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Frank Ordoñez / The Post-Standard Fans celebrate after Syracuse running back Averier Collier scored a on a 60-yard run late in the fourth quarter against Rutgers November 21. DAVERAHME’SGAMEPREVIEW he 24-hour rule is one of ’s most well-worn axioms. A team gets 24 hours Click the links below • For Sale and only 24 hours to celebrate a victory or for more SU football • Pets bemoan a defeat. To take more risks carrying coverage on Ttoo much emotional baggage into the next game. • Autos , the rookie of the football team and a former Orange offen- » Videos • Help Wanted sive tackle, said a few weeks ago the rule is a myth. » Photo galleries “Is there a 24-hour rule?” he said two days after his » Live game updates • Real Estate team’s heart-wrenching last-minute loss to Louisville. “People say that, but all those losses hurt. There’s » Audio slideshows • Garage, Yard & Estate Sales something inside you that just hurts. (But) you need from Dave Rahme to move on.” and photographer • All Others Frank Ordoñez of The football teams at Syracuse (4-7, 1-5 Big East) The Post-Standard and Connecticut (5-5, 1-4) have experienced a lot of hurt this season on and off the field. Marrone has » The Orange lost approximately 30 players since he arrived in Football blog with syracuse.com/placead December via defections, season-ending injuries and The Post-Standard’s Donnie Webb the resignation of leading receiver Mike Williams. Fellow SU alum Randy Edsall, the Huskies’ head » Bud Poliquin, The Post-Standard’s Discover the advantage. coach, lost star cornerback and punt returner Jasper Howard forever. “Jazz” was slain in an altercation sports columnist hours after helping the Huskies defeat » Orangecast, The Louisville on Oct. 17 on Homecoming Post-Standard’s SU Post- Standard Media Day in Storrs. … sports podcast » Follow PSfootball In print and online. on Twitter Click here to read the rest of » Subscribe to the Dave Rahme’s game preview Orange Insider on syracuse.com HOWTHEY 2009TEAM STACKUP STATISTICS real-time UCONN SU Avg. points/game 30.0 20.3 UConn’s Zach Frazer (5/8 TD/INT ratio) got job when Cody Enders went down. Turnovers 20 25 SU’s cured INT bug last Fumbles lost 8 10 week. Interceptions thrown 12 15 First downs 201 199 weatherFAST! EASY! NOW! Rushing 94 76 UCONN SU Passing 100 105 Running backs Penalty 7 18 Video Huskies will likely put two backs — 3rd-down conv. % 39.1 30.1 Jordan Todman and — over 4th-down conv. % 69.2 45.5 1,000 yards this season. SU’s backs are good, too. Avg. ypg 405.2 316.0 Offensive plays 711 698 Average gain 5.7 5.0 UCONN SU Rushing ypg 174.2 126.4 Rushes 409 385 Receivers Average gain 4.3 3.6 Neither team has standout end, but UConn has decent deep threats in Passing ypg 231.0 189.6 Marcus Easley (20.9 ypr) and Kashif Comp/attempts 172/302 198/313 Moore (17.2 ypr). Avg. gain/attempt 7.6 6.7 Sacks 25 35 UCONN SU Penalties 45 67 Maps Punts/avg. yards 49/43.5 60/42.2 Offensive line Punts blocked 0 2 SU’s group has authored an impressive Punt returns/avg. 31/11.5 19/7.1 turnaround over last several games, but Kickoff returns/avg. 42/25.9 49/23.5 Huskies’ line is simply more effective overall.

UCONN SU SU’SLEADERS Defensive line Huskies have great pass rusher in DE Passing Comp. Att. YPG Int. Lindsey Witten (11.5 sacks) but have Paulus 169 253 157.1 14 been only average at best. SU’s group has held its own. Nassib 29 59 44.8 1 Rushing No. Yds. Lg. Carter 216 919 58 Satellite UCONN SU Bailey 63 299 24 Receiving No. Yds. Lg. Linebackers Williams 49 746 66 Huskies have a superb linebacker back in Scott Lutrus while SU loses a fine one Bailey 24 193 30 in Derrell Smith. That swings edge to Sales 21 235 24 UConn. Davis 21 229 27 Lemon 20 155 21 UCONN SU Field goals Made Att. Lg. Lichtenstein 12 15 44 Secondary Punting No. Avg. Lg. Three cheers for young SU secondary Long 55 43.9 63 that has been great lately. Huskies allow more passing yards but 8 fewer TD Kickoff returns No. Avg. Lg. It’s all there on: passes. M. Jones 41 24.1 79 Punt returns No. Avg. Lg. syracuse.com/weather Davis 13 7.2 19 UCONN SU Tackles Solo Ast. Total Discover the advantage. Special teams Smith 60 22 82 SU gets edge at FG kicker, but its Suter 47 24 71 coverage teams are weak and Huskies Holmes 49 20 69 Post- Standard Media have returned three kicks or punts for Hogue 43 23 66 TDs so far. C. Jones 30 16 46 In print and online. S. Thomas 28 8 36 UCONN SU 33 Robert Vaughn 8 Lawrence Wilson 95 Greg Lloyd 32 Scott Lutrus 15 Jerome Junior Sr. 6-0, 200 Jr. 6-1, 220 Jr. 6-2, 245 Jr. 6-3, 244 Fr. 6-1, 212 FS SS 42 Robert McClain 91 Jesse Joseph 99 KendallOLB ReyesMLB 4OLB Twyon Martin 9 Lindsey Witten 5 B. Wreh-Wilson Sr. 5-9, 198 Fr.CB 6-3, 238 So. 6-4, 286 So. 6-2, 271 Sr. 6-5, 260 CB Fr. 6-0, 180

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WHEN 82 Van Chew 3 Delone Carter 2 Greg Paulus 15 Alec Lemon 5 Marcus Sales So. 6-1, 161 Jr. 5-10, 215 Sr. 6-1, 195 Fr. 6-1, 193 So. 6-0, 177

74 Nick Speller 70 Ryan Bartholomew 60 Jim McKenzie 71 Adam Rosner 78 Josh White 85 Mike Owen So. 6-5, 299 Jr. 6-3, 288 Jr. 6-4, 284 Sr. 6-6, 305 Jr. 6-5, 272 Sr. 6-4, 255

35 Mike Holmes 34 E.J. Carter 58 Mike Stenclik 32 Doug Hogue 43 Shamarko Thomas Jr. 5-11, 184 Fr. 6-0, 222 Sr. 6-0, 224 Jr. 6-2, 223 Fr. 5-10, 196

6 Da’Mon Merkerson 54 Mikhail Marinovich 94 Bud Tribbey 51 Andrew Lewis 99 Chandler Jones 13 Phillip Thomas Jr. 6-1, 183 So. 6-4, 234 Jr. 6-1, 274 Sr. 6-3, 273 So. 6-5, 246 So. 5-11, 195

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CONNECTICUT WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR TB FB HAS QB 3 Brad Kanuch 49 10 Zach Frazer 23 Jordan Todman 29 Marcus Easley Sr. 6-1, 192 Jr. 5-11, 230 TB Jr. 6-4, 225FB Jr. 5-11, 230 Sr. 6-2, 216 WHEN

71 Mike Ryan 60 Erik Kuraczea 57 Moe Petrus 78 Zach Hurd 79 Mike Hicks 94 Ryan Griffin So. 6-5, 324 Fr. 6-2, 233 So. 6-2, 288 Jr. 6-7, 315 Sr. 6-6, 323 Fr. 6-6, 240

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2 Greg Paulus QB 49 Adam Harris LB 1 Dwayne Difton WR 46 Sio Moore LB 2 Andre Dixon TB 47 Anthony Davis FB 3 Delone Carter RB 51 Andrew Lewis DT 3 Brad Kanuch WR 48 Trevardo Williams DE 4 Cameron Dantley QB 52 Ollie Haney NT 4 Twyon Martin DT 49 Anthony Sherman FB 5 Marcus Sales WR 53 Chad Battles DE 4 Michael Box QB 50 Tyler Bullock OL 6 Da’Mon Merkerson CB 54 Mikhail Marinovich DE 5 Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB 51 Tim Willman DT 6 Jasper Howard CB 52 Brandon Dillon DT 7 Donte Davis WR 55 Anthony Perkins DT 7 Mike Lang WR 53 Ryan Wirth DT 8 Cody Catalina TE 56 Cory Boatman DT 8 Lawrence Wilson LB 54 Alex Polito DT 9 Andrew Robinson TE 57 Maximilian Leo LS 9 Lindsey Witten DE 55 Jerome Williams LB 10 Dorian Graham FS 58 Mike Stenclik LB 10 Greg Robinson LB 56 Mike Cox DE 10 Zach Frazer QB 57 Muhammad Petrus C 11 Lavar Lobdell WR 60 Jim McKenzie C 12 Cody Endres QB 59 Shamar Steven DE 12 QB 62 Andrew Phillips OT 13 Chad Christen K/P 60 Erik Kuraczea OL 13 Phillip Thomas SS 65 Jarel Lowery OG 13 Desi Cullen P 61 Stephen Brown OL 14 Grant Mayes CB 66 Andrew Tiller OT 15 Jerome Junior S 62 Ben Chapman C 16 Casey Turner QB 62 Glenn Kolbrenner LS 15 Alec Lemon WR 68 OG 17 Joshua Massey CB 63 Adam Masters G 16 James Jarrett QB 70 Ryan Bartholomew C 17 Markeith Cirinna DB 65 Scott Schultz G 17 Charley Loeb QB 71 Adam Rosner OG 18 Johnny McEntee QB 66 Mathieu Olivier G 19 Ryan Lichtenstein K 72 Nick Lepak C 18 Marcus Aiken WR 67 Clark Maturo G 19 Kijuan Dabney LB 69 Steve Greene OT 20 Randy McKinnon SS 73 Jonathan Meldrum OT 20 Tevrin Brandon CB 70 Gary Bardzak C 22 Torian Phillips CB 74 Nick Speller OT 21 Gary Wilburn CB 71 Mike Ryan OT 24 Max Suter SS 75 Zack Chibane C 22 Kelmetrus Wylie TB 72 Jimmy Bennett OT 25 Derrell Smith LB 76 Ian Allport OT 23 Jordan Todman RB 73 Dan Ryan OT 24 Dwayne Gratz CB 74 Alex LaMagdelaine G 26 Kevyn Scott CB 77 Tucker Baumbach OG 25 Harris Agbor S 75 Beau Brunelli DT 27 Averin Collier RB 78 Josh White OT 26 Alex Folson LB 76 Zac Zielinski OT 28 Nico Scott CB 79 Dalton Phillips TE/LS 27 Aaron Bagsby S 77 Kevin Friend OT 29 Antwon Bailey RB 80 Nick Provo TE 28 Emmanuel Omokaro S 78 Zach Hurd G 28 Jory Johnson LB 79 Mike Hicks OT 30 Rishard Anderson CB 81 Cody Morgan WR 29 Marcus Easley WR 80 Michael Smith WR 32 Doug Hogue LB 82 Van Chew WR 29 Eric Sawicki WR 81 Corey Manning TE 33 Dan Vaughan LB 83 Ollie Taylor WR 30 Matt Edwards S 82 Kashif Moore WR 34 Earl Carter Jr. LB 84 Michael Acchione WR 31 Nick Williams WR 83 Isiah Moore WR 32 Scott Lutrus LB 85 Kevin Poles WR 35 Michael Holmes FS 85 Mike Owen TE 33 Robert Vaughn S 86 Cole Wagner WR 36 George Mayes CB 86 David Stevens LB 34 David Kenney S 86 Alex Molina WR 37 Mike Jones RB 89 Thomas Trendowski TE 35 Chris Lopes CB 87 Malik Generett WR 38 Ryan Ahern FS 90 Jared Kimmel DE 37 Joss Tillard RB 88 Gerrard Sheppard WR 37 Jonathan Jean-Louis S 89 John Delahunt TE 39 Lonnie Johnson SS 91 Brandon Sharpe DE 38 Dave Teggart K 90 Alex Kaiser TE 40 Jake Smith K 92 Shane Kimmel LB 39 Bret Manning RB 91 Jesse Joseph DE 41 Ryan Gillum LB 94 Bud Tribbey DT 39 Mark Hinkley LB 93 Derek Chard TE 43 Shamarko Thomas LB 95 Torrey Ball DE 40 John Yurek S 94 Ryan Griffin TE 41 James Healy LB 95 Greg Lloyd LB 46 Robert Nieves FB 97 Arthur Jones NT 42 Robert McClain CB 96 A.J. Portee DE 47 Rob Long P 99 Chandler Jones DE 44 Robbie Frey TB 98 Ted Jennings DE 48 Carl Cutler TE 45 Martin Hyppolite TB 99 Kendall Reyes DT