FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[The Mole]

November 2002, my college roommate (whose dad was my head coach at Fordham)and I watched Fordham play at Northeastern for I-AA playoff game. We walked to the top of the FU bleachers and there is The Legend in a purple jacket at the very top. "That's Coach Farley from Williams!" my roommate excitedly tells me. His dad had coached at Harvard, knew Coach Farley. We spent the entire game watching with Coach Farley, who was there to see his former player, Dave Clawson, take FU to their first ever I-AA playoff game. Could not have been anymore gracious, kind and down to earth. And of course, absolutely hilarious with his one-liner barbs during the game. RIP, Coach. Thanks for spending time with two nobodies at a game you drove a few hours to in order to support one of your guys. Kind of person you were, you cast a long shadow.