It Feels Like Football Weather

It is no exaggeration to say it was plenty cold in the tent here on the outskirts of Happy Valley this a.m. The heavy frost on the windshield of the car this morning and the two kids who kept inching their sleeping bags closer to mine during the night told the story.

The hitting starts this afternoon in Hanover as Day 4 of spring football practice takes place. It's supposed to be a beautiful day. I'll have a wrap on the session Monday after returning from the Penn State Blue-White game, which could draw in excess of 40,000 fans given a very good weather forecast. (If anyone has any insights on what happens today, feel free to send them along.)

Let's see what we have today. Hank Paulson '68, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and former Big Green gridder will give the 2007 Commencement address on June 10. That's pretty special. So is one of the recipients of an honorary degree. Fellow by the name of Willie Mays. Used to play a little baseball, I think. Say hey!

A play with an interesting storyline will be developed this summer at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference according to this release out of Waterford, Conn. Straight from the release:

Good Boys and True by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (July 18 and 20)
"Prep school senior Brandon Hardy is every parents' dream: captain of the football team, straight-A student, accepted to Dartmouth, Early Decision. But when a disturbing video tape is found on campus, the 17-year-old's world starts to crumble and his mother is forced to question everything she believed about her son..."

The New Haven Register writes about Yale's spring football drills. ... Sydney Johnson appears to be Princeton's pick as the next head basketball coach, but there's still nothing official according to the Star-Ledger.