They Are Dartmouth Guys

Is there a chance that Dartmouth grads could be leading two FBS conferences by the time the next football season rolls around? Yup.

And that both will be recognized as, um, Harvard guys? Yup again.

As noted here last week, Sandy Alderson '69,the CEO of the San Diego Padres, is being considered to head up the Pac-10. Fanhouse.com picks up on the story with this about Alderson:

He's a west coast guy, having spent a good deal of time with two mid-market western teams in the Athletics and Padres. He also has an Ivy pedigree with degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard. The SEC's wildly successful commissioner Mike Slive also has a Harvard background.

Slive, like Alderson, did his undergraduate work at Dartmouth.

Former Dartmouth tailback Chad Gaudet won 16 of 24 faceoffs to help the top-ranked Virginia lacrosse team to a 14-10 win over No. 4 Cornell. Another note about the UVa grad student from Lacrosse Magazine:

Chad Gaudet won 11 of 13 faceoffs in the second half, including all seven in the final quarter, to allow Virginia to seize control and build its lead.

Gaudet entered the game ranked eighth nationally for ground balls and 16th in face-off percentage.

Although it's snowing like crazy up on the mountain this morning, the note about Alderson is another reminder that baseball season is coming. Speaking of which, do check out this link to a PDF on the Dartmouth baseball page. It offers really useful information to anyone who might want to play baseball – or any sport, really – in Hanover.

What is it they say in the south? "There are two seasons. Football season and spring football season." ... Around these parts people say there are two seasons as well. "Nine months of winter and three months of poor sledding."

It's hard to believe looking out the window right now but barring a change in schedule the seasons will intersect – spring football and poor sledding that is – in 35 days. That's right. The tentative start of spring ball is April 13.