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Post by timholycross on Nov 4, 2018 10:37:55 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 4, 2018 11:03:56 GMT -5
Well done, Tim. Thanks for posting the link...nice article about two good guys! Heck, at least it wasn't Holy Cross University.  I can't get upset with them using the actual name of our college. |
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 4, 2018 11:35:38 GMT -5
Thanks, too, for posting. I will pass this link to my Classmates.
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Post by nhteamer on Nov 4, 2018 12:16:55 GMT -5
Fun article; thanks for the post
A Massachusetts paper and the first sentence can't simply read "at Holy Cross:" UGH
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Post by moose1970 on Nov 4, 2018 22:50:35 GMT -5
btw, although not mentioned in the article Tom Lamb coached Doug Flutie at Natick H.S. before Flutie went on to BC where he won the Heisman Trophy and later pro career. |
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Post by rickii on Nov 5, 2018 13:12:13 GMT -5
The bet could be paid off at the Harvard-Yale game, often a brutally cold day. The two plan on attending together.
Eh ? |
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 5, 2018 13:23:34 GMT -5
Some people enjoy traditional New England college football beyond Holy Cross.
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Post by matunuck on Nov 5, 2018 14:31:14 GMT -5
Fun article; thanks for the post A Massachusetts paper and the first sentence can't simply read "at Holy Cross:" UGH and “in Worcester” to boot. Does bring home the stupidity of past HC admin decisions. |
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Post by alum on Nov 5, 2018 14:55:59 GMT -5
Fun article; thanks for the post A Massachusetts paper and the first sentence can't simply read "at Holy Cross:" UGH and “in Worcester” to boot. Does bring home the stupidity of past HC admin decisions. Those are your problems with the first sentence? In 1966, at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Tom Lamb, from the Berkshires, and Bob Desaulniers, from Southbridge, a stone’s throw from the campus, arrived as freshmen, intending on getting a superb education and play some football on the side. They were strangers in a world of strangers.I have a bigger problem with the lack of parallel structure.  |
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 5, 2018 16:54:04 GMT -5
The emphasis seems to be the longevity of the relationship and their local high school football connection.
The biggest thing that happened in their football careers at Holy Cross was probably their contracting hepatitis and having their senior season cancelled and that is not mentioned much less that Bob graduated in 1970 but Tom was able to play another year and captained the team in both ‘69 and ‘70.
So, yes, a lot missing but that wasn’t the focus of the story.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 5, 2018 18:59:18 GMT -5
Some people enjoy traditional New England college football beyond Holy Cross. especially when one's so, Joel Lamb, is OC for the Harvard's. |
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 10, 2018 8:30:34 GMT -5
Got an email from Bob on the results. Depending on your point of view, very happy ending or dissatisfied.
“Bob D (Framingham HS Freshmen) vs. Tom Lamb (Natick HS Freshmen) Football Report
Framingham: 24
Natick: 24
Both teams finished Undefeated
9-0-1
Storybook Finish”
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