Of all the "we hardly knew ye" players who have passed through Chestnut Hill over the years, my favorite was a Doug Flutie-like, quarterback, Paul Peterson.
Although Boston College had seen Flutie, Peterson's resume was about as unique as any who have graced campus. 24 years old, married, a junior college transfer, raised in Utah, not to mention a Mormon who had already served a two year mission in Nicaragua. Peterson had a youthful exuberance to his game and a maturity seldom seen in the college game outside of Provo.
On this night, the senior who had just led the Eagles to a 21-7 win over Penn State the week before would throw for 193 yards and two touchdowns including a 4th quarter 34 yard pass to Grant Adams to put the game away and lead BC to a 27-7 Friday night home win over UConn in the Huskies first game in the Big East conference.