The Dartmouth Friends of Football organization is heading up an effort to help players find educational opportunities during their "off" terms. From a Friends mailing:
As the winter term approaches, many players will be off campus, and that is the reason for this email. We are again asking for your help with jobs or internships for our players, opportunities for research projects, virtual opportunities, or even just taking a phone call to help mentor and guide these young men through an unusual set of circumstances in our world.
To learn more fill out the Google form HERE or contact Curt Oberg '78, special assistant to the head coach, through the football office.
As part of the Friends mailing Dartmouth included a PDF Football Resumé Book for the junior class, because "this winter/summer is an important time in their career search." Here are the majors listed for that class (with the "modified" majors listed by the general major:
Economics - 6
Government - 4
Psychology - 3
Mathematics - 2
Sociology - 2
Engineering - 2
Computer Science - 2
Sociology - 1
History -1
Religion - 1
Chemical Engineering - 1
Film - 1
English - 1
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Top 10 for Most Points Scored by a Dartmouth Player in a Single Season in the Ivy League Era
|
Rank |
Name |
Year |
TD |
PAT |
2PT |
FG |
Total |
|
1 |
John Short ‘71 |
1970 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
|
2 |
Bill King’63 |
1962 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
|
3 |
Nick Schwieger ‘12 |
2010 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
|
4 |
Dennis Durkin ‘93 |
1992 |
0 |
41 |
1 |
13 |
82 |
|
5 |
Al Rosier ‘91 |
1991 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
80 |
|
6 |
Dominick Pierre’14 |
2013 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
78 |
|
7 |
Alex Gakenheimer |
2014 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
12 |
73 |
|
8 |
Dave Regula ‘98 |
1996 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
14 |
71 |
|
9 |
Rich Weissman ‘85 |
1983 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
|
9 |
Shon Page ‘90 |
1990 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
We've come full circle.• March 10: The Ivy League becomes the first D-I conference to cancel its basketball tournaments. New COVID-19 cases in the U.S. that day: 270.• Nov. 12: 247 days later, it becomes the first D-I conference to cancel winter sports for 2020-21. New COVID-19 cases in the U.S. that day: 163,402.The bottom line: The Ivy League's decision might not be the first domino like it was in March, but it's a stark reminder of how little progress we've made in containing the virus.
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While there was more good news on the COVID vaccine front this morning (LINK), don’t expect that to lead to a reversal on the Ivy League’s decision not to conduct fall sports during the spring. As yesterday’s BGA Daily post reported, Dartmouth Athletic Director Harry Sheehy pointed out that the more pressing issue in the spring is simply not being able to run two sports seasons at one time for facilities and staffing reasons.
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With the Ivy League basketball season called off, the Associated Press has a story headlined, Transfers provide at least some Ivy presence this season. (LINK)
Not included in the story are Dartmouth grad transfer Brendan Barry, who is committed to Temple, or seniors Chris Knight and Aaryn Rai, who are in the transfer portal.
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EXTRA POINT
With no cable TV in our little town and the mountains and distance between here and Burlington, Vt., our closest network TV affiliates, making over-the-air TV shaky at best, our viewing options are limited. That being the case, we get our programming via the DISH satellite service.
I'm not sure which package we have. It might be 120 channels or it might be 190. It doesn't matter because those numbers include riveting programming from the likes of Jewelry Television, QVC, QVC2 and QVC3, Superior Livestock Auction and World Fishing Network.
Suffice it to say, we have never watched the overwhelming majority of stations on our tier. About the only programming we watch are local and NBC network news, 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, Jeopardy, sports and the occasional movie. Most of what's available on the 120 or 190 is pure dreck.
Last night, however, we spent a half hour or so watching the NASA channel as the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule Resilience launched four astronauts toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station. It was riveting being able to peek into the capsule in the moments before lift-off and once it was space-bound.
For one night, at least, the money we spend to have 100-plus stations we never watch was worth it.
By the way, we pay an additional fee to DISH for our "local" network affiliates. Given that DISH has blacked out our ABC station since the middle of September, we really should demand that portion of our bill for local stations be refunded. But if you've ever been on infinite hold with a TV provider like that you know why we just swallow hard and wait for it to come back.
The last time DISH blacked out ABC for a period of time was when the Jeopardy Greatest of All Time tournament was being shown in primetime. We actually took out a free YouTube TV trial to watch Ken Jennings win it all. Our internet isn't the fastest, but it seemed to work just fine, which has me thinking about whether it's time to send DISH packing.
I wonder if YouTube TV has the NASA channel ;-)
