STORRS – The UConn football team plays with an added sense of purpose whenever it changes helmet decals.

This weekend, when the Huskies host FIU at Rentschler Field, every player will wear colored awareness ribbons on the sides of their helmet representing the type of cancer that has affected their life for the program’s fourth-annual Crucial Catch game.

“I don’t know that there’s a player in our locker room or a person in our organization, or anyone on this campus, that has not been affected by cancer,” coach Jim Mora said . “It’s just an added motivation to go out and play with a certain spirit that honors those people that have had to go through the trials and tribulations in the fight against cancer. Our guys, it really means something. It’s not just, ‘Oh, hey, there’s a cool ribbo

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