The Boys of Dartmouth

Check out this video for some classic clips from Dartmouth's Ivy League championship teams. Absolutely do not miss this one.

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While the NFL Combine is taking place in Indianapolis, Dartmouth defensive end Charles Bay has been training for his upcoming "Pro Day." Among the teams that have expressed interest in the 6-foot-3, 255-pound All-Ivy pick are the Patriots, 49ers, Steelers, Eagles and Redskins. Bay was fifth in the nation in forced fumbles and seventh in sacks per game last fall despite constant double-teaming. Highly regarded long-snapper Shane Peterlin will also work out for the scouts.

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The Asa Bushnell Cup for Ivy League Player of the Year will be publicly presented to Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger, and Shawn Abuhoff will receive his place for Returner of the Year between the first and second period of Saturday's ice hockey game between the Dartmouth and Clarkson men's teams. Faceoff is 7 p.m.

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A reminder that the Dartmouth Green-White spring game is still slated for April 30 at 10 a.m. – barring a change.

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Speaking of which, they are usually on top of things but FootballScoop must be asleep at the switch regarding hirings. ;-)

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The NFL is going to employ standardized sideline testing for concussions next season as reported by the Associated Press. Closer to home, a recent Daily Dartmouth story noted that:

In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like the NFL — Ivy League representatives are now collaborating to improve concussion prevention, detection and treatment in athletics, according to Director of Health Services Jack Turco.

Although still in its early stages, an initiative launched this month — led by College President Jim Yong Kim and Cornell University President David Skorton — will set an example for athlete safety in college athletics by developing recommendations and policies for safe play at practices and games, according to Turco.

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Penn football players have received Ivy League championship rings that have "Back to Back" displayed above the stone. Check out the photo on the Daily Pennsylvanian blog.

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A pat on the back to Roar Lion Roar football blogger Jake Novak for his response to the very unfortunate heckling of a veteran at Columbia last week. Jake writes:

I’d like to see each and every one of our veteran students, grad and undergrad, honored at halftime of a Columbia football game this fall.

But since that’s about seven months away, I think honoring them at one of the remaining basketball games at Levien Gymnasium would be a very classy touch.

Giving some of the vets the chance to throw out the first pitch at an upcoming baseball game at our fabulous new ballpark is a good idea too.

Dartmouth has honored its veterans at Memorial Field and the response from classmates, alums and fans in the stands was impressive.

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The late Eddie Jeremiah is one of the giant names in Dartmouth sports history. While coaching Dartmouth hockey from 1937-67 he helped the Big Green to a still-standing national record 46 wins in a row, and to the 1941-42 mythical national championship. Of the 2008 Hobey Baker Legend of Hockey award winner, former Boston College coach Snooks Kelley once said, "He's to college hockey what Ted Williams was to baseball."

Now you can hear the final radio interview with Jeremiah Saturday on Dartmouth's WFRD 99 Rock around 6:30 p.m. between broadcasts of the women's and men's hockey games. The tape was only recently discovered.

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The Cameron Crazies get all the pub, but check out the very creative effort by Temple students for a basketball game against Big Five rival St. Josephs here.

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USA Today had a story this week spun out of NCAA sanctions to the basketball at UConn that included this:

The infractions stain is Connecticut's first in any sport. It leaves four marquee athletics programs -- of the 65 in the nation's six major football-playing conferences, plus Notre Dame -- without a major case in their histories, and two of them carry asterisks. Boston College and Northwestern endured point-shaving scandals that weren't adjudicated by the NCAA.

The Unblemished Two: Penn State and Stanford.

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Dartmouth's swimming dock will reopen this summer. The Dartmouth has a story.

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The, "I can do anything you can do better," decisions regarding the restoring of early admission programs at Harvard (link) and Princeton (link) are put in context in a Yale Daily News story that says:

Experts attributed the switch to single-choice early action admission, announced within hours of each other Thursday morning, to Harvard’s and Princeton’s concerns that they are losing top students to Yale and other schools with early admission by asking them to wait to apply in the regular round.

Love this from the Princeton story:

“We learned through the press that Harvard was seriously looking at its own program and might indeed decide to change its program,” (Stephen Oxman ’67, chairman of the executive committee of Princeton’s Board of Trustees) said. “In view of that possibility, (University President Shirley Tilghman) recommended as a contingency matter that should Harvard make that decision, Princeton would also reinstate an early program. The executive committee was very supportive of the President’s recommendation.”

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Saw The King's Speech at the Nugget Theater in Hanover last night and can't recommend it enough.

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Snow day here in the Upper Valley where the latest AccuWeather.com forecast is calling for 8.8 inches to fall during the day while the US Weather Service is saying 8-12 inches with wind and icing. About all they can do in the athletic offices is shrug their shoulders and hope people are willing to brave the conditions on Pack the House Night for women's basketball at Leede Arena. ... Might be a challenge to play two lacrosse games on the turf fields at Dartmouth tomorrow.

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Now it's on to something that actually puts food on the table ... if I ever get around to invoicing for it, which is far and away the weakest part of my game ;-)