Dartmouth Dragnet

Last month, a Columbia rising junior was busted for allegedly attempting to traffic in fake i.d.'s.

But Anthony Johnson was not a starter.

Now Dartmouth rising senior QB Conor Kempe, the incumbent starter at that key position, has been arrested for marijuana possession and is indefinitely suspended from the team.

I don't want to downplay this incident, but it should be noted that Kempe was far from guaranteed to start every game this coming season. His play at times last year was the weak spot on an otherwise resurgeant team.

Either way, I hardly think this is that way any Big Green fan wanted to see change.


Good Talk

Today's Columbia Spectator has a piece on the beginning of spring practice with quotes from Jeff Adams, Kurt Williams and Neil Schuster.
The issue of getting that "killer instinct", (as I call it, the Spec used some other terms), was addressed repeatedly. A lot of the article also spoke of new offensive and defensive systems which should make the spring game especially interesting.