Times have changed. First the media day gathering that I never wanted to go to but always found extremely useful went kaput, replaced by a sterile and much-less useful conference call. Then media guides went the way of the dial phone.
The good news? Bits and pieces of the media guides now sometimes trickle out well ahead of the old August deadline and so it is at Dartmouth where more senior bios have been updated and posted on the football website. Here are the latest I found:
Defensive back JB Andressi
Wide receiver Garrett Babb
Defensive back Joey Casey
Offensive lineman Kyle Cook
Defensive back Anthony Diblasi
Wide receiver Brad Dornak
Defensive lineman Mark Dwyer
Defensive lineman Royce Egeolu
Defensive back Diego Fernandez-Soto
Offensive lineman Austen Fletcher
Tight end John Gallagher
Green Alert Take: With apologies to my esteemed friend Tiger Blog, I'm a big believer in the press guide. Granted, much of the information becomes outdated quickly, but guess what? I have a black-and-white, photocopied 2010 guide of sorts (sans photos and "recruiting" info) that was provided by the Dartmouth sports information office and I use it every day. It's where I turn first for any information because I can have it open on my desk for reference while I type. (And because it's easier to find information on.) For what it's worth, I've slapped a plastic cover on it and keep it on a shelf with all the other media guides that I refer to frequently. In 15 years I may not be able to find a bio of a Garrett Babb or a Joey Casey on the web, but should one of them become a politician or TV host, I'll always be able to go back to the printed guide and get the information I need. I'm not at all sure that info will be available on the web.
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It's not going to happen but if Buddy Teevens wanted to emulate the old days and bivouac the Big Green at the Lake Morey Resort on the night before the Homecoming game he could. That didn't appear to be the case until the NCAA got pushed into reversing field on an earlier ruling.*
On the heels of the ranking of Ivy League football stadiums that appeared here, a discussion of the Patriot League stadiums has started on the Any Given Saturday board. I've seen games at all of the Patriot League facilities except Georgetown, but even without having seen that one I'd have to put anything called Multi-Sport Field at the bottom of the list. Here's how I'd rank the Patriot League fields with a thought about each:1. Lafayette - It would be overstating it to say this went from the outhouse to the penthouse with the recent renovations. With no track the seats are close to the field and there isn't a bad seat in the house. Parked behind one end zone, the graceful Bourger Fieldhouse is the exclamation mark on a renovation well done.
2. Lehigh - A bowl in a gorgeous setting with a nice grassy bank in the end zone for overflow sitting. The only down side is if you are high up at the 50 you are a long, long way from the field because of the curve of the stands.
3. Colgate - Another very pretty setting with towering home stands. Visiting side has been renovated nicely but the abundance of advertising on the massive scoreboard is a blemish.
4. Holy Cross - A bizarre shape to be sure but good sight lines and excellent proximity to the field. A great venue when Boston College comes to town ... but the Eagles haven't been there since 1986 and they aren't coming back.
5. Bucknell - Appropriately sized with seating removed from the closed end of the horseshoe and Bucknell spelled out in shrubbery. A peaceful and beautiful setting but the track pushes fans far from the action and the open end of the horseshoe diminishes the stadium feel.
6. Fordham - The home stands are nothing special but worse than that is that there are no visiting stands. Whether you need them or not you must have them or risk looking like a high school field in a state where high school football doesn't matter.
7. Georgetown - Multi-Sport Field. The name says it all.
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