Figurine It Out (That's A Pun, Folks)

Through the wonders of photo manipulation I enhanced whatever it was Dartmouth Coach Buddy Teevens was holding in the grip-and-grin picture taken with Reggie Williams and posted on BGA last week. Lo and behold, it was Williams' Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.

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Former Dartmouth offensive coordinator and then Princeton head Coach Roger Hughes is gearing up for the first season of football at Stetson since 1956. The Daytona Beach News-Journal has a story and photo about getting the team's stadium in shape for the season. Hughes' Stetson team will play in the Pioneer Football League along with Dartmouth opening-day foe Butler.

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I understand completely, but this made me chuckle. The lede to a story on the Penn football site last week:

Exactly 100 days from now, the University of Pennsylvania football team will begin another Ivy title defense. On Thursday, the team officially announced game times for each of the five home games in 2013.

An italicized kicker at the end of the story:

All dates, times and media are subject to change.

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The New York Times had a story Sunday about, "a crop of new lightweight devices that athletes can wear on the field may help people on sidelines (that) keep better track of hits to players’ heads during games and practice sessions." The link is courtesy of a loyal reader and much-appreciated occasional editor ;-)

Tonight's Stanley Cup final between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks is on NBCSports Network, the same as Saturday's game. In other words, unless you have a certain level of service on your satellite or cable package, you won't be watching the game from the comfort of your own home. Hard to believe that about the finals of one of our major sports. Get your TV over the air? You are out of luck.

Come to think of it, that makes the Stanley Cup just like Ivy League football, something else we can't watch here on the mountain without upgrading (read: paying more for) our satellite service, something we aren't keen to do with a couple of kids in college. . . .

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And finally, a BGA subscriber sent along a link to the following video. It's not about Dartmouth or Ivy League football, but it's a perfect way to start your week. If you've seen it before, and 10.7 million of you have, it's worth watching again. If you haven't seen it, watch, listen and smile. Oh, and be sure to click that little box that allows you to supersize the video: