Spring Break
Huskies prepare for prime time matchup
Russell Blair
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Sports
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The Huskies matchup with the Bearcats will be seen at 8 p.m. on ABC. The game will be broadcast by ABC's lead announcing team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit.
"For us, being a young program to have that happen, maybe it's because we beat them a year ago," said UConn head coach Randy Edsall. "People see that exposure is tremendous. Again, this is another one of those situations where people thought with this program we'd never be on TV, but here we are going against Oklahoma-Nebraska and Arizona State-USC, and the lead team is broadcasting our game. I think it's good for the conference."
The Huskies will have back-to-back national exposure with the Cincinnati game on Saturday and a matchup with Notre Dame on Nov. 21 broadcast at 2:30 p.m. on NBC.
"You can't buy this type of advertising from a school standpoint or a state standpoint," Edsall said. "It gets you in front of more recruits nationwide."
Injuries abound
While the Huskies' 28-24 loss to Rutgers hurt in the Big East standings, UConn suffered a pair of season-ending injuries that will hurt their depth as the season progresses. Starting quarterback Cody Endres, who inherited the job after Zac Frazer went down with an injury, suffered an injury of his own; a season ending shoulder injury. Also on Saturday, kick returner Robbie Frey suffered a season-ending injury and had surgery Tuesday morning.
Edsall said Tuesday that Frey was disappointed he couldn't help out the team but didn't feel bad because he gave it all he had. He wants to help out any way he can, including helping to coach and encourage the team from the sideline. Mike Lang will join Jordan Todman as UConn's primarykick returners.
As for Endres, Frazer, who was deemed healthy enough to be the backup quarterback the last two weeks, will take back the starting job he had to begin the season.
"I would think he would improve in a lot of areas in terms of being out there and getting reps," Frazer said. "I think he'll go out and play well this week."
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