The Boxing Guy

Former Dartmouth players go on to do a lot of interesting things, and the 2016 grad who is No. 6 on the Big Green's all-time list for receptions in a career is certainly taking a unique path. Victor Williams, who caught 135 passes in his Big Green career, has moved on to another sport: boxing. Check out this video, where he offers some instruction to a karate teacher:

Williams is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified trainer, the director of operations for Nuboxx Fitness, creator of "The Boxing Guy," and as a Golden Gloves fighter with a 13-1 record is anticipating turning professional in the not-too-distant future.

Find his The Boxing Guy website HERE and a story about him in his hometown newspaper last spring HERE.

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After the Most Dartmouth Receptions in a Season chart appeared here yesterday it's probably not a surprise that Most Dartmouth Receptions in a Career is today's chart. A couple of additions that should have been included in previous charts are which players posted their numbers in just three years (prior to freshman eligibility in 1993) and bold-facing the leaders in each category.

Rank	Name	Year	Catches	Yards	Avg.	TD
1	Jay Barnard ‘04	2000-2003	216	2392	11.1	17
2	Casey Cramer ‘04	2000-2003	185	2477	13.4	21
3	Ryan McManus ‘15	2011-2015	172	2268	13.2	11
4	Hunter Hagdorn ‘20	2016-2019	160	2015	12.6	15
5	Craig Morton ’89*	1986-1988	138	2605	18.8	19
6	Jack Daly ’84*	1981-1983	135	2208	16.4	15
6	Victor Williams ‘16	2012-2015	135	1632	12.1	7
8	Tim McManus ‘11	2007-2011	134	1633	12.2	8
9	David Shula ’81*	1978-1980	133	1822	13.7	9
10	Ryan Fusilier ‘06	2004-2006	131	1501	11.5	8
11	Mike Bobo ’92*	1989-1991	112	1412	12.6	13
12	Drew Estrada ‘20	2017-2019	110	1418	12.9	10
13	Michael Reilly ‘12	2008-2012	106	1745	16.5	13
14	Matt DeLellis ‘02	1998-2001	100	1265	127	16
15	David Shearer ’95*	1992-1994	93	1423	15.3	13
	* Prior to freshman eligibility

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As part of its celebration of 150 years of football Columbia has posted its Top-10 Moments in Columbia Football History.

(Members of the 1971 Dartmouth team, you can relax. Your game did not make the cut ;-)

The only Dartmouth mention (LINK):

7. 1931 Come-of-Age Win Over Dartmouth | Oct. 17, 1931

With a 19-6 upset win over Dartmouth, Columbia claims its place among the nation's elite in football. After the win, fans charge the field and tear down the Baker Field goal posts. The Columbia Spectator headline reads "Victory Seen as Turn in Lion Football Fortunes: The Defeat of Dartmouth Presages Rise of Rise of Blue and White in Gridiron World." 

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The Washington Post has a story about the Ivy League's decision not to play basketball this year. Writer Barry Svrluga includes comments from three coaches – Harvard's Tommy Amaker, Yale's James Jones and Penn's Steve Donahue. (LINK)

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EXTRA POINT

Watching network news reports from the nation's airports and seeing the crowds queuing up at ticket counters and TSA checkpoints has me shaking my head.

Look, I absolutely understand college students, like those from Dartmouth, who finish up their quarter or semester flying home for their long winter break. They have no other practical options.

But when I see a traveler telling a TV reporter in the terminal, "Nothing was going to keep me from going home," I do a slow burn. Same when I hear another traveler say she works in the medical field and she's OK traveling because she has lots of hand sanitizer, a mask and more with her.

That Certain Dartmouth '14 bought a plane ticket well before the spike got really bad and Dr. Fauci, the CDC and medical types told everyone it was best to stay where they are. TCD'14 was very much looking forward to have her first long visit home in well over a year, and we were very much looking forward to having her here.

It's hard. When we FaceTimed last week there were tears on both ends. But TCD'14 isn't a hero for spending her Thanksgiving 2,000 miles from family. She's simply someone who chose to do the right thing. For her. For her family. And for all of us.

I only wish more people would do what they should do instead of what they want to do. Maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we're in if they did.