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 Kind of a relief to visit this site instead of refreshing the headlines yet again, huh?

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After a few "newsie" days, it's another look at the Dartmouth football record book. Following up on earliest posts charting the Big Green's top-15 single-game rushing records (LINK), and top-15 single-season rushing marks (LINK), here are the top-15 career rushers in school history by total yards:

Rank	Name	Year	Yards	Att	Avg	TD
1	Nick Schwieger ‘12	2008-11	3150	649	4.85	26
2	Dominick Pierre ‘14	2010-13	2638	429	4.99	30
3	Al Rosier ‘91	1989-91	2252	448	5.03	17
4	David Clark ‘90	1987-89	1812	365	4.96	12
5	Rick Klupchak ‘74	1971-73	1788	295	6.06	10
6	Jake Crouthamel ‘60	1957-59	1763	387	4.56	12
6	Pete Oberle ‘96	1993-96	1763	436	4.04	11
8	Greg Smith ‘97	1995-96	1711	402	4.26	13
9	Curt Oberg ‘78	1975-77	1693	391	4.33	11
10	Shon Page ‘90	1987, 89-90	1677	370	4.53	12
11	Jeff Dufresne ‘81	1978-80	1667	450	3.70	14
12	John Short ‘71	1968-70	1589	296	5.37	15
13	Tom Spangenberg ‘65	1968-70	1531	330	4.64	8
14	Ryder Stone ‘18	2014-17	1502	309	4.86	20
15	Jared Gerbino ‘20	2016-19	1496	277	5.40	21

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Next on tap in the Big Green Conversations virtual speaker series conducted by Dartmouth athletics is "Building Resilience in a Pandemic," tomorrow at 8 p.m. Eastern. Moderated by women's hockey player Karerina Dajia, the talk will feature three former Dartmouth athletes including Jordan Fields '06, a cornerback on the football field who went on to earn his Ph.D. and is now an operational psychologist for the United States Air Force. Also on the panel will be volleyball alum Sarah Stearns '90, a clinical psychologist, and former women's hockey player Mackenzie St. Onge '17. To join the conversation, sign up HERE.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a story about William & Mary athletics that might be of interest to those who favor more football scheduling between the Ivy League and the Patriot League. From the story headlined, W&M is charter CAA member, but interim AD hears 'Patriot League conversation quite a bit (LINK):

The Patriot League has repeatedly shown quiet interest in William & Mary over the years. About a decade ago, the Patriot League determined it would become a scholarship football league and wanted William & Mary for all sports, and for football Richmond (in A-10 otherwise) and Villanova (in Big East otherwise).

That apparently came close to happening . . .

Jeremy Martin, W&M’s interim athletic director, is quoted saying:

“I hear the (Patriot League) conversation, and get why people would look and consider those sorts of things, but don’t know that it’s quite as cut and dried as folks might like to think.” 

Green Alert Take: With just seven schools, the Patriot League absolutely would benefit from having one more school join its ranks and given the academic profile of both the conference and William & Mary, the Virginia school would be a terrific fit. Ditto for Richmond and Villanova.

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I couldn't help but think about the "Dude-like" final line in this commercial when the managing editor of Columbus Business First decided to include a little football history in his This Day in History posting (LINK):

1904, big day for football fans who want to sit down every now and then.

On this day, the first stadium built specifically for football was completed.

Where? Why, Harvard University in Boston, that's where. The first game played in the new stadium took place on Nov. 14, when mighty Dartmouth came to town, beat the Elis and took home an 11-0 victory.

Green Alert Take: If you missed the error(s), read it again. 

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EXTRA POINT

Speaking of this day in history, Will Rogers was born on this date in 1879 and some of his wit and wisdom continues to be timeless:

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him ‘father.’

Nuff said.