Notes And Quotes For A Friday

A new New Haven Register/Portal 31 Q&A with new Yale football coach Tom Williams is worth taking a look at. Williams is asked about his relationship with Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, for whom he worked at Stanford. His response:

Our relationship is fine. There were some things that went on when we were at Stanford that we both regret but I don't have any issues with Buddy Teevens whatsoever.

Not much new in the Q&A, although Williams did say he will be holding morning practices. It will be interesting to see how that works out. I do wish he'd been asked about the Ivy League prohibition on going to the NCAA playoffs.

Former Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie of the New York Giants is headed to the Pro Bowl as a longsnapper, joining former Brown receiver-turned-special teams demon Sean Morey of the Arizona Cardinals. ... Harvard product Matt Birk of the Minnesota Vikings is a finalist for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. ... Morey, of course, will be playing in his second Super Bowl after appearing in Super Bowl XL with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Dartmouth's endowment has dropped $700 million and layoffs are ahead according to the Daily Dartmouth. The D goes on to report that "more than 70 staff members" to the "enhanced retirement," that offered six months pay for employees over 55 who had 10 years of continuous service. One of those: athletic director Josie Harper, who will step down at the end of the school year.

The new senator from New York will be Dartmouth alum Kirsten Gillibrand '88. Find a story here.