On these slow days for Dartmouth and Ivy League football news I'd like to be able to share a few Ivy football records in this space. Unfortunately, unless I update the records myself that's not possible because the official Ivy League media guide hasn't been updated since the end of the 2017 season:
Green Alert Take: This may be unfair but you almost have to wonder if this speaks to the importance – or more accurately the lack of importance – of football in the Ivy League.
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Fortunately, the Dartmouth football records have been updated. Here are the Most Dartmouth Receptions in a Game:
|
Rank |
Name |
Catches |
Yards |
Avg. |
Year |
Opponent |
|
1 |
Damien Roomets ‘02 |
17 |
201 |
12.4 |
2000 |
UNH |
|
2 |
Scott Wedum ‘04 |
14 |
111 |
7.9 |
2002 |
Cornell |
|
2 |
Drew Estrada ‘20 |
14 |
193 |
13.8 |
2019 |
Brown |
|
4 |
Ryan McManus ‘15 |
13 |
154 |
11.8 |
2014 |
Brown |
|
4 |
Hunter Hagdorn ‘20 |
13 |
171 |
13.2 |
2016 |
Brown |
|
6 |
Jay Barnard ‘04 |
12 |
115 |
9.6 |
2000 |
Brown |
|
6 |
Casey Cramer ‘04 |
12 |
120 |
10.0 |
2002 |
UNH |
|
6 |
Jay Barnard ‘04 |
12 |
124 |
10.3 |
2003 |
UNH |
|
6 |
Michael Reilly ‘12 |
12 |
165 |
13.8 |
2012 |
Harvard |
|
6 |
Ryan McManus ‘15 |
12 |
188 |
15.7 |
2014 |
Yale |
|
6 |
Victor Williams ‘16 |
12 |
213 |
17.8 |
2015 |
Penn |
|
6 |
Hunter Hagdorn ‘20 |
12 |
152 |
12.7 |
2019 |
Brown |
Another example of the absurdity of playing college football in a pandemic: Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is claiming Florida State's administration used COVID as the excuse for postponing Saturday's game an hour before kickoff. (LINK)
The Apple Cup game between Washington and Washington State has been postponed because WSU won't have enough scholarship players because of COVID. The rivalry game has been played every year since 1944. (LINK) But that's not the bizarre part. Check out the headline from the Deseret News:
Reports: Washington inquired about playing No. 8 BYU this weekend, but Cougars declined offer until release of CFP rankings. (LINK)
Green Alert Take: Seriously?
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Onetime Dartmouth assistant coach Joe Moglia has been all over the business pages because of his unlikely ascension from football coach to CEO of TD Ameritrade and in the sports pages for then walking away from Wall Street in favor of a whistle as successful head coach at Coastal Carolina. It's understandable why the financial and sports pages would be following his unorthodox career route.
But a medical blog? Moglia, whose final stop in coaching before TD Ameritrade was in Hanover, was the inaugural Leadership Lecture Series speaker for a new curriculum in the orthopedic department at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school. From the story (LINK):
Coach Moglia’s story illustrates an important leadership principle: Leadership matters in all realms of life – in football as well as business. We can apply his wisdom and leadership principles to our orthopedic vocation.
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EXTRA POINT
I was looking at camera reviews several years ago and read a thought that has stuck with me to this day:
The best camera isn't the one with the most pixels or the best lens. It's the one you have with you when the right picture comes along.
I was glad I had my camera handy to grab this shot of the sunset out our kitchen window a couple of nights ago:
