From the Archives III

Last week BGA Daily offered a look back at the 50 Years of Ivy League All-Dartmouth Offense (LINK) that first appeared on BGA in 2006 in honor of a half century of football in the Ancient Eight. That was followed by a reposting of the 50 Years of Ivy All-Dartmouth Defense (LINK) chosen for the same celebration.

Today we take a look not just back to 1956 but all the way back to the start of Big Green football.

As part of my work writing the Ivy League chapter of the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, I was asked to provide an all-time Dartmouth team. Because there was nothing official compiled by the college, I turned to the best source I could find and asked for help from former Dartmouth SID Jack DeGange, the unofficial historian of Big Green athletics and co-author of the book Dartmouth College Football; Green Fields of Autumn, published in 2004. While Jack kindly credits me with helping choose the team, my contribution was minimal as he did his usual yeoman-like work.

Here's the team that probably would look different if players from the last two decades were under consideration. Who would you sub in?

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It's Sunday and you have the time. ;-)

Former linebacker Gordy Quist '02 (sunglasses in art below), former defensive back Trevor Nealon '02 (to left of Gordy) and the Austin-based Band of Heathens will release their new album Simple Things on March 17. In advance of the official release they have put out this video of the song All That Remains, featuring "cherished photos of loved ones" provided by the band's many fans:

The Heathens appeared on CBS Saturday Morning yesterday performing Heartless Year, Don't Let the Darkness and Stormy Weather.

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EXTRA POINT
Dumb, dumb, dumb.

When That Certain Dartmouth '14 bought a new iPhone I asked if I could have her old one, sans SIM card, to replace my aging iPod Touch as a voice recorder/podcast player. She kindly gave it to me and I brought it to a local merchant to have the battery replaced.

It worked great for doing interviews and to listen to podcasts while I hiked. Until now.

The temperature was in the single digits and it was snowing a bit yesterday when I began my three-mile hike up and down the mountain. I should have kept the iPhone I nicknamed "Formerly Kelly's" in an inside pocket. Instead I had it in my unzipped jacket pocket.

I listened to three different podcasts without incident but when I got home I found the cavity where the charging cord is inserted was packed with snow. I used a sharpened toothpick to ever-so-gently tease the snow out and then placed the phone upright so gravity would drain whatever moisture was left inside.

This morning when I'm careful with it, the thing will charge, albeit hesitantly. If I bump it, or touch the cord in any way, the charging stops.

The bad news is I'd love to blame someone or something but the obvious truth is the fault was all mine.

The good news is that Millennials replace their iPhones regularly. The next SIM-less hand-me-down could be right around the corner. ;-)

Editor's note: As of 5 p.m. Sunday the thing appears to be charging just the way it did before the snow issue. Fingers crossed, the bullet was dodged. Either way, I'm going to be a lot more careful from here on out.