BROOKLINE, Mass - I have arrived at Northeastern’s Parsons Field after getting lost for the second time in just 11 hours of being in Boston.
While Google maps seemingly provide perfect directions for the city of Boston, the lack of street signs make it a tough area to navigate.
Though there was apparently a downpour here on Friday, and the skies seem ready to empty at any moment, there has so far been just a sprinkling of rain. The field looks to be in good shape but, like the skies, it also seems poised to become a rainy mess.
Parsons Field is a stark contrast to the 25,000-plus seat stadium the Aggies played in last weekend in Montana. It is essentially a high school stadium, which seats just more than 2,000 fans. Of the teams I’ve seen in the last few years of covering high school and college football, only Davis High would be jealous of this stadium.
Despite this being the Huskies’ first home game of 2008, there probably no more than 700 fans in attendance at the moment due to threat of some pretty heavy rain. About 25 percent of those people are UCD fans that made the trip, including a 15-person group for the Aggie Band-uh.
UCD running back Joe Trombetta is dressed (albeit wearing the No. 6 which usually belongs to Chris Miller who is not with the team because of injury) but will not start. Trombetta has been nursing an ankle injury and participated in most of the week’s practice but I suspect the sloppy conditions could make head coach Bob Biggs weary of playing him unless he needs to.
Brandon Tucker, who performed well as the feature back last week with Trombetta out, will get the start.
- Chris Saur
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