Gearing Up For Pro Day

Garrett Waggoner

In anticipation of a run at the NFL, two-time first-team All-Ivy League safety Garrett Waggoner has signed with Elite Sports Agency out of Tampa. A fifth-year senior who finished up his classwork in the fall, the hard-hitting, 6-foot-1, 225-pound Waggoner is back home in Florida working out in preparation for a still undetermined Pro Day.

For a list of ESA's current NFL and CFL clients, click here.

Waggoner and ESA owner Glen Lansky

For a story I freelanced on Waggoner, click here.

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Defensive tackle Caraun Reid is the lone Ivy Leaguer on the College Sporting News Fabulous 50 FCS All-America team.

Two of Reid's teammates were among three Ivy products named honorable mention. Chosen were Princeton quarterback Quinn Epperly, Tigers receiver Roman Wilson and Harvard defensive lineman Zach Hodges.

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OK, this must be a joke.

Something called Stadium Journey has Georgetown's sorry Multi-Sport Field as the 21st-best FCS stadium in the country followed by Dartmouth's Memorial Field at 22 with New Hampshire's humble-at-best Cowell Stadium at 24 and the teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy Butler Bowl at 25.

And at 27? Franklin Field, home of the Penn Quakers.

The Yale Bowl is at 31and Harvard Stadium at 34.

Lafaeytte's Fisher Stadium, a showplace, is 49 and Princeton Stadium is 56, one spot ahead of Brown Stadium, which might be the only one of the aforementioned facilities ranked appropriately.

Cornell's Schoellkopf Field is at 94 and Columbia's Wien Stadium comes in at 98.

As I said, this is a joke, right? RIGHT? RIGHT???

The Stadium Journey posting has an ad encouraging readers to buy the Stadium Journey Magazine. Um, I think I'll pass . . .

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According to Onward State, former Cornell quarterback Ricky Rahne will be following James Franklin to Penn State. Bill Lazor, another onetime Big Red QB, is headed to the Miami Dolphins as the team's offensive coordinator.

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Speaking of former Cornell quarterbacks (Is there something in the Cayuga waters or what?), Jeff Mathews has been getting some nice reviews during East-West Shrine Game practices.

 SB Nation raved about him after the first day and Sports Xchange writes:

Mathews displayed good placement, accuracy and anticipation, something that he flashed in college, and he gained confidence throughout the practice. His set-up, release and overall process is average at best, but he has the superior arm strength compared to the other passers in St. Petersburg this week.

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The morning paper had the sad news of the passing of Betty Yukica after a lengthy illness. (Link)  The wife of former Dartmouth head football coach Joe Yukica was 75.