Thursday, April 04, 2024

A New Name


Ben Reagan is a 6-foot-2, 255-pound offensive lineman from New Canaan, Conn.. While he camped at a number of Ivies, Reagan's offer list features Washington and Lee, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, Rose Hulman and Saint Anselm.

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Some former Dartmouth safety Quinten Arello put up some serious numbers at his Pro Day:

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For those of you wondering, Dartmouth's spring practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays are scheduled for 5 p.m., and Saturday sessions are at 10 a.m., although given the weather they are flexible this time of year. On that note, don't head out to Memorial Field this afternoon. Given the snow the team was on the artificial surface inside The Green House this morning.

Hope the fellow who shot this video doesn't get in trouble for revealing plays. ;-)

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Remember that note a little while back about Penn having just two nonconference opponents on next year's schedule? It's not on the Quakers' website yet, but Patriot League member Bucknell has stepped to the plate and will be the Penn opposition on Oct. 12 at Franklin Field. Given the calendar, this is one of the years when FCS teams are allowed to play 12 games and Bucknell reports HERE that it will be visiting Philly in the fall.

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The union vote by the Dartmouth men's basketball team continues to get some pushback. This time it's from three 1969 grads who played for the Big Green and say this in a letter to the editor of The Dartmouth (LINK):

This initiative has brought a whole new meaning to the term “March Madness.”  It is difficult to express how ill-advised and destructive this decision could be, both for the future of Dartmouth and of Ivy League athletics at large. 

And . . .

When we were students, none of us ever believed we had been hired to play basketball at Dartmouth. Rather, we felt privileged to represent our school while fulfilling our academic requirements and graduating from one of the top colleges in the country. 

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EXTRA POINT
Remember this commercial?

I was listening to a podcast yesterday and was struck – not for the first time – both by the warnings at the end of an ad for FanDuel and how absurdly fast they were read. They weren't quite as fast as the FedEx commercial but they were read so quickly there's no way anyone could get help from the reading without slowing it down or doing what I did, and having the computer transcribe it. This is just a guess but I'm thinking no one with a gambling problem is going to go to that extreme. For what it's worth – and if you only hear it, it's worth absolutely nothing – this entire text was read in 52 seconds.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. Call 1-800-NEXTSTEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 in Arizona. 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat in Connecticut.1-800-9WITHIT in Indiana. 1-800-522-4700 or visit ksgamblinghelp.com in Kansas. 1-877-770-STOP in Louisiana. Visit mdgamblinghelp.org in Maryland. Visit 1-800-GAMBLER.NET in West Virginia or call 1-800-522-4700 in Wyoming. Hope is here. Visit Gambling Helpline MA.org or call 800-327-5050 for 24/7 support in Massachusetts or call 1-877-8HOPENY or text HOPENY in New York or visit oasas.ny.gov/gambling. Standard text messaging rates apply. Sports betting is void in Georgia, Hawaii, Utah and other states where prohibited.

Go ahead. Grab your phone, bring up the stopwatch app and see how long it takes you to read this aloud.

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