BGA Overtime

  BGA (Nov. 25) – This is the final edition of the Big Green Alert Six-Pack. Enjoy! 1) I had to laugh every time I read or heard someone pigeon-hole Jackson Proctor as Dartmouth’s “throwing” quarterback. Now, he's obviously a terrific passer. Unless I am mistaken, his 70.3 career completion percentage breaks Derek Kyler’s school record of 69.3 percent. But as Proctor proved against in Saturday’s win over Brown by running for 171 yards and three touchdowns on just 13 carries, he’s also dangerous with his feet. Just check the stats. As a sophomore he had a run of 64 yards. Last year he had a long of 78 yards and on Saturday he had a touchdown run of 75. The "throwing QB?" Yup, and a pretty fair "running QB." 2) It was painful to see wide receiver Paxton Scott in uniform for his senior day but unable to play because of the foot injury that kept him out the final four games of his terrific career. But to Dartmouth’s credit, the Big Green’s pass catchers picked up t...

  BGA (Nov. 23) – Taking possession at its own 25 with a little over six minutes remaining in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Brown, Dartmouth was in position to close the opening half with a time-consuming scoring drive, and then make it back-to-back touchdowns after receiving the second-half kickoff. Except  that the Bears seemed to have foiled any chance to pull off the classic double by getting a defensive stop and following with a six-play, 61-yard scoring drive of their own to make it 14-14 with just 55 seconds left in the half. With championship hopes on the line, avoiding a mistake in their own end after receiving the ensuing kickoff would be the call for a lot of coaches. But not for Sammy McCorkle. Not on this day. “I want our players to know we have confidence in them and that we know they can do it,” the Big Green’s second-year coach said. “I told them before the game we were going to be aggressive and that we believe they can get the yards whe...

We have all been here before     We have all been here before                   Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / D éjà Vu     BGA (Nov. 22) –    Dartmouth coach Sammy McCorkle can be excused if the CSNY anthem popped into his head at some point in the run-up to  The Tussle against Brown.      Even if it didn't, it's a fitting theme for Saturday's game, and not  just because for the second year in a row the season-ending contest has championship implications. It's also fitting because the Bears (3-6, 2-4 Ivy League) have several striking similarities to the Cornell team that dealt the Big Green’s title hopes a damaging blow just last week. Brown, like Cornell, has a strong-armed, veteran quarterback who not only can cause headaches with his arm, but is adept at keeping plays alive with his feet. In fact, fifth-year senior Jake Willcox leads the Ivy League in passing yards (2,384) and co...