More Holy Cross

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The Dartmouth sports publicity office's official Holy Cross advance has been posted here under the headline, "Big Green Regrouping Behind Sophomore Quarterback Kempe." From the release:

“We were knocked for a bit of a loop when Alex went down last week, no doubt,” (Coach Buddy) Teevens said. “It certainly deflated us, and it showed in the result. But after reviewing the film, there were some positives to be pulled from the game. (Sophomore quarterback Conner) Kempe came in cold and performed admirably under the circumstances. With more reps this week during practice, you can see the team rallying around him. He had a couple of big passing games for us last year, and if he can stay within himself and not feel like he has to make all the plays himself, he can move our offense up and down the field.”

The New Hampshire Football Report has picked up its Dartmouth football coverage this fall and has a story spun out of the weekly Ivy League teleconference under the headline, "Dartmouth turns to Kempe for relief."

The Dartmouth game notes can be found here and they bring up an interesting point. As was the case against New Hampshire earlier this season, the Big Green comes into the game tied against an opponent in an all-time series it once dominated. After winning the first 10 games played against Holy Cross and holding a 28-13-4 lead in the series through 1977, Dartmouth is now tied with the Crusaders, 34-34-4. Holy Cross has won the past five meetings.

The Sports Network has a story about upsets in the FCS last week and it includes a mention of Brown's win over Holy Cross. From the story: "The two teams combined for 940 yards, 842 through the air, in this wild contest."

The New Haven Register's Portal 31 blog held its weekly "chat" featuring writer Jim Fuller and a quick scan shows a few questions/comments following Yale's 38-7 win over Dartmouth last week.

Q: Was the win over Dartmouth deceiving or did Yale show signs of life?
Jim Fuller: I think it's hard to read too much into what Yale accomplished because Dartmouth is a very weak team. But Yale could have just as easily struggled to a 24-14 win so I think it could be a sign of things to come. Time will tell.

Q: Was there any perception that Williams was trying to run up the score on Teevens when they kept passing and passing in the 4th q?
Jim Fuller: Both Teevens and Williams were asked about this in the post-game press conference and neither seemed to think it was an issue. Williams said his plan is to run his offense and try to score points. Also, Hart hasn't seen much time so it was a chance to him to get more work. Teevens' response was that it is our job to stop them.

The Daily Princetonian has an update on the condition of star running back Jordan Culbreath. From the story:

Culbreath’s doctors at the National Institutes of Health are currently hypothesizing that the culprit is a disease known as aplastic anemia.

The disease is a rare one, with only 500 to 1,000 people developing the condition each year in the United States.

In alumni news, former Dartmouth placekicker Erik Hinterbichler's Macintosh program Herald gets a nod in the bible of the Mac, Macworld.

From the wild and wooly world of high school football, a regular reader sent along a link to a story about another bizarre ending to a game in Michigan when a player picked up a blocked field goal and ran it in for the winning touchdown while the blocking team celebrated.

Extra Point
In the lobby of a bank in nearby Lebanon yesterday I noticed a familiar face. It was C. Everett Koop '37, the former U.S. surgeon general who received an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh this week. I congratulated him on the award and thought to ask him about when he tried out for the Dartmouth football team. I wisely (I think) decided the man who fielded a call from President Obama the other day with good wishes for his 93rd birthday probably had more important matters on his mind. Koop, by the way, used to own (and may still) a little red farmhouse on our road that is mentioned prominently in his biography. We still refer to it as, "the Koop house."