The current player is Brendan Murray, a 6-foot, 185/195 (depending on what source you quote) sophomore from Chicago and Note Dame High School. A Niles Herald-Spectator story about local football players in college talks about Murray's conversion from linebacker to fullback with the Big Green. It also includes this quote from Murray:
"We have a different group of guys than last year. Not to put last year's senior class down, but the leadership that we have now and the drive that we have as a team ... we're more focused and harder workers and just more positive than last year."The story also includes mention of Murray's brother Shane, a 5-8, 195 defensive end at St. Norbert.
The Murray brothers, by the way, have made it easy on family clothing budget. While Brendan Murray (bio) plays for the Big Green, Shane is playing for the Green Knights.
The alum in the news is Brendan O'Neill '72, a two-year letterwinner on the Dartmouth powerhouses of the early '70s. O'Neill is the head of the Office of the Public Defender in Delaware. A Delaware Online story briefly mentions his football background and notes that, "O'Neill now oversees the office of 70 attorneys with an additional 70 support staff, who handle an average of 50,000 cases a year."
If finding out you are a Homecoming opponent stings a little, blame the (formerly) ink-stained wretches of the Fourth Estate. At Dartmouth, Homecoming is not decided by football people but rather the folks in alumni affairs and the suspicion is it works the same way at most schools. Still, the media like nothing more than to portray being tapped as a Homecoming opponent as an insult that means you have been perceived to be an easy win. That said, Dartmouth will be the Holy Cross homecoming opponent on Oct. 17 according to the Crusaders' schedule announcement.
A reminder that the scrimmage against Harvard is set for Sept. 11 at 1 p.m.. Dartmouth and Harvard scrimmaged for the first time in recent memory last September in Cambridge (Allston if you want to get picky) and there was a gatelist to keep the wrong inquiring eyes from the field. Don't be surprised if this year's scrimmage is similarly "closed."
Oregon's Register-Guard newspaper sent a reporter across the country to talk with UNH coach Sean McDonnell and former coach Bill Bowes about Chip Kelly, the new Oregon head coach. To read an interesting story about the man who helped design the quirky New Hampshire offense that regularly gave Dartmouth fits, click here.
And finally, several of you have asked so a quick note about those certain Hanover High student-athletes. The senior-to-be is away as a camp counselor all summer and gearing up for her college search. Track/cross country coaches from two very strong academic Division I schools and several top-notch D-III schools have offered her "official visits," so far. She was home last weekend and the second time she picked up a golf club this year shot a 47 on the back nine at Hanover. Maybe she should add golf to her resume ;-)
The sophomore-to-be is playing Babe Ruth baseball in the evenings and hitting the dimpled white ball every day. After wrestling with his decision, he is going to take the fall off from football and play golf instead. At 5-foot-1, the feeling here is it is the right decision. If he has a growth spurt over the next year, he may return to football – which he has played since fourth grade – but for now he seems happy with his choice and is working extremely hard at golf.
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