After playing four seasons of college football, St. Thomas graduate quarterback Andy Peters was ready for the next chapter in life. When teammates were prepping for spring ball, Peters enjoyed a scuba diving trip in Honduras to cap off his last season. His phone rang. Brian Taylor, Peters’ coach at the College of Idaho, was at the other end.
“I get a call from my old offensive coordinator … ‘Do you still want to play football?’ I was like, ‘yeah’,” Peters said.
Twenty seconds later, St. Thomas offensive coordinator Jay McIntyre was on the phone with Peters, recruiting him to come play for the Tommies.
By June, Peters, with one year of eligibility left, was back in college football.
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Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers have delivered a strong opening statement to the rest of the NFL.
It helps that he’s not facing the kind of pass rush that his teammates are bringing to opposing quarterbacks.
Love threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns and the Packers beat the Washington Commanders 27-18 on Thursday night. Couple that with their 27-13 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday, and the Packers already have two wins over playoff teams from last season.
The WNBA playoffs are set to begin Sunday with New York looking to become the fourth team to repeat as champions and Minnesota trying to avenge last season’s heartbreaking loss in the Finals.
Minnesota, which lost in overtime in a decisive Game 5 to New York last year, is the No. 1 seed and has looked like the best team for much of the season. The Lynx have made it their mission to win the franchise’s first championship since 2017. The team has been led by Napheesa Collier, who became the second player in WNBA history to record a season where she shot over 50% from the fiield, 40% from behind the 3-point line and 90% from the free throw line.
She’s one of the top candidates to win the league’s Most Valuable Player award. Minnesota will face expansion Golden State in the opening round.
Livy Dunlap can be reached at dunl3109@stthomas.edu.
