Nothing better than a college football Saturday. But will Tuesdays work at Delaware?

Fall Saturdays are meant for college football games.

Ideal settings are framed by an alluring backdrop of changing leaves and accompanied by the drumbeat of a marching band and the roar of a crowd.

They’ve been my destination for 26 years now, chronicling University of Delaware football for Delaware Online/The News Journal, just as they were in my youth and my own college days.

Lehigh University’s Taylor Stadium was my Saturday haunt as a kid. There, I frequently felt the fright visiting Delaware teams instilled in those of us who cheered for often-overmatched Lehigh. That first glimpse of the Blue Hens in their road white jerseys and gold pants, and those helmets that looked like Michigan’s, often ensured the host team was doomed for defeat.

Blue Hens head football coach Ryan Carty, right, speaks to News Journal reporter Kevin Tresolini during the team’s first practice on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

Delaware always arrived toting its fearsome football reputation and glorious history, which now includes six national championships. Such notoriety has long given Delaware football national status, as did a fun-to-watch/hard-to-defend offensive system – the Delaware Wing-T – that was hatched here and still influences the game.

I switched sides as a University of Delaware student and aspiring sportswriter, chronicling the exploits of the Blue Hens while launching my career in journalism. That included covering Delaware’s fifth national title, as an NCAA Division II member in 1979.

Twenty-four years later, I reported on Delaware’s 2003 team blasting Colgate 40-0 for the NCAA Division I-AA title for The News Journal.

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Publish date : 2024-10-18 09:17:53

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