Thanks to a regular reader for sharing a link to the Dartmouth Office of Planning, Design & Construction information page on the $12,200,000 Memorial Stadium (sic) and West Stands Renovation, which is slated to begin this Monday! The page includes a link to a Nov. 3 construction update with these key dates:
Construction begins Nov. 17
Demolition – November-January
Foundation Excavation – January-April
Site Utilities – December-March
Foundation Construction – February-April
Installation Precast Stadium – April-June
Pressbox Construction – June-August
Restroom Construction – June-August
The historic brick front of the grandstand will remain as is. For renditions of what the stands will look like, click here.
The page lists the new seating capacity for the home stands as 4,736. With the renovated visiting stands listed as seating 3,260, the permanent seating at Memorial Field next fall will be 7,996. With the portable bleachers in the end zone seating capacity will be in five figures again.
The one that got away ...
Reading about Maine's win over Massachusetts Saturday, a familiar name turned up. Jared Turcotte is the 6-foot-2, 232-pound running back from Lewiston, Maine, who had his sights set on Dartmouth several years ago (although he also had some interest in Brown). Instead, he ended up at Maine and is a redshirt freshman for the nationally ranked team now.
Against UMass Saturday, Turcotte led the Black Bears with 84 yards rushing on 13 carries. (story) Getting his chance because of injuries, Turcotte has shown why he was so highly regarded coming out of high school, running 70 times for 461 yards (second on the team), averaging a whopping 6.6 yards per carry (first) and rushing for four touchdowns (t-first). As big as he is, he has broken a 71-yard touchdown run. He's also first on the team with 21 catches for 237 yards.
Nathan Ford, the Cornell quarterback who hit a 96-yard TD pass against the Big Green last Saturday, had no idea his name was going to come up in an episode of the TV show The Office. The Cornell Sun has a Q&A with his reaction.
The Gridiron Power Index – an unofficial BCS-type measurement of teams in the former I-AA – is out, and here's where Dartmouth and its opponents sit:
11. New Hampshire (11.13)
19. Harvard (19.75)
29. Colgate (27.75)
32. Holy Cross (30.75)
41. Brown (34.75)
48T. Yale (40.00)
50. Grambling (40.50)
67. Princeton (51.38)
70T. Cornell (52.88)
93. Columbia (68.38)
106. Dartmouth (75.50)
In case you are curious ...
107. Alabama State 2-7
108. NC Central 2-7
109. Drake 5-4
110. Marist 3-7
111. Alcorn State 2-8
112. NC A&T 3-8
113. Morehead St. 4-6
114. Texas Southern 4-6
115. Indiana State 0-10
116. Davidson 3-6
117. (t) Mississippi Valley State 3-6
117. (t) Howard 1-8
119. Savanah State 4-6
120. Wagner 3-7
121. Arkansas Pine Bluff 1-9
122. Iona 3-7
123. St. Francis (Pa) 0-9
124. Valparaiso 2-7
125. Campbell 1-8
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