Special Thanks

Spencer Brown, Dartmouth's highly regarded strength and conditioning coach, Tweeted a picture of a New York Giants shirt presented to him by defensive end Niko Lalos '20, who just finished his rookie year with the NFL team. Lalos wrote on this shirt:

Coach Brown,

I can’t thank you enough for how much you helped me grow in the weight room, on the field, but most importantly as a man. I wouldn’t be who I am today without everything you did.

On his Tweet from here Brown credited everyone involved in the program in "The Woods," writing (LINK):

It took a forest. A shoutout to the coaches @dartmouth_football and staff, and most importantly HIS TEAMMATES. @nlalos was another one of those guys who has A LOVE FOR THE WORK and committed to it every day. Learn from the past. Live right now. Prepare for the future.

Given that Lalos is in the spotlight today, it's as good a time as any to look back at his Dartmouth highlights:

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Now that 2021 Dartmouth football opponent Valparaiso will no longer be the Crusaders, will longtime rival Holy Cross, which the Big Green has played 81 times since 1903, feel more pressure to drop the nickname?

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Latest in a series of year-by-year leaders . . . 

DARTMOUTH'S LEADING RECEIVERS SINCE 2000 (By catches)

Year	Name	No.	Yards	Avg.	TD
2000	Damien Roomets ’02	43	483	11.23	3
2001	Casey Cramer ’04	37	525	14.19	6
2002	Jay Barnard ’04	83	899	10.83	8
2003	Jay Barnard ’04	70	861	12.30	5
2004	Bob Murphy ’05	49	560	11.43	5
2005	Ryan Fuselier ’06	51	501	9.82	5
2006	Ryan Fuselier ’06	57	711	12.47	3
2007	Brian Evans ’08	34	631	18.56	7
2008	Tim McManus ’11	60	637	10.62	3
2009	Tanner Scott ’11	45	510	11.33	3
2010	Tim McManus ’11	38	528	13.89	2
2011	Kirby Schoenthaler ’15	25	227	9.08	1
2012	Michael Reilly ’12	44	682	15.50	6
2013	Bo Patterson ’15	25	395	15.80	6
2014	Ryan McManus ’15	68	879	12.92	8
2015	Victor Williams ’16	64	845	13.20	4
2016	Hunter Hagdorn ’20	56	706	12.61	1
2017	Hunter Hagdorn ’20	44	541	12.30	6
2018	Drew Estrada ’20	27	273	10.11	1
2019	Drew Estrada ’20	51	827	16.22	8

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EXTRA POINT
As I was about to wrap up BGA Daily yesterday I heard beep ... beep ... beep coming from downstairs. I did a quick "save" on my Mac and ran down to investigate.

It turns out our robot vacuum cleaner had become tangled in a wire and was sounding the alarm.

While the beeping is nothing more than an alarm it almost felt as if the thing was crying for help. Now that's anthropromorphism at its finest. Or worst?

Yeah. I've gotta get out more ;-)