Got That Video Player Working On Your Computer?

Click here to watch a profile of Jared Turcotte, the 6-foot-2, 220-pound running back from Lewiston, Maine, who has been called the best player in that state by Sports Illustrated. The clip from a TV feature shows him on the field, in the classroom and being interviewed. He's impressive all the way around. The clip mentions that he's being recruited by Dartmouth, Harvard and Maine among others, and has ambitions of being a doctor.

Speaking of video clips, the Ivy League has posted a YouTube link to a piece CSTV did about the famed Cornell-Dartmouth Fifth Down game. It takes a bit for the video to load on your computer, but it's absolutely worth the wait. If you know the story, there's nothing much that's new, but the clips are priceless (except for the silly black-and-white shot of the east stands at Dartmouth that didn't exist when the game took place). The best part is the former Cornell player laughing that all these years later the folks in Ithaca are still awaiting the telegram from Dartmouth saying it wasn't going to accept the win. Oops.

An "undersized" quarterback in Norman, OK, hasn't heard from many schools; one he has heard from: Dartmouth.

They are taking this season -- and particularly Saturday's loss to Brown -- hard in Philly. From the Daily Pennsylvanian: "...(I)f you had to put an exact lifespan on the Quakers dynasty, it would be the following: Oct. 28, 2000 - Oct. 28, 2006"

More from the DP: "Tribute to fallen teammate inspires Cornell's upset victory"

The Columbia Spectator thinks Yale offensive lineman Ed McCarthy should be the player of year in the Ivy League, ahead of Harvard tailback Clifton Dawson if the Crimson happens to finish behind the Bulldogs in the league race: "Other than Dawson, McCarthy's only real competition for the award should be his own teammate, sophomore running back Mike McLeod." I think the folks in Princeton might suggest there's another pretty strong candidate calling signals for the Tigers.

Do you ever look at Wikipedia, which describes itself as a "Web-based free content encyclopedia project?" Somewhere I was surfing this morning steered me to this Wikipedia page on Buddy Teevens that I thought I'd share.