More on Texas All-Star Hurley

This photo from the Dartmouth Sports Information Office gives a little perspective on the progress of the turf installation. For more pictures of the turf as well as the varsity house project, click here.

The Blog reported yesterday that Dartmouth-bound lineman Bo Hurley is playing in the Texas High School Coaches Association all-star game tonight. The San Antonio paper pulled together a story about him that starts this way:

AUSTIN — Ask most athletes at tonight's Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game what they plan to be when they grow up, and one answer will come back more than any other.

Realistic or not, most plan to play professional football.

Not Clemens lineman Bo Hurley.

"Right now," Hurley said, "I'm thinking about computer programming."

The Yale football press guide is now available for download on the Internet. To get it, click here. Also, if you have a favorite Dartmouth-Yale game -- and I can think of a few former players who might like to have tapes of certain games with Yale, right Mike Viccora? -- the athletic department down in New Haven is selling them on DVD or tape. No sound, but still fun. Click here to learn more. (Dartmouth might want to consider doing the same thing; might be a good fundraiser.)

Columbia has posted its "game day initiatives" and one involves plastic wristbands. No, not on the kids so they can go in the bounce house or something like that. The wristbands go on some of the adults ;-). Click here to learn why.

Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden watched Jay Fiedler during a session where the former Dartmouth QB threw dozens of passes and in this story Gruden says he is optimistic that the Ivy Leaguer is, "obviously getting closer to making his debut as a Buc."

After almost 17 years as athletic director at Washington & Lee, former Dartmouth baseball coach Mike Walsh is leaving the post to become a major gifts officer at the university according to this story. Walsh guided Dartmouth to the Ivy League title after recruiting future major leaguer Mike Remlinger. He also recruited Brad Ausmus to Dartmouth only to see the longtime major league catcher sign before ever wearing a Big Green uniform. Playing first base and pitching for Walsh in the Ivy championship year: Mark Johnson, also the QB for the Dartmouth football team. Mark, who went on to play several years at first base with the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets, is another of those players who had to choose between turning pro in baseball after his junior year or returning for football. Elected a captain, he was the Big Green's all-time passing leader when he graduated. But an injury in his senior year of baseball very nearly made the decision to turn down a baseball contract as a junior and return to the gridiron a big mistake.