Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Here And There

Among those expected at Dartmouth spring football practice today is former NFL quarterback Trent Edwards, who played for Big Green coach Buddy Teevens at Stanford. Edwards started 32 games with the Buffalo Bills and also played for Jacksonville and Philadelphia. Edwards will be in Hanover along with Derek Belch, a placekicker recruited to Stanford by Teevens, as the two bring mind-boggling, cutting-edge technology Belch developed to the Dartmouth football program.

Find the full story about what they are doing in last Saturday's BGA Premium.
The Sports Network offers up bios of some of the top FCS draft prospects including four Dartmouth played against last fall: Nick Easton, Harvard center, Zack Hodges, Harvard defensive end/outside linebacker, Tyler Varga, Yale running back and RJ Harris, New Hampshire wide receiver.

Find the story HERE.
Speaking of Hodges, the New York Times adds to the legion of outlets telling his remarkable story (LINK). A Boston Globe story about Hodges' NFL chances reminds us of one reason why Harvard has been the dominant Ivy League program – it has had more talent than anyone else. Crimson coach Tim Murphy quoted in the Globe story (LINK)
“I think Zack’s fortunate that we’ve got a number of kids playing in the NFL right now who have proven themselves, whether it’s Kyle Juszczyk with the Ravens, Cam Brate with the Bucs, Desmond Bryant with Cleveland, or Ryan Fitzpatrick now with the Jets, I think people come in here now and they realize that they don’t come in here to play in the NFL, but we’ve got some really great football players who aspire to play at the highest level."
The Sports Network does a terrific job providing news about the FCS but tracing Chip Kelly's interest in Tim Tebow to the success New Hampshire had with Ricky Santos as quarterback seems like a bit of a stretch. Find the story HERE. What do you think?
Notre Dame freshman Jerry Tillery, whose recruiting visit to Dartmouth was serious, continues to draw raves after his first spring practice as an early enrollee in South Bend. From a Scout column:
“Jerry has done amazing, he’s a freak,” said defensive end Andrew Trumbetti. “He’s gonna probably be an All-American, in my opinion.”
This could be one of those Signs of the Apocalypse. Nine high school football coaches in Alabama are making at least $100,000 a year, not teaching, but coaching football. (LINK)
Looks as if the Ivy League rule against athletes completing their eligibility as grad students is going to strike again. A story out of the Omaha World-Herald reports that graduating Brown basketball center Rafael Maia may end up at Nebraska. (LINK)
When That Certain Dartmouth '14 was running for student body president, a former Dartmouth football player did a YouTube video endorsement for her. I suppose she could have enlisted him to help her make a video like this, but to be completely honest, I'm glad she didn't (and I'm thinking when she sees this she'll agree).


And finally, a happy first birthday to a special friend who spends most mornings under my desk while – for reasons I don't completely understand – I go about digging this stuff up to keep you informed and occasionally entertained. ;-)

Griffin, who turns 1 today.