Cody Endres

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In what is looking more and more like a forgettable season, the UConn football team has suffered yet another setback.

[Quarterback] Cody Endres ... was suspended for the rest of the academic year on Wednesday for violating school policies ...

UConn said it will have no further comment on the matter. Coach Randy Edsall is expected to address the quarterback situation Thursday as the Huskies head for a key Big East game Saturday at Louisville.

Sources said Endres flunked a third drug test.

Endres was clearly the best quarterback among UConn's lackluster bunch. When he returned from his first suspension earlier this season, he led the Huskies to very satisfying 40-21 over Vanderbilt, and all looked to be good for the team's season.

Now, unfortunately, UConn will have to start redshirt freshman Michael Box—who has thrown all of five passes thus far this season—at Louisville on Saturday. To say the Huskies look overmatched is an understatement.

Two more comments: First, I hope to God Endres gets some help, as it doesn't look as if he was taking steroids, but methamphetamines of all things.

Second, there's been some talk lately that it might be time for coach Randy Edsall to move on—that he has no more worlds to conquer at UConn and that he may be ready for a bigger school. Certainly, situations like this one can't strengthen his resolve to stay.