A few notes from the 40-16 stunner in East Hartford.
– UConn was down 13-10 at the half but somehow managed to outscore Cincinnati 30-3 in the second half.
“Connecticut whipped us in the second half,” Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly said.
– QB Cody Endres said he found out on Tuesday that he would be starting against Cincinnati.
So much for a gametime decision.
Endres was remarkably calm in making his first career start.
“Cody’s a happy go-lucky guy. He drives me nuts sometimes on the practice field,” coach Randy Edsall said. “But that’s his nature.”
Edsall didn’t want Endres to get rattled by playing from behind right away.
“That’s one of the reasons I decided to receive if we got it: get him right out there, see if we can get it going and get in front of it instead of having to play from behind or something,” Edsall said.
– Donald Brown does more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day.
And unlike the Army, the UConn running back also does more in eight games than most people do all season.
Brown ran for 150 yards Saturday, setting a new school record for season yardage with 1,324.
Tory Taylor had the old mark, running for 1,262 yards in 1995.
Brown actually looked like he was going to be held to around 80 yards but he ripped off a 53-yarder late in the game.
– CB Robert McClain had two picks: one that essentially ended any chances of a comeback and one that ended any chances of the score being respectable.
– Yuke was in the house in case you missed it. Cincinnati native and University of Cincinnati graduate (I think he might also play some baseball) Kevin Youkilis was in attendance.
– DT Rob Lunn has “an upper extremity injury” according to Edsall. Don’t really know what that means.
It looked like it might be a shoulder to me but upper extremity sounds like a head.
– So what was kicker David Teggart’s range today?
“It wasn’t as far as 47 into the wind,” Edsall joked.
The coach said he “rolled the dice” when he sent Teggart out for that impressive 47-yard kick into the teeth of the wind.
– DE Cody Brown was the best player on the field last week against Rutgers. He was that again this week against Cincinnati.
What’s the secret to his hot play?
“I don’t know. I take showers before the game now, maybe that’s what it is,” Brown said. “Rob Lunn put me onto that.”
– Cincinnati committed six turnovers. That sounds like a big number….and it is. But two of those were on special teams (one on a kickoff and one on a punt) and two of them were essentially meaningless (McClain’s second pick and the fumble in the final minute).
- Neill
