It was spring break, and the unusual calm across campus was allowing New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell to catch up on some long-neglected paperwork.
That solitude was broken by a phone call that has been impossible for McDonnell to forget. Seven years ago this past spring the New Hampshire football team lost one of its own in the streets of Boulder when former receiver Todd Walker was killed in a robbery gone wrong on University Hill.
Despite a relatively short time at New Hampshire, Walker remains a big part of the program's legacy under McDonnell, who is in his 20th season as the head coach at his alma mater.