Introducing His Excellency Coach Murphy; Dartmouth Basketball Gets Massac — Dammit, Why Do We Keep Doing That?
Despite having pointed out that Dartmouth is the worst team in college basketball, we noted with disapproval the suckers-only 35.5 point line assigned to a recent game at No. 5 Kansas. C’mon, Las Vegas — that’s just mean. That’s a punchline, not a point spread. Shame on you.
Um. The Big Green managed to outdo itself, losing by 51. As the AP lede notes,
Teams have been coming into Allen Fieldhouse to play Kansas for more than half a century. Every one of them managed to score more points than helplessly outmanned Dartmouth Tuesday night.
At least no Native Americans were offended, though. That should definitely remain the Dartmouth Athletic Department’s No. 1 priority.
Also in embarrassing Ivy sports news: Power-mad Harvard football coach Tim Murphy was re-signed through the 2011 season on Monday — except he wasn’t. According to Harvard Athletic Communications, Murphy was — anyone else’s acid reflux acting up? — “reappointed.” Only in the Ivy League.
We don’t know what’s worse, the fact that Harvard is trying to use a word that equates Murphy’s job (for which he gets paid more than $100,000 a year to coach 10 meaningless games) with that of a dean or department chair, or the fact that the Crimson and Associated Press both took the bait. If he’s King Murphy, does that make you his serfs?
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August 29th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
wow what a mistake here