An anecdote featuring Peyton Manning from the Globe story (LINK):
“I remember when I chose to go to Tennessee, my dad (Archie) made me call all of the coaches that were recruiting me and tell them I’m not going to their school,’’ said Manning during a phone conversation Thursday in advance of the film’s premiere that evening in New York City.“When you’re 17 years old, man, that’s not easy to do. Some of the other coaches tried to talk me out of it. I think one of them hung up on me. Well, my dad had such respect for Buddy that he made me drive to his office at Tulane and tell him directly. And Buddy, not only does he tell me, ‘Congratulations, great decision,’ he reassures me and tells me why Tennessee is the perfect place for me. That’s the kind of person he was. He wanted the best for everyone.”
And this from the story:
The documentary is devastatingly sad at times, downright hilarious at others (Teevens’s rapid-fire pregame speeches were something to behold), and inspiring in the way that watching a principled person do the right thing over and over again ought to be.
And more from the Globe. . .
The hour-long film, titled “The Buddy Way,’’ directed by Rory Karpf, debuts Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m. on ESPN2. A slightly longer version will be available to stream on ESPN+. The film captures the profound influence Teevens had on the people in his orbit, as well as on the sport as a whole.
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John Perry, the innovative Dartmouth offensive coordinator under John Lyons from 1999-2004, is joining the Texas A&M offensive staff per numerous reports. (LINK)
Perry, who coached with the Houston Texans from 2014-2020, goes back to Texas after finishing his third stint on staff at Rutgers, where former Dartmouth strength coach Jay Butler is "director of sport performance."
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Speaking of which, Dartmouth is looking for a new director of football performance. From a job posting (LINK):
This re-imagined role will be pivotal to our success by designing and implementing a comprehensive, best-in-class physical preparation framework to enhance athletic performance, minimize injury risk, and sustain a culture of championship habits and behaviors within the daily training environment, in close collaboration with the head coach. The Director will collaborate seamlessly with Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2), leveraging interdisciplinary expertise to provide holistic support for student-athletes’ health, wellness, and development—empowering them to excel both on and off the field.
Stay tuned. . . .
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EXTRA POINT
When Mrs. BGA and I went out to breakfast yesterday we once again found that Vermont takes care of its own.
If you want maple syrup with your pancakes, French toast or waffles where we ate, it will be accompanied by real Vermont maple syrup. In an interesting turn, that annoying surcharge you are hit with at many places around the country when you want the real thing is instead applied at this Vermont establishment to customers ordering Log Cabin syrup or Mrs. Butterworth's syrup or some of that other swill. ;-)
This was part of the menu we ordered from yesterday:
