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| Eric Wickham is recognized as this year's Hard-Nose winner. |
The 2015 winner is Eric Wickham, a fifth-year linebacker from Richmond Hill, Ga. Wickham is fifth on the Big Green this fall with 36 tackles along with one interception, one forced fumble and 1.5 sacks.
Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens applauded the choice made entirely by head football trainer Mike Derosier and his staff.
“He’s had one thing after another but he never got down,” Teevens said of Wickham. "He got frustrated, but never packed it in. He never had any question in his mind that he was going to come back for a fifth year, and what a difference he has made. The best part is he has stayed healthy all this year.
“Since he’s been here he has had knee surgery. He has had a neck. He has shoulders. He has had ankles. It is a laundry list of things. You name it and he has had it, but he never stressed about the rehab. He’s quiet. He is unassuming. He doesn’t say much. He just goes out and works. The kids have tremendous respect for him. He is the silent but deadly type of guy out there.”
Although Wickham earned the final nod, there were others who would have been worthy winners according to Teevens.
"I have no input on it,” he said. "I don’t talk to the training staff but there were a bunch of other guys who could’ve won it. Kyle Bramble coming back from two knee deals. Chai Reece overcoming a knee situation. Ryan McManus with concussive injury came back. There’s a list of guys who were possibilities, but Wick was a real good choice.”
All Time Hard-Nose Winners
2015 – Eric Wickham
2014 – AJ Dillione
2013 - Chase Womack, Elliot Kastner
2012 - Garrett Wymore
2011 - John Gallagher
2010 - Luke Hussey
2009 - Peter Pidermann
2008 - Joe Battaglia
2007 - Taylor Layman
2006 - Joe Gibalski
2005 - Charles Ganske
2004 - Derham Cato
2003 - Lyle Campbell
2002 - Bob Reeves
2001 - Matt Mercer
2000 - Dan Hutchinson
1999 - Tom Reusser
1998 - Kyle Rogers
1997 - Keith Lockwood
1996 - Jeff Schmitt
1995 - Taran Lent
1994 - Josh Bloom
1993 - Chris Umscheid
1992 - Neal Martin
1991 - Al Rosier
1990 - Tim Meier
1989 - Harris Siskind
1988 - David Gazzaniga
1987 - Lance High
1986 - John Randolph
1985 - Slade Schuster
1984 - Harry Bourque
1983 - Mark Pare
1982 - Gary Spiegelman
1981 - John Merriman
1980 - Tom Marek
1979 - John Clark
1978 - Nigel Key
1977 - Dave Casper
1976 - Jim Lucas
1975 - Dan Murphy
1974 - Brian Wroczynski
1973 - Rick Gerardi
1972 - Doug Jaeger
1971 - Brendan O’Neill, Stu Simms
1970 - Giff Foley
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| Former Dartmouth President Jim Wright addresses the team after practice last night. |
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The Manchester Union Leader, which not all that long ago staffed every Dartmouth football game, has a preview of the season-ender against Princeton HERE.
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To see which TV stations are carrying the Dartmouth-Princeton game, CLICK HERE. It is being carried by CSN New England.The broadcast is a production of American Sports Network, which has a story spun out of the video posted on BGA a while back featuring engineering students/football players at Dartmouth. From the ASN story:
As the team belted out the alma mater following their win in a turnover-plagued game at Brown last week, a roar emerged from the Big Green faithful that made the trip. That could have meant only one thing: what was pace-setting Harvard lost to Penn forcing a three-way tie atop the standings.
“It was the most unreal thing,” said Bramble, who rushed for a game-high 93 yards on 17 carries to up his season total to 318 yards with an average of 4.7 per tote. “We looked at each other, finished singing, and started cheering because we knew we were back in the mix to win the championship. It was a great feeling and hopefully we can pull off the win this week to secure the title.”
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STATS looks at the final week of the Ivy League season and writes . . .. . . last week's slip-up will likely leave the 19th-ranked Crimson sharing the crown with as many as two others for the first time in 33 years.
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From the Dartmouth game notes:No Dartmouth player has ever started 40 varsity games. That will change with the Princeton game as senior cornerback Vernon Harris will start his 40th and final collegiate game.
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The Harvard Gazette has another well-done story under the headline, Less football than life; Harvard players focus on lessons of hard work and team play that will resonate for decades. The story, which begins with a look at the 2015 Harvard-Dartmouth game, includes this:(Harvard coach Tim) Murphy is prepping his team not only for 10 games in the fall — closing with the hallowed match against archrival Yale this Saturday — but the aftermath. What happens when the cleats are hung up for good and 6 a.m. workouts and twilight scrimmages no longer govern everyday life? The real world happens. The stuff that doesn’t win you glory every week happens. No one applauds you just for waking up and doing what you have to do.
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With Harvard-Yale kicking off at 2:30 much of the second half will be played after sunset. To that end, portable lighting has been installed at Yale Bowl. Check out a few pictures HERE.
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The Dartmouth Promise from Ninetynine Films on Vimeo.
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The Throwback Thursday photos arrived via email early this week and they show up here a day late. What happened?Demo happened and craziness has ensued.
Renovation of our kitchen and baths started this week and it has been pretty hectic to say the least. We'll be dining on sandwiches and whatever we can pop into the microwave or toaster oven for the next several months ;-)
