A sad note today for anyone who followed BU football (the couple dozen of us). Dan Allen, who coached the team in its playoff runs in the 1990s, died this weekend. He'd been suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity, which robbed him of most of his mobility, among other things. He spent last season coaching Holy Cross from a wheelchair, which was pretty gutsy.

His tenure at BU was odd, in that he had those two playoff years but also coached some really bad teams, too. Given that the program was cut not too long after his departure, I assume that he didn't get much support from the school to build on the successes. Others who stop by here from time to time can probably talk to this, and to Allen himself, better than I can, and I invite them to do so.