Names To Remember

On his blog, Jim Stefani describes himself as "THE authority in identifying future college football propects before their junior seasons." I can't vouch for that, but I can vouch for the fact that his Class of 2008 All-Name Team is pretty good. Here are just a few of the names (the site includes their hometowns and high schools) that jumped out at me:

• Yourhighness Morgan
• So-Rare Harrelson
• Unique Occena
• Stokes Volatile
• Indiana Jones
• Gator Godlove
• Orry Fruit
• Benson Hedges

There are a lot of blogs out there that touch on a lot of arcane subjects. This blog takes a long look at a Dartmouth "1970 Undefeated Ivy League Championship Trophy," that sold on eBay for $230.50 on June 28, 2006. Lots of pictures and speculation on where the trophy came from as well as how it ended up being sold in an online auction.

From another blog: text of the 2004 Dartmouth commencement address given by former Big Green gridder Jeff Immelt '78, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Company. The entertaining and inspirational speech included this thought: "In my day I was a frequently serious student, a decent football player, and boy did I have fun."

As promised I flipped back and forth between Penn State's win over Texas A&M and the Patriots' bid for an undefeated regular season last night. Turns out, I missed the best game of them all. The Dartmouth women's basketball team was tied with Marquette in the final seconds of its holiday tournament opener only to lose the game on a 3-point shot from half court at the buzzer. (story) I'll try to catch the Big Green in the consolation game against Delaware tonight ... but first I'll be at Leverone Field House to watch that certain Hanover High sophomore (and former Dartmouth ball girl) run the 1,500.