JoePa Talks Ivy Football

Erik Greenberg Anjou and Mark Bernstein are still hard at work on For Love and Honor, their documentary film about Ivy League football based on Bernstein's book, Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession. This week the pair wrapped up interviews by traveling to central Pennsylvania to chat with a former standout quarterback and defensive back at Brown University by the name of Joe Paterno. In an email, Erik notes: "We 'began' the film by interviewing George Shultz, and wrapped principal photography by interviewing Joe Paterno. I couldn't imagine a better set of bookends." That's Mark to the left of JoePa and Erik on the other side.

To go directly to a trailer for the film, click here. To read the Hollywood Lot interview with Erik discussing the project, click here. According to Erik, the film will surely be out by the 2008 season and the goal is to have it finished well before then.

Thanks to a subscriber with a long memory for sending along a link to a note about Fred Chatham, an outside linebackers coach under Buddy Teevens in his first incarnation at Dartmouth. Turns out, Chatham has been working for Teevens' old boss, Steve Spurrier, at South Carolina. Unfortunately, the story notes that Spurrier let him go but called Duke coach David Cutliffe to recommend him. Strange business.

Good news out of Austin, Texas, where incoming wide receiver recruit Brad Dornak was just named to the Academic All-Stat team. Brad will join brother Matt on the Dartmouth roster in the fall.

Word has reached the blog about the passing early this month of Edgar Stowell at age 81. In addition to serving as an associate coach of the Harvard track team, he was an ECAC football official for 23 years. After retiring from his on-field duties, he spent many a Saturday afternoon as the ECAC clock operator at Dartmouth football games.