An Interested Onlooker

Happy Mother's Day!

One of the interested onlookers at the Dartmouth Green and White scrimmage last week was Kevin Demoff '99, who is finishing up classes at Tuck. Kevin, who helped open the door for Brian Mann when he was general manager of the Los Angeles Avengers, will be going to work for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after he collects his MBA in June. Several years ago I wrote this story about Kevin, who wrote for the Daily Dartmouth and did color commentary for football radio broadcasts as an undergrad.

Speaking of Brian Mann, there was this in the latest Avengers game notes: "QB Brian Mann, who started three of the first four games for the Avengers this season, is now the backup and is contributing significantly on special teams, having made 14.5 tackles on kickoff coverage in recent weeks (No. 7 in the AFL)." I'm not quite sure what he's No. 7 in (tackles on kickoff coverage?) but it sounds good. I'm sure BMann would rather be avoiding tackles than making them, but it doesn't surprise me that he's found a way to contribute. ...

Like Princeton last fall and Dartmouth this spring/summer) William & Mary is installling a FieldTurf surface. For a blurb about what's going on a W&M, click here. I'll be shooting photos periodically of the work at Memorial Field but, if these photos from William & Mary are any indication, there will be a lot of pix of dirt before there's anything really interesting. ...

Matt Dougherty writes in his Sports Network column about the importance of the nonconference schedule for schools with postseason hopes. Sadly, the only Ivy mention is about Ivy schools as the opponents of schools with postseason aspirations. All the noise that had been building for the Ivies to be allowed to go to the postseason appears to be quieting down. ... Dougherty also suggests the UNH-Northwestern game could be a shootout. I've been thinking the same thing myself.