Chip Strause

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

He threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday.

His father died on Friday.

And until February, his father was the head coach of the team he plays for.

His name is Dante Reno. He is the quarterback at Yale. His father was Tony Reno, and Tony Reno was 52 years old.

Reno coached Yale for 14 seasons. He went 83-49 and won five Ivy League championships, in 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025, second only to Carm Cozza in the history of the program. Before that he was a free safety at Worcester State, a Massachusetts kid who became the first native of that state to coach the Yale Bulldogs since 1910.

His son was a four star quarterback out of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and he had his pick of schools.

He chose South Carolina. The SEC. The biggest stage in the sport.

Then in June of 2025 he left it.

He entered the transfer portal and went to Yale, to play quarterback for his father.

They got one season.

In 2025 the Bulldogs went 9-3, shared the Ivy League title, beat Harvard to clinch it, and won a playoff game over Youngstown State 43-42. Dante threw for 2,943 yards and 24 touchdowns.

Now look again at the list of his father's five championships. The last one is 2025.

The final title Tony Reno ever won, he won with his own son playing quarterback.

That was the whole thing. One year. A championship, a father on the sideline, a son under center.

In February, Tony Reno stepped down. Health. He had been on medical leave since the end of that season.

On Friday he died. The family has not shared a cause, and that is their business.

On Saturday, his son played.

Yale fell behind the Merrimack Warriors 21-7 in the second quarter. Then Dante went 22 of 39 for 298 yards and four touchdowns, and Yale outscored Merrimack 24-3 after halftime to win 41-24.

Afterward he explained it without being asked twice.

"I know him, and I know my dad, and he would want nothing less than for me to go out there and play. Not miss practice. Go to school. Be around the guys."

Then he posted five words.

"This one's for you pops."

Yale athletic director Victoria Chun said that while Reno's accomplishments on the field were remarkable, it is the relationships he built and the lives he changed that will define his legacy.

Be careful what you take from this. There is no correct way to grieve and this is not a standard. Plenty of people could not have put a helmet on Saturday, and they would be right not to.

Dante Reno just happened to know exactly what his father would have said.

He turned down the Southeastern Conference to spend one season with his dad.

They won a championship. Then they ran out of time. And the day after they ran out of time, he went out and played anyway.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew Tasted these a few months ago …very disappointing.

[Yale Gymnastics @YaleGymnastics]

A new season high 📈

📰 https://t.co/8XIcnCSwxX

#ThisIsYale

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew “Please explain the 4 party model again. It’s so interesting.”

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew Should I be more shocked that you don’t know zebras are bit players in the Lion King (c’mon, pick a real side!) or that you reject the concept of the 12th man?

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

What’s most clear to me tonight is that this is just the beginning, that Americans across this country, no matter their title or party, are ready to be heard.

I believe that history will show we rose to meet this moment.

It will show we did not let the chaos and division go unanswered.

It will show that when our president chose to spread lies and sow fear, we chose to come together, to work together, and to rise together.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew As someone who is alive solely due to the miracle of science, I fully concur!

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead.

This is a good day for Israel, for the United States, and for the world.

Here’s my full statement.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew A lot of people say there is nothing better than an American Chip.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

Always a sad day, when you have to throw a trusty pair of running shoes away.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew 😂

[Yale Gymnastics @YaleGymnastics]

CAPTAIN Claire 🫡

📰 https://t.co/CWVg40Q1Z3

#ThisIsYale

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew Not only will banks still be the main holders of risk, that will represent an ever increasing percentage of their value-add on the acquiring side.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew C’mon down to the FC!

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@scottew Algo should have gone with I Got a Name.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@thomhaymore My wife says “for emergencies.”

[Israel ישראל @Israel]

This Shabbat, we are breathing four sighs of relief.

Noa Argamani (25)
Almog Meir Jan (21)
Andrey Kozlov (27)
Shlomi Ziv (40)

Welcome home.

And now we get back to work to bring each and every one of the hostages home.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@mrjeffu Tide, not ride.

[Chip Strause @chipstrause]

@mrjeffu It was a brilliant idea. Tremendous amount of fun! Watching the ride come in almost amazing.