UConn (eh) and other links

Maybe I am alone in this, but I don't get the big deal about playing UConn in 2K Classic (Katz | Yahoo). I still hate the Huskies and think a football rivalry would be heated and useful to our schedule. But without Jim Calhoun, I just can't get worked up about UConn. He embodied so much of the bad blood and I just don't have the same animosity for Kevin Ollie. And since they are part of the left behinds in College Basketball, a win doesn't mean as much. Of course we better beat them.

Mike Morrissey had to walk-on at BC. His brother won't have that problem as he is getting a lot of attention (Rivals | Scout). BC is in his final three.

Castonzo and Cherilus are closer than ever in Indy.

There's no real QB competition and other links

Spring Practice starts this week and the forced narrative is that everyone including Rettig is battling for his job. We don't know that much about Addazio yet, but I know he's not going to totally ruin this season based simply on systems. He can talk about Chase competing, but he and his staff are planning on Rettig being the No. 1 QB next season. He is also passing on assurances to Rettig and the WRs that we will pass the ball and he needs them.

BC also updated the Spring Roster. The big news is that we didn't keep that many potential 5th years. Shinskie is gone and so is Marscovetra. Richardson and Andre Lawrence are not listed either and presumably gone. Kaleb Ramsey is still listed so it looks like he's getting his sixth year. 

The ACC coaches named Ryan Anderson third team all conference. Hanlan made the All Freshman team. 

Jim Irsay says that he has "two tackles that we can win the Super Bowl with." Would it have killed him to throw in a BC reference too with that quote?

Hockey wins, Rogers speaks and other links

In most of our championship years, York's teams started collecting trophies en route to the big one. Beanpot, Hockey East regular season, etc. Well with their win tonight, the Hockey team leaped ahead of UNH for first place in the Hockey East. The teams face off tomorrow night with BC having a chance to clinch the regular season title.

It wasn't all rosy though. Chris Kreider broke his jaw and is likely out for the remainder of the season.

The BC Draft crew held a Q&A with our new OC Kevin Rogers. Rogers doesn't tip his hand much regarding players or schemes. What is interesting is that he will seem to continue a BC tradition of Coordinators being secondary recruiters while the staffers are the primary. Many schools handle the recruiting among the staff that way but I've never really cared for it. I think you lose something if the coordinators are not actively on the road meeting the kids, talking to other coaches, etc. I also think that recruiting windows are so much smaller now, that more feet on the street can be useful.

Castonzo told WEEI that he does expect to be a first-round draft pick.

Castonzo's former bookend tackle Gosder Cherilus is battling knee issues again. If the Lions need a tackle, maybe they will take AC.

The ACC named Carolyn Sword to its All Academic team.

Gosder Cherilus and Haiti

A proud Haitian, Gosder was doing charitable relief work in Haiti before the earthquake. You can read more about his mission on his web site and give to his foundation to help the rebuilding efforts.

Gameday links

The team is saying the right things about tonight's game.

The Hockey team beat Bowling Green Friday night.

The injury has slowed Josh Haden's adjustment to college football.

Cherilus is having a rough time in Detroit.