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Game Capsule: UConn (3-7) At Boston College (4-6), Saturday At 1 P.M.
Weather: 55 degrees. Sunny. 6 MPH winds.
TV: None. Available online at ESPN3.
Radio: WTIC-AM (Bob Joyce, Kevin Nathan, Ken Sweitzer)
Injuries: UConn — LB Connor Freeborn (leg), out; C Dan Oak (undisclosed), out; LG Tommy Hopkins (leg), out; Boston College — WR Chris Garrison (leg), out.
Other connections: UConn has eight players from Massachusetts — DL James Atkins (Saugus), OL Cam DeGeorge (Lynnfield), OL Nino Leone (South Hamilton), S Brice McAllister (East Longmeadow), WR Aaron McLean (Southborough), S Obi Melifonwu (Grafton), OL Tom Tabur (Whitinsville), TE Rhakim Williams (Worcester). Boston College has four players from Connecticut — DE Zach Allen (New Canaan), P Christian Backe (Fairfield), LB Sharrieff Grice (Naugatuck), OL Anthony Palazzolo (Fairfield). BC tight ends coach Frank Leonard was UConn's outside linebackers coach in 1990-93. Ty-Meer Brown, an Eagles graduate assistant, played cornerback at UConn in 2010-13.
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