Night Moves?

There was one clear loser in the Green Alert Memorial Field night game poll. Fans made it clear they are not interested in a Thursday game. Perhaps surprisingly in a league and at a school where tradition is cherished, few voted against a night game of any sort. Here are the final numbers:

If Memorial Field hosts a night game it should be:

• on a Saturday: 61 percent
• on a Friday: 35 percent
• on a Thursday: 3 percent

Click here to see this highlight video of former Dartmouth punter Brian Scullin '09. Scullin is back in town offering a few punting tips and training for another NFL bid.

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Week Two opponent Sacred Heart will be breaking in a new quarterback next fall with the graduation of All-New England pick Dale Fink, considered by some close to the Dartmouth program as the best quarterback Dartmouth saw all last fall. In the Pioneers' Red & White spring game, 6-foot-4 redshirt sophomore Tim Little completed 14-of-21 passes for 161 yards, one touchdown and one interception while 6-2 redshirt sophomore Luke Wischnowski hit on 9-of-21 for 171 yards and two interceptions. Neither threw a pass last year.

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The Sports Network has a roundup of this year's FCS draft hopefuls with a look at how last year's FCS draft picks fared. Turns out Brown defensive tackle David Howard, taken by Tennessee in the seventh round with the 241st overall pick, was the only FCS draftee who was cut. He was signed late in the year to the Oakland practice squad.

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Jake Novak over at Roar Lions Roar linked to the start of season ticket sales at Columbia. He pointed out that Columbia ticketing now has a "mouse over" feature that shows the view from different sections of Wien Stadium. While I'm not sure you'd choose one seat over another based on the pictures, kudos to Columbia for trying something innovative for the Ivies.

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Former Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph, who tortured Dartmouth for four years, has thrown just one pass this season with the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League but he made the most of it, tossing a 14-yard touchdown against the Philadelphia Soul and former Colgate QB standout Ryan Vena, who did his own damage against Dartmouth over a decade ago.

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Dartmouth baseball moved back into a tie for the Rolfe Division lead yesterday with a 2-1, 11-4 sweep of Brown in the friendly confines of Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park. With the back-to-back sweeps of the Bears and Yale's 2-2 weekend against Harvard the Big Green and Bulldogs are both 10-6 in the Ivy League. (Ivy League standings) Dartmouth concludes the regular Ivy League season this weekend with a pair of games against Harvard on Red Rolfe Field Saturday and two at Harvard a day later. Yale plays home-and-away twinbills against Brown.

Dartmouth College photo

Dartmouth (23-10) now has won 21 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in the nation. The Big Green is 39-5 at home since the opening of Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park.

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Dartmouth football kicks off a busy final week of spring practice today. The Big Green will also practice Thursday and Friday before finishing with the Green-White Game Saturday morning. Check BGA each night for complete wrapup of each session.