The injury news out of Storrs this afternoon isn?t good.
Quarterback Zach Frazer (right knee) is out for at least the next two games and perhaps more. Tight end Ryan Griffin (back) is in a similar situation. Both were hurt in Saturday?s 12-10 loss to North Carolina.
UConn coach Randy Edsall, who perhaps enjoys root canal more than discussing injuries with the local media, was his usually vague self when discussing the prognosis for his injured players. Still, the coach did say Frazer and Griffin were definitely ?out? for this week?s game and almost certainly out for the Rhode Island game in two weeks.
?They?re out for this week right now and we?ll see where they are for next week,? Edsall said at first.
Edsall didn?t say exactly what was wrong with Frazer?s knee (sprain, ligament tear, charlie horse, pimple, etc.) but that?s to be expected these days, I guess.
Then he opened up slightly, saying Frazer would miss at least two games.
?I don?t think he?ll be ready for next week,? Edsall said. ?I don?t think Ryan will be ready for next week, either.?
The coach did say neither injury involved surgery.
?They?re not season-ending injuries. I would tell you if they were. Time frame? I can?t tell you,? Edsall said. ?A lot depends on how they heal and how they go.?
Cody Endres is your new starting quarterback. John Delahunt is the new starting tight end. Mike Box (QB) and Corey Manning (TE) move into backup roles.
Edsall said he thought Frazer was getting in something of a groove before he went down.
?I thought he was doing some good things out there, I thought he was throwing some good balls,? Edsall said.
? S Jerome Junior and WR Michael Smith are both ?fine? according to Edsall.
? Linebacker Scott Lutrus, according to his coach, is questionable for this week?s game against Baylor.
This is just a guess, but it?s not likely his shoulder stinger forces him to miss another game. He?ll probably be in the lineup for Saturday.
? Missing Lutrus didn?t kill the Huskies on Saturday. Kijuan Dabney stepped in and played pretty well in the Brookfield native?s place.
UConn did miss the All-Big East performer on third downs, however. Normally middle linebacker Greg Lloyd (a fantastic run-stopper) doesn?t play when UConn goes to its five-DBs package. Lutrus shifts to the middle.
Without Lutrus on Saturday, however, Lloyd was in the mix on every down including obvious passing situations. That wasn?t always good for the Huskies.
?In our base defense we didn?t have too many issues. Where we did get hurt a little bit was in our nickel situation without Scott,? Edsall said.
? Edsall said after the game that he wanted to look at the film of the game-winning safety and the holding call on tackle Dan Ryan. He sounded sort of like he believed the ACC officials may have stolen on from him.
On Sunday, however, the coach didn?t challenge the officials or question the call.
?I?ve got no comments on any of that,? Edsall said.
Edsall is nothing if not a smart man. He may not have been able to tell if it was holding by watching it live, but he knows it was after watching the film.
Now, was the play like basketball referee John Clougherty giving Michigan?s Rumeal Robinson two freebies at the end of the 1989 NCAA Championship game against Seton Hall?
No, probably not. That one was less of a foul and in a gigantic spot. This one was pretty clearly a foul and only in a ?big? spot.
? The playing time at wide receiver could be distributed very differently against Baylor. There were a number of drops and other poor plays Saturday and Edsall has been considering some changes.
?That?s something I thought about a lot last night,? Edsall said. ?I might be making a change, making a move with somebody.?
The starters aren?t likely to change but the amount of time spent on the field could.
? The offensive line obviously didn?t grade out very well this week.
?I thought we got physically handled up front in the offensive line,? Edsall said of the Huskies? performance against UNC?s defensive front.
Quarterback Zach Frazer (right knee) is out for at least the next two games and perhaps more. Tight end Ryan Griffin (back) is in a similar situation. Both were hurt in Saturday?s 12-10 loss to North Carolina.
UConn coach Randy Edsall, who perhaps enjoys root canal more than discussing injuries with the local media, was his usually vague self when discussing the prognosis for his injured players. Still, the coach did say Frazer and Griffin were definitely ?out? for this week?s game and almost certainly out for the Rhode Island game in two weeks.
?They?re out for this week right now and we?ll see where they are for next week,? Edsall said at first.
Edsall didn?t say exactly what was wrong with Frazer?s knee (sprain, ligament tear, charlie horse, pimple, etc.) but that?s to be expected these days, I guess.
Then he opened up slightly, saying Frazer would miss at least two games.
?I don?t think he?ll be ready for next week,? Edsall said. ?I don?t think Ryan will be ready for next week, either.?
The coach did say neither injury involved surgery.
?They?re not season-ending injuries. I would tell you if they were. Time frame? I can?t tell you,? Edsall said. ?A lot depends on how they heal and how they go.?
Cody Endres is your new starting quarterback. John Delahunt is the new starting tight end. Mike Box (QB) and Corey Manning (TE) move into backup roles.
Edsall said he thought Frazer was getting in something of a groove before he went down.
?I thought he was doing some good things out there, I thought he was throwing some good balls,? Edsall said.
? S Jerome Junior and WR Michael Smith are both ?fine? according to Edsall.
? Linebacker Scott Lutrus, according to his coach, is questionable for this week?s game against Baylor.
This is just a guess, but it?s not likely his shoulder stinger forces him to miss another game. He?ll probably be in the lineup for Saturday.
? Missing Lutrus didn?t kill the Huskies on Saturday. Kijuan Dabney stepped in and played pretty well in the Brookfield native?s place.
UConn did miss the All-Big East performer on third downs, however. Normally middle linebacker Greg Lloyd (a fantastic run-stopper) doesn?t play when UConn goes to its five-DBs package. Lutrus shifts to the middle.
Without Lutrus on Saturday, however, Lloyd was in the mix on every down including obvious passing situations. That wasn?t always good for the Huskies.
?In our base defense we didn?t have too many issues. Where we did get hurt a little bit was in our nickel situation without Scott,? Edsall said.
? Edsall said after the game that he wanted to look at the film of the game-winning safety and the holding call on tackle Dan Ryan. He sounded sort of like he believed the ACC officials may have stolen on from him.
On Sunday, however, the coach didn?t challenge the officials or question the call.
?I?ve got no comments on any of that,? Edsall said.
Edsall is nothing if not a smart man. He may not have been able to tell if it was holding by watching it live, but he knows it was after watching the film.
Now, was the play like basketball referee John Clougherty giving Michigan?s Rumeal Robinson two freebies at the end of the 1989 NCAA Championship game against Seton Hall?
No, probably not. That one was less of a foul and in a gigantic spot. This one was pretty clearly a foul and only in a ?big? spot.
? The playing time at wide receiver could be distributed very differently against Baylor. There were a number of drops and other poor plays Saturday and Edsall has been considering some changes.
?That?s something I thought about a lot last night,? Edsall said. ?I might be making a change, making a move with somebody.?
The starters aren?t likely to change but the amount of time spent on the field could.
? The offensive line obviously didn?t grade out very well this week.
?I thought we got physically handled up front in the offensive line,? Edsall said of the Huskies? performance against UNC?s defensive front.
