2008 Woodie Awards
Now that we’ve instituted the new “fourth and goal” blog, I figured I’d take a crack at it. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Kevin Duffy, the second beat writer for the Football team this spring. Essentially, I am a lamer version of Justin Verrier, our sports editor and pioneer of the UConn football blog. I hope to overcome my lameness and fill all of you in on the happenings of spring practice all the way through April 19th’s Blue-White Spring Football game at The Rentch. So lets get started with yesterdays practice:
1st down: I’m going to be honest, I’m a big Meme Wylie fan (check out the feature story at Dailycampus.com next week), but Meme has taken a back seat to fellow redshirt freshman Robbie Frey (pronounced Fry, like in Ferris Bueller) in recent practices. The first time he broke off a long run I shrugged and thought it was luck. The second time he did it I attributed it to poor defense. Now, its pretty clear that Frey is just good– and that’s all there is to it. He’s got a gear that none of the running backs, Donald Brown and Andre Dixon included, could even dream about having. On his long touchdown sprint today, safeties Glen Mourning and Jameson Davis looked to have the angle to make the tackle, but Frey beat them down the sidelines, ran into the endzone, and started on his way back before Mourning and Davis could catch their breath.
2nd down: Darius Butler took all the snaps with the defense this practice after spending Saturday’s entire session at wide receiver. After practice, he said that the defense put in a bunch of new packages and blitzes that he needed to learn before he could work on his offensive skills, which, by the way, are extremely impressive. There’s no doubt Butler will be the team’s top playmaker in the fall if given the chance. His speed and run after the catch ability really separate him from anything the Huskies have to offer.
3rd down: Speaking of wide receiver, it was a rough day for redshirt freshman Kashif Moore. He beat Jasper Howard on a go-route but was unable to track down the ball, which was partially overthrown, and minutes later dropped a pass over the middle that caused Randy Edsall to nearly eat him alive. Edsall yelled “Catch the damn ball” for about a minute straight as Moore quietley retreated to the shadows with his good friend–not brother– Isaiah Moore. He did, however, make a difficult diving catch later in practice, as well as turn the corner on a reverse and gain roughly 40 yards on the trick play.
4th down: I know Justin pointed out Zach Frazer’s struggles in Saturday’s post, but I’d like to second that comment. Sometimes, he looks like he can be great. He’s 6-foot-5, got a nice, strong build, and a strong arm. But consistency is a major issue with Frazer. He makes more mistakes that Tyler Lorenzen and Cody Endres combined. I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but Frazer is from MECHANICSBURGH, Penn. That’s like saying Chris Douglas-Roberts is from Freethrowburgh, Tenn., or Ellis Gaulden is from Durabilityville, Fla. Well, you get the point.
Injury Report: Andre Dixon and Brad Kanuch continued to sit out of practice, but both looked as though they are ready to return soon. For Kanuch, the return cannot come soon enough. He participates in grueling conditioning drills with DJ Hernandez every practice, and doesn’t do so with much enthusiasm. Today, he was called over by DJ to start doing their traditional hand-walking drill, but this time do it across the 50 yard width of the field. Kanuch trotted over and simply muttered “This is going to suck.”
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