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Offensive lineman Zach Sammartino, who gave quarterbacks time to find Hagdorn down the field, has been listed as the No. 192 NFL prospect coming out of college this year per CBS Sports. Find the list of the top 250 prospects HERE. Sammartino is the only Ivy Leaguer to make the CBS cut.
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Speaking quarterbacks finding Hagdorn and the rest of the Dartmouth receiving crew, Craig Haley of STATS has a list of the top QBs in terms of passing efficiency rating last year (LINK):
1 Trey Lance (NDSU) 180.6
2 Ben DiNucci (JMU) 169.5
3 Jack Cook (Dayton) 169.1
4 Reid Sinnett (San Diego) 168.8
5 Aaron Winchester (CCSU) 164.9
6 Kurt Rawlings (Yale) 163.5
7 Felix Harper (Alcorn) 160.7
8 Shannon Patrick (UAPB) 160.5
Neither Derek Kyler nor Jared Gerbino made the list because they didn't have enough passes for official NCAA recognition. If they had, the list would look like this:
1 Derek Kyler (Dartmouth) 183.87
2. Trey Lance (NDSU) 180.6
3. Jared Gerbino (Dartmouth) 171.23
4 Ben DiNucci (JMU) 169.5
5 Jack Cook (Dayton) 169.1
6 Reid Sinnett (San Diego) 168.8
7 Aaron Winchester (CCSU) 164.9
8 Kurt Rawlings (Yale) 163.5
9 Felix Harper (Alcorn) 160.7
10 Shannon Patrick (UAPB) 160.5
As a team, Dartmouth's passing efficiency was 173.08.
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As long as the subject is quarterbacks, Dartmouth freshman Nick Howard is featured in a story in the Green Bay Press Gazette. (LINK) The piece reprises the story of how he went through several options before landing as a quarterback at Dartmouth:
He originally committed to South Dakota to play quarterback in August 2018, but that was before an opportunity to attend Cornell presented itself. When he weighed his options, he decided Cornell was the better fit.
The only problem was Cornell wanted him at linebacker, and his first love is quarterback. When Dartmouth offered the chance to play the position, he went from committing to one Ivy League school to another.Howard stepped into the Jared Gerbino role against Cornell and figures to be a strong contender to continue in that mode this fall . . . if there is a fall.
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And on that subject, former UNH offensive guru and current UCLA coach Chip Kelly cut to the chase recently regarding football in the fall. He said (LINK):"I don't have any say in what's going on. You know, I think the medical people that are in charge will, and I think in a lot of cases, even the NCAA may weigh in on it.
"But you know, the governors of the states and the mayors are the ones that are going to tell you if we can do it. The NCAA can say, 'Hey, you guys are all going back,' but if Governor Newsom says we're not going back, then we're not going back."Green Alert Take: Kelly is telling it like it will be.
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Regarding some athletes who will be going back – or will have the opportunity – next spring, it remains to be seen whether Dartmouth will join Harvard, Yale and Princeton and decide this year's senior' careers are finished or join northern New England neighbors Maine and Vermont and allow them to return for a final season.At Maine coaches have been told their athletes can use the extra year approved by the NCAA with one caveat per the Bangor Daily News. The Maine scholarship budget will not be expanded to account for extra team members. From the story:
UMaine softball coach Mike Coutts said the NCAA’s vote to allow seniors to return is fair to the seniors, but might force coaches to make difficult decisions.
“I’m glad the kids can do that but it is going to create a lot of problems for a lot of different people,” Coutts said. “I feel that the NCAA dumped this in the laps of the coaches and the schools.”At Vermont, seniors are welcome to return next spring but even those who are on scholarship this year will have to pay their way in 2021 per the Burlington Free Press. Athletic Director Jeff Schulman told the paper:
"There are schools who have chosen to fully fund all of the returning student-athlete scholarships and we are just not in a financial position to do that."
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If you've been waiting for those Zoom backgrounds from Dartmouth sports, the wait was worth it. Just about every one you could want is available HERE along with directions on how to use them.
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EXTRA POINT
I think I need an intervention. If anyone sees me buying a new notebook you are hereby asked to smack me in the hand and order me to put it back until I fill all of these first. I've got new reports notebooks and some with only a few pages left. There are stenographers notebooks, blank notepads, a waterproof notebook, yellow and white legal notepads spiral notebooks of all sizes and even three-hole loose leaf paper for jotting stuff down.
Look, taking notes is important and a notebook is a tool of the trade. I get it. But this is ridiculous and it's not even all of 'em. Not by a long shot. It's only one reason why my office is a mess but it doesn't help.
Look, taking notes is important and a notebook is a tool of the trade. I get it. But this is ridiculous and it's not even all of 'em. Not by a long shot. It's only one reason why my office is a mess but it doesn't help.
