From Dartmouth sports publicity, one of a series of Senior Spotlights features corner Darren Stanley. Find the full piece HERE.
Darren Stanley's superlatives:
Fastest runner on the team: Robert Crockett III
Best hands: Drew Estrada
Hardest hitter: Niko Mermigas
Spends most time reviewing film: Nate Boone
Strongest teammate: Seth Walter
Strongest teammate pound for pound: Mac Battle
Most intense: D.J. Avery
Best instincts on the field: Dale Chesson
Most likely to become a Division I head coach: Derek Kyler
Best dancer: Isaiah Johnson
Best singer: DeWayne Terry Jr.
Funniest teammate: Jamal Cooney
Most outgoing: Naeem Morgan
Best dresser: Dakari Falconer
Best impression of Coach Teevens: no idea
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There's a story on CanadaFootballChat.com about Zachary Lytle, Dartmouth's defensive end/linebacker recruit from Winnipeg. The story notes that he's the fifth of the 70 players selected for the CanadaFootballChat.com Prospect Game who are "on track to qualify as a ’National’ in the Canadian Football League," to commit to NCAA Division I programs. The others are headed to Arizona, UConn. Rutgers and Eastern Washington.
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Per Columbia’s 150th year of football celebration no fewer than three of the most important gamewinning field goals in school history came against Dartmouth. The three field goals (LINK):
• 19-yards by Nick Rudd in the fourth quarter to give the Lions a 9-6 win over Dartmouth in 2004
• A 33-yarder in the third quarter by Oren Milstein to help Columbia defeat the Big Green, 9-7, in 2016 and end a 15-game losing streak on Homecoming.
• Linebacker Paul Kaliades 34-yard kick that squeaked over the crossbar in the final minute to give Columbia a 31-29 win over Dartmouth in 1971.
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A story in The Dartmouth headlined Twenty sports teams sign letter in support of reinstatement for cut teams, includes this (LINK):
Though the defending-champion football team is secure and well-funded, quarterback Derek Kyler ’21 emphasized the “One Dartmouth Team” messaging, calling the decision unfair regardless of one’s team. Back in June, before the athletic cuts, Dartmouth released a #OneDartmouthTeam video featuring varsity athletes across sports teams — including since-eliminated teams — passing sports equipment virtually to each other.
Kyler told the school paper:
“It’s just crazy that you can prioritize one sport over another, because we’re all just trying to do what we love here."
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The Daily Pennsylvanian has a look around the Ivy League athletic department responses to COVID-19 HERE.
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While the college and the Ivy League try to decide what they are going to do with sports this winter, the Wisconsin-Nebraska football game has been canceled after the Badgers suffered an outbreak that has seen their coach test positive (LINK), and the 2021 Boston Marathon has been postponed from spring until at least a year from now. (LINK)
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The Dartmouth has a story headlined, Only 8 courses to be taught fully in person this winter. (LINK)
The story notes that there will be more than 700 courses offered at the college this winter and that 10 classes were offered fully in person this fall.
Green Alert Take: I remember reading in the last year or two about several high-profile college football players on national championship contenders who were taking all of their classes online and the only time they stepped on campus was for football-related activities. It just seemed so, well, so wrong. It would appear if there are winter sports in the Ivy League this fall there will be a lot of athletes who won't set foot inside a classroom all season. Granted, the pandemic has changed everything but still . . .
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EXTRA POINT
It was pitch black when I brought Griff the Wonder Dog outside today for his morning constitutional and I was surprised that the motion-activated light over the porch did not come on as we stepped into the driveway. The unit has a smaller, secondary light aiming back at the door that stays on when it is dark, and that wasn't working either.
While I was surprised neither light was on, I shouldn't have been. The light is solar-charged and we haven't had even a hint of sun for three days. Because it's getting dark earlier in the evening and staying dark later in the morning, the back light is draining the battery more each day. We might get a brief glimpse of sun today but then rain and snow are forecast, so I better have the headlamp ready for tomorrow morning. Yup, a long, dark winter is ahead – but you already knew that!
