Football's Freshman Family dinner was held in town last night and whispers about the impressive size of many of the incoming players are absolutely true. Some seriously big fellows will be on the field tomorrow for their first official college practice, and BGA Premium will have the story.
Opponent previews began last night with a look at the 2016 Brown team and the series continues tonight with a detailed overview of Columbia. In addition to a story about the opening of practice, tomorrow's BGA will include a preseason look at Cornell. Daily opponent previews will be paired up with practice coverage until stories about all 10 teams Dartmouth plays this fall have been posted.
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Passing through Durham, N.H. on Sunday afternoon I snapped a picture of the University of New Hampshire's new football stadium. Kudos to the state university because by all appearances the folks across the state did it right.
The new UNH stadium will have a "soft opening" Thursday when the Wildcats wrap up their preseason. That's right. Dartmouth opens camp tomorrow and the Big Green's season-opening opponent finishes camp the next day. UNH then begins game-week preparation for its opener on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on the road at FBS opponent San Diego State.
Like a lot of FCS schools, UNH regularly schedules up one game a year. Over a five-game span not that long ago New Hampshire was a serious giant killer. Between 2004 and 2009 the Wildcats posted victories over Northwestern, Rutgers, Army, Ball State and Marshall. They've since come back to the pack, and dropped a 43-13 decision at San Jose State.
New Hampshire, by the way, still hasn't settled on a starting quarterback. At least not publicly. Find a story about how practice is going for Dartmouth's first opponent HERE.
Dartmouth and UNH will square off on Memorial Field on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.
