J. (AP) Geno Smith's surprising slide through the NFL draft stopped in the second round.
Then came Manuel, although many analysts pegged West Virginia's Geno Smith as the top quarterback.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma has dealt with bigger stars and built better teams than this one.
On Monday, she was able to stay out of it and impressed Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma.
West Virginia's Geno Smith, widely considered the top quarterback prospect, skipped the Senior Bowl.
Then there is Syracuse, which blasted Geno Smith-led West Virginia 38-14 in the Pinstripe Bowl in another upset.
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"Congratulations to Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies on a remarkable season and an eighth national title, " she said.
No team has ever dominated Geno Auriemma's Huskies like that since UConn won its first national championship in 1995.
Longtime friends and rival coaches, including Connecticut's Geno Auriemma, also talk about Summitt.
In the second round the Jets drafted quarterback Geno Smith from West Virginia, presumably to succeed the embattled Mark Sanchez.
Another player who slid down NFL draft boards, despite the predictions of many NFL prognosticators, was West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith.
One of the first people to hug Manuel was West Virginia's Geno Smith, a popular prediction to be the first QB drafted.
West Virginia's Geno Smith is expected to go in the first round this year, perhaps as early as No. 2 to Jacksonville.
Garrard was expected to be in the mix to compete for the Jets' starting job along with Sanchez and second-round pick Geno Smith.
"History has shown that what happens during the regular season doesn't mean that's what's going to happen in the postseason, " UConn coach Geno Auriemma said.
In football, the Mountaineers were 7-6 overall and 4-5 in league play despite having one of the best quarterbacks in the country in senior Geno Smith.
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So with Garrard stepping away and New York cutting Tim Tebow two weeks ago, Sanchez, Geno Smith, Greg McElroy and Matt Simms are left on the roster.
The New York Jets, meanwhile, selected West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith, a college star who was considered among the best quarterbacks in a relatively weak class of signal callers.
With the 39th overall pick, they took West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith, a strong hint that they no longer view Sanchez as their long-term answer at the sport's most important position.
"We've played a lot of basketball in the last month, and I don't think anyone's played better against us than Australia did in that first half, " U.S. coach Geno Auriemma said.
West Virginia's Geno Smith was expected to be taken, but instead the only quarterback picked was Florida State's EJ Manuel by Buffalo with the 16th spot, acquired in a trade with St.
Elsewhere, Catania beat Atalanta 2-1, Geno drew 1-1 with Parma, Torino and Udinese played out a goalless draw while Pescara beat ten-man Palermo 1-0 thanks to a late strike from Wladimir Weiss.
Tebow's fate with the Jets was sealed when the Jets drafted former West Virginia star Geno Smith in the second round last Friday night, giving them the team six quarterbacks at the time.
Manuel (Bills) and West Virginia's Geno Smith (Jets).
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After their decision to select West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith on Friday in the second round of last week's NFL Draft, the Jets had six quarterbacks on their roster, a logjam that was going to cost at least one of them his job.
Kelley Hardwick, 46, filed the employment discrimination lawsuit Monday in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging that coach Geno Auriemma followed her to her hotel room, grabbed her arm and tried to kiss her during a 2009 tournament trip to Russia with the women's senior national team.
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