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Because there are no guarantees, one of Dartmouth's graduating seniors had to be prepared to use his final year of eligibility elsewhere next fall, right? To that end:

As it turns out the Ivy League's one-time approval of graduate student eligibility at the player's own school worked out for wide receiver Masaki Aerts, best known for catching the Harvard Hail Mary. That's not the only Dartmouth football history he'll have made when his Big Green career is over – which it isn't yet.

Here's what he Tweeted yesterday (LINK):

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As for the fellow who threw the Hail Mary, there was a brief story in the end of January reporting that he was spending the winter quarter in Arizona. From the story (LINK):

“Four of my former and current teammates and I are staying in a house together in Phoenix so we don’t waste our senior year together,” Kyler said. “I have two of my former receivers with me, so I plan on throwing frequently with them as well as staying on the strength and conditioning program provided to us by our strength coach. Aside from that, we still have QB meetings once a week breaking down film and getting better together.”

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If you enjoyed the movie Friday Night Lights keep an eye out for Under the Stadium Lights, another Texas high school football movie. This one stars Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and grandson of Dartmouth alum Bing Russell '47. The trailer for the film, which debuts June 4, is just out:

Speaking of Bing Russell, this excerpt from a 2016 Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is worth sharing, even if it's not entirely true (LINK):

It’s unclear if Russell played baseball in Hanover. There are photos of him in a Dartmouth uniform, swinging a bat and making like a fielder, but his son says Bing played only one game. “He and the coach didn’t get along, I guess,” Kurt says with a laugh. “He hit a home run on a 3-0 pitch. The coach gave him the sign to take [the walk], and my dad hits it out of the park. And as he rounds third, the coach sticks his hand out to shake it, Yeah, atta boy, and my dad didn’t shake his hand—You told me to take it. And that was the end of that.” 

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EXTRA POINT 
By the time the snow finished yesterday we had 3-4-5 inches or so of heavy, wet stuff. I'm not sure exactly how much because I took our "snow stick" down several weeks ago.

The forecast had predicted snow above 1,000 feet and sure enough, when we got into town on our way to bring Griff the Wonder Dog to the vet for shots, there wasn't any snow to be seen.