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It's a 1.2-second dance that is not as easy as it looks. The New York Times had an interesting interactive presentation about the snap-hold-kick sequence featuring Brown grad Zak DeOssie of the New York Giants as the snapper. View the presentation here and read the story here.
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Pete Lembo, a Dartmouth restricted-earnings assistant from 1994-96, guided Ball State to a 45-27 win at Virginia Saturday as the Cardinals improved to 5-1. Lembo now has a glittering career record of 99-47 in 13 seasons as a head coach. Of the win over UVa, Lembo told the Staten Island Advance:"This has got to be the biggest win in the history of Ball State football in 90 years,. We've had three BCS wins the last two years, but nothing compares to this, coming on the road, to Virginia, beating an ACC opponent."
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Two results of a big upset on the West Coast are reflected in The Sports Network weekly poll. Cal Poly is out of the Top 25 . . . and Yale is knocking on the door.30. Yale
35. Harvard
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The FCS Coaches poll flipped the two:27. Harvard
31. Yale
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The Gridiron Power Index has the Ivies (and Dartmouth opponents) ranked this way:16. Harvard
25. Yale
47. Brown
53. Princeton
56. Penn
78. Dartmouth
91. Cornell
117. Columbia
67. Holy Cross
90. Butler
114. Bucknell
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The Roar Lions power rankings look like this:1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Brown
5. Penn
6. Dartmouth
7. Cornell
8. Columbia
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While some of us were watching a marathon football game Saturday afternoon, That Certain '14 was recovering from a marathon of a different sort that is a biannual rite at Dartmouth. The 50 is a hike on the Appalachian Trail from the Dartmouth campus to Mount Moosilauke that is conducted by teams of four chosen from a large pool of applicants. The hikers leave campus at midday Friday and hike through the night with the goal of arriving at Moosilauke within 30 hours. Those who made it to the summit at Moosilauke actually hiked 53 miles.That Certain '14 and her three hiking partners arrived at the peak of Moosilauke at 12:45 p.m. Saturday after hiking for 25 hours. She shared the following note and pictures from her adventure:
We summited, in order, South Peak of Moose Mountain, Holt's Ledge, Smarts, Cube, Mist, and finally Moosilauke at mile 50. There were five support stations along the way, approximately every nine or 10 miles. At each station there was a group of eight students who cooked us hot food, gave us massages, patched up our feet and gave us the fresh clothing and shoes that we had sent to the station. We had perfect weather and the foliage was incredible.
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| That Certain '14 (right) and her team enjoyed the colors on Holt's Ledge relatively early in their hike. (Click to enlarge.) |
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| Sometime in the night, TC'14 said she saw a bridge that didn't exist ;-) |
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| Success - but they still had to hike down to the lodge. |
