It's Time

The Dartmouth football schedule card is out for 2007. The theme: "It's Time." Pictured on the card are linebacker Justin Cottrell (58), safety Ian Wilson (26), tight end Mark Brogna (82) and tailback Milan Williams (3).

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Incoming running back/defensive back recruit Steve Morris of Hinsdale, Ill., gets a brief mention as a 100-meter sprinter deep in this story. Morris is 5-foot-10, 180 and is listed in recruiting information as running a 40-yard dash in the 4.4's.

Cornell is the latest school to post its recruiting class. Find the future Big Red players here.

In an interesting irony, Tad Crawford, safety for the Columbia Lions, has been drafted by the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. The Ontario native is the subject of this story in the Vancouver Sun. Crawford was the 17th pick overall in the draft.

Harvard football coach Tim Murphy fully supports the ban on text messaging. He tells the Crimson:

“It’s a no-brainer. I’ve got a 16-year old daughter who doesn’t get enough sleep, she studies all the time, she’s a three-sport athlete. If she’s getting calls at night and she’s getting 12 texts everyday that she has to respond to, you’ve got to be kidding me.”

Jeff Immelt '78, CEO of General Electric and a former Big Green offensive tackle who blocked for Buddy Teevens, filmed an episode of the TV program CEO Exchange at the Hopkins Center Thursday according to The Daily Dartmouth.

The New Hampshire writes about the UNH football team capping drills Saturday with its annual spring game.

Brown University's Smith Swim Center will be closed indefinitely due to " 'irreversible deterioration' in the timber beams that support the facility's roof," according to the Brown Daily Herald.

Be sure to check Green Alert premium tonight for a wrap on the final practice before Green-White The Sequel.

And finally, Tim Murphy's comments about his daughter really hit home this morning. Not because of the text messaging piece -- regular readers here know we don't do the cell phone thing -- but because of what he said about his daughter and the demands on her time. A certain Hanover High freshman is earning straight A's in honors classes at arguably the best (and hardest) public high school in the state, playing three varsity sports, tutoring, volunteering, holding office in the school government and more -- and just watching her is wearing me out. I wouldn't want to tell you how late she was up last night working on a school project and how early she got up again this morning to finish it. Watching her is a reminder about just how hard Ivy League athletes work to get where they are, and a reminder of why, if I were in a position to hire an Ivy athlete, I'd jump at the chance.