Wednesday, June 22, 2011

If You've Got the Time ...

Someone with a lot of discretionary time has compiled a "survey of personnel losses," from every FCS team. Yikes.

You will want to click here to read the full explanation, but here's part of it:
The losses are expressed by subtracting stats relevant to departed players from the team totals for each category. Stats are checked as lost for any player not on the published 2011 roster due to graduation, dismissal, early to NFL, transfer, or otherwise ineligible. Players currently on indefinite suspension are not included, as they usually return to the team later. The survey does not account for players returning from injuries in previous seasons, or redshirts or incoming transfers. Only those players who contributed to the 2010 stats in their category are considered.
Got that? Me neither, but now that that's out of the way, Dartmouth is listed with:

"Below average" losses
  • offensive starters overall
  • offensive line
  • running back
  • quarterback
  • wide receiver
  • defensive starters overall
  • top 22 tacklers
  • defensive backs
"Near normal" losses
  • defensive line
  • linebacker
"Above average" losses
  • none

What follows is a summation of the losses for Dartmouth and its opponents, but you'll have to click through to see the specific category losses because I don't have the time or energy to type 'em all up:

Dartmouth
Above average losses: 0 categories
Average losses: 2 categories
Below average losses: 8 categories

Brown*
Above average losses: 8 categories
Average losses: 1 category
Below average losses: 1 category

Columbia
Above average losses: 5 categories
Average losses: 2 categories
Below average losses: 3 categories

Cornell
Above average losses: 2 categories
Average losses: 2 categories
Below average losses: 3 categories

Harvard
Above average losses: 4 categories
Average losses: 6 categories
Below average losses: 0 categories

Penn
Above average losses: 5 categories
Average losses: 3 categories
Below average losses: 2 categories

Princeton
Above average losses: 3 categories
Average losses: 5 categories
Below average losses: 2 categories

Yale
Above average losses: 3 categories
Average losses: 5 categories
Below average losses: 2 categories

Non-League
Colgate
Above average losses: 4 categories
Average losses: 3 categories
Below average losses: 3 categories

Holy Cross
Above average losses: 5 categories
Average losses: 3 categories
Below average losses: 2 categories

Sacred Heart
Above average losses: 3 categories
Average losses: 5 categories
Below average losses: 2 categories

* Brown's roster has not been updated so the numbers could be slightly off.

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Something called NFL Draft Scout has posted its "2011 Premium NFL Draft Information." As is the case with other sites like this there are always some curious omissions and inclusions (if that's a word ;-).

Listed as the top draft prospects that Dartmouth will see this year:
  • Jeff Adams, Columbia offensive tackle (Ranked 19th nationally)
  • Patrick Witt, Yale quarterback (Ranked 19th nationally)
  • Nate Eachus, Colgate tailback (Ranked 45th nationally)
No other opponent or Dartmouth player is considered a top prospect. That said, here are the other players listed from Dartmouth and the order in which they are listed:

Quarterback Cole Marcoux
Tight end John Gallagher
Quarterback Conner Kempe
Tailback Nick Schwieger
Defensive tackle Eddie Smith
Corner Chase Womack
Offensive guard Ryan O'Neill
Offensive tackle Kyle Cook
Corner Shawn Abuhoff
Safety Garrett Waggoner
Long snapper Shane Peterlin (graduated)
Defensive tackle Mark Dwyer
Defensive end Charles Bay (graduated)
Wide receiver Michael Reilly

It's not at all clear how and why players were selected or ranked in the order in which they were ranked but hey, it's something to get people talking. (To check for players from your school, visit the site here and then go over to the left column and pull down the Top Prospects window.
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And finally, what is wrong with this picture? Yesterday was the Summer Solstice and That Certain Hanover High Junior has his last final exam this morning in chemistry. As he pointed out this morning, the days are already getting shorter and he's still in school. He said that's just not right and I can't help but agree with him.

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