By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent The 2025 edition of the UConn football team comes in with expectations not seen around the program in quite some time. Their nine wins in 2024 were the most for the program since 2007, and it also marked the first winning season for the Huskies since 2010. Coach Jim Mora’s team will rely on an experienced group of skill position players on offense, while working……
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent STORRS — After a tough, physical camp, it’s finally game week for UConn. The Huskies welcome FCS foe Central Connecticut State to Rentschler Field on Saturday (2 p.m.) in a season filled with heightened expectations. UConn is coming off a 9-4 season, its best mark since 2007, when they also went 9-4. It was also the first winning season for the program since 2010. “Our…
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent STORRS — The temperature was north of 90 degrees during a visit to the UConn Huskies practice on Tuesday, but it was something the players seemed to embrace. This is a hungry group, one that isn’t satisfied with a 2024 season that saw them win nine games for the first time since 2007 and win a bowl game for the first time since 2009. Head…
UConn senior wide receiver Skylar Bell could have left Storrs prior to the Huskies playing in the Fenway. He had offers including one from Michigan that probably would have paid him more NIL money. Instead, Bell opted to stay and leave a positive mark on the UConn Football Program. “Obviously they got a great program over there, you know, they won the national championship not too long ago and you……
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent STORRS, Conn. — One might forgive UConn head coach Jim Mora if there was a little extra pep in his step on Tuesday, the eve of training camp. After all, the Huskies won nine games last season, the first time since 2007 the program has done so, capping it off with a 27-14 win over North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl. Under Mora’s leadership, That’s…
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By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Summer is a good time for people to enjoy the outdoors and for youth football players across the state of Connecticut to get better. With school out, the end of June is a time where they can absorb football knowledge from players like NFL quarterback Tim Boyle. On Saturday, Boyle – a 2013 graduate of Xavier High School – hosted his fifth quarterback…
You don’t think rivalry when you hear UConn and Duke – at least not on the gridiron – but the two have developed a nice little competitive animosity over the last couple of seasons. This is going to be a regular occurrence going forward too. On Wednesday, the Huskies announced that the two schools have agreed to additional games on September 11, 2027 in Durham and then October 14, 2028…
The landscape of Division I college football has been permanently altered with the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement that was announced on Friday. The settlement is ushering in an era of direct athlete compensation under a reported $20.5 million annual salary cap per institution. While this represents a seismic shift for all of college athletics, its impact on Division I college football in New England—a region not traditionally……