Don Brown didn't recognize the 650 area code that kept ringing his cell phone one weekend last December. His reflexes told him it must be some type of bill collector.
Brown had a group of recruits in town. He was busy showing their families around Boston College's campus and telling them about his beloved home state and mentioning that, hey, the Eagles' defense had given up fewer yards than any other team in college football in the season that wrapped up a couple weeks earlier. The calls slipped his mind until he made it home late on that Saturday night.