Spring Break
A UCONN RITE OF SPRING
Blue-White game is first chance to see new offensive scheme
Russell Blair
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Sports
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The Huskies will travel to Rentschler Field in East Hartford Saturday at noon for the 2009 Blue-White Spring Football game. In the first and only practice of the season open to the general public, UConn will play 60 minutes of football in their home stadium, culminating what head coach Randy Edsall has called the most competitive spring he's seen in his 10 years at the helm.
"Without a doubt," Edsall said, when asked if this spring was the most competitive. "We talked about it [Tuesday] in a team meeting. The thing I'm going to be excited about is when we get done on Saturday is to know that we have depth and guys that are competing against each other."
After new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead took over the offense this season from Rob Ambrose, the biggest change on the field for the Huskies has been the expansion of their passing game. Whereas a year ago it was uncommon to see UConn spread the field with receivers - they had just five touchdown passes all season long - this spring the team has been working diligently on route-running and new formations, including three and four wide-out sets.
With two-year starting quarterback Tyler Lorenzen playing his final game in a Husky uniform on Jan. 3 in the International Bowl, the competition for the starter spot next season has been heating up.
While Zach Frazer, the talented Notre Dame transfer, was second on the depth chart last season and the preseason pick to be named starter, don't count out Cody Endres. Both Frazer and Endres have been running with the ones in practice and although Frazer sees a few more reps with the first-team and looks to be more poised, Endres has been on the end of some great plays as well.
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