Adam Tidwell	K	HS	Progress, PA	6'0"	187

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BCS Rankings - After Week 12

The BCS Rankings are out. At the top of the list are the five remaining undefeated teams in the country - Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisville, Boise State, and Georgia Tech.

In a major upset this past week, previously #2-ranked Ohio State was dealt its first loss of the season, at the hands of the Illinois Fighting Illini. The 34-31 loss at home was the first loss suffered under head coach Urban Meyer. OSU falls from #2 to #9 in the latest BCS rankings.

Making the biggest jump since last week is Florida, who comes in at #9 in this week's poll. Ranked #16 last week, the Gators took down previously-ranked #4 South Carolina in a 31-24 SEC dogfight. The Gators improve to 8-2 on the season.

The #2, #4, and #8 ranked teams in last week's poll all lost, and all fell in the polls significantly. This week, the teams on upset alert include #2 Oklahoma (traveling to take on #24 Kansas State), #16 Washington (on the road against #22 Oregon State), and #22 Missouri (squaring off against #25 Ole Miss).

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Nov 18, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama	10	0	1.000
2	3	Oklahoma	10	0	0.995
3	5	Louisville	10	0	0.989
4	7	Boise State	10	0	0.984
5	6	Georgia Tech	10	0	0.979
6	9	Texas A&M	8	2	0.974
7	4	South Carolina	9	1	0.966
8	2	Ohio State	9	1	0.960
9	16	Florida	8	2	0.955
10	11	Notre Dame	8	2	0.947
11	13	Nebraska	9	1	0.944
12	12	Michigan	8	2	0.936
13	14	USC	9	1	0.930
14	15	Texas	8	2	0.923
15	8	Georgia	8	2	0.920
16	18	Washington	8	2	0.907
17	10	Oregon	8	2	0.883
18	NR	Illinois	7	3	0.882
19	25	Auburn	9	2	0.877
20	19	Baylor	7	2	0.875
21	20	SMU	7	2	0.875
22	23	Missouri	7	3	0.855
23	24	Oregon State	8	2	0.848
24	17	Kansas State	7	3	0.835
25	NR	Ole Miss	6	4	0.823

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Matchup Preview *|* November 23, 2013
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Connecticut Huskies (6-3 (3-2), 3-1 Away)		Temple Owls (5-5 (2-4), 3-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 27.7 (#42) Points Per Game 21.2 (#96) 347.0 (#90) Total Offensive Yards 346.4 (#92) 247.8 (#25) Passing Yards 194.5 (#92) 99.2 (#118) Rushing Yards 151.9 (#65) Defensive Stats Comparison 311.3 (#17) Total Yards Allowed 324.1 (#30) 217.2 (#78) Passing Yards Allowed 207.9 (#62) 94.1 (#1) Rushing Yards Allowed 11.2 (#10) Injury Report No Injuries No Injuries Game Notes UCONN holds a 3-2 series record All-Time. Temple has won the previous two meetings between the teams.

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Some tough losses in the past couple weeks, looking forward to seeing if you can turn it around against Temple and what the future holds for UConn football.

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Quote: Originally Posted by ooHEADLINERoo

Some tough losses in the past couple weeks, looking forward to seeing if you can turn it around against Temple and what the future holds for UConn football.

Yeah they were definitely tough games. Louisville is almost unstoppable, and SMU had a great aerial/ground combo that was really tough to stop. I should be able to bounce back against Temple, as they're not nearly as good as the previous two teams.

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Hoot Hoot
Temple Gives Reeling UCONN its 3rd Straight Loss

PHILADELPHIA, pa -- The Connecticut Huskies are going through some major struggles right now. For the third consecutive time, the Huskies have been defeated by the Temple Owls, giving the Huskies a record of 6-4 on the season. It is understandable that Connecticut would have a tough time against conference favorites Louisville and SMU, but Temple, really?

"I put this one on myself," said a disgruntled Chandler Whitmer. Whitmer, who had been so consistent all season, fell apart in the 3rd quarter. In the 3rd, Whitmer threw his second interception of the game, which led to a touchdown for the Owls to take the lead. Things unraveled from then on. "I was trying to force the issue when I shouldn't have. It was a close game. I shoulda kept feeding Lyle [McCombs]."

McCombs had another great day for UCONN, carrying the ball 21 times for 110 yards and a touchdown. Unfortunately, Whitmer and the Huskies offense ignored him, despite the close game.

Lyle McCombs eludes defenders and knocks down the pylon on his touchdown run

After the touchdown gave the Owls a 14-10 lead, Whitmer tried to regroup the Huskies. Unfortunately, his very next pass attempt was also intercepted -- his second in two attempts, and third in the game. The interception set up another touchdown for the Owls, this time a 6 yard touchdown pass from Kevin Newsome to Jalen Fitzpatrick,

Once again, Whitmer took the field, trying to get the Huskies out of a hole. And once again, his next pass attempt was intercepted. And once again, Newsome found Fitzpatrick in the end zone.

Jalen Fitzpatrick dives over a UCONN defender to score his second touchdown in under a minute

That spelled the end of the day for Whitmer. His final line was 11 completions on 19 attempts for 111 yards. The threw for no touchdowns and was intercepted a season-high four times. He had a quarterback rating of just 64.8.

Whitmer was replaced in the lineup by redshirt freshman Casey Cochran. Cochran, a Connecticut native and fan favorite, did his best to keep UCONN close. He helped sustain a long drive in the fourth quarter that ended at the one yard line after Deshon Foxx could not stretch over the end line on a 4th-down-and-goal play.

Head coach Paul Pasqualoni summed up Cochran's game: "Casey was good, real good. It's not easy to come into a game like that without taking first team reps. We're proud of him." When asked about any potential battle between Cochran and incumbent quarterback Whitmer, Pasqauloni was coy: "That's something that my staff and I will have to discuss. Chandler is a 2-year starter. It'll take a long discussion to replace him."

The loss drops the Huskies to 6-4 on the season, and 3-3 in conference play. They return home to The Rent to take on rival Rutgers next week. We'll have to stay tuned to see if we have a quarterback battle in the coming weeks. One thing is for sure, though: Pasqualoni will have a quicker hook on Whitmer, knowing that Cochran can perform against good competition.

Connecticut Huskies at Temple Owls
Nov 23, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Connecticut Huskies (6-4 (3-3))	7	0	3	0	10
Temple Owls (6-5 (3-4))	7	0	21	0	28

Team Stats Comparison
	CONN	TEM
Total Offense	291	280
Rushing Yards	119	123
Passing Yards	172	157
First Downs	17	13
Punt Return Yards	18	0
Kick Return Yards	102	0
Total Yards	411	280
Turnovers	4	0
3rd Down Converstion	3-6 (50%)	4-7 (57%)
4th Down Conversion	1-2 (50%)	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-1-0 (33%)	3-3-0 (100%)
Penalties	2-10	0-0
Posession Time	12:13	11:47

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CONN	TEM
4:09	(TEM) Chris Parthemore, 37 yard TD catch (Tyler Mayes XPT)	0	7
1:12	(CONN) Lyle McCombs 10 yard TD run (Chad Christen XPT)	7	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CONN	TEM
3:38	(CONN) Chad Christen, 41 yard FG	10	7
1:36	(TEM) Deon Miller, 8 yard TD catch (Mayes XPT)	10	14
0:39	(TEM) Jalen Fitzpatrick, 6 yard TD catch (Mayes XPT)	10	21
0:09	(TEM) Jalen Fitzpatrick, 17 yard TD catch (Mayes XPT)	10	28

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chandler Whitmer 11/19 111 0 4 Casey Cochran 5/7 61 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lyle McCombs 21 110 5.2 1 Max DeLorenzo 1 5 5.0 0 Chandler Whitmer 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Shakim Phillips 5 73 14.6 0 Geremy Davis 4 44 11.0 0 Deshon Foxx 2 19 9.5 0 Lyle McCombs 1 -3 -3.0 0 Sean McQuillan 1 4 4.0 0 Mark Hansson 1 17 17.0 0 Dhameer Bradley 1 16 16.0 0 Max DeLorenzo 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Steven Greene 1 0 Sean McQuillan 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Yawin Smallwood 4 1.0 0 0 Jesse Joseph 2 1.0 0 0 Byron Jones 5 0.0 0 0 Jefferson Ashiru 4 0.0 0 0 Taylor Mack 4 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chad Christen 1/1 1/1 4 42 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kamal Abrams 5 102 20.4 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taylor Mack 2 18 9.0 0

Temple Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Kevin Newsome 14/ 157 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kenneth Harper 14 92 6.5 0 Kevin Newsome 6 18 3.0 0 Jamie Gilmore 3 9 3.0 0 John Rizzo 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jalen Fitzpatrick 4 53 13.2 2 Robbie Anderson 3 19 6.3 0 Deon Miller 3 25 8.3 1 Kenneth Harper 2 16 8.0 0 Chris Parthemore 2 44 22.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Zach Hooks 1 0 Evan Regas 1 0 Jaimen Newman 1 0 Joe Cenatiempo 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Nate L. Smith 2 0.0 3 0 Tyler Matakevich 7 0.0 1 0 Chris Hutton 8 0.0 0 0 Tavon Young 5 0.0 0 0 Abdul Smith 4 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Tyler Mayes 0/1 4/4 4 N/A PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Tyler Mayes 2 73 36.5 0