Asked what they will miss most in retirement, both coaches cite the people and the family aspect of the Dartmouth program.
Brooks shares a story about Teevens helping him get back into the University of Maine after he was booted in the second semester of his junior year, and Dobes talks about how he and Teevens became roommates as young coaches at DePauw.
Find the story with two of the coaches who helped restore Dartmouth football to the top of the Ivy League HERE.
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If getting one Dartmouth grad transfer is good, getting two must be better, right? Ball State certainly thinks so. From the MAC school's social media:
On the topic of grad transfers, Northwestern State has a brief capsule of incoming defensive back Jamal Cooper HERE. Find his Dartmouth bio HERE.
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It's behind the paywall, unfortunately, but The Boston Globe has a moving story about Seattle Seahawks' wide receiver Jake Bobo, son of former Dartmouth receiver and captain Mike Bobo '92. From the story (LINK):
Credit belongs to the man who couldn’t live forever, not when the ravages of cancer visited him so swiftly and cruelly almost two years ago.Mike Bobo, father of Jake and younger brothers Luke and Mac, beloved husband of Casey for 28 years, former Dartmouth football player, longtime business professional, dedicated youth football coach and leader with Lawrence Pop Warner, raised three boys not just to be great athletes, though all of them are. He raised them to be good people, relying on a phrase — “It’s bigger than ball,” that now represents the biggerthanball.net foundation the family founded in his honor.“We all loved football, but he made sure we knew that football is what you do, not who you are,” Jake said. “And I think that rings so true, especially the situation that I’m in currently. If you let this business kind of consume your personality and who you are as a person, you lose what it’s really all about, and that’s being a great teammate.“He didn’t give a rat’s tail about how many points we scored, how many touchdowns you had. He cared the most about the person you are, teammate you are, brother you are, son, friend, whatever. All the off-the-field stuff is so much more important. You use football as an avenue to help people.”
And . . .
“He was just so full of energy. He could still beat our [butts],” Jake said Wednesday, sitting at a quiet table at the convention center, taking time to remember his dad. “Just a dude you loved to be around. He was affectionate, big into hugs, which was terrible for us as teenagers but you learn to appreciate it.”
And emulate it.
“He did such a good job raising us,” Jake said, “that when I have kids I want to do the exact same things.”
Green Alert Take: Hard not to root for that kid.
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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA grabbed this shot of the sky south of the BGA World Headquarters earlier this week. It looks like a windblown contrail from a passing jetliner, but it's actually a weird cloud formation.
