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The league’s weekly honors. We’ll have more info after the conference call.

BIG EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Bill Stull • Sr. • QB • Pittsburgh • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Stull completed 16 of 23 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns in the Panthers’ 35-10 win at Louisville. He threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter to help Pitt erase a 10-7 halftime deficit and directed scoring drives on four of the Panthers’ five second-half possessions. Stull has thrown 11 touchdown passes and just one interception this season and is ranked fifth nationally in pass efficiency (167.49).

BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Nate Allen • Sr. • S • USF • Cape Coral, Fla.

Allen led a USF defense that forced a school record seven turnovers in the Bulls’ 34-20 win at Syracuse. He had a team-high eight tackles and two interceptions. Allen leads the Bulls in tackles (29), interceptions (2) and passes defended (5) this season.

BIG EAST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Scott Kozlowski • Sr. • P • West Virginia • West Palm Beach, Fla.

Kozlowski helped protect the Mountaineers’ 35-24 win against Colorado by averaging 48 yards on four punts with a long of 56 yards. He hit two third-quarter punts from inside the West Virginia 20 that tipped the field position battle to Colorado’s side of the field and pinned the Buffaloes on their own 8-yard line on a fourth-quarter kick.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Alex Daniels, DE, Cincinnati — Had eight tackles and four sacks as part of Cincinnati’s 10-sack performance in a 37-13 win at Miami (Ohio).

Greg Romeus, DE, Pittsburgh — Had five tackles with 3.5 sacks in a 35-10 win at Louisville.

Carlton Mitchell, WR, USF — Had six receptions for career-highs of 139 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-20 win at Syracuse.

Mike Williams, WR, Syracuse — Had 186 yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 13 receptions in a 34-20 loss to USF.

Noel Devine, RB, West Virginia — Ran for a career-high 220 yards with a touchdown on 22 carries in a 35-24 win against Colorado.

A rather testy Randy Edsall made one thing clear during his Sunday chat with reporters: Cody Endres will start at quarterback this week against Pittsburgh.

Zach Frazer is questionable for the game _ a 50 percent chance of playing, by UConn’s math _ and returned to practice with the Huskies Sunday afternoon. His injured right knee has healed to the point where he may be able to return soon.

TE Ryan Griffin (back) is in a similar situation. He also is questionable.

“They’re going to practice today (Sunday). We’re going to work them in with the 2’s and see what happens and how they progress,” Edsall said. “Neither of them practiced at all last week.”

When asked again, Edsall made it clear that he’s ruled Frazer out as a starter this week.

“Cody Endres is the starting quarterback,” Edsall said. “What else do I have to say?”

“The guy (Frazer) hasn’t taken a freakin’ snap yet,” Edsall said. “No, there’s no way that he’s going to be the starting quarterback this week.”

When Edsall first said Sunday afternoon that Endres was his starter, it sounded as if he was saying that Frazer would have to “re-compete” for his job back. But later it appears the coach just seems to have put Frazer on the back burner and isn’t even considering his place in the pecking order.

“There’s no quarterback controversy. There’s nothing there,” Edsall said.

As for Frazer: “I’m hoping to see if he’s got a chance to maybe be backup quarterback this week,” Edsall said.

– LB Scott Lutrus will have his injured shoulder examined again Tuesday.

“He’s got a test on Tuesday that they’re going to do with the nerve,” Edsall said.

The Brookfield native is listed as doubtful for Saturday’s game against Pitt “even though they (UConn’s medical staff) said he does look a little bit better,” Edsall said.

Lutrus had not been involved in any contact drills since injuring the shoulder in Week 1 against Ohio.

“He’s practiced a little bit in a red jersey but hasn’t had any contact,” Edsall said.

– As expected, RB Meme Wylie and LB/S Kijuan Dabney are out. Both suffered season-ending injuries recently.

Dabney will have surgery on Wednesday to repair his shoulder.

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Huskies and Panthers set for 3:30 p.m. on ABC

The University of Connecticut football game against Pittsburgh Saturday, Oct. 10 will begin at 3:30 p.m. and be televised by ABC Sports on a regional basis. The game will be played at Heinz Field.

The other three games that will be televised in the same time slot on ABC are: Wisconsin at Ohio State, Baylor at Oklahoma and Oregon at UCLA. In markets that show the Wisconsin at Ohio State game on ABC, the UConn at Pittsbugh game will be shown on ESPN.

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Small note from the folks at UConn:

Less than 1,000 tickets remain for the Huskies’ Oct. 17 game against Louisville at Rentschler Field.

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DALLAS — University of Connecticut senior wide receiver Brad Kanuch is a semifinalist for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy (formerly known as the Draddy Trophy).

Semifinalists must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have “outstanding football ability” as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated “strong leadership and citizenship.”

Renamed this fall in honor of Bill Campbell, the chairman of Intuit, former player and head coach at Columbia University and the 2004 recipient of the NFF’s Gold Medal, the award comes with a 25-pound bronze trophy and a $25,000 post-graduate scholarship.

Kanuch is a social science/sport and leisure major and carries an overall grade point average of 3.676 on a 4.0 scale. He has been a Dean’s List selection at UConn and has also earned Academic All-Big East honors.

Kanuch has nine receptions this year for 133 yards with one touchdown. In his career, he has 56 receptions and three TDs.

He has been active in a number of community service programs, including the “Goal Line Project” where UConn football players make weekly visits to the children of the East Hartford Middle School.

The finalists will be announced Oct. 29.

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