Roman Braglio finds himself getting emotional these days when thinking about playing his final Maryland football game in Tuesday's Quick Lane Bowl against Boston College at Detroit's Ford Field.
A lot of things — from a practice to a positional meeting to a conversation with his father or with quarterback Perry Hills, Braglio's longtime roommate and a fellow fifth-year senior — can trigger tears from the 6-foot-2, 262-pound defensive end.
It started last month, when Braglio's father went to Maryland's final road game of the season in Lincoln, Neb.