Q On Ice

Huge thanks to an emailer "from away" for tipping me off to former Dartmouth football captain Quinten Arello '23 making a name for himself as a "bobsled athlete."

From an earlier ESPN story (LINK):

World champion Kaysha Love, three-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries-Armbruster and five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor were named to the U.S. World Cup bobsled team Saturday, as the Americans began shaping their roster for this winter's Milan-Cortina Games.

Also making the team: a three-time NCAA indoor track champion for Notre Dame, a former Dartmouth football player and a Division II school's assistant athletic trainer - someone who hadn't seen a bobsled until a few weeks ago.

And . . .

Former Dartmouth football player Quinten Arello, who had a rookie minicamp opportunity with the Tennessee Titans last year, was one of 12 men's push athletes picked for the team. 

Find Arello's Dartmouth football bio HERE. 

More from the ESPN story:

Being on the national team doesn't automatically assure sliders of an Olympic roster spot, but being part of (the) selections is a big step toward securing a place on that team. 

Among the others chosen was former Princeton tailback Charlie Volker, a 2022 Olympic bobsled veteran.

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There's a little more about a former Dartmouth wide receivers coach who has gone on to to big things under the headline, Can Cortez Hankton keep the WRU tradition alive at Ohio State? Find the story HERE.

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With the FCS national championship game slated for Monday night the winners of the Walter Payton Award (FCS offensive player of the year) and Buck Buchanan Award (defensive player of the year) were announced and the Ivy League was represented on both ballots.

Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard won the Payton Award with Penn wide receiver Jared Richardson finishing tied for 23rd in the voting, while Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig and Yale running back Josh Pitsenberger tied for 25th.

Mercer defensive end Andrew Zock won the Buchanan Award with Yale safety Abu Kamara 15th in the voting and Harvard safety Ty Bartrum tied for 27th.

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I just stumbled across a box of old ticket stubs from major league baseball, NBA and NHL games I attended growing up, as well as tickets from concerts I went to starting when I was in college. It's a nostalgic trip down memory lane and I can't help but think how you can't stick an e-ticket into an old wooden cigar box and find it all these years later.

This And That

Lehigh's release of its 2026 football schedule (LINK) confirms Dartmouth will be opening its season at Goodman Stadium on Sept. 19. The game will mark the Big Green's first trip to Bethlehem since 1996. The Dartmouth schedule hasn't yet been formally announced but when it does it will look like this:

Sept. 19 at Lehigh

Sept. 26 Monmouth

Oct. 3 Penn

Oct. 10 at Yale

Oct. 17 Merrimack

Oct. 24 at Columbia

Oct. 31 Harvard

Nov. 7 at Princeton

Nov. 14 at Cornell

Nov. 2 Brown

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The local Valley News has a story headlined New Hanover eatery to honor late Dartmouth football coach. From the story about the restaurant that will be named after Buddy Teevens (LINK):

To honor the late coach, Molly’s owner Jennifer Packard is naming her second restaurant venture after him.

Buddy T’s Grill and Sports Bar, a collaboration with Molly’s chef Ryan O’Day, is slated to open in mid-January in the Lebanon Street location formerly occupied by Dunk’s Sports Grill, Packard said.

“I think it’s going to be a great place … for alumni when they come to town. I think it’s going to be a real celebration of Dartmouth sports and beyond,” Kirsten Teevens said.

Buddy T's Grill and Sports Bar will open across Lebanon Street from the Hopkins Center.

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Have to admit this caught me by surprise:

i’m officially entering the transfer portal with 1 year of eligibility remaining‼️ pic.twitter.com/1gtn5VeNdA

— marques white (@marques_white1) December 28, 2025

Linebacker Marques White, who began his collegiate career by playing in four games at Dartmouth in 2019, isn't done yet. An All-Ivy League selection with the Big Green in 2021 and 2023, White played at McNeese State as a grad transfer in 2024 and moved on to UMass. Per his social media he is considering an offer from the University of Virginia after a strong season in Amherst.

From a UMass release headlined Four Minutemen Earn 2025 All-MAC Honors (LINK):

Graduate student defensive lineman Marques White earned a spot on the All-MAC Second Team Defense.

And . . .

White totaled 50 tackles on the season, including 18 solo and 32 assisted. He posted a team-leading 11 tackles for loss and a team-best five sacks, while adding a pass breakup, four QB hurries and two forced fumbles. At Central Michigan, White matched a career-high of three tackles for a loss of 10 yards. White's 11 tackles for loss are the 10th in the MAC.

In a sign of the times in this era of college football, a look at White's Dartmouth bio reveals he will turn 26 years of age late next season.

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Dartmouth sports publicity catches you up on the news you might have already seen HERE Tuesday about the Big Green's Phil Steele honorees, including tight end Chris Corbo and offensive tackle Delby Lemieux. The release notes that Corbo has been named to the All-America first team by four outlets: Phil Steele, the Associated Press, Stats Perform and the American Football Coaches Association. (LINK)

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The temperature was in the single digits when I was the first person to do the entire back loop of my usual hike up the mountain yesterday. To be honest, I wasn't excited about hitting the trail but getting back up the mountain is penance for a little too enthusiastically attacking all the goodies in the house over the holidays. I'm not all that thrilled about getting back out there today but at least it will be a nice break from doomscrolling latest headlines.

On The Move

Two former Dartmouth football assistants are in the news.

Cortez Hankton, who Buddy Teevens called a future star when he gave him his first fulltime coaching gig, is heading to Ohio State as the Buckeyes’ new wide receivers coach. And John Perry, the Big Green's innovative offensive coordinator under John Lyons, is now the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M.

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Hankton, a former NFL wide receiver, coached at Dartmouth from 2012-2014 before moving on to Vanderbilt, Georgia for four years and LSU from 2022 until this year. The New Orleans native served first as Brian Kelly’s pass game coordinator and receivers coach at LSU before assuming the role of co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach.

Hankton will be the second former Dartmouth coach on staff at Ohio State. Wendy Laurent moved on to Columbus as assistant wide receivers coach last year after three seasons with the Big Green.

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Perry, who coached at Dartmouth from 1999-2004, spent seven years on staff with the Houston Texans, first as tight ends coach and later as wide receivers coach. He’s also made stops at Delaware, Rutgers, Brown, New Hampshire and Georgetown, and served as head coach for five years at Merrimack. The former New Hampshire wide receiver standout and basketball player is the older brother of current Brown coach James Perry.

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Broke out the super glue to fix a broken game piece from Christmas and of course got some of the stuff on my left index finger where it quickly dried. I tried peeling it off to no avail. Then scraping it off. No luck. Then gently sliding the finger across some fine sandpaper. Nope. Although I pretty much forgot about the glue, it wasn't until the next day that the tincture of time allowed me to sign onto my computer with the affected finger. Sure glad I knew the password so I could bypass using my finger to sign in.

HNY

Happy New Year!

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Nothing much to report today except this news that broke yesterday (italics are mine):

The Green Bay Packers signed S Johnathan Baldwin and QB Clayton Tune from the practice squad to the active roster, signed G Karsen Barnhart, CB Tyron Herring and QB Desmond Ridder to the practice squad, and placed S Zayne Anderson and CB Nate Hobbs on injured reserve. The transactions were announced Wednesday by General Manager Brian Gutekunst.

From the story:

Herring (6-1, 201) originally signed with Green Bay as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2025, but was released after training camp. After spending part of this season on the practice squad of the New England Patriots, he was on the Packers' practice squad in Weeks 9-14. Herring began his career at Dartmouth College (2019-22) before finishing at the University of Delaware (2023-24). He was named fourth-team All-Ivy League in 2022, honorable mention All-CAA in 2023 and second-team All-CAA in 2024. He will wear No. 46 for the Packers.

Find the full story on Packers.com HERE. And find Herring's Dartmouth football bio HERE.

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The Rocky and Bullwinkle balloons are fine, but if you ask me the rest of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade TV broadcast is nothing more than vacuous morning show hosts fawning over B-grade musical acts badly lip-synching songs I never heard of and never need to hear again.

Now you'll have to excuse me while I head downstairs before I miss a second of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

It's a little like the difference between the "Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop," and the Rose Bowl Game.

For Your Enjoyment

On Christmas Eve this electronic precinct brought you a LINK to highlights of the biggest Dartmouth win of the 2025 season over Yale.

On New Year's Eve, here's a brief look back at the most impressive nonconference win of the season over New Hampshire:

That's it for today. Be safe tonight!

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A lot of products sold in Northern New England have information about them both in English and in French. That being the case, on a shelf here in the BGA World Headquarters I have a small package of what are called "Trombones."

In French, a trombone isn't just a musical instrument. It's also one of these, for obvious reasons when you think about it. ;-)

Corbo, Lemieux On Steele All-America Team

Dartmouth tight end Chris Corbo has been named to the Phil Steele All-America first team and Big Green offensive lineman Delby Lemiuex was selected on the second team. Here's a list of all the Ivy Leaguer's honored on the Steele FCS All-America team:

First Team Offense

TE Chris Corbo, Dartmouth

OL Jared Richardson, Penn

Second Team Offense

OL Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth

Fourth Team Offense

WR Nico Brown, Yale

TE Ryder Kurtz, Cornell

Second Team Defense

DB Abu Kamara, Yale

The Steele organization doesn't hold back when it comes to its all-conference teams, going four deep in each conference. Here are the Ivy League first team and Dartmouth picks for the second, third and fourth All-Ivy teams:

First Team Offense

QB Jaden Craig, Harvard, Sr.

RB Josh Pitsenberger, Yale, Sr.

RB DJ Crowther, Dartmouth, Sr.

WR Jared Richardson, Penn, Sr.

WR Nico Brown, Yale, Sr.

WR Bisi Owens, Penn, Sr.

TE Chris Corbo, Dartmouth, Sr.

OL Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Sr.

OL Michael Bennett, Yale, Sr.

OL Netinho Olivieri, Penn, Sr.

OL Spencer Doan, Harvard, Jr.

OL Thomas O'Brien, Harvard, Jr.

Second Team Offense from Dartmouth

OL Konstantin Spörk

Third Team Offense from Dartmouth

QB Grayson Saunier

OL Max Wentz

Fourth Team Offense from Dartmouth

WR Grayson O’Bara

First Team Defense

DL Ezekiel Larry, Yale, Jr.

DL Carter Janki, Penn, Sr.

DL Justin Townsend, Columbia, Sr.

DL Alex DeGrieck, Harvard, Sr.

LB Thaddeus Gianaris, Dartmouth, Sr.

LB Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye, Yale, Sr.

LB John Lista, Penn, Sr.

LB Sam Line, Harvard, Jr.

DB Abu Kamara, Yale, Jr.

DB Ty Bartrum, Harvard, Sr.

DB Damien Henderson, Yale, Jr.

DB Sean Williams, Dartmouth, Sr.

Second Team Defense from Dartmouth

DL Dakota Quiñonez, Sr.

Third Team Defense from Dartmouth

LB Zyion Freer-Brown, Sr.

DB Patrick Campbell, Sr. 

Fourth Team Defense from Dartmouth

DL Joe Onuwabhagbe, Sr.

LB Nick Schwikal, Sr.

Third Team Specialist from Dartmouth

P Luke Armistead, So.

Fourth Team Specialist from Dartmouth

PR Ian Scott, Jr.

Offensive Player Of The Year: OT Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Sr.

Defensive Player Of The Year: S Abu Kamara, Yale, Jr.

Offensive Lineman Of The Year: OT Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Sr.

Freshman Of The Year: WR/RS Josh Robinson, Princeton

Special Teams Player Of The Year: PR/KR Julien Stokes, Penn, Sr.

Find the full Phil Steele release with all of the all-league teams for every FCS conference HERE.

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EXTRA POINT

I have never been in an Ikea store and don't really know much about them. What I do know, after watching what at first glance looked like a relatively simple nightstand being assembled yesterday, is that I now understand why there are people who can make a living putting things like that together for people like me. Suffice it to say, it did not look like fun.

Kudos To Delby Lemieux

Click HERE for original Xweet.

Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth’s 6-foot-4, 295-pound All-America tackle, has accepted an invitation to play in the inaugural American Bowl on Jan. 22.

The game will be played at Victory Field on the campus of Southeastern University and will be broadcast on NFL Network with kickoff at 8 p.m.

Serving as head coaches for the game are former Ravens head coach Brian Bullock and former Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith.

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We got back from our first Christmas celebration with Mrs. BGA's side of the family on the Massachusetts seacoast yesterday afternoon and are celebrating this morning here at our Vermont hillside home with That Certain Dartmouth '14 and That Certain Fellow, That Certain Nittany Lion '16, and Griff the Wonder Dog, who will have a few packages under the tree himself.

Keep your fingers crossed that the power stays on. It's been on and off all morning.

Griff the Wonder Dog gives new meaning to "Golden Retriever" at sunrise yesterday on the Massachusetts coast in this image shared by That Certain Nittany Lion '16.

A Quick One

Before we head off for several days with Mrs. BGA's side of the family, a quick note from the "Washington Huskies on SI" site about a former Dartmouth lineman who graduated in 2005. From the story headlined Ex-Husky assistant Cato reportedly will join WSU (LINK):

While Jimmy Lake's University of Washington football tenure didn't do a lot for the career advancement of his staff, tight-ends coach Derham Cato seems to have bounced back nicely.

After spending three seasons at Missouri, Cato appears headed back to the state with 247Sports reporting he is expected to be hired by Washington State as part of Kirby Moore's new staff in Pullman. Moore and Cato worked together at Missouri.

And,  the story within the story . . . 

(Cato) is remembered in Montlake as the coach who got taken out on the sideline by one of his own players on a punt in 2021 at Oregon State in the first quarter and had to be taken to a local hospital with a leg injury.

Cato was looking away when a punt-coverage guy called "a gunner" got knocked out of bounds and into him.

"I kind of got blindsided," he said the following week. "I saw him at the last second and got hit. It is what is."

Luckily for him, Cato didn't suffer any kind of injury that required surgery, though he missed the rest of a game the Huskies lost, 27-24. He didn't rejoin the team until it was boarding the charter flight to go home.

 "It was more embarrassing than anything, honestly," he said. The thing about Cato is he can take a hit. As a player, he was a three-year starting defensive tackle at Dartmouth, last playing collegiately in 2004. Now considerably lighter, he carried a 6-foot-4, 275-pound frame back then. 

Cato spent the 2010 season as tight ends coach at Dartmouth, also helping out in strength and conditioning. In addition to Dartmouth, Washington and Missouri, he has been on staff at Vanderbilt, Davidson and Maine.

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For those who have been following along, Griff the Wonder Dog is recovering nicely from his surgery. Here he is enjoying some well-deserved R&R, which is what we'll be doing for the next few days. See you soon.