 Wetzel is a native of Norwell, Massachusetts and a 1994 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he was editor of the campus newspaper (The Daily Collegian) and majored in political science.Biographies for young readers


Dan Wetzel is a passionate opponent of the BCS system for determining the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship.He regularly writes on the desirability of a playoff to determine the national champion, and has co-authored a book entitled "Death to the BCS".