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While passing through the Dartmouth football offices earlier this week I snapped a picture of the mural that greets visitors as they approach the reception area. There will be some talented high school seniors who will be getting a look at the wall-sized poster this weekend.
Question to ponder: With snow falling today in Hanover, is that a good thing on a recruiting weekend?
Green Alert Take: Given that there has been occasional negative recruiting from afar about the weather in Hanover, it's not something that you hide. It's something to embrace, which is why recruits are sometimes taken to Occom Pond to skate or to snowshoe at Hanover Country Club.
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A terrific athlete from Havre, Mont., has chosen basketball near home over football at Dartmouth. From the Independent Record:
Academically, Dane Warp's decision between Dartmouth and in-state Carroll were both promising avenues.
Athletically, though, there was a contrast for Havre's aspiring pre-med student: Play quarterback at the Ivy League school in New Hampshire or pursue basketball in the familiar Frontier Conference.
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Former Holy Cross coach Mark Duffner apparently likes Florida. He was the Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker coach for seven years, then coached the same position with the Miami Dolphins. This fall he'll coach the linebackers at Tampa Bay.Duffner, you may recall, had a 60-5-1 record at Holy Cross between 1986 and 1991. His worst record was 9-2. He was 6-0 against Dartmouth, winning the first two matchups, 48-7 and 62-23. The first year after he left was payback for Dartmouth as the Big Green put a 48-0 hurt on the Crusaders in 1992.
But by then Duffner was at Maryland, where in his first year he lost more games than he did in six years combined at Holy Cross, going 3-8. He lasted five years with the Terrapins, going 20-35.
