Saturday Stuff

On the subject of scheduling ... a February BGA post quoted a Q&A with Colgate athletic director Dave Roach regarding the end of the Dartmouth-Colgate football series in 2011. What slipped past me – even though I quoted it – was this part of Roach's answer (link):

"We will schedule Dartmouth again after a short break."

As one of the people who actually likes the trip out to Hamilton, N.Y., I hope so. But please, no more 10-year contracts with anyone ;-)

Speaking of which, the poll over there to the left is proving interesting (if a little hard to read depending on your browser). It seems to be suggesting that of visitors to this electronic neighborhood, almost two-thirds of you are pleased to see UNH coming off the schedule. But almost half of you would prefer to play someone other than Sacred Heart. Just my opinion, but I don't think either result is much of a surprise.

Information and opinions about the various Ivy League teams has been unusually hard to come by this spring/summer, but TigerBlog has a quick look at Princeton's strengths and challenges. It includes this:

(O)bviously, all eyes will be on the quarterback position … can Brett Kan work himself into the expected competition between Tommy Wornham and Harrison Daniels; since all three are sophomores, this is a critical camp for the trio. The outright winner could start the next 30 games at Princeton, which hasn't happened in the Roger Hughes era.

Kan is the son of former Dartmouth quarterback Darryl Wong '82, who had tryouts with the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers after graduation. Find Brett Kan's bio here. If he wins the job he'll be the second progeny of a former Big Green player to start under center at Princeton in the past few years. Jeff Terrell, who won Ivy League player of the year honors in 2006, is the son of Steve Terrell, a three-year Dartmouth punter and classmate of current Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens.

Among the coaches who volunteered at Lauren's First & Goal Football Camp at Lafayette college was former Big Green assistant Pat O'Leary, now on the staff at Holy Cross. (link)

Missed this the first time but the new Harvard website is supposed to include up-to-the-minute career statistics among its other offerings. Neat. (link)

And finally, the Mystic Times has a story about Art Quirk, the former Dartmouth pitcher who went on to spend time in the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators in the early '60s. He will be inducted into the Cape Cod Hall of Fame.