TheRoundUp 9/9: Trying to make Texas Southern seem enticing edition

Journal Inquirer - Waiting his turn
Harris Agbor has played in only five games the last three years, twice in 2008 and only three times last season as he missed most of the season with a LCL tear in his left knee suffered early in camp. He came into the season with five special teams tackles in three years.

UConn QB Zach Frazer Talks Offense - UConn Huskies Football Blog | Hartford Courant | Desmond Conner
"We would love to just go back, like you said, chuck it around a bit and get our play-action game going and get our running backs out in space. You kind of look back and you want that to happen because we're definitely capable of that."

Texas Southern's Arvell Nelson: "It's An Opportunity For Us" - UConn Huskies Football Blog | Hartford Courant | Desmond Conner
"It's not just another game on the schedule," said quarterback Arvell Nelson, who leads the Tigers into Rentschler Field on Saturday. "It's an opportunity for us."

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Texas Southern's mission: to compete with UConn - StamfordAdvocate
Texas Southern lost its opener to Prairie View A&M 16-14 despite dominating the game in many ways. The Tigers forced Prairie View to punt 12 times and outgained their opponent 373-148.

Ranking the Week 2 weak opponents - Big East Blog - ESPN
3. Texas Southern at Connecticut: Texas Southern was last seen in Big East parts losing 42-0 to Rutgers a year ago. The Tigers still managed a winning record in 2009, going 6-5 and 5-2 in the SWAC while returning 15 starters this year.

Devils, Heels to play UConn - Duke - NewsObserver.com
The ACC released its women's basketball schedules on Wednesday.

Soccer's Mamadou Doudou Diouf Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week