Quick Hits

Southern California's Del Mar Times writes about incoming freshman Robbie Rodgriguez and his 2006 Torrey Pines Pop Warner Midgets hold a reunion before heading off to college.

About playing football with the Pop Warner team, Rodriguez told the paper:

"It 100 percent changed my life. I couldn't even do a push up when I started, now I'm going to play college football at Dartmouth."

Rodriguez is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive end. Also a talented hurdler, he was the Torrey Pines player of the year and an All-Palomar League selection.

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George Landis joined the Dartmouth football coaching staff in 1978 and eventually served as defensive coordinator before taking over as head coach at Bloomsburg University in 1982. After a 12-1 record at Bloomsburg in 1985 he moved on to Bucknell, serving as head coach for three years at the Big Green's Week One opponent.

Landis is the subject of a story in the Press and Journal after accepting a position as running backs and defensive backs coach at Middletown High School just outside of Harrisburg, Pa.

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Watched former linebacker Gordy Quist '02 and The Band of Heathens on Austin City Limits last night. Here's a clip from the show. Gordy is in the middle with the vest. These guys are good!

I've blogged before that I particularly like his sweet ballad, Green and Blue. You can hear a bit of it here.

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Have you voted in this week's poll yet? Just a couple of days left to pick the team you think will win the Ivy League title if it's not Dartmouth ;-)

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And in case you are wondering, Dartmouth's first day of on-field practice is one week from Wednesday.