Now it's the Orlando Sentinel stepping to the plate with a piece about former Dartmouth and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Reggie Williams being mentioned as a possible candidate for NFL commissioner. Somewhere there is a Philadelphia Daily news reporter quietly laughing to himself or herself about how this story has taken off. Which reminds me ...
The first time Buddy Teevens was hired as Dartmouth coach, a reporter from a big-city newspaper called our local paper to fish for names in the candidate pool. Aghast that a competing paper expected any "scoops" to be shared, the local reporter (not me, by the way) casually dropped the name of a relatively well-known western coach who wasn't involved and probably would never consider an Ivy League job. The idea was that once the caller heard the name, he'd say something like, "Yeah, right," and hang up the phone knowing he certainly wasn't going to get any inside information from a competitor. Lo and behold, the name appeared in the big-city paper the next day. And several times thereafter, much to the amusement -- and amazement -- of the sports staff of the local paper. The moral of the story: Don't believe everything you read.
The Holy Cross spring prospectus is out (in PDF format). To get an early look at one of Dartmouth's nonconference opponents for 2006, click here. The Crusaders list three starters back on offense and eight on defense. They are coming off a 6-5 season that included a 28-16 win over Dartmouth on soggy Fitton Field.
The Dartmouth rugby team had a difficult go against the under-22 team from Uruguay at the end of its South America trip, but former Big Green cornerback Mike Ribero scored the first try of his rugby career.
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