Is the Next One Out There?

Practice at 9:45 this morning. Hopefully the snow that is now falling up here on the mountain isn't falling down in town. Check BGA tonight for an interview with new defensive coordinator Don Dobes and a look at today's session.

On a slow day, something to digest at breakfast, or lunch if you slept in:

Ivy League Rookies of the Year*
1981 Derrick Harmon, RB, Cornell
1982 Mike Caraviello, QB, Dartmouth
1983 Doug Butler, QB, Princeton
1984 Rich Comizio, RB, Penn
1985 Chris Flynn, RB, Penn
1986 Craig Morton, WR, Dartmouth
1987 Bryan Keys, RB, Penn
1988 Solomon Johnson, RB, Columbia
1989 John McNiff, RB, Cornell
1990 Matt Brzica, QB, Dartmouth
1991 Jay Fiedler, QB, Dartmouth
1992 Pat Goodwillie, LB, Penn
1993 Miles Macik, WR, Penn
1994 Eion Hu, RB, Harvard
1995 Sean Morey, WR, Brown
1996 Isaiah Kacyvenski, LB, Harvard
1997 Todd Tomich, DB, Yale
1998 Johnathan Reese, RB, Columbia
1999 Chas Gessner, WR, Brown
2000 Dante Balestracci, LB, Harvard
2001 Steve Jensen, DB, Dartmouth
2002 Josh Dooley, LB, Dartmouth
2003 Ed McCarthy, OL, Yale
2004 Steve Morgan, K/P, Brown
2005 Mike McLeod, RB, Yale
2006 Austin Knowlin, WR, Columbia
2007 Alex Gross, LB, Columbia
2008 Matthew Hanson, DB, Harvard
2009 Trevor Scales, RB, Harvard
*Sophomores of the Year until freshmen were made eligible for varsity football

Total Rookies of the Year
6 Dartmouth
5 Harvard, Penn
4 Columbia
3 Brown, Yale
2 Cornell
1 Princeton

Is No. 7 out there for the Big Green this fall? The season, by the way, starts five months from tomorrow out in Hamilton, N.Y.

In this excerpt from Thursday's BGA, new offensive coordinator Jim Pry, who came over from Illinois, talks about the first couple of days of practice:

"There's a difference, of course, between the players I'm used to but I’ve been impressed. These kids have really pushed themselves.

“I'm excited about their enthusiasm. How much they want to win. How much they want to play. If that continues for 12 practices I'm going to be happy. They've got a little fire in their eyes.”

And ...

“These guys are like sponges. They want to learn. They want you to coach them. They want you to teach them new things. It's fun that way.”

Holy Cross is holding its spring game at 10 this morning. Hopefully the weather in Worcester is better than it is in Hanover today.