Saturday, August 17, 2024

Saturday Stuff

This is a few years old but I just stumbled across it for the first time in a while. It's well done and worth a Saturday morning look. Among the voices you will hear and faces you will see are onetime Dartmouth lineman Jeff Immelt '78, former CEO of General Electric, Cortez Hankton, former NFL wide receiver and today co-offensive coordinator at LSU, former Big Green  head coach Buddy Teevens and current head coach Sammy McCorkle.  


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Former Dartmouth linebacker Marques White is part of a huge rebuilding push at McNeese State. Per the American Press, he is one of "Fifty-nine newcomers, including 21 from Football Bowl Subdivision programs, (who) are on board ready to help McNeese attempt to get back into Southland Conference contention." From the story (LINK):

“We have dudes all over the field who can make plays,” White said. “We have the people to be a really good defense and shut people down.”

Green Alert Take: Even with all of those transfers, writers keep coming back to White, likely in part because of his pedigree on the field, but perhaps also because of his Ivy League pedigree off it.

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Mike Brown '57, is a former Dartmouth quarterback who led the Big Green in scoring and passing in 1956.

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EXTRA POINT
Well, after some back-and-forth we eventually decided to go to the drive-in last night The bottom line, for me at least, is that Despicable Me 4 had a few laughs (although I admit to not paying that much attention to the "plot"). Twisters had a decent plot and solid special effects but if it's being hailed as one of the best films of the summer I have to believe this is not a banner summer for the movies.

The best parts of the night? The always curious playing of the National Anthem when the screen first came alive, the 1950's era concessions commercials and, best of all, the countdown between the two features: