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The local daily had a story last week about Dartmouth wide receiver/outfielder Bo Patterson. (Editor's Note: Thanks to a bunch of people for catching the typo ;-) Click here to read about the sophomore who is batting .306 and is tied for the team lead in stolen bases and sacrifices after catching a couple of long TD passes last fall.
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Patterson and the Big Green clinched a share of a sixth consecutive Rolfe Division title by taking three of four games against Yale of the weekend. With one win in four games against Harvard this weekend Dartmouth (26-7 overall, 11-5 Ivy League) will earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series.The Big Green is currently one game behind Gehrig Division leader Columbia in the race to host the ILCS and can clinch home field by winning one more game in the coming weekend than the Lions. Both teams have four games remaining.
Dartmouth holds the tiebreaker after sweeping Columbia during the regular season. The Lions (20-17, 12-4) play four games against Penn (22-17, 7-9) while the Green is battling the Crimson (10-26, 7-9).
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Dartmouth softball, meanwhile, raised its overall record to 21-17 and its Ivy League mark to 12-4 with a four-game sweep of Yale last weekend. The Big Green now has a one-game lead on Harvard (21-18, 11-5) in the north.
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The New York Jets traded corner Darrelle Revis to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yesterday. The architect of that trade was the Jets' new General Manager John Idzik '82, a former Big Green wide receiver and the subject of this story in Newsday. From the story:Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens first met Idzik when the two played at the school; Teevens was a senior quarterback, while Izdik was a freshman receiver. Teevens noticed even then that Idzik was willing to put in the work to get better . . . even if his upside was limited.
"The good Lord may not have blessed John with speed, but he had a quick, reactive mind and good hands, and he worked to be very meticulous and very specific with what he did,'' said Teevens, who keeps in contact with Idzik. "I think that's the way he approaches his job now. Football is hugely important to him, studying, evaluating.''
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The third of four weeks of spring practice kicks off tomorrow. BGA Premium will cover all three sessions again this week with columns that begin with a look at the offensive backfield tomorrow, the defensive line on Thursday and the linebackers on Saturday. The final week will begin with a look at the secondary followed by an analysis of special teams, a surprise on Thursday and coverage of the spring game on May 4. Also on tap: a full review of the recruiting class.
