Sunday, August 10, 2014

Numerology

Time to put some names and numbers together. Here are the numbers assigned so far to the incoming freshmen per the Dartmouth web page:

8 Colin Boit, safety
10 Kyran McKinney-Crudden, safety
11 Jack Heneghan, quarterback
24 Jarius Brown, defensive back
26 Ross Wood, safety
28 Justin Porter, defensive back
29 Nick White, tailback
30 Forrest Town, tailback
31 Ben Hagaman, tight end
33 Justin Edwards, linebacker
33 Cameron Poole, tight end
36 Brock Bacon, linebacker
37 David Smith, kicker/punter
40 Ryder Stone, tailback
49 Porter Ontko, tailback
56 Eric Meile, linebacker
59 Ian Hanselman, linebacker
64 Patrick Flathers, offensive lineman
65 Jack Anderson, offensive lineman
66 Andrew Yohe, offensive lineman
70 Rocco Di Leo, defensive lineman
80 Cameron Skaff, tight end
83 Emory Thompson, wide receiver
86 Charles Mack, wide receiver
89 Stephen Johnston, tight end
91 Davaron Stockman, defensive lineman
93 Brennan Cascarano, defensive lineman
96 Charlie Pontarelli, defensive lineman
97 Nick Tomkins, defensive lineman

Tailback Marcus Berg, wide receiver Joshua Davis and linebackers Evan Key and Jimmy Knight are not yet listed with numbers.
The local daily has a story about Dartmouth in the community based on the efforts of sophomore defensive end Jeremiah Douchee in something called the Start Ready program. (LINK)
Dennis Dodds of the CBSSports website writes about the O'Bannon decision. A couple of outtakes from the column (LINK):
Friday may have been the most historic day in NCAA history.
And . . .
In an ultimate irony, an organization that fights so hard against recruits being paid under the table on the front end will have to pay them legally on the back end. And if the whole thing goes through as presented Friday, look for another round of mind-bending, tradition-crushing conference realignment.

Here's a Q&A from the AP that simplifies the ramifications of the decision. (LINK)