It's Homecoming with kickoff against Columbia at 1:30 this afternoon. Tune in HERE for a call of the game with Brett Franklin handling play-by-play and Wayne Young as analyst. The game will be carried on ESPN+ with Matt Corsetti on the call and Steve Goldberg as analyst.
Per Weather.com the "chance" of rain is 89 percent at 1 p.m. and 100 percent from 2 pm. until 5 p.m. and the temperature should be in the upper 50s. If it's any consolation, AccuWeather is a little more promising with the chance of rain at 49 percent for kickoff and 75 percent chance during the game.
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Last night's BGA Premium story offered up the possibility of a quarterback change at Columbia today and per Jake Novak's Roar Lions website it would appear that the Big Green will indeed get the first look at 2021 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Joe Green. (LINK)
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For those of you who stayed dry last night, here's a snippet from the Homecoming parade featuring the Dartmouth College Marching Band at the Hanover Inn corner:#
First-year Dartmouth President Sian Beilock was presented with a number 19 football jersey last night honoring her as the 19th president in school history:
Starting Homecoming weekend off with one of the finest traditions, Dartmouth Night!#TheWoods🌲| #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/8lScbEF1ER
— Mike Harrity (@mikeharrity) October 21, 2023
Green Alert Take: Could have given her the number 1 also as the first woman to serve as president!
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| Courtesy of the Helmet Project |
This one knocked me back a bit.
"The Tulane Green Wave will sport their throwback white helmets with the vintage bacon logo, while also paying homage to the late Buddy Teevens."
They made this video, which after a bit shows a number of scenes from the "Buddy System" TV commercial that was produced to introduce Teevens as the Tulane coach:
Does anyone smell… bacon? 🥓🌊#RollWave | #ForBuddy pic.twitter.com/xWi8Q1ogkD
— Tulane Football (@GreenWaveFB) October 20, 2023
Here's the logo the Green Wave will wear today:
To watch the full commercial as it aired when Teevens took over the Tulane program in 1992, click HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
I can't take credit for finding this, but for an explanation of what in the world is going on with all of these rainy weekends here in the Northeast, click HERE. The story notes that there has been rain on 30 of 42 weekends in New York this year and eight of the past 10 weekends in Boston, where 15 of the past 20 weekends have seen rain.
Dartmouth football and its fans have been surprisingly lucky with rain forecast virtually every Saturday but only a few sprinkles falling during games . . . so far.
