tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230512872012-01-27T15:51:02.087-05:00For complete coverage of Dartmouth Football click on . . . <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3u2xbg7/">BIG GREEN ALERT PREMIUM</a>Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.comBlogger32281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-24350804458362638132012-01-27T11:48:00.001-05:002012-01-27T15:51:02.097-05:00

Yale Daily News:Witt '12 denies Times' claimsFrom Portal 31:Patrick Witt responds to allegations raised in New York Times story

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More trivia ...The top five Dartmouth seasons since the start of formal Ivy League play in 1956 for scoring margin:1. 1970 – 311-42, plus-2692. 1965 – 261-71, plus-2003. 1969 – 282-99, plus-1834. 1962 – 231-57, plus-1745. 1996 – 275-104, plus-171•A New York Times story writes about Yale quarterback Patrick Witt, his Rhodes Scholarship candidacy and an accusation of sexual assault. Jim Fuller of

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From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:Chartiers Valley two-way lineman Niko Mamula verbally committed to play football at Ivy League school Dartmouth.Mamula, 6-foot-4, 275 pounds, was all-Big 8 Conference and team captain.ScoutingPennsylvania.com lists him as 6-3, 275 and also has him ticketed for Hanover. Rivals has him at 6-2, 257 although that may be dated.

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A little trivia to start your day . . .Since the start of formal Ivy League play in 1956, Dartmouth has posted 45 shutouts in conference play and been shut out 14 times. Here's the breakdown:Dartmouth ShutoutsColumbia - 13Penn - 9Brown - 8Cornell - 5Harvard - 5Yale - 3Princeton - 2Shutouts of DartmouthYale - 5Brown - 3Harvard - 2Penn - 2Princeton - 2Columbia - 0Cornell - 0Not surprisingly, given

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All-time Dartmouth rushing leader Nick Schwieger signed last month with the Beantown Sports Group, a division of DW Sports Management. Among others, Beantown represents Harvard alums Desmond Bryant of the Oakland Raiders and Brent Osborne (Seattle Seahawks practice squad) as well as former Crimson standout Collin Zych, who signed last year with the Dallas Cowboys.After training for several weeks

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I shared a link to Rick Reilly's column on Joe Paterno with friends this morning, and several suggested that I post it here. For a reasoned perspective on the late Penn State coach, click here.

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Yesterday BGA posted about incoming quarterback Thomas Militello being recognized as one of the top college football-bound seniors in the St. Louis area. Today it is Dartmouth recruit Victor Williams being selected as one of The Oklahoman's Super 30 ranking.Here's what the Oklahoman wrote about the 5-foot-9, 165-pound speedster: ". . . (S)ize kept some higher profile programs away but the

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Incoming Dartmouth quarterback Thomas Militello has been ranked No. 16 overall in the list of St. Louis Post-Dispatch Super 30 players drawn from the 200-plus high schools in the St. Louis area. He's in a group that includes recruits headed to schools like Oklahoma, Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma State among others.Find the full listing here and Militello's capsule here. Militello will make his

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The morning brings another two-star Rivals commit named Kj Booze. The 5-foot-9, 160 Dartmouth recruit from Spiro, Okla., is described as an "athlete" and a speedster. The videos show a lot of both ;-)Booze caught 35 passes for 407 yards and five touchdowns last fall in addition to running 115 times for 533 yards and five TDs. He had 34 tackles, two picks and three pass breakups while being chosen

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9:30 Editor's Note: Just received word from someone who follows this stuff closely that DL Cody Fulleton is now listed as a two-star by Rivals. This post has been updated to reflect that.This is dangerous stuff and it is offered here with no guarantee. Do not drive or operate farm machinery while reading. May cause dizziness or nausea. Harmful if swallowed. Frequent exposure can be hazardous to

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If you come by this space regularly you've seen occasional photos looking out over the world from here on the shoulder of Moose Mountain. Today for a change of pace, a look at what's behind us – the rest of the mountain. I remember asking the town appraiser one time if we cleared trees to open up the view to the ridge behind us (that's not our view, unfortunately), would it prove costly at tax

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From a Princeton release:Chuck Dibilio, the 2011 Ivy League Football Rookie of the Year, was recovering Friday morning at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia after suffering a stroke overnight, said his father.Story from the Express-TimesDibilio was a freshman All-America tailback last fall.

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It is, as they say in these parts, "wicked" easy to get caught up following the football when you are watching a game. If you want to see what makes the football move, check out the highlight video of Dartmouth left guard Ryan O'Neill, a two-team member of the All-Ivy and All-New England first teams. Spoiler Alert: A few defensive players will not want to watch this because O'Neill thoroughly

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Hot off the presses, Josh Clark, a 6-foot-5, 273-pound offensive tackle from Bradenton Christian has chosen Dartmouth. Find his Rivals page here. He had offers at Georgia Southern, Western Kentucky and Wofford.He is a Florida Class 2A all-state as named by the AP.Lengthy Bradenton Herald story on him here. Says he's down from 320 pounds. Under Armour Combine page from when he weighed in at 312.

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Coming fast and furious. Chicago linebacker Will McNamara has committed to Dartmouth according to Yahoo.com. McNamara is listed as 6-foot-1, 210 pounds. Find his highlight video here playing for powerhouse St. Rita.He had 105 tackles, four sacks, nine stops for a loss and one interception as a Chicago Tribune all-stater according to this Trib playing card. (Enlarge it to read.) He made the

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Who'd have thunk it at the start of the year? Come to think about it, who would have thunk so after the season finished?When the computers stopped buzzing and the final numbers came in, the Gridiron Power Index (think BCS of the FCS ;-) had Cornell ahead of Dartmouth and the Big Green ahead of Penn!For what it's worth, Dartmouth beat Cornell, and Penn beat Dartmouth ;-)Here's the final GPI

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The Palm Beach Post is reporting that Dartmouth has received a commitment from Brian Grove, a highly regarded 5-foot-10, 195-pound running back from West Palm Beach, Fla.From the Post:Grove, who has been timed in the low-4.4′s in the 40-yard dash, rushed for 32 touchdowns and 2,988 yards on 440 carries over the last two seasons.That's a healthy 6.8 yards per carry.With Kyle Bramble also committed

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Dartmouth corner and return specialist Shawn Abuhoff's highlight film is a reminder of just how dangerous he was bringing back punts and kickoffs, coming off the edge on kick blocks and in the defensive backfield. He reports that he has been training hard with Nick Schwieger and is closing in on picking an agent.Speaking of Schwieger, Dartmouth's all-time leading rusher has been chosen a

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This video is really well done. Some great field-level shots will give you a new appreciation for graduating tailback Nick Schwieger. He's got a lot more "shake" than people realize. Be sure to check out his TD run against Columbia at the 3:30 mark.Oh, and the music selection actually enhances the piece, a rare thing to say in this day and age. ;-)•A two-way tackle from Lebron James' alma mater

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Dartmouth has now had two recruiting weekends this month and while he's not at liberty to talk about individuals (except early decision admits) coach Buddy Teevens did speak to BGA in general terms recently about the caliber of players who are coming on visits. Here is an edited transcript of some of his remarks:The talent pool appears to be the best that we’ve had. It sounds like a broken record

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A group of Dartmouth football players studying this winter in Barcelona recently made an all-day hike through the mountains to a small town where they were welcomed by the mayor and enjoyed a traditional Catalonian dinner. Pictured are (top row, left to right): Receiver Ed von Kuhn, defensive back Phil Schmidt, receiver Joe Dowdell, defensive end Robbie Rodriguez, tight end Luke Dornak and tight

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Some years back a basketball forward was debating between Dartmouth and Penn State before finally deciding to become a Nittany Lion, where he earned a starting role on the hardwood. Could the Big Green get even on the football field?According to a website following the Nittany Lions they have their eyes on a 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive lineman with a 3.75 GPA and "scholarship" offers from

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Now it's the turn of senior special teams standout Chad Hollis to chime in on the Daily Dartmouth editorial, Reassessing Recruitment. From his column in The Dartmouth:Classroom success, although vital, is not the only measure of success at a secondary institution. Similarly, high school class rank, GPA and SAT scores — the markers that determine the Academic Index referenced in the Editorial

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It would appear Yale finally has its new head coach. (That would be written in pencil if possible.)Tony Reno, a former Yale assistant and most recently defensive backs and special teams coach at Harvard, is expected to be introduced today at a 4 p.m. press conference according to the Yale Daily News.Earlier this week former Yale (and Dartmouth) defensive coordinator Don Brown was apparently the

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Columbia has announced its 2012 football schedule and Dartmouth will be the Lions' homecoming opponent on Oct. 20. Don't take it personally. At Dartmouth the decision about which game will be homecoming is dictated for the most part by the calendar (and the alumni office) rather than the opponent, and it's probably little different in the Big Apple. Still, come to think of it, they could have

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Athletic Director Harry Sheehy and Maria Laskaris, the college's dean of admissions and financial aid, have responded to the Daily Dartmouth opinion piece (link) on the value of athletic admissions with a guest column headlined, Laskaris & Sheehy: Defending Our Student-Athletes.Included in the piece:In the two most prominent national measures of academic success among student-athletes, Dartmouth

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Portal 31 is now reporting that Don Brown may have withdrawn his name at Yale. No confirmation of that at midnight.

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Record-Setting QB, Big-Number RB In Group Of 10 (Or 11)JANUARY 9, 2012 (Big Green Alert) – With a quarterback who broke one state championship game record and tied two others, a running back who led his state in rushing yards, yards per carry and touchdowns, and a couple of other players Rivals has tagged with stars, there’s a lot to like in Dartmouth’s Early Decision recruiting class.The 10

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Football Scoop and the New Haven Register's Portal 31 blog are both reporting unnamed sources saying Don Brown will be Yale's new football coach. Brown is the former Dartmouth defensive coordinator who later served as an assistant at Yale and as head coach at UMass, Northeastern and Plymouth State. He also guided Yale to the EIBL baseball title as interim coach. He has a head coaching record of

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The first big football recruiting weekend of January has wrapped up in Hanover and if what I've gleaned is true there was a pretty high-profile kid on campus. You've read about him before if you are a regular visitor to this electronic neighborhood, or spend much time with the Boston Globe sports pages.If nothing else, there was a buzz in town this weekend with thousands of high school, college

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The column in Friday's Daily Dartmouth, Reassessing Recruiting, has drawn some interesting responses. I'm not sure those will be the last letters the editorial receives.•Columbia offensive tackle Jeff Adams will play in college football's East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 21 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game will be carried on NFL Network at 4 p.m. link•While you were busy

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Former Brown football coach Mickey Kwiatkowski was THE best quote among football coaches I've ever interviewed and well up there among coaches of all sports. The Morning Call tracked him down for thoughts on new Penn State coach Bill O'Brien, who played for him at Brown.Kwitakowski told the MC:"In time, and I know it will take time because there are a lot of wounds to heal, I truly believe people

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Penn State made the hiring of Bill O'Brien as the next head football coach at the school official yesterday and Joe Paterno issued the following statement about the new coach with whom he shares an Ivy League alma mater:"I don't know Bill, but I respect his coaching record, and I am particularly pleased we share a connection to my alma mater, Brown."The full Penn State press release on O'Brien's

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From The Daily Dartmouth Editorial Board:Although these statistics may indicate that Dartmouth is merely average among its peers, the College’s relatively small size means that low academic standards among athletes have a larger effect on the credentials of the student body as a whole. Dartmouth has a comparable number of varsity teams to Penn but has less than half the number of undergraduates.

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Princeton tailback Chuck Dibilio was fifth and Harvard offensive lineman Will Whitman 13th in voting for the inaugural Jerry Rice Award, which identifies the outstanding freshman in the FCS as chosen by The Sports Network and Fathead.com. Terrance West, a running back at Towson, was the winner.Harvard defensive lineman Josue Ortiz tied for 22nd as a write-in candidate in balloting for the

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What were the odds that Penn State would replace a Brown grad as head football coach with a Brown grad as head coach? Pretty long, I'd say, but that appears to be the case as New England Patriots quarterback coach Bill O'Brien '93 is reported to be the successor to Joe Paterno '50 in Not-So Happy Valley. ESPN broke the story. (Mentioned in the story is O'Brien's agent, also former Dartmouth and

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A time-lapse look at the bubble being erected at Harvard Stadium over a two-week period.Ironically, the Ivy League's southernmost school also has a bubble. There's a story and picture in the Daily Pennsylvanian. The subhead from the story is, A 70,000-pound air structure was less expensive than building an indoor facility, which is true. But it's also true that there are pretty steep costs

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Last evening's sunset from Moose Mountain. That's Mount Ascutney in the distance.•If you are a regular visitor to this electronic precinct you know the opinion here is that it is patently unfair that every Ivy League sport can go on to the postseason except for football. The prohibition is indefensible.The fact that the FCS championship game will be played Saturday is just as silly. Honestly, Jan

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Former Dartmouth football player Ben Koldyke has a new show on ABC TV called Work It. Find his bio for the show here. There's a picture of Koldyke in his new uniform, er, clothing, in a New York Daily News review of the show.For an earlier BGA look at Koldyke with his old Dartmouth bio, click here.•January is THE month for recruiting visits to Dartmouth and Yahoo.com reports that Florida running

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Interesting post abut the search for a football coach on Portal 31, the Yale football blog arm of the New Haven Register. The piece about finding a replacement for coach Tom Williams – whose "resignation" was affective Dec. 31 is headlined, Next couple of weeks could determine Yale's fortunes.It includes this: I believe that Williams resigned of his own accord about as much as I bought that Jack

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Not to go all Andy Rooney on you, but I miss January 1 bowl games. And while I'm at it, Cotton, Rose, Sugar and Orange only, thank you very much.Do you realize it is Jan. 1 and there are still 12 bowl games left? They include the Dallas TicketCity Bowl on Jan. 2, the BBVA Compass Bowl on Jan. 7 and the perfect matchup to get you ready for the national championhip, the Go Daddy Bowl pitting

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Football Scoop is reporting that one name near the top of Yale's head coaching wish list is former Dartmouth defensive coordinator Don Brown (later a successful head coach at Northeastern, UMass and Plymouth State, and defensive coordinator at Yale, Brown and Maryland.)To see a video introduction to the excitable UConn defensive coordinator, click here.The other name mentioned in the Football

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Kevin Lempa, a Dartmouth assistant coach from 1991-96, has been named defensive coordinator at Columbia by new head coach Pete Mangurian.Lempa was the DC of the undefeated 1996 Big Green. Prior to spending last season on the staff at Central Connecticut, Lempa was on the Maryland staff for four years and before that at Boston College. He also worked at Hawaii and in the NFL with the San Diego

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From having looked at a lot of colleges and having a lot of college tours in the past three years, I can tell you Dartmouth is a little behind in terms of 360-degree "panoramic tours" technology.Still, you'll have fun checking out a slide show of Dartmouth athletic facilities.While they need to update the Sculley-Fahey picture to show the FieldTurf and certainly want to get a picture of the

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A few updates this morning . . .The Herald-Citizen has a story about former Dartmouth receiver Matthan Houser being named head football coach at a Tennessee high school.•Portal 31, the Yale football blog arm of the New Haven Register, kicks into gear with a quick look at the search for a new football coach in Bulldog Land.•Someone posting a story on The Bleacher Report is unhappy with the hiring

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The official Dartmouth football site has a follow on yet another honor for Nick Schwieger, who will graduate holding most of the Big Green rushing records. From the site:Chosen for the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-America Third Team two weeks ago by the Associated Press, Schwieger was honored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston last week with his selection as one of the two

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Give former Dartmouth placekicker Carl "Cha Cha" Romero '89 a little credit for helping a high school girl in his native New Jersey with her placekicking. From the story:. . . (B)and parent Carl Romero, a former kicker for Dartmouth University, observed some flaws from the stands and asked Caruso if he could help. The coach jumped at the opportunity and Romero came in once a week.“I started

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Hopefully for those of you who believe in Santa you are visiting BGA today as a way to test out that new iPad2 or MacBook or iPhone (sorry PC people ;-). An admission: I've taken advantage of Blogger's function that allows you to post something and have it appear at a later time. It's Christmas Eve as I write this.A regular reader originally from the Left Coast has shared links to an exhaustive

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-23138446220616951822011-12-24T08:20:00.004-05:002011-12-24T08:31:01.336-05:00

Dartmouth-bound quarterback Thomas Militello has been named to the St. Louis Today All-Metro team. The 6-foot-4 Militello completed 70.8 percent of his throws with 44 touchdowns and nine interceptions this fall.Best wishes everyone . . . as I hustle out the door to finish up my Christmas shopping before the crowds build!

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Want to see what a day in the life of a Dartmouth football player is like? Click here for an 8 1/2-minute video look that will give you a good taste. (Thanks for the link ;-)•The New York Times has a story under the headline, Financial Aid Changes Game as Ivy Sports Teams Flourish.•Don't know what it did down in the valley last night but we awoke to two inches of the kind of wet snow that clings

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-32772349026296637832011-12-22T10:23:00.004-05:002011-12-22T10:41:24.174-05:00

The New York Times expanded on its coverage of Tom Williams' resignation at Yale in this story. The full New Haven Register story is here.There aren't many college coaching openings remaining. Changes and openings are listed here.•Trying to dig out the Fox College Sports TV schedule is frustrating, so consider yourself warned, but if you poke around you may find the Dartmouth-Penn football

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The New York Times, which first uncovered questions about Yale football coach Tom Williams' Rhodes scholarship claims, writes about his resignation five weeks later. link

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I missed this one earlier this week and just saw it on a message board. From a press release:BOSTON - December 19, 2011 – Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Paul Stewart announced today that Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly (Cincinnati, OH) and Dartmouth College running back Nick Schweiger (Norton, MA) are recipients of the 73rd annual George “Bulger” Lowe Award, “New England’s

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New Haven Register's Portal 31 reportsTom Williams resigned as Yale's football coach on Wednesday.Williams, who was hired back in 2008 off the staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars to replace Jack Siedlecki, had his claims of being a Rhodes Scholarship candidate investigated by Yale. Although the investigation results were never made public, Williams decided to step down and the resignation is

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-88766918466948982322011-12-21T08:09:00.004-05:002011-12-21T08:36:57.212-05:00

Oh, the things you stumble across. Just discovered this new video report with linebacker Luke Hussey yesterday. A semifinalist this fall for the Campbell Trophy (link) for his success on the field and in the classroom, Hussey is a 3.94 summa cum laude engineering grad who is in the five-year program at Dartmouth.•A couple of former Dartmouth assistant coaches are in the news. As noted here

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Former Dartmouth assistant/TDE Ameritrade boss is new head coach at Coastal Carolina. linkSun News coverage

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A couple of pretty acomplished Dartmouth football siblings are making headlines.Ballerina Joy Womack, the younger sister of junior corner Chase Womack, continues to earn plaudits for her dancing. From the Westlake Picayune:Womack recently won the pinnacle Grand Prix prize at the European Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition held in Paris on Nov. 11.Womack was the first American ballerina

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The Sun Chronicle writes about Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger being named to the FCS All-America third team.•It's kind of maddening what is included and what isn't, but check out this NCAA site to find old stats for various college teams in various sports. There's some pretty obscure stuff available but it's a fun time waster.•Away from the world of sports there is this from BusinessWeek:

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A few names to watch as the recruiting news begins to percolate . . .Montgomery (Texas) offensive lineman Braden Meador tells Scout.com UTEP and Dartmouth are next up for official visits. Meador is 6-foot-5, 280 pounds. linkKingsley Ike, a three-star, 6-3, 220 defensive end from Pflugerville, Texas and had an "offer" from Dartmouth committed to Purdue yesterday according to ESPN.Zach Walen, a 6-3

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The introduction to a story in the Dec. 12 Sports Illustrated:In a first-ever comprehensive survey of football's long-term effects on an entire NFL roster, SI polled the former members of the 1986 Bengals, whose physical and psychological conditions a quarter century later range from near complete normalcy to near total disability. But no matter their current hardships, the vast majority say they

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10:45 Update: Dartmouth press release on Schweiger being named third-team All-American.Has panic set in with the holidays approaching? Maybe this will help! Professional photographer Mark Washburn is offering for sale this dramatic picture from the first-ever night game at Memorial Field.Mark is also offering for sale team photos from Dartmouth baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's soccer

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-11963850930723157612011-12-15T09:08:00.006-05:002011-12-15T08:50:52.011-05:00

Jameson McShea, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound tight end from Boston College High School, has "decommitted" from Temple and according to ESPN insider, "he's currently considering four schools: Boston College, Dartmouth, Harvard and Maryland."From another ESPN report:He's now strongly considering Dartmouth, Harvard, Boston College and Maryland, however he only holds an offer from Harvard. McShea has many

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-49379216021688164442011-12-14T07:46:00.009-05:002011-12-14T14:58:41.229-05:00

UPDATED at 11:20 with more pro sports owner info (thanks)Dartmouth linebacker Luke Hussey and tight end John Gallagher are the football team's representatives on the all-sport Ivy League's Academic All-Ivy team for the fall season. Link•According to a Cornell release, reports of football coach Kent Austin considering a position in the Canadian Football League or elsewhere are incorrect. The

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They used to be called "Hometowns" and they were the bane of the existence of Sports Information Office interns (and their immediate superiors, including this one). Occasionally during the season a student-athlete would do something special and an intern would dutifully roll a piece of paper into the IBM Selectric and write a few paragraphs about the accomplishment, finishing with, "So and so is

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According to the Baltimore Sun Dartmouth is adding 6-foot-5, 250-pound tight end/tackle/defensive end Jon Moran of Loyola Blakefield High to its recruiting class.The Sun reports he is "Darmouth University-bound." (sic and sic ;-)Find Moran video highlights here. There's a shot of him blocking here. Moran also plays forward for the Loyola Blakefield basketball team.

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The luncheon at a comedy club near the Combat Zone in Boston took place on a Tuesday in the early '90s. Local coaches and the media would turn out each week to honor the New England college football players of the week and briefly talk about their upcoming games.At one point a lean and distinguished gentleman with a raspy voice got a laugh worthy of the creaky old building when he said, "I don't

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-12542889151023346732011-12-10T08:17:00.003-05:002011-12-10T09:03:55.407-05:00

Columbia AD Dianne Murphy notes that her search committee spoke with 17 candidates on the way to choosing Peter Mangurian as the school's next football coach. Watch the video and you will see why they could have stopped at one if they interviewed Mangurian first. He comes to New York City with a reputation as a well-liked and successful task-master at Cornell (he was 1-6, 5-2, 5-2 in the Ivy

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Click above to see a local TV story about Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger.•Dartmouth quarterback commit Thomas Militello has been chosen to the all-state team named by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters. Militello completed 70.8 percent of his passes for 3,400 yards, with 44 touchdowns and nine interceptions this fall at Mary Institute Country Day School. (link)•Dartmouth gets a

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-738363326073549212011-12-08T07:54:00.003-05:002011-12-08T07:57:40.828-05:00

It was another one of those mornings here on the mountain when I went down the driveway to get the newspaper (which wasn't here yet) and had my breath taken away by the view out over the valley and into Vermont. Killington, Pico and the other ski areas are hidden in the clouds. Click the picture to enlarge it.

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Breaking: Roar Lions Roar reports Columbia has hired former Cornell head coach Pete Mangurian to replace the fired Norries Wilson.•Word out of Minnesota is you can add to the Dartmouth list of commits for next fall the name of Paddy Clancy, a 5-foot-10, 165 pound defensive back out of St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minn. (St. Thomas has sent Timmy McManus, brother Ryan McManus and Foley

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-31606499261411465452011-12-07T06:59:00.003-05:002011-12-07T08:22:50.928-05:00

Oklahoma's Tulsa World and Muskogee Phoenix are both reporting that Muskogee receiver/running back/wildcat QB Victor Williams will be playing football at Dartmouth next year.From the Phoenix:Williams in the end decided on the Dartmouth College Big Green over Harvard. He had visited both places over the course of the fall, beginning with Harvard.And . . .The 5-foot-10, 175-pound senior caught 57

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-71001758563795007492011-12-06T08:18:00.002-05:002011-12-06T08:57:09.894-05:00

Dartmouth football highlights.•Wondering a little about the guy who beat out Dartmouth's Nick Schwieger as Ivy League (offensive) player of the week? Check out this highlight video of Cornell sophomore quarterback Jeff Mathews.For what it's worth, some people have cited Schwieger finishing second in the nation in rushing yards per game as one of the reasons why he deserved the award, and it made

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Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews and Harvard defensive lineman Josue Ortiz were chosen Ivy League Bushnell players of the year.The Ivy League release is here.All-time winners:1970 - Jim Chasey, QB, Dartmouth & Ed Marinaro, RB, Cornell1971 - Ed Marinaro, RB, Cornell1972 - Dick Jauron, RB, Yale1973 - Jim Stoeckel, QB, Harvard1974 - Walt Snickenberger, RB, Princeton1975 - Doug Jackson, RB,

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A year ago Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger shared the Bushnell Cup, symbolic of the Ivy League player of the year, with Harvard tailback Gino Gordon (photo). The Bushnell(s) will be awarded at 11:30 today and Schwieger is once again in New York City as one of two finalists for the Bushnell for offense. (For the first time there is a Bushnell being awarded for offense and one for defense.)

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It was a heartbreaking end for the University of New Hampshire (and former Dartmouth head coach John Lyons) in the second round of the FCS playoffs. From a Seacoast Online story:Kevin Decker threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Justin Mello with six seconds reaining in the fourth quarter, but the extra point was partially blocked and bounced off the right goal post, allowing seventh-ranked Montana

Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-42157493433216858512011-12-03T07:56:00.003-05:002011-12-03T08:26:40.404-05:00

The Ladue-Frontenac Patch has named Dartmouth-bound quarterback Thomas Militello of St. Louis as a co-athlete of the fall along with a Mary Institute Country Day School teammate headed to the University of Missouri. According to the Patch story, he completed 223-of-329 passes (70 percent) this fall for 3,400 yards with 44 touchdowns and nine interceptions with a QB rating of 139.87.The story

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A couple of reported early decision commits who put up eye-popping numbers are in the news.In a Missouri state championship game, quarterback Thomas Militello of Mary Institute Country Day School in St. Louis was 36-for-46 for 415 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-42 loss at the Edward Jones Dome. He set the state record for most completions in a championship game and tied the mark for TD throws

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A website with the somewhat unfortunate (given recent – and not-so-recent – developments) name of College Sports Madness has released its All-Ivy League football team (link) and Dartmouth had four players chosen:OffenseQB Jeff Mathews, CornellRB Nick Schwieger, DartmouthRB Chuck Dibilio, Princeton WR Shane Savage, Cornell WR Ryan Calvert, Penn TE Kyle

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From the Dartmouth Sports Publicity site:The New England Football Writers announced their 2011 FCS All-New England Team today, and three seniors from the Dartmouth Big Green were honored with their inclusion. Offensive lineman Ryan O'Neill (Orland Park, Ill.) and running back Nick Schwieger (Norton, Mass.) are repeat selections from 2010, while defensive lineman Eddie Smith (Louisville, Ky.)

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There may be drama next Monday but there was none today in the announcement of the finalists for the Ivy League's offensive and defensive players of the year.Chosen were Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger and Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews on offense along with Harvard defensive lineman Josue Ortiz and Penn linebacker Erik Rask on defense. All are seniors except for Mathews, just a sophomore,

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Stay tuned.The names of the two Bushnell finalists for Ivy League offensive player of the year and the names of the two defensive players of the year finalists will be released later today. The winners will be announced next Monday.•Does Dartmouth have any NFL draft prospects? Prospects or not, these Dartmouth players will always be able to say an Internet draft site listed them as such. There

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The Daily Dartmouth has a story about linebacker Luke Hussey, a standout on the field and in the classroom. A 3.94 engineering student, Luke explains how football can actually help time management:“Even though football takes up so much of your time, in a way your day becomes more structured because of it. It’s almost easier to be efficient with your time if you’re busy. It’s a matter of being as

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First the Harvard football team steamrolls the Ivy League. Now it's the Harvard men's basketball team making news. Consider the lede from a Boston Globe story this morning:In a tournament featuring the likes of No. 4 Connecticut and No. 22 Florida State, it was the Ivy League’s Harvard (6-0) that prevailed, winning three games in as many days over Utah, Florida State, and Central Florida to take

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A GREAT GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYSClick on the photo to get a closer look at the official 2011 Dartmouth team picture shot by professional photographer Mark Washburn. Mark took the picture this year using a Canon 5D mk 2 and is offering high quality prints in three different sizes as well as via a paid download. Each team photo, suitable for framing, is printed on glossy, archival photo paper. To

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The scoreboard tells the story from last week's finale.A Princeton ballcarrier is squished by Luke Hussey (49), Anthony Diblasi (35) and Joey Casey (26). (Robert Mondshine photo)Tight end Justin Foley leaves a Princeton defender in the dust (or rubber pellets) while splitting another pair of Tigers on a touchdown reception. (Robert Mondshine photo)It's spelled j-o-y. (Robert Mondshine photo)

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That Certain Hanover High Graduate is bringing a couple of college friends up the mountain for Thanksgiving dinner. Her oldest friend (and family) will also be coming after the annual touch football game, this year to be played in the snow ;-).Old friends, new friends, family and touch football. Does it get any better than that?It was back when TCHHG and her best friend were in daycare that the

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Good thing the Dartmouth football season wrapped up this week. I don't know what it is doing down in the valley right now, but we may have 10 inches of snow on the ground already – and it's still coming down! Safe travels and Happy Thanksgiving everybody.Click here to see a WCVBtv piece on Everett, Mass., quarterback Johnathan DiBiaso (above) who broke the Massachusetts schoolboy record for

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Find the Dartmouth release here. Nick Schwieger is just the fifth Dartmouth player ever to make the All-Ivy team three times. He joins defensive end Tom Csatari '74, linebacker Reggie Williams '76, linebacker Zack Walz '98 and punter Alez Ware '03.The entire team is here.(Click image to supersize)ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM (*Unanimous Selection)OffenseJack Templeton, Brown (Jr., OL, Ramsey, N.J.)Jeff

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All-Ivy League team will be released later today . . .•How strong is a future Dartmouth quarterback playing in his final high school games? From St. Louis Today:MICDS quarterback Thomas Militello handled Saturday's blustery conditions with aplomb. He completed 15 of 15 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns. He hit Foster Bundy for a 59-yard touchdown with the wind at his back. He also connected

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Nick Schwieger and Bronson Green named to Ivy League weekly honor roll. link

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Click to enlarge. Bonus points to anyone who finds the Ivy League champion listed.•Should have posted this earlier:At Sunday’s football banquet Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger was presented with the Bob Blackman Award as the Big Green MVP.Others honored:Earl Hamilton Freshman Award (top rookie contributor): Wide receiver Kirby SchoenthalerJack Crouthamel Award (underclassman who contributed the

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The Daily Dartmouth recaps the Dartmouth-Princeton game.The Daily Princetonian also has a story and there's another in the Princeton Alumni Weekly.From a column in the Daily Dartmouth:It hasn’t yet been decided, but co-captain Nick Schwieger ’12 has to be the Ivy League Player of the Year. I have been touting Schwieger as the clear-cut MVP all season, but you never know how the voting turns out.

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A great quote I saw in Sports Illustrated this summer that I've been waiting for a chance to use:(A)s the saying goes, even Ernest Hemingway had an editor. Papa once said, "One should write drunk and edit sober." Edit being the key ingredient, and the one that's being left out all too often.I'm no drinker but I can absolutely be a little punch drunk by the end of a long day of football and

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Dartmouth's Kirby Schoenthaler rambles for 34 yards on an end-around in the win over Princeton.Here's your final weekly recap with a few pithy comments:Cornell 48, Penn 38Big Red QB Jeff Mathews goes 35-for-45 for an Ivy League-record 548 yards with five touchdowns one week after throwing for 521 yards. This is video game stuff.Columbia 35, Brown 28 (2OT)Good for the Lions to avoid

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9:20 a.m. update: Thanks to a regular emailer for this link to a story about the '91 Dartmouth-Princeton game. Scan down toward the bottom.(That headline is supposed to be a play on words ;-)On Nov. 12, 1927 Dartmouth closed out a 7-1 season with a 53-7 win over Cornell on Memorial Field.It would be 64 years and 11 days until the Big Green finished another campaign at home and Dartmouth did it in

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Running back Kyle Bramble of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, is headed to Dartmouth. Bramble had 2,875 yards and 47 touchdowns this year and led the state with 8.33 yards per carry. Find a story here. (Thanks for the link.)Find more about Bramble here.

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Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens talks about last week's game against Brown and looks ahead to the finale against Princeton in this TeleTeaser from Dartmouth Sports Publicity.Dartmouth's game notes are available here.•Dartmouth special teams standout Chad Hollis has a heartfelt column in the Daily Dartmouth about what playing for the Big Green has meant to him. He writes:Through adversity, I’ve

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The Boston Globe has a lengthy piece about Yale quarterback Patrick Witt choosing to play in The Game over interviewing for a Rhodes Scholarship. That comes on the heels of the New York Times story that broke last night regarding the Rhodes Scholarship candidacy of Yale coach Tom Williams.•Princeton's game notes for Saturday are out and they include this:In all likelihood, the 2011 Ivy League

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