UConn coach Jim Mora’s reclamation mission within the Nutmeg State is on the right track regardless of a devastating setback within the season opener at Utah State.
Huskies’ beginning quarterback Te’Quan Roberson, a Penn State switch with twin menace capabilities, suffered a torn ACL towards the Big Blue. Mora handed the offense over to true freshman Zion Turner, who has held up as a runner, passer and recreation supervisor within the Huskies’ run-dominated offense.
Turner has performed in eight video games with sevens begins and has accomplished 94-of-154 go makes an attempt for 790 yards with seven touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
With featured tailback Nathan Carter unlikely to play with an ongoing shoulder damage, the tandem of Devonte Houston and Victor Rosa shall be taking the handoffs. The two have mixed for 619 yards and 6 touchdowns.
UConn (3-5) will face its third ACC opponent on the schedule when the Huskies host Boston College (2-5, 1-4) on Saturday (midday) at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.
UConn suffered earlier losses to a pair of ranked ACC applications, Syracuse and North Carolina State. BC will play the Orange and Wolfpack in November. UConn is certainly one of seven FBS unbiased applications.
“I have a lot of respect for coach Mora and his staff looking at what he’s done in his career,” stated BC coach Jeff Hafley. “They play actually exhausting, they play with a number of vitality and are properly coached in fundamentals and method.
“They have had a lot of injuries, especially at the quarterback position. But watching their offense, the quarterback is a good athlete and the running backs run hard and they are good up front. They are very well coached up front and they have some good receivers.”
Hafley and Mora have constructed comparable resumes that landed them FBS head teaching positions. They have been secondary coaches and defensive coordinators at FBS establishments and the NFL. Mora has in depth expertise as a head coach, having performed time with the Atlanta Falcons and at UCLA. Mora and Hafley have been defensive backfield coaches with the San Francisco 49ers at one time.
With his background within the secondary, Mora has taken an in depth examination of the Eagles’ passing mixture of quarterback Phil Jurkovec to All-ACC first crew huge receiver Zay Flowers.
Source: www.bostonherald.com