Senior Day is supposed to celebrate college football's capstone. It's a deeply emotional and personal moment between parents and student-athletes, both of whom celebrate the milestone ending of decades on the field. It's a final last moment, the one where each manager, teammate, backup, starter or legend is still the same kid driven to Pop Warner practice by parents. It's an annual tradition, but it's the one with the most emotional weight that nobody understands unless they experienced it.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prevented Boston College's student-athletes from that moment on Saturday evening. It was another milestone robbed by the novel coronavirus and the same unfortunate reality experienced by seniors who couldn't attend a prom or a graduation.