More Buddy T's

WCAX TV, the CBS station in Burlington, Vt., doesn't get down to Hanover all that often, so this is special:

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The Virginia Cavaliers SI site has a story on former Dartmouth defensive back Patrick Campbell signing with the Wahoos HERE.

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Campbell's announcement comes one day ahead of the traditional National Signing Day, which used to be one of the biggest days of the year for college football – and one of the craziest days of the year for Big Green Alert.

Although the introduction of a December signing period has turned the first Wednesday in February into an afterthought, there are still some schools that have Signing Day ceremonies. BGA used to do hourly updates on this day with photos from school ceremonies as parents and others forwarded pictures and links this way. I've continued to encourage player families to share photos for this site but haven't received any for several years. But like Linus awaiting the Great Pumpkin, I continue to hold out hope that maybe this year will be different.

If you stumble across photos on social media and want so share them, click HERE and it will set up an email to me with the subject line SigningDay. Just attach your photo or paste in a link and I'll take it from there. Thanks!

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The MetroWest Daily News in Massachusetts has a story headlined Who is Jake Bobo? Seahawks player from Massachusetts in Super Bowl 60. From the story, which confirms Dartmouth tried to lure him this way (LINK):

Bobo was a three-star receiver and the No. 6 prospect in Massachusetts as a senior. The 6-foot-4 receiver had offers from Duke, Boston College, Wake Forest, Army and Dartmouth.

And . . .

Who are Jake Bobo's parents?

Mike Bobo and Casey Bobo both graduated from Dartmouth. Mike Bobo played wide receiver for the Big Green and won an Ivy League Championship in 1992. ...  Jake's dad Mike was Belmont Hill's quarterbacks coach during his time at the school.

And . . .

Jake Bobo has two younger brothers. Luke Bobo played quarterback at Williams College, graduating in 2024. Their youngest brother Michael Bobo followed his parents to Dartmouth and is a junior on the rowing team.

Green Alert Take: When I was at the newspaper we always worked hard to find a way to localize a Super Bowl story. To be completely honest, some of the stories were stretches. If the local daily still chased stories the way we did back when I was at the paper, a current Dartmouth athlete with a brother playing in the Super Bowl would have been a dream come true.

Given that I don't expect the local daily will offer up anything, here is young Mike Bobo's rowing BIO.

Green Alert Take II: Yeah, it's kind of weak not mentioning his family's deep connection to Dartmouth, or  that he has a brother in the NFL.

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EXTRA POINT

It hit 5-below zero at our Vermont hillside home yet again last night. To be completely honest, the negative temperatures are getting a little boring. So are the daily highs in the upper single digits. Fortunately, after seemingly weeks of gloomy, overcast skies, we can actually see the sun for the third morning in a row. When you have two electric cars and an electric tractor that has to remain charged all winter, and you rely on a large solar tracker to harvest sunlight for electricity, that's a very good thing.