Hank The Hammer

Running back footballs await use during Saturday's steamy practice. There are 20 days until the opener against Colgate on Memorial Field.

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A story out of England about Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68 touches on his football background. (link) From the story:

On Wall Street they still call him Hank The Hammer, but US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has refrained from striking blows in attempts to solve America's worsening financial problems. Rather, the 6ft 1in former Ivy League American football champ has walked softly to chart an unusually quiet path of diplomacy, leaving it largely up to others to speak out in an effort to ease panic and restore order to global markets.

By some accounts, the biggest concern at Princeton this year is quarterback. The feeling here is that senior Bill Foran, who started his college football career at Purdue, is going to do just fine. A story in the Trenton Times (link) tosses out a few stats that are eye-openers. As a high school senior, Foran completed 67 percent of his passes, threw for more than 1,800 yards, had one interception in 172 throws, ran for more than 1,000 yards and scored 21 touchdowns.

Speaking of quarterbacks, Ricky Santos wasn't particularly happy with the UNH offense after yesterday's scrimmage in Durham. (link) ... I've mentioned this before but if UNH receiver Mike Boyle is healthy -- and that seems to always be a question -- the Wildcats are going to be just fine without David Ball. The speedy Boyle has been battling injury but when he's good to go, he can really go. Against Northeastern last year he caught 14 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown. (link)

Although the current work on Memorial Field is wrapping up there won't be a new scoreboard this year as Dartmouth continues to study the possibility of a video board. William & Mary has just put one up. (photo)

Check back tonight for a review of the first practice in full pads. Fortunately the weather is expected to be more reasonable today with the temperature topping out in the low 80's.