Saturday Stuff

Deputy Athletic Director Bob Ceplikas sits for a 25-minute video chat about Dartmouth sports conducted in-house. Forward to the 7:50 mark for a little quick information about how go go about being recruited. There's a some talk about football at the 19:30 mark. Green Alert Take: It's safe to say the interview wasn't done by a hard-core Dartmouth sports follower, but Cep does a good job.

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A note at the end of a Dartmouth ice hockey story in our local daily:

Passers-by outside the Floren Varsity House on their way to the game could have peered through the unshuttered windows of the ground-floor classroom and seen an emphatic Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth’s president, addressing football recruits and their parents.

It's a fabulous weekend to have recruits in with the ice hockey game against No. 1 Yale in rowdy Thompson Arena last night, the Dartmouth Relays bringing thousands of athletes to Leverone today and men's basketball hosting archrival Harvard this afternoon at 4. There's a dusting of just enough new snow to make everything pristine and beautiful and while it is brisk, the temperature could hit 30 today.

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After taking in Dartmouth's 2-1 loss to Yale before more than 4,000 fans on the Thompson ice last night (link) I caught the final quarter of the FCS championship game between Delaware and Eastern Washington. In case you missed it, Eastern Washington erased a 19-0 deficit midway through the third quarter to claim the national championship with a dramatic, 20-19 win. Find a story and video here.

Green Alert Take: How the chain gang could move the down markers and the officials then move them back for the most important fourth-down measurement of the season and make an accurate call is a mystery to me. Sure looked as if Delaware got jobbed on that one, but the Blue Hens never should have let it get that far.

From The Dallas Morning News:

On fourth-and-1 from Delaware's 23, Mario Brown gained a first down by inches after referees called for a measurement. The spot was reviewed by a replay official, then remeasured, before the Eagles were awarded a first down.

"They guessed," (Delaware coach KC) Keeler said. "I'm pretty sure, if you go look at the tape, the chain was past the 22, meaning it was not the first down."

And yes, probably for the last time, Ivy League champion Penn was idle.

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Jake Novak down at Roar Lions Roar has dug up a Portland Tribune story with Oregon coach Chip Kelly that traces his start in coaching back to Columbia. The headline:

Football guy
Chip Kelly began as a green assistant coach, paying his dues in the Ivy League

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Ivy League grafitti? Check it out.

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If you haven't seen this pregame talk by a Miami assistant coach who stepped in just for this year's bowl game, it's worth a peak. Its just a minute and a half.