Of Ivy Football Coaches and NFL General Managers

Former Dartmouth offensive coordinator Roger Hughes is interviewed in a video on the Ivy League site. Find the clip here. Roger makes the interesting observation that being an Ivy League football coach is akin in some ways to being an NFL general manager. There's no salary cap, obviously, but the limited recruiting pool and the Academic Index/banding system challenge coaches the same way the cap challenges GMs.

Reggie Williams, the all-time Dartmouth great who went on to be a Cincinnati Bengals stalwart, is paying the price for his years in football. He's had four surgeries on his right knee in less than a year (two in five weeks) and 10 knee surgeries all totaled. And there may be more. "You're writing a check that your body will cash one day," he says in this Orlando Sentinel story.

It's becoming clearer and clearer that Jay Fiedler's injury last fall was more severe than anyone knew. He still hasn't practiced with Tampa Bay, although he might be getting close according to this story.

Opponent previews will wrap up early this week on the premium Green Alert site. New Hampshire will be featured Monday and Holy Cross will be on tap Tuesday. Dartmouth preseason practice begins Wednesday and once again there will be a full Green Alert report on the subscription site after every practice session. (There will be two stories on the double-session days of Aug. 29 and 31, Sept. 2, 4 and 6.)

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