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Matty V. says three true freshman will start for the Minutemen Thursday. Michael Boland will start at RG, Blake Lucas will kick and Tajae Sharpe will be one of the WR's.
In addition, Freshman QB A.J. Doyle will not redshirt and will be the #2 QB this season.
Matty also has a MAC conference preview.
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MassLive's Harry Plumer has an interesting story about how five teams (including UConn) did in their first year as FBS/I-A.
UConn, you will recall, was not a very successful FCS team when they made the jump. If I remember right, they had made only one or two playoff appearances and never made the Championship game.
The Huskies went 3-8 in 2000. UConn followed with 2-9 in 2001. In 2002 they had their breakthrough season going 6-6 with wins over Navy and and Iowa State.
UConn 2000 Results
Overall
3-8
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
09/02/00 at Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. L, 32-25
09/09/00 vs. Colgate Storrs, Conn. W, 37-7
09/16/00 at Buffalo Amherst, NY W, 24-21
09/23/00 vs. Northeastern Storrs, Conn. L, 35-27
09/30/00 at Louisville Louisville, Kent. L, 41-22
10/07/00 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. L, 55-3
10/21/00 at Akron Akron, OH W, 38-35
10/28/00 vs. USF Storrs, Conn. L, 21-13
11/04/00 vs. Middle Tennessee State Storrs, Conn. L, 66-10
11/11/00 vs. Rhode Island Storrs, Conn. L, 26-21
11/18/00 at Ball State Muncie, IN
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Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press previews Michigan's schedule.
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UConn names their 2012 Captains: Adam Masters, Jory Johnson, Nick Williams and Blidi Wreh-Wilson.
Lyle McCombs becomes a dominate force.
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Night of the Turk:
- Julian Talley was cut by the Giants
- Jeremy Horne was cut by the Chiefs.
- Travis Tripucka was cut by the Rams.
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The Indiana Blog "Crimson Quarry" looks at the Hoosiers offensive line.
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