Practice Begins This Week

Dartmouth's freshman players are in town. Whatever upperclassmen haven't arrived yet are wandering in and will finish checking in tomorrow. The first practice of the preseason is slated for Wednesday.

Here's the practice schedule:
Weds., Aug. 26
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 1

Thu., Aug. 27
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 2

Fri., Aug. 28
3:45 p.m. -6:15 p.m. Practice No. 3

Sat., Aug. 29
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 4

Sun., Aug. 30
3:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 5

Mon., Aug. 31
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 6

Tue., Sept. 1
8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Practice No. 7
3:45 p.m. -6:15 p.m. Practice No. 8

Weds., Sept. 2
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 9

Thu., Sept. 3
8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Practice No. 10
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 11

Fri., Sept. 4
3:45 p.m. -6:15 p.m. Practice No. 12

Sat., Sept. 5
8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Practice No. 13
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 14 (Officiated scrimmage)

Sun., Sept. 6
No practice

Mon., Sept. 7
8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m. Practice No. 15
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 16

Tue., Sept. 8
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 17

Weds., Sept. 9
8:45 a.m. -10:25 a.m. Practice No. 18
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 19

Thu., Sept. 10
3:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Practice No. 20

Fri., Sept. 11
1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Harvard Scrimmage (Memorial Field)

Sat., Sept. 12
Colgate week begins

Remember: There will be Green Alert Premium stories posted after every practice (except the Saturday a.m. pre-scrimmage walk-thru Sept. 6) with the morning practice story posted prior to the start of the afternoon session.

A regular reader shared a link about California quarterback Brody Rohach receiving an "offer" from Dartmouth. There's a full story on Yahoo sports. Find his profile here and another mention of the offer here. To learn a little more about the high school senior who is a twin, read this story from last fall.

It's no secret that it can be hard to win with an unproven offensive line. Princeton showed it can happen when there's tremendous talent behind the line (quarterback Jeff Terrell) and New Hampshire showed it a few years ago when quarterback Ricky Santos and receiver David Ball helped UNH win on the road at a Big Ten school. That accomplishment is highlighted in a seacoastonline story about another rebuilding project up front for the UNH Wildcats this fall. Under the headline, "Offensive line is biggest question mark for UNH; Only two starters returning," the story starts this way:

Dan Larkin knows it can be done because he was there when it was done before.

Maybe no part of the University of New Hampshire football team has been under more scrutiny this month than the offensive line, which returned only two starters from a year ago and will be charged with keeping quarterback R.J. Toman upright.

Larkin is a 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior who will line up at right guard. But three years ago he was a redshirt freshman on a plane to Chicago with a bunch of other nervous linemen, wondering how a unit with three new starters would fare — against a Big 10 opponent, no less.

UNH 34, Northwestern 17. Any other questions?

The story also includes this:

One thing that may make it easier to extend the competition is UNH's early schedule.

The opening month of the season features two games the Wildcats will be expected to win handily (St. Francis and Dartmouth), one few will expect them to win (at Division I FBS Ball State) and a bye week.