I would never presume to be important enough to offer a suggestion to the president of a major state university. And Susan Herbst, the new president at the University of Connecticut, has no reason to ask for my input. Herbst seems to be an extremely capable and intelligent person. She casts the image of an […]
QB job still wide open at UConn
August 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
One week into camp, four UConn players remain in the running for the starting quarterback job. That’s what coach Paul Pasqualoni said Friday at media day in Storrs. No reason to panic. It’s only been a week. But the Huskies open the season Sept. 1 against Fordham. That’s less than three weeks away now. “My […]
Goodbye to a friend
August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The shock factor is slowly going away. Reality is starting to set in. Somewhere in the flood of memories and sadness these last three days, I realized I will never be on the receiving end of a Solomon Shrug again – and I’m really going to miss that. If I had been thinking, I would […]
Huskies searching for QB
August 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Summer is over. Not according to the calendar, of course. The meteorological change of seasons is still weeks away, but college football teams are starting up practice all over the country – even in the brutal heat of Texas – and that means the fall sports season is very much upon us. The Big East […]