The Boston Globe Friday, November 24, 2006
Koepplin gets his kicks with UMass
By Bob Duffy - Globe Staff
Amherst - He'd been captivated by all of it, the pageantry and the rah-rah and the tumult and the pure innocent drama. College football, thought Chris Koepplin as he sat mesmerized in front of the TV in his Long Island home on autumn Saturdays during his childhood. That's for me.
So years later, when it came time to pick a school, he naturally choose ...
BU ?
As renowned an educational bastion as Boston University is, it doesn't have much of a football reputation, largely because it doesn't have a football team. For someone in search of the gridiron ambiance, BU probably wasn't the ideal choice. Koepplin was like a big-game hunter who goes on safari to Manhattan.
And his misgivings weren't merely vague musings. Koepplin didn't just want to experience a football atmosphere, he wanted to be inside it, as he had been for one year in high school. Once he recognized this, he realized it might be a good idea for a would-be placekicker to have a place to kick.
So years later, when it came time to pick a school, he naturally choose ...
BU ?
As renowned an educational bastion as Boston University is, it doesn't have much of a football reputation, largely because it doesn't have a football team. For someone in search of the gridiron ambiance, BU probably wasn't the ideal choice. Koepplin was like a big-game hunter who goes on safari to Manhattan.
And his misgivings weren't merely vague musings. Koepplin didn't just want to experience a football atmosphere, he wanted to be inside it, as he had been for one year in high school. Once he recognized this, he realized it might be a good idea for a would-be placekicker to have a place to kick.
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