He spoke with the Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals at the end of the day with the Bengals showing particular interest including a one-on-one chalk talk on pass protections. Schwieger and teammates are gearing up for another pro day here in Hanover.
•
With the likelihood that Dartmouth will be looking for a new president in the near future it might be instructive to read a Yale Daily News story about Yale President Richard Levin's impact on the struggling Bulldog athletic program.•
Speaking of the impact of leadership on an athletic program, Dartmouth wide receiver/defensive back Corey Vann – who has joined the Fourth Estate as a columnist for the Daily Dartmouth – has a piece about 6-foot-9, 220-pound Zena Edosomwan choosing to play basketball at Harvard over offers from UCLA, USC, Notre Dame and others. Vann writes:The real kicker with the Edosomwan commitment is that he is going to extra lengths to attend Harvard. Even though Edosomwan goes to one of the top high schools in the country (my alma mater), Harvard-Westlake, Edosomwan currently does not have the grades or SAT scores to meet Harvard’s minimum Academic Index of 176. Edosomwan is reclassifying as a class of 2013 recruit and enrolling in Northfield Mount Herman prep school to get his grades up.Green Alert Take: Can't imagine Yale committing to a kid who needs to prep a year after reading the YDN story, can you?
•
It's a shame Dartmouth football isn't playing Colgate again next fall because the Patriot League school is one of the few to produce a spring prospectus. No, wait a minute. With quarterback Gavin McCarney and tailback Jordan McCord among seven returning starters on offense and eight starters back on the other side of the ball, maybe it is a good thing Dartmouth doesn't have the Raiders on the slate again.•
We had a few snow flakes swirling around up here on the mountain this morning. It's a far cry from the 80 degrees we enjoyed last week and probably a bit of a shock to the daffodils that stuck their noses through the ground a little earlier than usual. A lot earlier, actually.•
And finally, a little local knowledge.That Certain Hanover High Senior had a back-and-forth with a classmate last week about Hanover's population. He said the listed Hanover population (11,260) includes students. His classmate said it did not. So which is it?
Give up?
According to this Hanover planning document, in 2000 the total population was 10,850. That number was made up of 5,773 non-student residents and 5,077 "undergraduates taking courses in Hanover, including exchange students from other colleges studying at Dartmouth as well as full- and part-time graduate/professional students."
Score one for TCHHS ;-)