A steamroller works on new pavement alongside Memorial Field's east stands Friday. With the New Hampshire-Vermont Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Game expected to draw near 10,000 fans, workers were scrambling all week to get the renovated stadium ready for the crowd.You may now have two options for watching the Dartmouth-UNH football game on Sept. 22. As is usually the case, the Granite State showdown will be broadcast live on WMUR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Manchester, N.H. In the past it was possible to get the satellite coordinates and grab the feed from the game back to the station. I'm not sure yet if that will be possible this year, but I'll let you know when I find out. A word of warning: Pulling down the signal requires one of the old, enormous "directable" satellite dishes. It can't be watched with DirecTV or Dish.
The second option is to watch the game on your computer. UNH has announced that it will be having its "ticketed" games webcast on the Internet this year. A single game can be watched for $6.95 and it is supposed to work both on PC's and Macs (hooray). Find a link with more information here. ....
If you were counting on watching the Ivy League football media day on your computer you are apparently out of luck. Although a release on the Yale web site says: "To watch, click here," Jake Novak over at Roar Lions Roar contacted the folks producing the webcast and was told it is audio only. So you'll be able to listen here at 10 a.m. Monday, but not see it. Hint: You aren't missing much. The only fun in watching is catching the giggles when there's a new coach and he shows up in jacket and tie -- while the rest of the coaches are in golf shirts.
Add Cornell to the list of schools who have put their media guide up on the Internet. Download the Big Red guide here. ... Cornell, by the way, has launched a new web site here. There's good news, not-so-good news and yet-to-be-determined news regarding the site.
The good: The design is clean and uncluttered. (Dartmouth could learn something from it.)
The not-so-good news: "Rotating Headines allow Big Red fans the opportunity to view multiple lead stories daily, with a picture and teaser for four lead stories." Argh! Ugh! I've said it before and I'll say it again: Those rotating headlines are unbelievably annoying. I started reading the lead story about the new web site this morning and, boom, it was gone, replaced by another story I had no interest in. I had to sit through the full cycle of stories until the one I wanted came back again and then quickly click on the link before it disappeared. It's like being stuck on the couch trying to follow a ballgame while your brother-in-law runs the remote control like a madman. One more time: Web designers, stop the madness! Just because you have the capability to do something doesn't mean you have to do it. If you ask me (and you didn't) rotating headlines are just a way for whoever is in charge of the website to avoid having to make a decision about the "lead" story and to stay out of trouble with coaches and fans of so-called "minor" sports.
The yet-to-be-determined news on the Cornell site: This morning, at least, the new website is not playing nice with my Safari browser. The pull-down windows on the left side are balky. Works fine with Firefox.
Back on the subject of media guides: Dartmouth's expanded guide was delivered to the Sports Information office Thursday and while I haven't had a chance to study it, the front cover is the best Dartmouth has produced in a while. Very nice.
Anthony Gargiulo has updated his Calgary Stampeders blog here. He reports that he's had swelling again in his knee but will play tonight against Edmonton. ... We're heading up to Montreal Thursday to see him and hope the quick turnaround won't cause him knee issues against the Alouettes.
Finally this ... with the kids coming home from two weeks of overnight camp we finished our "clean the basement" initiative at about 11:30 last night. Looks pretty good. We'd have been done sooner, but we took in a matinee showing of the new Bourne Ultimatum movie. It was easily the best movie we saw during our fortnight of flicks.
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