You've been waiting for this ever since the national championship game. ;-)
The My Team is Better Than Your Team website uses the transitive property to show that "Dartmouth is better than Ohio State in 11 rounds, by a combined score of 330-247." Have some fun playing around with the site HERE.
“We just felt really strongly that his story couldn’t die with him,” said Jane Skinner Goodell, who served as one of the executive producers along with Dartmouth alumnus Murry Bowden and Manning. “You don’t meet people like Buddy Teevens very often, maybe once in your life if you’re lucky. He cared so deeply about people, about doing the right thing. Doing the right thing no matter what. So we just wanted to help pay that goodness forward in some way.”
Editor's note: Jane Skinner Goodell is the wife of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
And this from Peyton Manning in the same story:
“Our theme is positive, unifying stories that celebrate hard work, a sense of community and peoples’ accomplishments,” he said. “That is Buddy Teevens and this story to a T. It’s emotional, and sadness is a part of it, but it’s inspiring. It is a unifying story. That’s exactly what we started the company for, to tell stories like this and try to make an impact in a positive way.”
From the LA Post-Examiner (LINK):
The Buddy Way is more than just a documentary; it’s a masterclass in leadership, empathy, and the enduring power of positive influence. It’s a must-watch that underscores the profound responsibility coaches have in shaping athletes and individuals who carry the lessons learned on the field into their broader lives.
And from the Patriot-Ledger in Massachusetts, where Teevens was a standout athlete at Silver Lake (LINK):
The Teevens documentary will be must-see TV around Silver Lake, where Rick Swanson has been promoting Teevens' legacy since becoming the school's athletic director over the summer.
"It's amazing to me how Buddy, as influential as he was, has kind of slipped under the radar for many people," Swanson said. "Even the approach of this documentary has come as a surprise to plenty of people in the community. And here's somebody that really ought to be a household name, especially here at Silver Lake and in all of our towns. He's really a giant part of our school's athletic history. We could not ask for a better role model or a better figure to personify what our school values, what our athletic department values.
"I'm thrilled that this documentary is going to bring him to a wider audience. I think it's going to be very clear that here's a person who devoted his whole life not only to athletics but to making a profound impact in the lives of student-athletes and improving the world in lots of different ways."
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EXTRA POINT
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake southeast of York Harbor, Maine yesterday morning rattled some people around New England (LINK), but we didn't notice it on our Vermont hillside. Per a story in the Portland Press Herald, Dartmouth earth science professor Leslie Sonder called the event, "pretty run of the mill." (LINK)
“The earth is dynamic, so every now and again, this will happen,” Sonder said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a precursor to anything, although you can’t say that with complete certainty.”
The natural phenomenon that did catch our attention last night was another gorgeous sunset out our driveway, and this is pretty much exactly how it looked. We've seen a lot of dramatic sunsets in our five years here, but this one was one of the best.
