Bleeding black and gold...and maroon and gold

Brett Boese played for the Gustavus Adolphus football team from 2000-2002 and was a part of the basketball program from 2000-2004. He missed his senior season in shoulder pads with plantar fasciitis in both feet, but is still eighth is school history in touchdown receptions. He was a two-year starter on the hoops team, helping the Gusties to Salem in the 2002-03 season and making his best Gene Wilder impersonation part of Gustie lore.

Those are hardly his only ties to the MIAC, however. His sister, Erin, was a two-time member of the MIAC all-defensive team on solid Gustavus women's teams and his parents both played for the Cobbers.

Doug Boese played for legendary basketball coach Sonny Gulsvig and graduated the year before Concordia won the national title on the gridiron. Doug was inducted into the Cobbers' athletic Hall of Fame in 1993 in a ceremony Brett was deemed too young to attend. Plus, Brett didn't — and still doesn't — want to dress up in fancy clothes.

Cindy Boese, his mom, played on the women's basketball team and was known for her sharp elbows.

The black sheep of the family, Kristi, snubbed the MIAC to play at the University of North Dakota. Brett's sister was a two-time First Team All-America selection and is among the leaders in scoring and rebounding in school history. She's currently debating a return to the Fighting Sioux to join the coaching staff.

Brett has spent the last four years covering high school sports for a daily newspaper and is making his initial foray into the blogging world.