Husky Football Notebook
12/9/08
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Uconn Accepts Invite to International Bowl, ey....
The struggling Huskies (7-5, 3-4) will square off against the MAC champion -- UB Bulls -- on January 3rd in Toronto. Edsall and the lads will try and put a little gleam on a season that has turned upsetting for many a whiny Husky fan. Five years of existence and three bowl appearances people, lets have some perspective...
Ontario may not be warm this time of year..but the bars are great and the Leafs and Raptors are in town. Sounds like a potentially good dudes weekend to me.
bowl information and ticket packages can be found at uconnbowl.com
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Big East Bowls
(three ACC v BE showdowns)...
- Cincinnati v Virginia Tech -- Orange (Miami)
- Pittsburgh v Oregon State -- Sun (El Paso)
- West Virginia v North Carolina -- Meineke (Charlotte)
- Rutgers v North Carolina State -- Papajohns.com (Birmingham)
- Connecticut v Buffalo -- International (Toronto)
- South Florida vs Memphis -- Magicjack (St Petersburg)
Final BE Standings
Cincinnati #12 | 6-1 | - | 11-2 |
Pittsburgh #21 | 5-2 | - | 9-3 |
West Virginia | 5-2 | - | 8-4 |
Rutgers | 5-2 | - | 7-5 |
Connecticut | 3-4 | - | 7-5 |
South Florida | 2-5 | - | 7-5 |
Louisville | 1-6 | - | 5-7 |
Syracuse | 1-6 | - | 3-9 |
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Donald Brown Named BE Offensive POY
Connecticut junior running back Donald Brown was named the 2008 BIG EAST Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Wednesday. Brown, who led the country in rushing yards and was also a unanimous All Big East First Team, becomes the first Husky to win a major individual BIG EAST football award since the Huskies began league play 5 years ago.
NCAA Rushing Leaders
1. | Donald Brown, UConn | 338 | 1822 | 5.4 | 63 | 17 |
2. | Shonn Greene, Iowa | 278 | 1729 | 6.2 | 75 | 17 |
3. | MiQuale Lewis, Ball St | 306 | 1701 | 5.6 | 64 | 22 |
4. | Javon Ringer, Mich St | 370 | 1590 | 4.3 | 64 | 21 |
5. | Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma St | 228 | 1518 | 6.7 | 68 | 14 |
6. | Vai Taua, Nevada | 213 | 1420 | 6.7 | 79 | 14 |
7. | LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh | 284 | 1403 | 4.9 | 58 | 21 |
8. | Jahvid Best, California | 174 | 1394 | 8.0 | 86 | 13 |
9. | Tyrell Fenroy, La Lafayette | 227 | 1376 | 6.1 | 89 | 19 |
10. | Julian Edelman, Kent St | 215 | 1370 | 6.4 | 58 | 13 |
Musing, ACC Title Game
and the hits just keep on coming for greedy pig (ACC commissioner) John Swofford. In his attempt to gut the Big East and leave it for dead he had grand dreams of Miami and Florida State playing in the Dr Pepper ACC Championship in front of full house in Florida...he thought he was building the next SEC or Big 12. new locale (Tampa instead of Jacksonville) same story...actually its getting much worse...
By JOEY JOHNSTON | The Tampa Tribune 12/9/08
TAMPA - Saturday's ACC Championship Game between Virginia Tech and Boston College drew an actual attendance of 27,360 to Raymond James Stadium, according to figures from the Tampa Sports Authority.
And thousands of those were not paying customers.

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