Busy day but wanted to share a few of UConn FB coach Randy Edsall’s comments from today’s Big East conference call.
– Will playing Notre Dame this week make a difference to UConn QB Zach Frazer, a former Irish QB?
“I don’t think so. I would hope not,” Edsall said. “I would hope all it means to him is that he’s got another opponent to go play.”
Wishful thinking, it seems, on the coach’s part but we’ll see.
– On Frazer’s development since transferring.
“Zach is a guy that is a tremendous competitor. He’s got a strong arm. He wasn’t as accurate a passer as he is today,” Edsall said. “Zach had to learn to play within himself and play within the scheme.
“As Zach has learned that and done that on the field, he’s proved he’s a very competent quarterback at this level.”
– On his performance against Cincinnati:
“I saw a pressence and a calmness in that game,” Edsall said. “That’s what we need to see all the time.”
– On what was a busy Sunday for UConn’s NFL products:
“I got home last night and had a chance to catch Donald (Brown) and Darius (Butler) going at each other,” Edsall said.
The coach admits he doesn’t get to watch a lot of NFL football live.
“Sunday was a typical Sunday for us so you really don’t get much time, except late at night, to catch some of that,” Edsall said. “But it’s nice that all those kids are out there playing. You see them and it makes you feel good for them.”
No comments from Edsall (he wasn’t asked…it’s not like he refused comment) on the pass interference call on Butler late in the game or the worst-decision-in-coaching history (for now) by Bill Belichik.
– On Notre Dame’s offensive weapons:
“Jimmy Clausen is probably as good a quarterback as there is in the country,” Edsall said. “Golden Tate is a guy that you better know where he is all the time. Because he’s a guy that can make plays.”
- Neill
