Family Friendly Fun

If this had been a movie the reviews this morning might read, "Totally Terrific," or "Smash Hit." Dartmouth's Football 101 drew an enthusiastic crowd of kids, parents and even a few seniors who enjoyed a memorable evening meeting Big Green player and coaches, taking part in stretching and drills, touring the  Dartmouth locker room, learning a few rules and getting a sneak peek at the Big Green's new uniforms and alternate helmets.

The line of the night might have been from Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens who explained to young visitors that no one steps on the "D" in the Big Green's locker room and if one of them does, "I might have to tackle you."

(Click the photos to enlarge them. Mac folks can click again to supersize the pics. Not sure about those of you on the dark side ;-)

Attendees signing up for Football 101 Tuesday night at Memorial Field.

Fans young and old running through a tunnel of players and coaches to start the festivities.

WCAX-TV's Scott Fleishman interviewing Buddy Teevens.

Younger visitors enjoying the bounce house.

Quarterback coach Chris Rorke addressing the crowd.

Completing a pass to Dalyn Williams during one of the drills.

Coach Buddy Teevens warning the crowd in the Dartmouth locker room
about the Big Green's signature "D."

The sign tells the story.

Young fans learn about the rules of the game. 

Dartmouth's home and road uniforms are modeled by Dalyn Williams, 10,
and Cody Fulleton.

Stephen Dazzo modeling Dartmouth's alternate gray pants and
a helmet designed to fit the theme "Granite of New Hampshire."

I shot a lot of video last night but I'm not sure I can do a better job pulling it together on my laptop than the pros at WCAX did, so I've used their embed code to try to post the video below. (And if that doesn't work, which it appears it might not, here's a LINK to the CBS affiliate's report.)