Former Dartmouth football player Jason Barabas '93, has been named director of the college's Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences. A 6-foot, 216-pound linebacker from Glenbard West High School and Glen Ellyn, Ill., in his playing days, Barabas recorded 16 tackles while helping the '92 Big Green go 8-2 overall and claim the Ivy League title with a 6-1 record.
Barabas has a PhD in political science from Northwestern University and earned postdoctoral fellowships in political science at Harvard and Princeton.
From the news release announcing his appointment (LINK):
Barabas says he is ... looking forward to dropping in on Buddy Teevens ’79, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach, who led the Big Green to back-to-back Ivy League Championships in ’90 and ’91. “Teevens believes deeply that the word student in the term student-athlete comes first for a reason,” Barabas says.
“Buddy said you could miss practice if you needed to do your classwork, and I did so during my senior year to complete my honors thesis. You could say that led, after a couple of decades, to where I am today and this chance to return. I am grateful and look forward to working with everyone at the Rockefeller Center on a wide range of issues influencing our lives.”Should he stop by the practice field in the ball Barabas will likely trade hometown stories with senior linebacker Ross Andreasik, sophomore LB Hank Knez and incoming running back Joey Richmond, all graduates of Glenbard West from Glen Ellyn.
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Barabas' former teammate Adam Scheier '95, a special teams standout his playing days, is featured in a story on The Knight Report about his work as the new special teams coordinator at Rutgers. (LINK)Scheier began his coaching career working with the secondary at Dartmouth in 1996 and went on to work, in order, at Columbia, Princeton, Lehigh, Bowling Green, Wake Forest, Ohio State, Texas Tech and Mississippi State before joining Greg Schiano at Rutgers.
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You can be pretty sure the Ivy League and individual schools will make their own rulings, but as Division I members they fall under this umbrella:Sources: The NCAA Division I Council voted to approve voluntary athletic activities in football, MBB and WBB to start June 1st and go through June 30th. There had been a moratorium on that through May 31st. Other sports will be acted on on a later date.— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) May 20, 2020
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While the Canadian Football League postponed last week's scheduled start of training camp and the June 11 start of its season, it may begin play in September alongside the NFL. (LINK)
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A Boston Globe story about how the NFL may have to handle a return to play offers a cautionary look at what colleges and high schools might have to consider. From the story (LINK):The two best ways to ensure the NFL doesn’t have a COVID outbreak this fall: don’t play, or quarantine everyone in the league for five months and don’t let them out into society until the season is over, not even to see their wives and children. You would have to do this with 65 players and at least 100 coaches, trainers, doctors, front office staff, chefs, locker room staff, and others per team.And . . .
Everyone will likely have to wear a facial covering inside the facility.And . . .
Position meetings will be moved to larger rooms and staggered throughout the day. Full team meetings may have to be moved outside, or moved online to Zoom. Most film study may have to be done remotely on tablets and Zoom instead of in meeting rooms.And . . .
Coaches may have to wear masks on the sidelines, while players will likely have to wear face shields, though that may be more for show.And . . .
Sidelines will have to be expanded to allow proper distancing.And . . .
(T)hose playing the same position will have their lockers staggered instead of next to each other. Players may come to the facility in shifts instead of all at once. Full team drills at practice may be kept to a minimum.And . . .
Training rooms, medical rooms, and weight rooms will have to be wiped down vigilantly, and their use will have to be staggered.And . . .
Spitting and finger-licking will be eliminated. Locker rooms will be shut off to all non-team personnel. Teams may have to order a larger plane, or a second plane, to socially distance on flights.Green Alert Take: Granted, that's for the NFL but the pros have the money and staff to handle all of that. Do the colleges, particularly at the FCS level? Lots to think about.
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Dartmouth's search for a new men's ice hockey coach is reportedly winding down and College Hockey News again has a couple of Big Green NHL alums as possible frontrunners to replace the retired Bob Gaudet. (LINK)
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EXTRA POINTFormer Dartmouth linebacker Gordy Quist '02, defensive back Trevor Nealon '02 and the Austin-based Band of Heathens perform Martha and the Vandellas song, Nowhere To Run, which premiered on their Good Time Supper Club virtual show last week. The song choice, they said, was "inspired by real life."
Each of the musicians recorded their music and video in their own homes. Gordy is in the orange shirt playing guitar and singing vocals whileTrevor is on the keyboards. Enjoy!
