UConn Do It! (2013-Onwards)

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The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Jesse Joseph of the University of Connecticut on his Nagurski & Lombardi Awards and being selected to the 1st team of the NCAA All Americans

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Rannel Hall of the University of Central Florida on his Biletnikoff Award and being a member of the 1st team NCAA All-Americans


The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:


Greg Blair of the University of Cincinnati on being named the Best LB and being a member of the 1st team NCAA All-Americans

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:


Kamal Abrams on being named the Best Returner in the NCAA and to the 1st team of the NCAA All-Americans

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:


Jon Gruden on being named the 2013 Coach of the Year in the NCAA

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Shamar Stephens of the University of Connecticut on being named a 2nd team member of the NCAA All-Americans

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Colby Watson of the University of Central Florida on being named to the NCAA All-American Freshman team of the NCAA

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Mikal Myers of the University of Connecticut on being named to the NCAA All-American Freshman team of the NCAA

The American Athletic Conference would like to congratulate:



Steve Longa of Rutgers on being named to the NCAA All-American freshman team of the NCAA




The All-American American Atheletic Conference 1st Team:

2013 American 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville	6'3"	218	Jr.
HB	Storm Johnson, UCF	6'1''	217	Jr.
HB	Lyle McCombs, UConn	5'8"	166	Jr.
WR	Devante Parker, Louisville	6'3"	209	Jr.
WR	Rannell Hall, UCF	6'2"	195	Jr.
TE	Ryan Hubbell, Louisville	6'5"	227	Sr.
LT	Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers	6'4"	305	Jr.
LG	Steve Greene, UConn	6'5"	309	Sr.
C	Jake Smith, Louisville	6'4"	312	Jr.
RG	Gus Cruz, UConn	6'4"	309	Jr.
RT	Kevin Friend, UConn	6'6"	295	Sr.
LE	Jesse Joseph, UConn	6'3"	259	Sr.
RE	Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville	6'4"	243	Jr.
DT	Mikal Myers, UConn	6'0"	301	Fr.
DT	Shamar Stephens, UConn	6'5"	317	Sr.
LOLB	Stephon Sanders, SMU	6'3"	250	Jr.
MLB	Greg Blair, Cincinnati	6'2"	252	Sr.
ROLB	Trevon Randle, Houston	6'2"	221	So.
CB	Andrew Johnson, Louisville	5'9"	186	Jr.
CB	Brandon Alexander, UCF	6'1"	185	Jr.
FS	Trevon Stewart, Houston	5'9"	183	So.
SS	Wilbert Lee, UConn	6'1"	204	So.
K	Shawn Moffitt, UCF	6'0"	182	Jr.
P	Cole Wagner, UConn	6'2"	211	Sr.
RS	Kamal Abrams, UConn	5'10	179	Jr.

The All-American American Atheletic Conference 2nd Team:

2013 American 2nd Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	David Piland, Houston	6'3"	196	Jr.
HB	Max DeLorenzo, UConn	5'11"	213	So.
HB	Senorise Perry, Louisville	6'0"	203	Sr.
WR	Deontay Greenberry, Houston	6'3"	198	So.
WR	Der'rikk Thompson, SMU	5'11	190	Jr.
TE	Sean McQuillan, UConn	6'4"	238	So.
LT	Jimmy Bennett, UConn	6'9"	309	Sr.
LG	John Miller, Louisville	6'2"	321	Jr.
C	Tyler Bullock, UConn	6'4"	302	Sr.
RG	Andre Civil, Rutgers	6'3"	285	Sr.
RT	Abraham Garcia, Louisville	6'5"	347	So.
LE	Marcus Smith, Louisville	6'3"	256	Sr.
RE	Zach Wood, SMU	6'3"	258	So.
DT	Jamaine Brooks, Louisville	6'4"	330	Jr.
DT	isaac Holmes, Rutgers	6'3"	280	Sr.
MLB	Yawin Smallwood, UConn	6'3"	235	Jr.
ROLB	Brandon MacMeekin, UCF	6'2''	238	So.
ROLB	Wynton McManis, Memphis	6'1"	215	So.
CB	Tejay Johnson, Rutgers	6'2"	205	So.
CB	Taylor Mack, UConn	5'9"	170	Sr.
FS	Nicco Whigham, UCF	6'1"	199	So.
SS	Hakeem Smith, Louisville	6'1"	179	Sr.
K	John Wallace, Louisville	6'0"	196	So.
P	Caleb Houston, UCF	6'2"	213	Fr.
RS	Robert Clark, Louisville	5'9"	173	Jr.

American Athletic Conference in Bowl Games

The AAC will be represented in 5 Bowl Games!



Rutgers will take on Marshall in the Beef O'Brady Bowl



#22 UCF will take on Toledo in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl



#17 Louisville will take on UCLA in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl



# 3 UConn will have a rematch with #9 Maryland in the Allstate Sugar Bowl


Cincinnati will take on Arizona State in the BBVA Compass Bowl

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UConn is set to go bowling in a rematch
John Silver

UConn ranked #3 in the nation takes on old coach Randy Edsall and his #9 Maryland Terps in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The last time these teams met in Week 3 UConn was able to defeat Maryland 35 to 14.

Cody Whitmer struggle in the game going 5/10 with 100 yards thrown but no Touchdowns and an interception.He did rush 6 times for 43 yards and 2 Touchdowns. The star of the game for UConn was the now injured Lyle McCombs who rushed for 23 attempts and produced 198 yards and 3 TDs while his replacement Max DeLorenzo rushed 5 times for 29 yards.

The receiving core leader was Geremy Davis with 1 catch for 57 yards while Dhameer Bradley had 1 catch for 18 yards, Sean McQuillan had 1 catch for 17 yards and Deshon Foxx had 2 catches for 8 yards.

UConn looks to remain undefeated on the season but only time will tell.

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UConn Did It!
--Des Conner--


UConn and Maryland played a bonafide classic at the Mercedes SuperDome in New Orleans,LA. The UConn Huskies went undefeated(13-0) and brought home the Allstate Sugar Bowl title back to Storrs,CT. UConn was lead by Chandler Whitmer who threw for 240 yards and a TD and Max DeLorenzo who rushed for 100+ yards and a TD of his own. Geremy Davis received 5 catches for 120 yards as well.

UConn's defense played stellar as well as Jhavon Williams lead the team with 6 tackles and UConn has a new all-time single season sacks leader as Jesse Joesph's passed Mark Michaels previous record of 13 sacks with 2 sacks against the Terps to bring his grand total to 15 sacks on the season.

UConn will be holding a special ceremony next saturday which will be open to the public to see the Allstate Sugar Bowl trophy and meet the leaving Seniors.


Stats:

Connecticut Huskies at Maryland Terrapins
Jan 2, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#3 Connecticut Huskies (13(8-0))	0	0	7	7	14
#9 Maryland Terrapins (9-4(6-2))	0	0	0	7	7

Team Stats Comparison
	CONN	MD
Total Offense	348	152
Rushing Yards	108	53
Passing Yards	240	99
First Downs	14	9
Punt Return Yards	22	20
Kick Return Yards	33	67
Total Yards	403	239
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	3/8(37%)	1/8(12%)
4th Down Conversion	n/a	1/1(100%)
2-Point Conversion	n/a	n/a
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0	1/0
Penalties	n/a	n/a
Posession Time	10:44	9:16

Scoring Summary
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CONN	MD
2:52	(CONN) M. DeLorenzo 1 Yd Run(C. Christen Kick)	7	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CONN	MD
3:18	(CONN) G. Davis 67 Yd Pass from C. Whitmer(C. Christen Kick)	14	0
0:56	(MD) A. Reid 3 Yd Run(B.Craddock Kick)	14	7

Connecticut Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chandler Whitmer 12/15 240 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Max DeLorenzo 23 107 4.6 1 Chandler Whitmer 3 -5 -1.6 0 Martin Hyppolite 2 6 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Geremy Davis 5 120 24.0 1 Deshon Foxx 2 23 11.5 0 Sean McQuillan 2 45 22.5 0 Jazzmar Clax 1 12 12.0 0 Martin Hyppolite 1 18 18.0 0 Shakim Phillips 1 22 22.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Steve Greene 1 0 Gus Cruz 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jhavon Williams 6 0 0 0 Yawin Smallwood 5 0 0 0 Mikal Myers 4 0 0 0 Shamar Stephen 3 0 0 0 Jesse Joseph 3 2 0 0 Taylor Mack 2 0 0 0 Tyree Clark 2 0 0 0 Andrew Adams 2 0 0 0 Brandon Steg 2 1 0 0 Byron Jones 1 1 0 0 Wilbert Lee 1 0 0 0 Ty'meer Brown 1 0 0 0 Jefferson Ashiru 1 0 0 0 Kamal Abrams 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chad Christen 0/2 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Cole Wagner 2 95 47.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Shakim Phillips 1 -1 -1.0 0 Kamal Abrams 1 34 34.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taylor Mack 5 22 4.4 0

Maryland Terrapins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT CJ Brown 14/18 99 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD CJ Brown 9 9 1.0 0 Brandon Ross 9 33 3.6 0 Albert Reid 2 11 5.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandon Ross 4 26 6.5 0 Daniel Adams 3 16 5.3 0 Dave Stinebaugh 2 8 4.0 0 Stefon Diggs 2 16 8.0 0 Tyler Cierski 1 27 27.0 0 Nigel King 1 2 2.0 0 Albert Reid 1 4 4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Andrew Zeler 1 0 Mike Madaras 1 0 Nick Klemm 0 2 Ryan Doyle 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Anthony Nixon 9 0 0 0 Cole Farrand 6 0 0 0 AJ Hendy 3 0 0 0 LA Goree 3 0 0 0 Quinton Jefferson 3 1 0 0 Marcus Whitfield 3 0 0 0 Zach Dancel 2 0 0 0 William Likely 2 0 0 0 Dexter McDougle 2 0 0 0 Matt Robinson 2 0 0 0 Sean Davis 1 0 0 0 Keith Bowers 1 0 0 0 Yannick Ngakoue 1 0 0 0 Nate Clarke/Jeriemiah Johnson 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 Darius Kilgo/isaac Goins 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Brad Craddock 0/0 1/1 1 n/a PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Nathan Renfro 6 229 38.1 3 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Stefon Diggs 2 44 22.0 0 Isaac Goins 1 23 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Isaac Goins 2 20 10.0 0

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Final Top 25 polls

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 14, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas A&M	14	0	1525
2	3	UConn	13	0	1409
3	4	Ohio State	13	1	1258
4	5	Texas	12	1	1210
5	2	Notre Dame	12	1	1158
6	12	NC State	10	3	922
7	15	Michigan State	11	3	921
8	6	USC	11	3	904
9	7	Georgia	11	3	859
10	18	North Carolina	11	3	822
11	17	Iowa	10	3	756
12	9	Maryland	9	4	696
13	19	Florida	9	4	681
14	8	Alabama	9	4	660
15	10	Oregon State	9	4	643
16	23	Oregon	10	4	630
17	21	Virginia Tech	9	4	611
18	22	UCF	10	3	581
19	24	Nebraska	9	4	541
20	16	Louisville	10	3	486
21	11	Boston College	9	4	430
22	14	Oklahoma State	9	4	429
23	13	Florida State	10	4	414
24	--	LSU	8	5	279
25	--	Illinois	9	4	272

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 14, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Texas A&M(41)	14	0	1601
2	3	UConn(24)	13	0	1446
3	4	Ohio State	13	1	1324
4	5	Texas	12	1	1259
5	2	Notre Dame	12	1	1199
6	13	North Carolina	11	3	1068
7	12	NC State	10	3	978
8	17	Michigan State	11	3	977
9	6	USC	11	3	935
10	8	Georgia	11	3	862
11	7	Alabama	9	4	744
12	20	Iowa	10	3	741
13	19	Florida	9	4	736
14	9	Maryland	9	4	733
15	10	Oregon State	9	4	672
16	21	UCF	10	3	670
17	24	Oregon	10	4	659
18	23	Nebraska	9	4	641
19	22	Virginia Tech	9	4	628
20	16	Louisville	10	3	519
21	14	Oklahoma State	9	4	455
22	11	Boston College	9	4	454
23	--	LSU	8	5	447
24	15	Florida State	10	4	382
25	--	Navy	10	3	244

Bowl Results:

Dec.15

New Mexico Bowl: San Diego State:24 Utah:3

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Buffalo:21 Nevada:10

Dec.20

Poinsettia Bowl: South Carolina:35 Boise State:28

Dec. 21

Beef O' Brady's Bowl: Marshall:13 Rutgers:17

Dec. 22

New Orleans Bowl: FIU:25 UL Lafayette:22 OT

Las Vegas Bowl: Stanford:49 San Jose State:30

Dec. 24

Hawai'i Bowl: Tulsa:19 New Mexico:24

Dec. 26

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: #22 UCF:17 Toledo:13

Dec. 27

Military Bowl: Western Michigan:17 Navy:20

Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma:14 Arizona:21

Belk Bowl: #10 Boston College:24 Baylor:30

Dec. 28

AdvoCare V100 Bowl: Fresno State:21 Wake Forest:27

Russell Athletic Bowl: LSU:38 #13 Florida State:14

Meineke Car Care Bowl: Wisconsin:13 Kansas State:29

Dec. 29

Armed Forces Bowl: Rice:13 Utah State:45

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: #17 Louisville:17 vs UCLA:23

Alamo Bowl: #14 Oklahoma State:30 vs #23 Oregon:42

Buffalo Wild Wings: #25 Kansas:14 Illinois:31

Dec. 31:

Music City Bowl: Vanderbilt:35 Virginia:29

Sun Bowl: Washington:23 #12 NC State:44

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Missouri:30 Florida Atlantic:7

Chick-fil-A Bowl: Auburn:17 #21 Virginia Tech:34

Jan.1

Heart of Dallas Bowl: Arkansas:6 Northwestern:34

Gator Bowl: #19 Tennessee:31 #24 Nebraska:34

Capital One Bowl: #8 Georgia: 13 Michigan State:28

Outback Bowl: Ole Miss:9 #18 Iowa:21

Rose Bowl: #4 Ohio State:40 #6 USC:7

Fiesta Bowl: #5 Texas:35 #11 Oregon State:18

Jan.2

Allstate Sugar Bowl

#3 UConn:14 #9 Maryland: 7

Jan. 3

Orange Bowl: #15 North Carolina:23 #7 Alabama:10

AT&T Cotton Bowl: #20 Florida:34 TCU: 7

Jan.4

BBVA Compass Bowl: Arizona State:28 vs Cincinnati:21 OT

Jan. 5

GoDaddy.com Bowl: Ball State:45 UL Monroe:35

Jan 6.

BCS National Championship Game: #2 Notre Dame:17 #1 Texas A&M:33

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Final AAC Standings of the Year:

American Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 14, 2014
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
UConn	13-0	1.000	8-0	395	197	W13
Louisville	10-3	0.760	6-2	439	301	L2
UCF	10-3	0.760	6-2	405	293	W6
Rutgers	8-5	0.610	5-3	296	245	W2
Cincinnati	7-6	0.530	5-3	352	317	L1
SMU	6-6	0.500	4-4	298	304	L1
Houston	5-7	0.410	3-5	321	301	L1
Memphis	5-7	0.410	2-6	256	339	L1
Temple	3-9	0.250	1-7	234	335	L8
USF	2-10	0.160	0-8	247	319	L9

How the AAC fared in Bowl Games:


Beef O' Brady's Bowl: Marshall:13 Rutgers:17
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: #22 UCF:17 Toledo:13
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: #17 Louisville:17 vs UCLA:23
#3 UConn:14 #9 Maryland: 7
BBVA Compass Bowl: Arizona State:28 vs Cincinnati:21 OT

The American finished w/ a record of 3-2. The American saw Louisville lose their bowl game before heading to the ACC and Rutgers win their bowl bowl before heading off to the Big Ten.


How did ''Future American" teams fare?

Hawai'i Bowl: Tulsa:19 New Mexico:24
Military Bowl: Western Michigan:17 Navy:20


That wraps us up for the 2013 season….now its time for the offseason and recruiting see the 2014 Football schedule coming this March.

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Welcome to College Football live!



Al Golden Fired at Miami after going 4-8.

Top Candidates to take his job: Cinncinatti's Head Coach: Tommy Tuberville, Louisville's Head Coach: Charlie Strong and Texas A & M's offensive coordinator: Clarence McKinney



In a press conference earlier in the week Steve Spurrier has announced he will be retiring from Coaching at the age of 69.

Rumored coaches to be taking his place: UConn's 1st year head coach: Jon Gruden, Tulsa Head Coach: Bill Blakenship and Texas A& M's offensive coordinator: Clarence McKinney

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UConn welcomes new Offensive & Defensive Coordinators:


The new offensive coordinator:Charley Molnar


The new defensive coordinator: Nate Cameron

The Huskies would like to congratulate both the the new coaches and would also like to send a best of luck to former offensive coordinator: TJ Weist, who is now the head coach at Ball State and to former defensive coordinator: Hank Hughes who is the new head coach at Airforce.

UConn will also be losing some its players:

Graduation:

RT Kevin Friend(possible NFL Draft-Projected to go in Round 6)
RE Tim Willman
DT Shamar Stephen
TE Spencer Parker
HB Martin Hyppolite
LE Jesse Joseph
LT Jimmy Bennett
K Chad Christen
ROLB Ryan Donohue
LG Steve Greene
CB Taylor Mack
C Tyler Bullock
P Cole Wagner

Rumor has it that Geremy Davis was going to declare early but Coach Gruden may have convinced him to come back for his Senior season.

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Who Did We Sign?

K Jeremy Harper
OLB Wesley Workman
P Kevin Robinson
SS Larry Parham
TE Austin Brown
DE Kyle Gordon
HB George Cook
CB Justin Stuckey


Who Did We want to sign but didn't & where did they go?

P Jeremy Shaw:Tennessee
G William Carroll: Oregon
T Cameron Johnson: Cincinnati
DT Brandon Rogers: Maryland
HB Nate Montgomery: Oregon
G Danny Alexander: Rutgers
ATH Lee Cook: Oregon
QB Justin Miller:Idaho
ATH Kris Gore: USC
T Nate Daniels: Syracuse
CB Rashad Chavis: Florida
QB Marcello Carlson: Oregon State
K Ronnie DeLuca: Texas
MLB Michael Watkins: Cincinnati
TE Javon Lumpkin: Syracuse
MLB Reggie Moore: Florida
MLB Anthony Johnson: Michigan
C Frank Oliver: Memphis
P Carlton Ward: Auburn
HB Chris Davis: Oklahoma State
CB Mark Sanders: BYU
T Michael Stewart: Bowling Green
MLB Emmanuel Moore: Wisconsin






Unsigned talent:

ATH Steve Lambert
QB Jacob Jones