The Wright Stuff And More

Not being an alum, I don't always get to see copies of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, but when I do I usually find something of interest inside. (Not my byline, unfortunately, because old friend Brad Parks, who is a Dartmouth alum, handles the sports beat quite nicely from New Jersey, where he works for the Star-Ledger. But I digress ...)

In the March/April issue, Jake Tapper '91, a senior national correspondent for ABC News, has a lengthy Q&A with Dartmouth President Jim Wright. Among other things Wright told Tapper:

Dartmouth football has been the most successful program in the history of the Ivy League, and we became accustomed to being in that position. I'm a fairly competitive person and would far rather see us succeeding. I have confidence in Buddy Teevens and I think people who really follow football closely know Buddy's turning it around. He had a good team this year that was just a yard short a lot of times.

That's music, no doubt, to a lot of ears.

Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens confirmed in his office yesterday that spring practice will begin Monday, April 16. There will be four practices a week for three weeks (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) capped by a spring game on May 5. Teevens said that with added depth this year, he might also have a spring game of some sort on the middle Saturday of practices. Note: Before submitting your airline receipt to me for reimbursal, double- and then triple-check those dates on the chance they will be adjusted because of weather. ;-)

I asked Teevens about the new white pants the Big Green is adding to its wardrobe next fall, hoping to hear that the white pants would be worn with the green shirts and the green pants (if worn at all) would be used with the white shirts. (It's probably no secret at this point that I'm not a big fan of the green-on-green look.) Teevens' response: "I haven't decided yet. It will probably be mix-and-match."

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"The important thing is to lay a plan, and then follow it step by step no matter how small or large each one by itself may seem."

Charles Lindbergh quotation written on a "white board" in Buddy Teevens' office