Pictures: UConn Football Coach Randy Edsall

Maryland coach Randy Edsall. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)

Alex LaMagdelaine celebrates the Huskies 22-15 upset over #10 ranked USF at Rentschler Field Saturday evening. UConn ranked in the top 25 for the first time stayed undeated in the Big East with the victory and gave head coach Randy Edsall his 100th win. #23 UConn and #10 University of South Florida football teams played a Big East match-up on national tv at Rentschler Field in East Hartford on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

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UConn Football head coach Randy Edsall (center)talks to his team after a scrimmage game at Memorial Stadium on the UConn campus Sunday afternoon.

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UConn Football head coach Randy Edsall (center)talks to his team after a scrimmage game at Memorial Stadium on the UConn campus Sunday afternoon.

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Head coach Randy Edsall pulls his team together after practice Friday afternoon to give them the run down on schedules for the next couple of days as UConn prepares for their first Bowl appearance. The Huskies are bound for the Motor City Bowl in Detroit, MI on December 27th and will play Toledo.

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UConn head coach Randy Edsall has a few words for Harris Agbor after his man beat him for a touchdown in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. (John Woike/Hartford Courant)

EAST HARTFORD 09/14/13 UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni (right) greets Maryland head coach Randy Edsall (left) before their game at Rentschler Field Saturday. CLOE POISSON|cpoisson@courant.com ORG XMIT: B583162189Z.1 (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant)

Maryland coach Randy Edsall shakes hands with player Keith Bowers during warmups before their game against UConn at Rentschler Field Saturday. Edsall went around and shook hands with each of his players before the game. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant)

UConn coach Randy Edsall hugs Joanglia Howard after Edsall gave a reflection of Jasper Howard during services at New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, FL.. Jasper Howard, a player on Edsall’s team was stabbed and killed on campus. (MICHAEL MCANDREWS / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall hugs JoAngila Howard during the funeral for her son, Jasper Howard. (J PAT CARTER / AP)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall speaks at the funeral for Jasper Howard. (J PAT CARTER / AP)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall tries to rally his team during the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. (JOHN WOIKE/HARTFORD COURANT)

Head Coach Randy Edsall is left scratching his head as UConn came back from a halftime deficit to take the lead but lost the game at Rutgers. (STEPHEN DUNN/Hartford Courant)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall watches his players during opening day of football practice. (MARK MIRKO/THE HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall gives instructions during Saturday’s open practice at the Shenkman Center. (CLOE POISSON / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall (center) talks to his team after an open practice at the Shenkman Center on Saturday morning. (CLOE POISSON / HARTFORD COURANT)

Head Coach Randy Edsall at the Huskies’ first spring football practice of the season at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on the UConn campus. (BETTINA HANSEN / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall leads his team onto the field at Notre Dame Saturday afternoon for what would be the program’s biggest victory to date, a 33-30 overtime victory over the Fighting Irish. (JOHN WOIKE / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn head coach Randy Edsall congratulates his team after a 33-30 double overtime victory over Notre Dame Saturday evening in South Bend. Edsall praised his players for not giving up against “a very good football team” and wining this one for No. 6, Jasper Howard, who was stabbed to death in a fight last month. An emotional Edsall talked about Howard in a network television interview moments after the Huskies’ victory. mentioned (JOHN WOIKE / HARTFORD COURANT)

Kashaf Moore, Kijuan Dadney, Randy Edsall

UConn football coach Randy Edsall, center, tries to console Kashaf Moore, left, and Kijuan Moore, right, during the funeral for Jasper Howard in Miami. Howard was fatally stabbed outside a dance on Connecticut’s campus. (J PAT CARTER / AP)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall has a blank stare at the start of a press conference on Sunday afternoon at the Burton Family Football Center on the Storrs campus. Edsall spoke about slain UConn player Jasper Howard and his girlfriend were both eagerly expecting a baby. Howard was stabbed to death early this morning on the Storrs campus outside the student union. (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

Major Ron Blicher, Jeff Hathaway, Randy Edsall

Major Ron Blicher of UConn police dept. awaits the start of a press conference with UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway (center) and UConn football coach Randy Edsall. Blicher says authorities are investigating the stabbing death Jasper Howard outside the UConn Student. (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

UConn football coach Randy Edsall consoles UConn football player Desi Cullen at a press conference on Sunday afternoon at the Burton Family Football Complex. Cullen spoke of his teammate Jasper Howard on behalf of his teammates. (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)

Randy Edsall, Michael J. Hogan, Ron Blichter, Jeff Hathaway, Desi Cullen

Connecticut football head coach Randy Edsall, left, speaks at a news conference about the stabbing death of player Jasper Howard as university president Michael J. Hogan, second from left, Major Ron Blichter of UConn Police, center, UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, second from right, and player Desi Cullen, right, listen in Storrs. Twenty-year-old Howard, of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, and a second person were stabbed during a fight early Sunday after someone pulled a fire alarm during a dance at the UConn Student Union, police said. (JESSICA HILL / AP)

Connecticut football head coach Randy Edsall, left, comforts senior captain Desi Cullen, right, during a news conference about the stabbing death of teammate Jasper Howard in Storrs. (JESSICA HILL / AP)

UConn coach Randy Edsall consoles punter Desi Cullen during a press conference Sunday afternoon in Storrs. Cullen spoke of his teammate Howard during the conference. (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT)