More Marcoux

Dartmouth quarterback recruit Cole Marcoux is the subject of a posting on a blog from Athletic Republic, which I thought was a trendy clothing store for the active set only to discover it is, "the industry leader in performance sports training." Here are a couple of excerpts:

Cole credits his training with BlueStreak Sports Training at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan - one of 160 centers in the Athletic Republic network, as one of the key reasons he was able to earn the chance to succeed in the Super Bowl of high school football.

And ...

In just five weeks, Cole lost 8 pounds of fat, doubled his foot speed scores, and improved his overall conditioning so much that the other judges quickly noticed the difference when he arrived at the Top Gun camp in late July.

Add to the list of Dartmouth recruits Cam Colwell, an all-state lineman from Xaverian Brothers High School in Massachusetts. Colwell is listed at 6-foot-5, 280 pounds. A Massachusetts powerhouse, Xaverian won the Massachusetts Division I Super Bowl this year with an undefeated season. Among the "famous" alumni listed on the school's Wikipedia page are three quarterbacks who went on to pro football: Matt Hasselbeck, Tim Hasselbeck ... and Brian Mann, the former Dartmouth standout and Arena League QB who is now the Big Green's director of football operations.

For a comprehensive (but unofficial) list of Ivy League recruits to date, check out this posting from someone who has a lot more time (and energy) than I have.

Dartmouth quarterback/captain Timmy McManus was on the panel for a college discussion on fan behavior at athletic events. The Daily Dartmouth has a story.

Former Big Green captain Fred Radke '73 is set for the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. From a Bangor Daily News story:

Radke was an all-state and all-conference football player in basketball and football at Orono who continued his athletic career at Dartmouth College. He was all-New England in football and Track and a National Football Hall of Fame Foundation National Scholar Athlete Award winner in 1972. He was also elected as an NCAA postgraduate scholar at Dartmouth Medical School before graduating in 1976.

What were the chances that Cornell would have back-to-back head football coaches from Ole Miss? As unlikely as that would seem, that's how it has worked out. Mississippi offensive coordinator Kent Austin will be introduced as the successor to Jim Knowles today in Ithaca. The Cornell Sun has a story as does the Ithaca Journal.

"8 – Ivy League Football and America," is going national. Producer/director Erik Anjou writes that he and producer/writer Mark Bernstein are entering a partnership with American Public Television that will result in the film being offered to PBS affiliate nationally this spring.