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Dartmouth Coach Buddy Teevens and Defensive Coordinator Don Dobes both say the Big Green has improved its tackling since going away from full-contact practices, and the numbers they've compiled support that idea.
The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, arguably the best-tackling team in the NFL, also have gotten away from old-school tackling practice. They've adopted a style of tackling borrowed from rugby that allows them to work on it in T-shirts and shorts. Seattle Coach Pete Carroll explains what the Seahawks are doing and shows how they did it in this instructional video:
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Because the Ivy League doesn't allow grad students to compete in athletics, Dartmouth has had athletes who missed a season go on to compete at Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Villanova, Virginia and other big-time athletic schools after their eligibility in Hanover had run out. I recall a number of runners, skiers, soccer and lacrosse players who have gone on, but I can't remember a Big Green football player continuing his college career after graduation.
Jake Novak, who blogs about Columbia football, has confirmed that defensive end Seyi Adebayo, who missed most of the last two seasons with injuries, will be suiting up for Boston College this fall.
Adebayo is not the only Columbia grad continuing his athletic career as a grad student. Van Green, a guard on the Columbia basketball team, will finish up his playing career at Rice. (LINK)
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Some interesting comments on yesterday's post about non-conference Ivy League football scheduling have filtered in. I'll be posting a few excerpts tomorrow (anonymously, of course ;-) If you have anything you'd like to add to the conversation, drop me a note.
