Holy Cross Etc.

Pulling links together for the blog and adding a few thoughts here and there is kind of like flossing. It's a bother sometimes, but once you get in the habit of doing it, you just go ahead and do it. It's not usually too much of a bother (blogging, not flossing) except for days like today, when I spent a full hour on it and for some reason everything I worked on just vaporized into the blogosphere. Argh! So, on a day when I have other deadlines to meet, the best I can offer is a modified version of the first posting. ...

The Daily Dartmouth writes about the Homecoming loss to Holy Cross.

The D notes the Homecoming weekend included 15 arrests (mostly alcohol and rushing the field) but also includes this disturbing bit:

After losing the football game, a brawl broke out at midfield between members of Dartmouth's football team and Holy Cross's team. Several officers descended onto the field to break up the fight and isolate some of the players. The brawl was videotaped and will be reviewed as part of an investigation, according to (Hanover police chief Nick) Giaccone.

From another story in The D: (E)ven with the failings of Big Green football, Homecoming remains our only (almost) sold-out game of the season. Although it might have seemed that way, the attendance Saturday wasn't much different than it has been all season at reconfigured Memorial Field (capacity: 13,000)

Holy Cross (Homecoming): 7,414
Yale: 7,307
UNH: 7,023

Columbia coach Norries Wilson made headlines for his comments in the interview room after the Lions fell to Penn, 16-0. Quoted in a Columbia Spectator story headlined, Saturday's Hardest Hit, he said: "The only person here that treated us with any modicum of respect was Coach Bagnoli, because he's a class guy."

The Daily Pennsylvanian story was headlined: "Coach Wilson crossed a line with remarks" It included this backhanded slap at Dartmouth: "Speaking of conspiracies, Columbia may be weak now and looked at as an easy win, but so is Dartmouth."

Listen to Wilson's comments here.

Another game of interest was Cornell's thrashing of Colgate. Raiders coach Dick Biddle's comment in the Cornell Sun story was telling: "They were very physical on the offensive line. I think it was kind of a mismatch, which is unusual for us."

Dartmouth grad Casey Cramer blocked a punt for a safety in the Tennessee Titans first win, earning a spot on a Top Performers, special teams list.

Former Dartmouth defensive back-turned-actor Brian White is in Boston filming a movie. The Boston Herald caught up with him.