The rivalry goes on

The Northeastern/UMass rivalry continues this weekend, and the Daily Collegian has an article on the

Northeastern head coach Rocky Hager (Courtesy/CAAsports.com)

hostory between the two teams.

The paper leaves out some stuff in regards to Coach Brown’s sudden departure from Northeastern, but it still got some good quotes from Liam Coen. Hopefully Liam has a better game this weekend in Boston – the Delaware performance wasn’t at all what we’re used to.

“Obviously there is some history there and we just got to keep our emotions in check and just go out and play another game,” senior quarterback Liam Coen said.

Coen also added that the bitterness between the teams has died down in the past few years, and that to him it’s just another game.

“It’s another business trip, and we’ve got to go out and try to take care of business and play a good football team,” Coen said.

I’m glad the paper left out some of the controversial stuff between Brown and Northeastern – most of us already know about it and have seen the drama run its course. Since leaving the Huskies behind, Brown has gone 4-0 against them.

Even Northeastern’s student paper – which has all the right to slam Brown – touches it a little, but pretty much lets the past stay where it is. However, it does call the rivalry “The Don Brown Bowl.”

UMass spoke with Brown about its head coaching vacancy, and Brown breached his contract and left to take the head coaching job in Amherst (but we won’t get into that mess). An entire roster of student athletes found their fate hanging in the balance, not knowing who they’d be playing for.

… and then:

The annual game between Northeastern and UMass became known as the ‘Don Brown Bowl.’ So far, UMass has been on the winning end of the first four contests. Many students that knew of the rivalry have graduated. The underclassmen who attend Saturday’s game (Parsons Field, noon) will see it as a cross-state conference match-up and nothing more. But it is so much more.

The column goes on the mention how this is the last game the seniors that Brown recruited at Northeastern will have against their former coach.

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Andrew Merritt, a former Collegian editor, has his breakdown of Hockey East.

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The field hockey team is still ranked in the Top 25.

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From the Philadelphia Daily News about tonights Celtics game:

Comcast-Spectacor president Peter Luukko, a UMass alumnus and a member of the board for the school’s sports management program, will be in the Mullins Center tonight. He donated tickets for 100 students and has invited the other members of the board as guests.