Support For Fiedler Lukewarm In Atlanta

9:30 a.m. update: I had intended to post a link to the story in this morning's local paper about the ongoing legal proceedings regarding the former Dartmouth assistant football coach Pat O'Leary, who claims age discrimination cost him his job during the head coach turnover two years ago. Unfortunately, the lone sports story on the paper's web site today is about the Mascoma whitewater race, a story that was buried inside the section. Go figure. The lengthy football story says jury selection is set to begin June 19 in Concord, the state capital. According to the story, a mid-March trial date was postponed because the judge was "called away on another matter." O'Leary's lawyer told the newspaper: "I would say the chances (of a settlement) are fair."

By the way, the weather forecasters got it right. We awoke to eight inches of snow, a two-hour school delay in Hanover and a $30 bite out of the wallet for driveway plowing :-(

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a poll on its site where visitors can vote their feelings on signing former Dartmouth quarterback Jay Fiedler as Michael Vick's backup. As of this morning they said they liked the idea ...

• A lot. He's an experienced quarterback: 15.98 percent
• Not much. He's too old an (sic) injured: 51.51 percent
• Let's see how his tryout goes: 32.51 percent

For what it's worth, the story now has Jay's name spelled right.

That recent story in the Columbia Spectator magazine critical of athletic concessions to athletes and the place of athletes at Columbia continues to generate an interesting response. Check out these well-reasoned opinions, including a couple from athletes at the school.

Brown spring football will tee it up for the first time tomorrow.

From the Holy Cross web site: "Holy Cross' Dan Adams Selected To Play For Team USA
Linebacker to represent USA at World Championship of American Football." I didn't even know there was a World Championship of American Football. To learn more about it, click here or here. Seems to me that there might be coaching/administrative or even more playing opportunities for recent graduates overseas than I thought.

For a little on UNH's new offensive coordinator -- including a mention of former Dartmouth offensive coordinator John Perry, now the UNH associate head coach -- click here.

Today's Brown Daily Herald has a story about the installation of 16 new security cameras on campus. The lede to the story: "Approximately 185 security cameras now quietly observe locations on Brown's campus, including Faunce House, the Power Street parking garage and - the newest addition - the 24-hour Friedman Study Center in the Sciences Library."

The story goes on to explain that the cameras are not for "spying" but that, "In addition to live monitoring, images captured by the cameras at the Friedman Center and other areas on campus are temporarily stored for future reference. 'There is a DVR that records activity on the cameras for 60 days, then once that 60 days is finished and the DVR is filled up, it begins writing again.' "

It will be interesting to see if the story stirs up any discussion on what is often portrayed as a politically active campus.