A year ago Mrs. BGA and I used a much-appreciated Southwest Airlines gift card to spend a week away from the frigid Upper Valley camping on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean just north of San Diego. Our return flight was delayed and ultimately cancelled after we reached Chicago, and as a result we were awarded vouchers for another flight that had to be used within a calendar year.
Given that the calendar year runs out in the next two weeks we spent a little time in December checking out Southwest's "Wanna Get Away" fares and booked a flight from Hartford, Conn., to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that will allow us to visit with That Certain '14. (Those who have been following along know that after spending the summer and fall as a ranger at Yellowstone she is posted this winter as a ranger at Everglades National Park ;-)
All that is by way of saying that we are going to be away from today until the night of March 3. We'll be camping in the Everglades and for a night or two in the Keys with That Certain '14 – who has finagled a three-day weekend – if we can land a much-coveted campsite on the way to Key West. (By the way, TCD '14 updated her blog with Everglades pictures HERE.)
While we are in South Florida we're excited about the chance to together with several BGA families in their native habitat!
With Internet access in the Everglades limited-to-nonexistent, rather than put this site on hiatus I've pulled together a compilation of the most memorable games from each of the first 11 years of BGA. Keeping in mind that your mileage may vary, enjoy a look back at capsules of those most memorable games, starting with today's look at a special game from 2005.
First in a series . . .
Dartmouth 26, Colgate 21
Sept. 17, 2005
Colgate had the better of the statistics but the only numbers that mattered favored Dartmouth as the Big Green began Buddy Teevens’ second tenure in Hanover in style with a win over Colgate on Memorial Field.
Trailing 7-0, Dartmouth scored 17 consecutive points in the second period on a 29-yard fumble return by Josh Dooley, a three-yard pass from Charlie Rittgers to Mark Brogna, and a 42-yard field goal by Erik Hinterbichler.
Dartmouth was limited to eight first downs and was 2-of-14 in third-down conversions but still managed to stop a six-game losing streak against the Raiders. With the win the Big Green opened the year 1-0 for the first time since 1997.
