Tough Day For NFL Hopefuls

A trip to Burlington, Vt., yesterday brought that certain Hanover High athlete a look at one of the "Public Ivies." The day included a morning tour of the school, lunch and a stroll on Burlington's fabulous Church Street, and a one-hour ferry ride across Lake Champlain to take advantage of the cool lake breezes (and gorgeous views) on a hot and humid day. Capping the day off was a New York-Penn League baseball game at UVM's Centennial Field that saw the home team rally for a win in the bottom of the ninth and the chance to bring home a souvenir!

Here's the return ferry with New York's Adirondack Mountains in the background. (Click photos to supersize.)
The Burlington waterfront with the UVM campus on the hill above (at the water tower). Is there anything more fun than coming away with a ball at a baseball game?

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A Harvard quarterback trying to make an NFL team in New York City can be an almost irresistible story for a sportswriter so it's no surprise someone from Gannett wrote about Chris Pizzotti's chances with the New York Jets. Nice story but the timing might have been better.

Pizzotti was one of two Ivy Leaguers cut yesterday by the J-E-T-S Jets. Also let go was wide receiver Paul Raymond, a Brown graduate who the story had a "botched punt return," according to the story. From Jets Confidential about Pizzotti:

"I’m disappointed (that) I couldn’t get Harvard (Chris Pizzotti) in, but I’d rather win instead," (coach) Rex Ryan said after the St. Louis preseason game. "That’s the way it is."

Dartmouth grad Casey Cramer was an injury "scratch" for the Tennessee Titans preseason against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team that originally drafted him. Missing time can't help the five-year NFL veteran's chances of sticking with the team.

If you are absolutely starving for Dartmouth football, there's a four-minute YouTube video of last year's game at Princeton shot into the sun with a shaky camera. Remember, I said you are absolutely starving for Dartmouth football ;-)