Surprise, Surprise

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Gotta be honest with you. I wouldn't have thought I'd ever be posting a video from TMZ on this site but keen eyes spotted this one with former Dartmouth quarterback Jay Fiedler '94 being asked about being a Jewish quarterback with the Miami Dolphins in the aftermath of the team signing Josh Rosen. Stick around to hear Fiedler's spot-on quip about the Phins adding both Rosen and former Harvard signal-caller Ryan Fitzpatrick ;-)

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The local Valley News has a follow on Dartmouth's spring game that includes this tidbit:

Dartmouth has used tri-captains for all but one season since 2010 and has always had at least one representative from offense and defense during that stretch.

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The Dartmouth has a piece under the headline, Dartmouth athletes find success on the field and in the classroom. One of the three athletes profiled is senior David Emanuels, a biomedical engineering major and Rufus Choate Scholar, signifying his placement in the top five percent of the graduating class.

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I must have been under a rock somewhere to have missed this but the start time for the Nov. 9 Dartmouth-Princeton football game at Yankee Stadium has been set at 3:30 barring a late change. Find out more and learn how to order tickets HERE.

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Congratulations to Dartmouth baseball coach Bob Whalen, who was in the dugout yesterday for the Big Green's 600th win of his 30-year tenure. (LINK) The 6-1 victory over Cornell in a swift 2 hours, three minutes gives him a 600-586-3 record at the helm. Interestingly his .506 winning percentage matches the .506 mark of legendary Tony Lupien, who was 313-305-3 between 1957 and 1977.

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The final pile of snow at the end of the driveway melted late last week and I found myself wondering just how long the ground had been covered by the white stuff. I'm wondering no more. Uncovered by the thaw was a Nov. 16 newspaper that included a picture of Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens helping clear snow from Memorial Field in the run up to the final football game of the season against Brown. Yup, it was a long, long winter but it's supposed to hit 70 today so yippee!