The Fall of Football

It was announced today that Northeastern University is shutting the door to football after 74 years. Though a lifelong BC fan, I truly mourn the loss of the Huskies and their fans. Football is a sport of great passion and those who love it know how the experience of gameday with the tailgating, the action on the field, the excitement of the win and the general fun involved becomes an almost religious experience at times. It's truly sad when the coffers dry up and the students and alumni of Northeastern will no longer have this experience. I feel just as bad for those student-athletes who have trained so hard and put their hearts into the sport they loved only to have their university pull the plug. No matter whether the team was good or bad, college football fans everywhere to mourn for the NU Huskies today.