This Xweet from Grayson Kline, the Dartmouth offensive quality control assistant, made me smile. The former Penn State tight end wrote of his Big Green protege, "Any more All-American teams coming out that he can be a part of, or does he have them all covered now?"
And why did that make me smile? Because this popped up on my computer this morning (LINK):
Also making the first team were Yale receiver Nico Brown and Penn offensive lineman Netinho Olivieri (whose name was spelled incorrectly).
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The local Valley News has an exhaustive look at Dartmouth's successes and remaining challenges trying to breathe life into the long-struggling Big Green athletic program. Among other things, the piece highlights the women's soccer team winning the Ivy League tournament last fall, the men's ice hockey team getting off to a phenomenal start this season and the continuing success of the football team. The story headlined Big Green try to make winning routine is behind a paywall, but you may be able to access it HERE.
A couple excerpts of possible interest in the story for followers of the football program:
Football head coach Sammy McCorkle has been part of one of the college’s few consistently strong programs the past decade, including five Ivy League titles since 2015.McCorkle, who has been around the college since 2005, said he also has seen a shift toward better support for athletics in recent years.“There’s no doubt, of course, recently, with (Athletic director Mike Harrity) and with (President Sian Beilock), it’s definitely been an emphasis on making sure they provide us with the resources and the things that programs need to be successful,” McCorkle said.“It goes all the way up to relationships developing with the admissions, financial aid, and the resources and the money that is put into athletic programs to help them succeed,” he added.
And this, which finishes the story:
Ultimately, when it comes to athletic success at Dartmouth, Harrity recounted a story that (former football coach Buddy) Teevens had told him:Other schools that recruited against Dartmouth would ask players why they would want to come to Dartmouth, because it’s out in the woods.“He said, ‘You know what, we’re going to embrace that we’re in the woods and we’re going to talk about that and let me tell you about what in the woods means,’ ” Harrity said.“He just flipped it on its head, and I loved that…and those are the coaches who are successful.”
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EXTRA POINT
Thanks for those who shared best wishes for Griff the Wonder Dog, who underwent surgery yesterday. We picked him up a little before 5 p.m. and he was still a little woozy from the anesthesia and understandably looked a little worse for the wear, but you could tell he was relieved when we got him home.
I shot a picture of the old boy this morning, but given what he's been through, I'm not sure even he would like how it turned out. ;-). So instead, here's a Christmas pic of him from a few years ago. Once he's back to feeling like himself I'll toss up a new shot.
