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...announcement that Bob Blackman had quit his coaching job at Dartmouth to take the head position at Illinois was good news for the Ivy League. His departure marks an opportune time to take stock of the situation in the Ivy League, especially since there will be three new head coaches next fall...
There are probably only a handful of persons who remember when Blackman sent part of his first defense back into the Harvard game late in the fourth quarter when the Crimson was threatening to get its second touchdown in a 37-14 loss. The Dartmouth players who were pulled out at that moment probably do, though. And it wasn't until the Big Green had rolled up a 48-0 advantage over Columbia that the second offense got a chance to perform...
When one of the clean-uniformed Dartmouth players walked out of Harvard Stadium, he was asked why he thought Blackman had kept his best offense in until the last couple of minutes. "I don't know. I guess he wanted to win", he replied...
Certainly, that's a legitimate goal. But there's a difference between a victory and a slaughter, between a game and a war; and it's an important one. The ideal should be wide participation, not enormous margins of victories and an impressive set of statistics. Blackman always made a point this Fall of stating that everyone got a chance to play in most games, but being on the field for two minutes at the end of the fourth quarter barely qualifies as playing...
...selection will reportedly come as somewhat of a surprise to Blackman, who had planned to take his entire staff with him to the University of Illinois. Crouthamel apparently tried to contact Blackman in Hawaii but had no success...