UMass-BC series on the horizon

BC athletic director Gene DeFillippo told the Boston Globe that UMass
and BC will play at two for one series in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Two games
will be at BC and the other at Gillette.

Dates and which game will be at Foxborough will be announced at a later date.

Three Stars V - New Hampshire

For every UMass game this season, I'll be giving out three stars to the
top three performers from the Minutemen and keeping track of who earns
the most three start points over the course of the season.

I'm putting a little extra weight on No. 1. So a No. 1 star is worth 5 points. A No. 2 is worth three and a No. 3 is worth 2.

Three Stars from UMass vs. New Hampshire

Oddly enough the three starts were more obvious against Delaware

No. 1 - Jonthan Hernandez - Again in relief of Tony Nelson, the Leominster High School grad had 166 yards on 29 carries and a big 4-yard fourth quarter touchdown that gave UMass control.

No. 2 - Eric Dickson  - I pondered this for a few moments because he did get beat on the UNH first TD, but he was good after that and 18 tackles is 18 tackles.

Several candidates for No. 3... Darren Thellen played pretty well in place of Jeromy Miles. Victor Cruz and Emil Igwenagu were both solid receiving. Kumar Davis had the game clinching pick making him an honorary Hatchell without the knee woes. I even thought of giving it to Kevin Morris for leading the Juvenile Diabetes Walk today. But I'm going with:

No. 3. - Armando Cuko - Three more field goals for the nation's leader including a big 41-yarder late that forced UNH to play for a TD in the final minute.

Season to date points:

Victor Cruz-10
Jonathan Hernandez - 10
Ke'Mon Bailey - 5
Kyle Havens -5
Tony Nelson - 5
Tyler Holmes - 5
Jeromy Miles - 3
Jeremy Horne - 3
Eric Dickson -3
Emil Igwenagu -2
Jared Chivers -2
Kurt Filler - 2

Armando Cuko - 2
Chris Zardas -2

Check back tonight for my top 25

Greetings from Parsons Field

Ben Coblyn and Michael Hanson are both out of the lineup for the classic "undisclosed violation of team rules" which from here forward will be acronymized to UVOTR.

Having covered hockey last night and football today, it occurs to me how much Don Brown and hockey assistant Red Gendron look like they could be brothers. Decide for yourself:

Red Gendron                    Don Brown

As I was hunting for a head shot for Red, I found one from his minor league coaching days that is a classic:

All of this has inspired me to rank the top five Minuteman mustaches in the past 10 years:

10.  Sean Morris - Grew the Jack Morris stache for the UMass lacrosse run to the final four

9. Jim Petulek

8. Jerry Azzinaro

7. Gendron - Current one. His old one be No. 1

6. Pierre Rouzier

5.  Sam Koch

4. Don Brown

3.  John Nitardy

2. Joe Mallen

1. Bob Otrando - He's since shaved it, but it was a TV police captain classic.

Honorable mention: Tiki Mayben, Bruiser Flint

Luke Bonner needs to grow one.

...seven hours til my high school reunion...