Boston College junior cornerback DeLeon Gause usually wears No. 9, but he will wear No. 6 when BC plays at Notre Dame on Saturday.

Q: Have you heard anything about the Jarrett Brown injury? Is he going to play on Saturday? It would be a huge blow to the 'Eers if they need to start a true freshman.- Putski, Middletown

A; Hey Putski. Jarrett Brown sustained a mild concussion in the win over Marshall last week but he practiced Tuesday and he practiced with the first team, too. I think everyone is expecting him to play . I think West Virginia needs him back for this game, too.  

 

Q: Dez, is there a way to find out how a fund or foundation can be set up for Jasper Howards unborn child that falls within NCAA regulations? 

Q: Hey Dez, you mentioned in one of your recent articles that Marcus Campbell also met with Jaz' parents (along with Kashif, Kijuan and a couple other guys).  I thought he was out of school entirely.
 

Q: I'll be the first one to ask a purely football question.  It's the next step in the healing process. 

 

Here's a letter Donald Brown's uncle, Glen Feldman, asked be displayed here. It's a good one folks.

Thanks Glen...

To the Uconn Football Family:

February 2, 2005 I became part of the Uconn football family when my nephew Donald signed his letter of intent to play for the University of Connecticut. 

Beginning at 6:00 on the lawn outside the student union President. Hogan, Coach Edsall, Student Gov. President. Thomas Haggerty and maybe a representative from the West Indian group will speak.

 

Kijuan Dabney talked a lot about Jasper Howard today but when he was asked if he could remember Howard learning that he was about to become a father he began to smile - quite a bit. 

 

The Huskies have tentatively planned several tributes to Jasper Howard. Among them:
--A moment of silence will take place before UConn's game at West Virginia at noon on Saturday, followed by a handshake between players from both teams. West Virginia will also wear a decal bearing the No. 6 on its helmets.
--UConn players will wear Howard's initials on a sticker on their helmets this season.

Junior safety Kijuan Dabney shared his first memory with Jasper Howard.
 
"Jazz was my first roommate when I got here. I came up here two weeks later than everybody in my freshman recruiting class [due to NCAA clearinghouse issues] and Jazz, basically, he stayed up in the middle of the night waiting for me to get in because I flew a late flight and got in at about 1 o'clock in the morning. I just remembered a little boy with long dreadlocks and red eyes answering the door, and I'm like, 'Man, who they got me rooming with?' That's when I knew he was different. But immediately, Jazz asked me, because I had no covers or nothing - he asked me, 'You need a pillow? A blanket? You good?' And of course with my pride, I'm like, 'I'm all right. I'm all right.' But I was freezing that night, but basically, I told him I was all right. Everybody was close to Jazz."
-- Zac Boyer