News On Incoming DT

There's a story in the Tulsa World about eight members of Oklahoma's Sequoyah High School senior class earning Gates Millennium Scholarships, which are given each year to 150 American Indian students nationally. One of the recipients from Sequoyah – described in the story as "a boarding school for American Indian students" – is Cody Poe, a 6-4, 250 defensive tackle and all-league performer who is headed to Dartmouth.

From the Tulsa World story:

"...(Poe) said he plans to attend Dartmouth College in the fall. He wants to major in medicine, play football at the Ivy League school and eventually become an anesthesiologist."

For a video clip of Poe on the gridiron, click here.

Today's Daily Dartmouth features a story about Buddy Teevens and the football rebuilding process at Dartmouth. It quotes Teevens this way:

“In terms of wins and losses, I’m certainly not satisfied with where we are. But again, we knew that it was going to be a longer process. I would say that we’ve gone from a noncompetitive team to a competitive situation.”

Down at Harvard they are gearing up for the 2008 season with an audio commercial featuring quarterback Chris Pizzotti inviting fans to be part of the excitement next fall (click here to listen) and an inspiring video about training and conditioning for the coming season (click here to watch). If those links don't work, you can access the files on this page.

The Ivy League's a new associate director for communications is Scottie Rogers, who comes over from CBS College Sports Network (nee CSTV). Find a release about him here.

And finally ... It was 81 degrees here yesterday afternoon when I went to watch that certain eighth-grader's baseball game. It was 41 when I hit the sack and it dropped into the mid-30's overnight. I was more than a little afraid when I got up this morning that I would find my painstakingly planted vegetable garden would have succumbed to frost. So far it looks like it survived. Ah, life in the North Country ;-)