Friday, July 18, 2025

This And That

Following up on their selection as preseason All-Americans, Dartmouth has a Q&A with tight end Chris Corbo and kicker Owen Zalc HERE.

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Missed this a few weeks ago, but the visiting That Certain Dartmouth ’14 shared a link to a story about Dartmouth graduate Isabel Pantle ’23 earning a Super Bowl ring as a quantitative analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles. The story describes her as . . .

"a numbers guru who helps make sense of the nearly infinite data points available to her employer. She and her colleagues make data-driven recommendations ​to help with​ decisions made by the team’s coaches and general manager."

From the story:

Pantle grew up a football fanatic in Baltimore, and attending the Ravens’ 2012 Super Bowl victory parade is one of her most cherished memories. She chose Dartmouth in part because it offered a sports analytics course, co-taught by Michael Herron, the Remson 1943 Professor of Quantitative Social Science and a mentor to Pantle, and Philip J. Hanlon, president emeritus and professor of mathematics.

And . . . 

Pantle’s QSS research project at Dartmouth examined how different variables in a football game increase the likelihood of holding penalties. 

Find the full story HERE. 

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Given how college athletics are changing, a poster on the Any Given Saturday message board asks if the Patriot League should "consider implementing pathways for their student-athletes to graduate in 3 years” to allow them to finish their career while working on a graduate degree at the next level. Find the discussion HERE.

Green Alert Take: Here’s a slightly different idea. If they make me the commish for a day I’m going to introduce redshirting in the Patriot League (and the Ivy League as well). Freshmen can then get bigger and stronger while transitioning to college life and studies. They can then play three years, graduate and go on to the next level better prepared than they would be otherwise. Or stick around and play four years at their original school.

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EXTRA POINT

The night before our trip to Montreal we brought Griff the Wonder Dog to our friends’ house, where he would spend a couple of days while we were out of town. When he wasn’t here it was a reminder about how empty your house can feel when your furry friend isn’t around – even when you have company.


For no other reason than it makes me smile, here’s the big guy atop Moose Mountain when he was just a pup.


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