We're Baaaack

Our hideaway on a cliff over the Pacific

We're back from our unplugged, two-week escape from New England's snow, cable TV news and the internet, and it's time to catch up on a few things.

First things first. Dartmouth spring practice is slated to start next week. If the woes that shut down the BGA Premium website while I was away are indeed resolved, spring reports will be found in their usual locale HERE. If they crop up again and I can't fix the issue, there will be a link on BGA Daily for where you can find the reports. Fingers crossed that the problem is resolved but just in case I've put out feelers to see if I can bring in a pro to make sure nothing like the shutdown happens again heading into the 2019 season.

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Work continues on the new indoor practice facility. Find regular updates from the college HERE. It is slated to be completed "in the first quarter of 2020."

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While we were away former Dartmouth wide receivers coach Jerry Taylor was hired at Columbia. Taylor had departed the Big Green program for a position at William & Mary last year but the retirement of Jimmye Laycock and the resultant staff changeover made him a free agent. Find his new Columbia bio HERE.

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Princeton held its Pro Day this week and Jay Greenberg does his usual terrific job telling the story HERE. The lede of the story is about quarterback/athlete John Lovett. Wide receiver Jesper Horsted, the most likely of the Princeton players to be drafted, pulled up a little lame and became a cheerleader of sorts for his teammates.

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In case you missed it, after a rocky run at North Carolina, former Dartmouth provost and interim president Carol Folt is the new president of USC. Yup, that USC. Find the story HERE.

Please tell me how an esteemed publication like the Los Angeles Times could not catch this error (italics are mine):

It was a lot to take in for Folt, who had only been the interim president at Dartmouth University of the Ivy League.