The Dartmouth-centric graphics on his Twitter are still a little cryptic (LINK) but the announcement in his high school football team's Tweet that lists Charis Spence as the All-Region Defensive Player of the Year has the 6-foot-1, 205-pound outside linebacker/defensive end identified as a Dartmouth commit (LINK).
Spence had 16 sacks 19 tackles for loss and 13 QB pressures for 9-4 Eagles Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Ga., about 25 miles south of Atlanta.
Find his very entertaining highlights HERE.
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Dartmouth grad Micah Croom won't be getting a Pac-12 championship ring after Oregon upset his mistake-prone USC team last night (LINK), but the grad transfer safety has gotten on the field in all six games for the 5-1 Trojans. His highlight might have come a week ago in a win over UCLA when he helped thwart a punt (LINK).
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As I continue to list a lot of my Dartmouth College football collection, here is a 5-item 1996 Ivy League Championship and 10-0 season collection. Included are a game used trophy football from the Princeton game, the last game at Princeton's Palmer Stadium, a team championship plaque, two game programs and a 1996 Dartmouth football media guide.
The football shows nice game use but is still in great shape. It does not hold air but that doesn't matter as it holds it shape perfectly for display. The lettering is painted on and in great shape. The plaque measures 12' x 15", is in excellent condition and is very heavy. The three periodicals are in excellent condition.
Free shipping to any of the 48 lower states with USPS Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. $100 shipping anywhere else.
And the asking price? That would be a cool $626.50.
Two questions:
1) How in the world did the seller arrive at a price down to 50 cents?
2) Would anyone pay it?
And the natural third question, given the plaque and the ball:
3) Who is selling this stuff? (The listing says the "item location" is Hoosick Falls, N.Y.)
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A headline on the SwimSwam site: Dartmouth Women’s Swim & Dive, Golf Seek Reinstatement For Title Ix Violation. From the story (LINK):
Arthur H. Bryant, Of Counsel at Bailey Glasser, says that when Dartmouth College announced that five teams would be removed in July, it claimed that after the cuts, the percentage of women competing in varsity athletics would be “virtually identical to the percentage of women in the undergraduate student body, ensuring compliance with Title IX."
And . . .
The 2019-20 undergraduate population was 49.06% female, and before the elimination of the five varsity teams, Dartmouth’s athletic teams were made up of 44.87% women. . . .
With the elimination of the five programs, the percentage of women projects to grow to 46.23%, or 456 men, 392 women, still leaving a gap of 2.83% with the undergrad population.
The letter says they would need to add 47 women to reach gender equity under Title IX, which is greater than the combined size of the swimming & diving and golf teams.
The action by the Dartmouth women's teams comes days after the Providence Journal reported . . .
A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that calls for the reinstatement of two varsity women’s sports at Brown University and brings to a close a decades-long gender discrimination lawsuit brought by female athletes.
Brown will be reinstating women's fencing and equestrian. (LINK)
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EXTRA POINT
This may be a little late for the snowstorm that just blanketed much of the East Coast, but winter is still young, so pay attention.
TV news, websites and newspapers showed a lot of people this week shoveling snow with one of these things:
Trust me. New England old-timers are wicked smart. You'll thank me later.
