HANOVER – Hard as it is for me to believe, this was the 20th season of Big Green Alert. I never imagined it would last this long.
First and foremost of the people I need to thank is Sammy McCorkle. It would have been easy as a first-year head coach a couple of seasons back for him to say he wouldn’t be comfortable having someone show up at every single practice continuously jotting things down in a notebook. But he took my presence in stride and has been incredibly generous with his time since Day One, always jogging over after practice to answer whatever inane questions I might have.
When I stopped by Sammy’s office last year and told him I’d pretty much decided to hang up my notebook, he asked what he could do to keep me around. I’m sure he has no idea how much that meant to me, but that alone was enough to convince me to keep things going, albeit in the new BGA Overtime format.
Justin Lafleur of the sports information office always found a way to answer my questions without complaint, despite being woefully overworked and for that I'm appreciative.
More than anything, I have to thank the readers who have clicked on Griff the Wonder Dog or sent checks with kind notes of support. It was a huge gamble taking down the paywall last year, but given that I wasn’t sure how much time I was going to put into the site, I thought it was the right thing to do. As it turns out, there hasn’t been a ton of difference between the old site and the new, and those of you who have offered encouragement are the reason why.
I can’t say the BGA Overtime format has been a resounding success, but opening the site up has allowed me to share the Dartmouth football story with a wider audience than ever before.
In closing, I will admit I’m not sure what the future holds for either the BGA daily site or BGA Overtime. I’ll recharge my internal battery over the next few months and we’ll see. In the meantime, a huge thank you for allowing me the privilege of a 20-season run covering Dartmouth football.
Happy Thanksgiving and keep in touch.
BW