In the Headlines

The main story from in the clip above (click to enlarge) is about quarterback guru Tom Martinez. It begins this way:

Tom Martinez is to the NFL what Hank Haney is to the PGA Tour. Martinez is the man behind the man.

You can read the full story here.

A regular reader sent along a PDF of the story not because of the "main bar," but because of that little box under the fittingly green headline 2014. In case you can't read it, when you enlarge the clip, here's what it says:

Wow.

While one future Big Green player has been a media darling, a former Dartmouth player has tried to dodge the media according to Vanity Fair, which identified the mystery Dartmouth football player whose fabulous New York City condo is featured in the upcoming film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The Chelsea penthouse is written up in a New York Times story and you can get a look inside the place in this slide show.

Editor's Note: As the Times story says, the former Dartmouth player who owns the apartment did not want to be named. I covered his career in Hanover and know him, so I'm going to respect his wishes and leave it to you to click through and find out who it is if you'd like. What I can tell you is he played in the mid-1980s and knew his way to the goal line. Maybe now he'll even subscribe ;-)

Tom-toms are drumming that there will be news on the men's basketball coaching front. Soon. Perhaps real soon.

And finally, BGA will be taking its annual April sabbatical from Thursday through Sunday as we head out to State College, Pa., for the Penn State Blue-White scrimmage. Those of you who have been regular visitors to this electronic neighborhood may return to your coffee because you've heard this before, but for the newbies out there, this is the one and only chance I have to bring those Certain Sports Fans to a Penn State "game."

No, unfortunately it's not a real game. But since before the Certain Two were born I've worked every single Saturday but one in the fall. (There aren't two kids their age who have seen more Dartmouth football games, home and away, probably ever.) But through osmosis or something, they've got a little Nittany Lion blood in them and always used to ask when I would take them to a Penn State game.

Because I work when Penn State plays that's a non-starter. So this will be the fifth year in a row that we'll do the next-best thing and drive eight hours out for the Blue-White game, camp at the nearby KOA, and enjoy the festivities along with 75,000 or so of our best friends ;-)

(In the interest of complete accuracy: Only two of us will be at the game this year. The other one and her mom will be going to an accepted students deal at a Patriot League school not that far away. It will be her second accepted students trip to a PL school this week.)

Anyway, I'll have a Dartmouth spring football story on Big Green Alert premium tomorrow night after practice – hopefully with a few additional thoughts from one of my spies in the sky. Saturday's action will be recapped next week. I'll be back at Tuesday's practice and there for each and every one the rest of the way.

As for the blog, if the KOA Internet is working, I'll be sure to touch base. If it's not working, all will be quiet on the Big Green Alert Blog front.