Linebacker From Texas To Hanover

Add linebacker Miles Gay of Clear Book High School in Friendswood, Texas, to the list of incoming football players. According to MaxPeps, Gay had 40 tackles and 20 assists last fall for the Wolverines, including nine individual stops and six assists against Clear Lake, and 10 individual stops and five assists against Alvin.

The Clear Brook standout was named to the all-district first team, was the school's linebacker of the year, a team captain, winner of the program's academic award, and first-team academic all-state.

Scout.com calls him, "a 6-0, 205-pound headhunter with 4.6 speed." (As always, your mileage may vary with regard to size and speed.) Find a head shot here.

In the spring Gay throws the shot put and discus for Clear Brook.

Today's Daily Dartmouth has a story spun out of the first week of spring football practice. While the occasional story in any student media will have you scratching your head, this one summarizes one problem the Big Green endured last fall with clarity:

Statistically, the most glaring problem with the 2008 Dartmouth team was the lack of an effective running game, as the team’s 27.1 rushing yards per game and 1.2 yards per attempt were by far the lowest in the Ivy League. The second-worst rushing team averaged well over two times the Big Green’s total yards, and bettered Dartmouth’s per-attempt output by one yard.

The offense’s inability to rush the ball helped the Big Green’s opponents average roughly ten more minutes of possession per game (again, the Big Green was last in the Ivy League in this statistic), which in turn tired out the defense, and put an inordinate amount of pressure on the success of the passing game.