Sunday Stuff

Following up on yesterday's predictions from Street & Smith's regarding the 2019 Ivy League and Patriot League football races, here is the magazine's guess for how the Pioneer Football League will turn out with Dartmouth's two opponents in bold:

1. San Diego
2. Drake
3. Davidson
4. Stetson
5. Dayton
6. Marist
7. Butler
8. Morehead
9. Jacksonville
10. Valparaiso

(Thanks to the BGA "special correspondent" for sharing.)

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An interesting Tweet from Callie Brownson, Dartmouth recruiting coordinator/offensive quality control assistant:

Truth is, we’re looking for a special young man here at Dartmouth. We don’t recruit guys because “everyone else is." We need DUDES on the field, GRINDERS in the classroom, and GAME CHANGERS in every day life. Anything less, and we’d be doing a disservice to Dartmouth Football.

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Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens was in Portland and Beaverton (read NIKE) OregonThursday as part of his annual Dartmouth's In Town Again Tour and had a meet-up with a group of former players:

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The NPR show Morning Edition had a piece on one of Hanover's most famous once-and-future residents last week.

That would be Mink the Bear.

If you've driven south on Hanover's Main Street toward Sachem Field you've gone down a hill just outside of town and across a small brook. That's Mink Brook where the momma bear was living until last year when she got a reprieve from the governor (true story) and was relocated way up near the Canadian border.

Like a lot of Dartmouth alums, Mink apparently has a soft spot for Hanover and steadily worked her way back, walking "thousands" thousands of miles to get home. An update in the local daily after the NPR broadcast confirms that she indeed has completed her journey. Yup, "Mink's In Town Again."

Listen to the NPR broadcast HERE and read the newspaper update HERE.