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Find Dartmouth's game notes for The Tussle against Brown HERE. ;-)
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Find Brown's game notes (sans depth chart) HERE.
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The Valley News notes column on the game begins with a reprise of the Ivy League playoff ban. (LINK)
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From last night's BGA Premium:
As has been the case each year since 1970, the training staff finished the final practice by presenting the Hard-Nose Award, which "recognizes that player who, in working closely with the trainers, showed toughness and resolve dealing with injury while still contributing measurably to the success of the team." This year’s winner is fifth-year offensive lineman Andrew Yohe, who was greeted by explosive applause from his teammates when his name was called.
“What a wonderful choice,” coach Buddy Teevens said. "A guy that has done everything he could to play. Three surgeries. Year-long recoveries. It just went on and on and on. Frustrating? I’m sure it was but he just never let it get to him. He helped everybody else around him get better. You saw the explosion of love for the guy. He’s a classic.”
Yohe had surgery on both shoulders. “And they did one shoulder again,” said Teevens. "You lose count.”
Teevens welcomed the 6-foot-2, 315-pound Yohe’s decision last year to return for a final season although he admitted it wasn’t without risk given the player’s injury history.
"I said it might not work,” he recalled. "You never know. He said, ‘Nope, I’m in.' Fortunately, he had a chance to play. He was a significant contributor during the course of the year. He never started, really, but he played a lot of football for us."
PREVIOUS HARD-NOSE WINNERS
2017 – Darius George
2016 – Flo Orimolade
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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And in case you are wondering, the snow is still falling in the Upper Valley.
