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The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3 Big Green artifacts: symbols of athletic history at the College p. 4-5 Griffith’s Got Stats: Previewing the DartmouthPrinceton football game p. 6 Sticking to Sports: Aaron Rodgers & the Packers p. 7

One-on-one with forward Shane Sellar ’20 p. 8 TIFFANY ZHAIO/THE DARTMOUTH

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Football T he No. 20 Dartmouth football team found victory in sleet and freezing rain Saturday afternoon, defeating Harvard University 24-17 for the Big Green’s first victory against the Crimson in 15 years. In the slick conditions, the team opted to keep things on the ground, with the run game controlling the day. Quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 went for 183 yards and a touchdown, adding on to 117 and an additional score from Rashaad Cooper ’19. Defensively, the side was led by Kyran McKinneyCrudden ‘19 with 11 tackles, along with seven apiece from David Emanuels ’19 and Bun Straton ’19.

Dartmouth started out strong nearly immediately with an 82yard run from Cooper on the second play of the game, putting the Big Green on the board up seven. Despite outpacing the Big Green 42-24 in plays in the first half, Harvard found themselves struggling in the difficult conditions, and the Big Green defense capitalized. The second Dartmouth touchdown came off of a fumble forced

by Niko Lalos ’20, with the recovery from DeWayne Terry Jr. ’21 going 62 yards, all the way to the Crimson end zone.

This was one of the five Harvard fumbles on the day, four of which were recovered by Dartmouth.

After the offense was unable to

capitalize on the defense’s stops for much of the second quarter, the Big Green headed into the half with a 21-0 lead, following a drive spearheaded by Gerbino that ended with a 20-yard run into the endzone.

In the second half, the Crimson were able to pull things closer to the Big Green, with Harvard running back Aaron Shampklin running it in for a touchdown to end the Crimson’s opening drive. The game remained at 21-7 until the start of the fourth, when Connor Davis ’22 nabbed a 28-yarder, but Harvard responded with a touchdown of its own from quarterback Tom Stewart. A field goal from the Crimson with 1:36 left put Dartmouth up by only 7, but the onside kick from Harvard went out of bounds, allowing the Big Green to keep the ball the remainder of the time, sealing the victory.

Dartmouth will travel to P r i n c e t o n U n i ve r s i t y t h i s Saturday in what will be their most critical and challenging matchup of the season, as the No. 17 Tigers remain the only other Ivy undefeated in both general and conference play. The outcome of the game will likely determine the Ivy League crown, as none of the remaining Ancient Eight teams have challenged the performances from the Princeton and Dartmouth sides on the year.

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soccer The Dartmouth men’s soccer team defeated Harvard University 2-0 in their Homecoming performance, with the Big Green dominating Harvard on all counts offensively. Dartmouth found 22 shots total and 11 on goal, compared to 8 and 2 respectively from the Crimson, with Eduvie Ikoba ’19 finding the back of the net twice. The team will take on No. 22 Cornell in their last match of the regular season this upcoming Saturday, standing at 5-5-5 on the year.

Dartmouth women’s soccer found a 3-1 victory in their Homecoming game against Harvard University Saturday night, putting the team at 9-5-2 on the year and 3-2-1 in Ivy League conference play. Remy Borinsky ’19 led the offensive charge for the Big Green with

one goal and two assists. Erin Kawakami ’21 followed suit with one goal and one assist, and Izzy Glennon ’22 also scored a goal.

The Crimson came out strong, scoring 20 minutes into the first half, and held that margin for the remainder of the 45 minute period.

However, once the second half began, the Big Green side hit its stride, with Kawakami getting one in at 49 minutes. Unanswered by Harvard, Dartmouth pulled beyond a tie with the goal from Glennon at the 73rd minute, and made it a two goal game with the final strike from Borinsky in the end. Dartmouth finishes the season with a 6-2-1 record at home, and will look to finish on a positive note away as well when they travel to Cornell University this upcoming Saturday.

FIELD HOCKEY The Dartmouth field hockey team fell on Senior Day to No. 6 Harvard University Saturday, 6-0.

Facing miserable conditions, including sleet and freezing rain, Dartmouth was unable to put together an offensive performance against the Crimson, who had won their last 11 straight games. The defensive performance from Hailey Valerio ’19 kept the game closer than it might have been otherwise, with her 15 saves against the Crimson’s 21 shots on goal, compared to a lone one from Dartmouth.

The team was unable to bounce back from the loss against the Crimsons the next day, as they fell in their final non-conference game of the season against the University of New Hampshire 5-1.

The team’s offensive woes continued against their Granite State rival, as Gemma Bautista ’19 scored the team’s lone goal at the end of the first half.

The team will look to close out the season strong in their final match next Saturday against Cornell University.

Rugby The Dartmouth women’s rugby team fell in the Ivy Rugby Championship game at Brophy Field Sunday, with the Harvard Crimson taking the win in a 12-3 game. The Big Green faced extremely challenging conditions, with consistent sleet and rain throughout the match, and the offensive performances from both sides were hurt as a result. A penalty kick from Kat Ramage ’19 put Dartmouth up 3-0 10 minutes into

the match, but Dartmouth was unable to respond to the two Harvard tries and a kick over the remaining minutes of the game, as conditions worsened. The low-scoring game marks the Big Green’s first loss of the year, and the team looks to rebound and continue their otherwise exceptional performance this season as they go into the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association Quarterfinals on Nov. 10.

ICE HOCKEY Dartmouth men’s hockey nabbed a win in their season opener against Harvard University, taking down the Crimson 7-6 in overtime. In the highscoring Ivy League matchup, the Big Green were led offensively by Shane Sellar ’20, who found the net twice and added one assist, along with Drew O’Connor ’22 and Will Graber ‘20, each of whom added a goal and two assists. After an early goal

by Sellar to start the game off, Harvard responded quickly, with two goals within 30 seconds of one another and a third early into the second putting the Crimson up 3-1 on Dartmouth. Graber responded with a goal of his own, with Harvard answering again in an attempt to keep their margin at two goals. This did not last long, with O’Connor finding the net only 22 seconds after the Harvard score. At the start of the third, a redirect by Ryan Blankemeier ’20 and another Sellar goal put the Big Green ahead 5-4, but Harvard tied things up again soon after. Clay Han ’20 added another goal to the Dartmouth tally late, but a Harvard score with 3:48 to go put the game into overtime. This did not last long though, as a goal from Quin Foreman ’21 only 18 seconds into the extra period sealed things for Dartmouth. The

team will look to continue their winning start next weekend, as they host Princeton University Friday night and Quinnipiac University the day after.

The Dartmouth women’s ice hockey team faced a tough challenge over the weekend, facing two top-10 ranked teams after losing to Harvard University in their season opener last week. Despite their best efforts, the Big Green fell to No. 9 Colgate University 6-0 and No. 7 Cornell University 4-0. In the initial matchup against the Raiders on Friday, the Dartmouth side faced an overpowering offensive performance, with 40 shots from Colgate to 14 for the Big Green. Christine Honor ’19 held the net with 34 saves on the night. Despite the outcome, the Saturday afternoon game against the Big Red that followed was more evenly matched, with 23 shots from the Big Green to 38 from Cornell. Kayla Wormsbecher ’21 made her debut in goal for Dartmouth, and came away with 34 saves and a 0.895 save percentage on the day, a good performance in her first collegiate game. Dartmouth, now 0-3 in overall play, will look to improve this upcoming weekend, as they continue their campaign away against Princeton University and Quinnipiac University.

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VOLLEYBALL The Big Green finished the Homecoming weekend strong, beating the University of Columbia’s women’s volleyball team in a 3-0 sweep. Dartmouth’s Nicole Liddle ’22 led the team with nine kills, two blocks and 10 digs. Abby Kott ’20 and Carly Tower ’20 together contributed 14 kills to the win. Corinne Cox ’20 recorded an impressive 17 assists and six digs for the night. On the defensive end, Zoe Leonard ’19 completed 16 digs to help the Big Green pull out their eighth win of the season.

The previous night, the Dartmouth women fell short to Cornell after four games. From the first game, the women had difficulty finding momentum, losing 25-17. The women found their rhythm in the third

game, finished on the winning side of a 25-17 score.

The women were ready to take the Bears to five games, but lost their energy in the final game. Once again, Liddle led the team with eight kills. Tower and Elise Petit ’21 together earned 12 additional kills for the team. Tower contributed seven blocks while Kott recorded five for the night. Despite these statistics, it was not enough to overtake Cornell. The team finished the weekend at with an 8-12 overall record, 4-6 in the conference. The Big Green prepares for another week of practice as they get ready to enter the most critical part of their season. The women travel down to Rhode Island to face the Bryant University Bulldogs on Tuesday and host Brown University on Friday.

CROSS COUNTRY The Dartmouth women finished second overall at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship, with Columbia University taking first for the second year in a row. Glennis Murphy ’21 represented Dartmouth well on the 6K West Windsor course, placing 12th out of 90 runners. Not far behind, Georgia Fear ’20, Olivia Lantz ’19, Julia Stevenson ’20 and Lauren Sapone ’20 took the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th spots in the race. The Big Green’s depth on the roster earned them the prestigious second place. A select group of women gear up for the NCAA Northeast Regional, a preliminary for the NCAA Championship, in two weeks.

The Big Green men’s also performed well at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship, finishing in third behind Princeton University and Harvard University out of the eight competing Ivy League teams. Owen Ritz ’21 and Henry Raymond ’20 earned seventh and eighth place, respectively, finishing one second behind two Princeton runners.

Harvard and Princeton took the best six times.

Across the board, the men wore the green running shorts with pride, with Marco Pompilj ’19 and Quinn Cooney ’19 taking 14th and 16th place, respectively. The men head back up north to train for the NCAA Northeast Regional on Nov. 9.

HW ROWING The heavyweight rowing team gave host Princeton University a run for its money this weekend at the annual 3-Mile Princeton Chase. In the morning, the men finished in second in the 8+ race, a mere one second behind Princeton. These two conference rivals went head-to-head all day long. In the 4+ event,

the Dartmouth men finished in third behind two Princeton crews. The second Dartmouth 4+ boat finished in a close sixth, just behind Wisconsin from the Big Ten. The men leave a lasting impression on crews that they will see again in the spring for the 2k season.

W ROWING The women’s rowing team headed down to New Jersey this weekend for the annual 3-Mile Princeton Chase. Boats were driven up from all over the country, with competitors from Duke University, Brown University and the University of Rutgers among others. The Championship 8+ finished seventh out of 46 crews, placing ahead of Rutgers and Ivy League rival Cornell University. The two other crews from the Big Green placed 19th and 29th, respectively, representing the boathouse well in the Women’s Open 8+ category.

In the afternoon, the Big Green sent out four 4+ crews and one novice 8+. The top 4+ finished 13th out of 36 crews, while hosts Princeton dominated the leaderboard, finishing in first, second and fifth.

The freshmen in the novice 8+ finished 10th out of 11 crews, but proved to be a tough group of young athletes against the stiff competition. Overall, the women wore the green unisuits proudly for their last regatta of the fall season. The Big Green savor every last stroke on the fall water as they gear up for the longer winter training season.

W GOLF From Friday to Sunday, the women’s golf team participated in the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate Invitation hosted by the University of Louisville in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 11th place. The competition featured 11 total teams, including four teams from the top 40. To start off the competition strong, Kristen Chen ’22 and Kaitlyn Lees ’22 shot 4-over on a par 72 course. The two freshmen finished the day tied for 24th and continued their strong performances on day two. Lees finished the second

day of competition tied for 31st after scoring a 6-over 78 for the day, while Chen scored an 80 and held her own as she tied for 39th. Moon Cheong ’21 led the charge for the Big Green on day two, sinking 12 pars and a pair of birdies to score a 4-over 76. On day three, the Big Green sunk from 10th place to 11th place after finishing the day with a 318 (+30). The host took first overall with a final score of 882 (+18) over the three day tournament. The competition marked the conclusion of the Big Green’s regular season.

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W SWIMMING On Friday, the women’s swimming team hosted their first scrimmage of the season against the University of Maine.

The meet started out strong, with Dartmouth taking first and second place in the 200-yard relay. The Big Green continued to perform exceptionally, finishing first in every event but diving.

Dartmouth’s Zoe Wortzman ’22, Katherine Cane ’21, and Eleanor

Zwart ’22 took the top three spots in the 50-yard freestyle. In a similar showing, Cathleen Li ’21, Caroline Poleway ’19 and Hi’ilani Hopkins ’21 claimed first, second and third in the 100-yard butterfly. After the encouraging start, the Big Green looks ahead to its first official meet of the season this Friday against the University of New Hampshire.

M SWIMMING The men’s swimming team welcomed the University of the Maine for its first scrimmage of the season this Friday and dominated across the board. The Big Green claimed first place in all events except the 200-yard freestyle relay, where they finished in second by a margin of 0.34 seconds. Raymond Neistat ’20 and AJ Krok ’19 earned first and second place in

the 1-Meter and 3-Meter Dive. In another great showing, Connor LaMastra ’21, Joe Moll ’22 and Connor Richmond ’22 finished in the top three for the 400 Yard IM. The mix of young and seasoned talent bodes well for the Big Green as the team prepares for its first official meet of the season against the University of New Hampshire later this week.

LW ROWING On Sunday, the Dartmouth men’s lightweight rowing team competed in the Princeton Chase hosted by Princeton University. In the varsity lightweight 8+ race, the Dartmouth A team took ninth place

after a split of 13:44 and the B team followed behind in 20th with a 14:35 finish. In the varsity lightweight 4+ race later in the afternoon, the Big Green’s A team took 13th after recording a time of 15:17.

Sailing Over the weekend, the sailing team closed out the season in its final two races of the year, competing in the 78th Professor Schell Trophy at Dartmouth and the Victoria Urn Trophy at Bowdoin University. In its first race, the Big Green finished in second place out of 18 teams with 165 points. While the Big

Green’s A-team beat Yale by 3 points, the 21 point deficit from the B-team was too much to overcome. At the Victoria Urn Trophy, the Big Green took fifth out of 16 teams with a total of 170 points. The Brown University Bears took the trophy with 108 points, defeating Boston College by 15 points.

eQUESTRIAN On Saturday, the Dartmouth equestrian team placed fourth out of 11 competing teams at the University of New Hampshire.

The first place finishers for the day included Margot Putnam ’19 in Walk Trot, Alexa Tucker ’20 in Advanced Walk Trot Canter and Sophie Kylander ’22 in the Advanced Walk Trot

Canter. The Big Green is now currently in second place in the regional point standings, trailing the University of Vermont by two points. With two shows left in the season, the Big Green hopes to catch up and overtake Vermont in the standings.

Tucker is a former member of the Dartmouth Senior Staff.

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Pewter Bowl for Berry Sports Center (1987) This pewter bowl commemorates the dedication of the John W. Berry Sports Center on May 22, 1987.

Berry ’44’s gift of $5 million dollars, the largest the athletic department had ever received at the time, gave him naming rights to the 88,400 square foot building built in 1986. The Berry Center houses 10 international squash courts, two North American squash courts, three racquetball courts, three regulation basketball courts, four varsity locker rooms, an athletic ticket office and the Big Green basketball suites. These facilities include Herrick Court, which is one of only three squash exhibition courts in North America with three

glass walls, as well as Leede Arena, where the varsity basketball and volleyball teams play.

Stein of the New Gym (circa 1910s) This stein, made from porcelain and pewter, features an image of “the new gymnasium.” It was made sometime between 1910 and 1919 to commemorate the completion of what is now known as the Alumni Gymnasium. Built in 1910, the gym originally had two swimming pools, intramural basketball courts, championship

basketball courts, two weight rooms, squash courts, 1/13 of a mile jogging track, two saunas, fencing lanes and a rowing tank.

In 2006, a $12 million renovation a d d e d a 1 4 , 0 0 0 - s qu are - fo ot fitness center and eight new multipurpose fitness rooms, along with other enhancements to the original structure.

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The athletic department dedicated the John W. Berry Sports Center in 1987.

No. 42 Jersey from 1970 football season (1970) A memento of the Big Green’s 1970 championship season, the jersey was worn by Thomas O’Neill ’73, a sophomore linebacker at the time. O’Neill is from Finleyville, Pe n ns y lv an i a , and we nt to Monongahela High School. He graduated from the College in 1973 and received his degree from the Thayer School of Engineering in 1974. O’Neill

went on to become the president and CEO of the engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff. In 2005, he delivered the speech at Thayer’s Investiture ceremony and earned the Robert Fletcher Award for distinguished achievement and service. His jersey bears the Dartmouth Indian logo, which has not been used since 1974 because of its racial insensitivity.

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Thomas O’Neil ’73 was a linebacker on Dartmouth’s undefeated 1970 team.

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The athletic department dedicated the John W. Berry ’44 Sports Center after a $5 million gift.

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Splinter of wood from goal post of field where Dartmouth captured first ever win over Yale University in 1935

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In 1935, Dartmouth defeated Yale University 14-6 for the Big Green’s first victory over the Bulldogs.

Back in October 1884, Dartmouth played its first game of football against Yale University and suffered a crushing 113-0 loss to a Bulldogs team on a 36-game winning streak.

Fast forward 51 years, and on Nov. 2, 1935, the Big Green was able to win its first game against the opponents from New Haven, Connecticut 14-6. Displayed here is a splinter of wood from the goal post that towered over the field in that historic game. This splinter

was a gift to the College from P. B. Tucker ’36, and included an entry from the December 1935 alumni magazine. This piece is a collage of headlines from the days following the team’s victory, including “Yale Jinx Loses 51-Year Battle With Big Green” and “Dartmouth Downs Yale for First Time in History.”

This season, Dartmouth football defeated Yale 41-18, showing how far they’ve come since the two teams started playing each other.

Program for a Banquet in honor of Dartmouth’s Undefeated 1970 Season (1971) On Januar y 22, 1971, the Championship Football Banquet was held in Alumni Hall in the Hopkins Center. This evening was held in honor of the team’s undefeated, 9-0 1970 season. The evening included a full program of speeches made by several notable figures, including Dr. John G. Kemeny, the president of the College at the time, and Ned Martin, a sportscaster for the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1992. The front of the program displays the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy and the Ivy League Trophy, both of which were won by the team that year. This piece of sports memorabilia also includes a collage of highlights from the season, including “Dartmouth

Overwhelms Columbia 55-0” and “Dartmouth Throttles Yales 10-0 for Sixth Victory: Indians Unanimous Pick In Lambert Trophy Voting.” On the “Standout Performers” page, it is noted that 22 players had “gained recognition in the selection of AllAmerica, All-East, All-Ivy and AllNew England teams.” Information was also included about the team’s playing record, roster, awards, an “Ivy League Statistical Review” and a piece titled “Eight New England Teams Unbeaten in Past 50 Years … Four Wear Dartmouth Green.” Finally, caricatures of the “Undefeated Seniors” were included with each person being identified by their name and number.

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Big Green football completed a perfect 9-0 season in 1970 and was commemorated at Alumni Hall.

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Previewing the DartmouthPrinceton football game The Ivy League football title will most likely be decided next week, as undefeated Dartmouth takes on undefeated Princeton University in central New Jersey. Princeton and Dartmouth are currently ranked atop the Ivy League statistically; the teams are ranked first and second, respectively, in both total offense and total defense.

Both teams will be looking to capture their first outright Ivy League football title in over 20 years; Princeton has not won the title outright since 1995, while Dartmouth hasn’t won outright since 1996 (Dartmouth split the title with Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and Princeton split it with Penn in 2016).

Dartmouth football came into this season with low expectations from the

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media. The Big Green was picked to up to the Big Green’s matchup against finish sixth in the Ivy League in the Harvard on Saturday. Dartmouth Preseason Ivy League Media Poll, only accomplished this by starting its season ahead of Cornell University and Brown with a 41-0 shutout of Georgetown University. This shouldn’t have meant University in the team’s home opener much to the team, since in eight of the in a match where Rashaad Cooper last nine years the team had finished ’19 had a 112-yard rushing day and higher than its predicted placement in Drew Hunnicutt ’19 had a 102-yard the poll. The media’s low placement was receiving day. Dartmouth then topped understandable, given that Dartmouth Penn 37-14 and beat Yale University, the had graduated roughly half of its team predicted to finish first in the Ivy starters on offense and defense. The League in the same poll that predicted team was young Dartmouth to but had plenty “Dartmouth football finish sixth, 41of competition 18 in New Haven. came into this season for the starting Dartmouthwould roles. Before the with low expectations enter the FCS Poll season started, in the media. The Big after the team’s four quarterbacks second shutout Green was picked to were vying for of the season the starting role, finish sixth in the Ivy against Sacred including Jake University, League in the Preseason Heart Pallotta ’20, who ranked 24th was the primary Ivy League Media Poll, in the country. backup to Jack only ahead of Cornell Dartmouth Heneghan ’18 would then post a last year, Derek University and Brown two-score victory Kyler ’21, wildcat University.” at Columbia quarterback Jared University Gerbino ’20, as and then beat well as freshman transfer from the Harvard for the first time in 15 years, University of Florida Jake Allen ’22. and the first time at home in 25 years, The defense has centerpieces in Jack 24-17 in a cold, rainy mess of a game.

Traynor ’19, who was a unanimous first- Although it was a one-possession game, team All-Ivy player at linebacker last the game was not as close as the score season, as well as Isiah Swann ’20, who indicated. Dartmouth jumped out to a was a second-team All-Ivy selection.

21-0 lead in the first half. The students Dartmouth had been quick to must have realized that the game was outplay its predictions, climbing up pretty much over, as most of them to a number 20 rank in the Football cleared out to get away from the cold, Championship Subdivision Poll leading rain and hail once halftime hit.

Princeton entered the season picked a wildcat quarterback. Lovett and to finish second behind Yale in the Gerbino currently rank third and fifth preseason poll. The Tigers, offensively, in the Ivy League in rushing yards with have looked the part, only scoring under 608 and 474 yards, respectively, which 45 points in one of the team’s seven is a fantastic feat considering they’re games (a 29-21 victory against Harvard). both quarterbacks. Lovett rushed for Interestingly, due to the scheduling 159 yards and one touchdown on 19 changes put forth by the Ivy League rushing attempts against Cornell, which last football season, Princeton won’t play is typical of a wildcat quarterback. either Harvard or Yale at home this year; Gerbino rushed for 183 yards and one of those two teams is usually the one touchdown this past Saturday team’s homecoming game. Princeton against Harvard has yet to face Yale as well. While this season — the “Dartmouth had been Princeton has Bulldogs will be recorded at least quick to outplay its part of the Tigers’ 45 points in all but predictions, climbing tough three-game one of its games, stretch to finish up to a number 20 Dartmouth has the season, which not allowed more rank in the Football also includes than 18 points in u n d e f e a t e d Championship any of its games Dartmouth next this season, Subdivision Poll leading weekend and in addition to Penn. Princeton up to the Big Green’s recording two has looked good matchup against shutouts. Isiah on offense, but the Swann is one of Harvard on Saturday.” combined record the leaders of of the teams that this Dartmouth Princeton has defense and will faced so far this season is 21-31. The have to step up in a big way against combined record of Dartmouth’s Princeton’s offense. Swann currently opponents, on the other hand, is 27-26, has seven interceptions on the season as indicating that the Big Green has faced well as eight pass breakups, leading the a better quality of opponents.

Ivy League in both categories. Rocco The key to the upcoming matchup Di Leo ’18 is also an integral part to this of the unbeatens next Saturday is how team’s defense, as the fifth-year senior Dartmouth’s defense can shut down currently leads the Ivy League in tackles Princeton’s offense. Princeton, in their for loss with 9.5, as well as in sacks with matchup with Cornell this past Saturday, seven. was able to gain over 500 yards of total This game next week will most likely offense and used 13 players in a running decide the Ivy League title. It will be hard game that was able to record 358 yards for Dartmouth to travel to New Jersey and seven touchdowns. Princeton senior and overcome Princeton’s home field quarterback John Lovett plays a similar advantage, but Dartmouth’s defense role as Gerbino with Dartmouth as can certainly rise to the occasion.

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Sticking to Sports with Sam Stockton ’19

Aaron Rodgers & the Packers In September of 1992, a young Brett Favre replaced injured fan-favorite Don “Majik Man” Majkowski and led the Green Bay Packers to a come-frombehind victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. From that point on, whether in Favre or his successor Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have had one of the three best quarterbacks in football. And yet, during that time, Green Bay has brought just two titles home to Title Town, the same number earned by the Baltimore Raven duo of Trent Dilfer and Joe Flacco. Obviously, there are more variables at work here than just one position, but the simple fact is the Packers have failed to leverage the National Football League’s steadiest quarterback situation over the past 30 years into the kind of consistent championship level success one would probably expect.

Now, with the NFL game as wideopen and pass happy as ever, you’d expect the Packers, armed with the quarterback with the most arm talent the NFL has ever seen, to be at or near the top of the league. However, Green Bay went into its Week 7 bye week at a disappointing 3-2-1 with only the league’s 16th best scoring offense.

Perhaps it is just early season jitters; after all, championship contenders tend to take shape in December, often looking quite different than they did in the season’s opening month or two.

While it seems entirely possible that the Packers will discover championshiplevel form somewhere in the coming months, their performance over the past few years suggests otherwise to me.

Under head coach Mike McCarthy, the Packers run a “West Coast Offense” straight from the 1980s. This scheme relies on short completions to control the ball and eventually set up deeper throws.

Explosive plays out of this system tend to come from improvisation, relying on the quarterback to scramble to buy time before hitting a streaking receiver who has broken off his route in an attempt to find space. Without a doubt, Rodgers thrives with this sort of improvisation; his combination of mobility and arm strength make him lethal when plays break down. Nonetheless, this straightfrom-the-80s scheme leaves quite a bit to be desired.

When you look around at the league’s best offenses, one of the dominant trends in football right now

is pre-snap motion. Perhaps the best example is in Los Angeles, where Rams head coach Sean McVay has built his offense around it. The Rams use as much pre-snap motion as anyone, confusing opposing defenses with all sorts of motion, before running straight at them with Todd Gurley or allowing Jared Goff to sling the ball all over the field. Often, the motion is just a distraction, or “window dressing” if you prefer the jargon of NFL punditry.

New England pioneered the tactic, employing it for years to force their opponents to reveal their coverages early and potentially identify an uncovered receiver. If the fundamental objective of offense, regardless of sport, is to create space, pre-snap motion offers an easy way to begin that process in a way the defense has no means to counter.

When you watch Green Bay, they don’t really use it all, instead relying on McCarthy’s antiquated scheme to create separation for their receivers.

As the league presses forward, the Packers, despite Rodgers’ talent, remain reluctant to change. Under McCarthy, it seems the only adjustment comes every few games when he either passes off or takes back play-calling duties.

Last season, the second time in Rodgers’ career he missed extended time due to injury, showed plainly that without him the Packers have a middling, if not downright bad roster.

Again, the Packers seem averse to progress. Just as shifting play-calling duties serves as their offensive cureall, the Packers seem to always make the same off-season moves. Every year they seem to acquire a tight end, touting the fact that finally they have given Rodgers a high-end threat at that position. First it was Jared Cook, then Martellus Bennett, and this year it was Jimmy Graham. For years, the prevailing narrative around the Packers has been that Rodgers’ gaudy contract precluded them from assembling an adequate depth chart surrounding him. However, the Packers are hardly the only team with a hefty check owed to their quarterback. In fact, despite his freshly signed contract, Rodgers actually only has the 15th highest cap hit in the league for the 2018 season. With this in mind, Rodgers’ contract seems more like a scapegoat than the albatross the NFL media tends to construe it as.

For the Packers, the time to take radical action has to be soon. While Rodgers is clearly one of the league’s best quarterbacks and there is no reason to suspect that will change particularly soon, he is also 34 years old and clearly closer to retirement than he is to his prolonged stay in the green room at the 2005 Draft. By no means do I mean to denigrate Rodgers’s career accomplishments, but if he is to retire with just one Super Bowl title, I don’t see how that could be anything other than a disappointment, a disappointment that would directly reflect his own team’s failure to change.

One Small Strike for Player’s Rights in the Face of Capitalism and the National Collegiate

Athletic Association: In the midst of a fairly uncompelling slate of college football games, a clash of struggling Atlantic Coast Conference teams offered the moment of the weekend. You’d be forgiven for glossing over Wake Forest-Louisville in your scan of the weekend’s games; after all, neither had a conference win heading into the match-up. However, Wake Forest running back Matt Colburn propelled the game to national relevance. More than a year before 2015 National Signing Day, Colburn committed to coach Bobby Petrino and Louisville; then, just before Colburn made his signing official, Petrino pulled Colburn’s scholarship offer, exemplifying one of the myriad ways the National Collegiate Athletic Association requires far less accountability from the supposed adults who run it than from the teenagers who actually play the sports. Fortunately for Colburn, Wake had a scholarship left for him, and the South Carolina native had a place to play college football. Flash forward to Saturday afternoon in Louisville, Colburn, now a senior, rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns against the team and coach who spurned him, and the Demon Deacons routed the Cardinals. College athletics seldom provides reason to believe in the presence of some large cosmic force for justice in the universe.

Colburn’s performance Saturday may not be that, but, even for someone like myself who had no idea who Matt Colburn was entering the weekend, it feels like the next best thing.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

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SPORTS ONE ON ONE

with Shane Sellar ’20

BY ADDison Dick The Dartmouth

Men’s hockey opened its season in exciting fashion on Saturday night, defeating Harvard University 7-6 in overtime. Quin Foreman ’21 tipped in a cross-ice pass from Shane Sellar ’20 for the game-winning goal just 18 seconds into overtime. Sellar, the recipient of the Manser Award for most improved player last year, finished the game with a team-high two goals in addition to the overtime assist. He is a member of “The Timber Line,” Dartmouth’s top offensive line with Foreman and Will Graber ’20. Sellar has high expectations for the Big Green this year, including an Eastern College Athletic Conference championship and National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance.

Harvard mean to you and the team?

SS: I think it meant a lot to all of us, especially a lot for the returners.

Having them knock us in playoffs and end our season last year and end the stretch run we had, we took that to heart. This game was marked on our calendar once the schedule came out. To get the win on Homecoming weekend and in front of a huge crowd just meant a lot to us, and it was a great way to start our season.

Were you expecting such a high scoring game?

SS: I personally was not. I thought it was going to be a little more defensively battled and it would’ve been a tight hard-fought game, but I knew it was going to come down the end. It always does between us and them. It was just going to be who got the last goal.

What did the victory over

What changes did the team make in the offseason and how much improvement did you see?

SS: We have a lot of guys back. I think we have 22 guys returning from last year’s team, so I think not much changed. I think bringing a large core back helped because we had a solid foundation. The freshmen bought in right away and are really contributing in our lineup and helped a lot last night.

I think everyone has just bought into how we want to play and what our goal is as a team.

How has the chemistry improved between you and the Timber Line?

SS: I personally feel like we were picking up right where we left off last year. We got last year under our belt.

We knew coming back we were going to have to try to be just as good. I think the chemistry got better, and we’ve been working on it in practice since day one. We see that it’s still there from last year, and we just keep getting better.

What are your goals for the team this season?

SS: The team’s goals are obviously to

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get to Lake Placid this year and look to win an ECAC championship. The Ivy League championship is always in the back of our minds and we want to win that every year, but we want to get back to Lake Placid and win that and get Dartmouth back on the map for hockey and make the national tournament.

What games are you most looking forward to this year?

SS: Obviously, the Princeton game, being the tennis ball toss game coming up this Friday, is going to be a huge game, and it’s one we always look forward to. Further down the line, getting the chance to go on the road and play at Boston University will be really fun for us, and playing a team like Providence in the Ledyard classic at home, that will be a great game as well.

Harvard scored on five of its seven power plays last night.

How do you address the issues on the penalty kill?

SS: It did hurt us. Giving up five power play goals doesn’t help, but it’s early in the year. We shouldn’t freak out about it. We have time to correct

NO GAMES TODAY

it and we’ll watch video on it. We’ll get better as the year goes on with every game. They have great guys on their power play and they’re all a threat to score, so with a team like that we just have to work with what we have and stick to what we know works for us.

What did you see on the gamewinning goal in overtime?

SS: Harvard’s Adam Fox was coming up with the puck and I saw Graber forechecking. Seeing him skate up with the puck, I figured I would back off because in overtime you never want to give up a goal and lose the game, so you always want to be on the defensive side. I saw him fall and he turned the puck over, and I just hopped on it and saw [Foreman] going to the back door.

We trust each other, and I knew if I got that puck into [Foreman] he was going to score, so I did the best I could to get him the puck. He put it into the net and it was a great finish by him.

You have to give Graber credit for his forecheck to force the turnover. We all just feed off each other really well.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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Dartmouth football’s ranking in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ Poll

Women’s rugby’s fewest points scored this season as it fell to Harvard University 12-3

goals to defeat Harvard University in men’s hockey’s season opener

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Dartmouth men’s soccer team’s record after this weekend’s win

years since the Big Green football team last defeated Harvard University

Hailey Valerio ’19’s number of saves against Harvard University field hockey to keep the game close