SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | yesterday
This may be a first for the UConn Huskies football program. A player and a coach talking about leaving early for the NFL. It's quite possible that Donald Brown could jump to the NFL after this season. During yesterday’s Big East coaches conference call, head coach Randy Edsall talked about the possibility of running back Donald Brown [...]
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
The three finalists for the Doak Walker Award were announced this afternoon and UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown was not among them. Instead, Michigan State’s Javon Ringer, Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno and Iowa’s Shonn Greene were chosen. “For me, that’s a disappointment because I think he should be,” coach Randy Edsall said. “He’s the leading rusher [...]
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
It’s about time UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown got a little national recognition. Donald Brown Brown was named 1 of 10 semifinalists for the 2008 Doak Walker Award which is given to the top running back in the country. The award is presented by The Guaranty Bank SMU Athletic Forum. The Award is named after three-time SMU [...]
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
The well-deserved national recognition continues to come in for UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown. Walter Camp On Thursday afternoon, The Walter Camp Foundation announced it’s 15 “players to watch” for it’s Player of the Year Award and Brown was on that list. The Walter Camp Award is the 4th oldest individual college football award in the nation [...]
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Donald Brown, UConn Huskies RB UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown has been chosen as one of 15 semifinalists for the 72nd Maxwell Award, which is given to the top college football player in the country. The award is handed out by the Maxwell Club of Roslyn, PA. The award will be presented on December 11th during [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
Donald Brown ran for 150 yards to become Connecticut's single-season rushing leader and had two touchdowns as the Huskies (6-2, 2-1 Big East) scored 20 fourth-quarter points for a 40-16 victory over Cincinnati (5-2, 1-1) yesterday in East Hartford...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Donald Brown ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Connecticut scored 20 fourth-quarter points to beat Cincinnati 40-16 on Saturday.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
Donald Brown ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Connecticut scored 20 fourth-quarter points to beat Cincinnati 40-16 on Saturday.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
Donald Brown ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Connecticut scored 20 fourth-quarter points to beat Cincinnati 40-16 on Saturday.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... struck by another car. Police said he was not wearing his seat belt..The driver of the other car, Donald Brown, was not injured. Damon Smith, a passenger in Brown’s car, sustained a leg injury.The viaduct re-opened for traffic by 4 p.m.
Black Heart Gold Pants (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
[Bumped. This is easy when everyone does the heavy lifting for us.--OPS] And should be a lock for the award. He's up against Javon Ringer and Knowshon Moreno. How UConn's Donald Brown got snubbed for Moreno is beyond me. Stat lines for the finalists are as follows: Shonn Greene , Iowa: Leads nation with 1,729 rush yards.17 TDs. Long rush: 75 yards. Knowshon Moreno , Georgia: 1,244 rush...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
USF stops slide with win over UConnBy FRED GOODALLAP Sports WriterTAMPA, Fla. -- Jamar Taylor ran 25 yards for a touchdown, snapping a fourth-quarter tie and helping South Florida end a three-game losing streak with a 17-13 victory over Connecticut on Sunday night.Benjamin Williams also scored on a 3-yard run for USF (7-4, 2-4), which held UConn's Donald Brown - the nation's leading rusher...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
It wasn't an overpowering effort, but USF got the job done against what coming in was a stifling team that led the Big East in total defense.Bulls quarterback Matt Grothe was 9 of 18 for 124 yards to go along with 51 rushing yards. It wasn't eye-popping, but it was slightly better than counterpart Tyler Lorenzen's 119 passing yards and just enough to offset running back Donald Brown's...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... used the word "relentless" to describe the defense. The Bulls held UConn's superb running back, Donald Brown, to 96 yards.But I'm not sure what it says when we're not surprised when the Bulls commit 10 penalties, which they did, and drop passes.Nor were the obligatory dubious decisions anything we haven't seen before, such as going for it on fourth-and-1 at USF's 45 with to play in...
NewsObserver.com - College Sports (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... Williams also scored on a 3-yard run for USF (7-4, 2-4 Big East), which held UConn's Donald Brown -- the nation's leading rusher -- to 96 yards on 28 carries and stopped a potential go-ahead drive in the closing minutes by forcing a fumble by Huskies quarterback Tyler Lorenzen.Lorenzen tied it 10-all late in third quarter with a 43-yard TD pass to Ellis Gaulden on a flea-flicker play....
