Dartmouth quarterback Nick Howard will be at the Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., Thursday through Sunday. For a full list of quarterbacks invited to the nation's best-known football camp, CLICK HERE.
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The National Football Foundation had a piece last week headlined, NCAA D1 Academic Progress Report Showcases Success of College Football. From the posting (LINK):
According (to) the NCAA, football student-athletes who play in the Football Bowl Subdivision have a Graduation Success Rate of 81% Success Rate versus 69% for the general student body at Division I Institutions.
Dartmouth is one of four Division I schools to appear in a listing titled, The Top 25 Football Teams (2020-2021, Multi-Year Rate):
COLUMBIA (1,000)
Clemson (999)
Mississippi (999)
Alabama (997)
Northwestern (995)
Rice (994)
U.S. Air Force Academy (994)
Washington (993)
DARTMOUTH (992)
Elon (992)
Wisconsin (992)
Ohio State (991)
Cincinnati (991)
Utah (991)
Boise State (990)
Davidson (990)
Wake Forest (990)
North Dakota State (989)
Dayton (989)
Colgate (988)
Holy Cross (988)
HARVARD (988)
Louisville (988)
Minnesota (988)
PENNSYLVANIA (988)
Green Alert Take: The APR and GSR are a little confusing (click HERE for an explanation of the Academic Progress Report) but this much is certain. It's better to be on that list than not on that list. Having said that, there are several serious eye-openers just below Columbia, huh?
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Following up on Dartmouth offensive coordinator Kevin Daft's helpful Tweets for prospective college football players hoping to get the attention of college coaches (LINK), he has posted a new one:
Oline recruits: Practice snapping the football, it may open up opportunities in recruiting and on your College team
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And per request following yesterday's posting of the compiled Ivy League football schedule, here's a team-by-team breakdown:
BROWN
Sept. 17 Bryant
Sept. 24 Harvard
Oct. 1 at Rhode Island
Oct. 8 at Central Connecticut
Oct. 15 at Princeton
Oct. 22 Cornell
Oct. 29 Penn
Nov. 5 at Yale
Nov. 12 Columbia
Nov. 19 at Dartmouth
COLUMBIA
Sept. 17 at Marist
Sept. 24 at Georgetown
Oct. 1 Princeton
Oct. 8 Wagner
Oct. 15 at Penn
Oct. 22 Dartmouth
Oct. 28 Yale (Friday)
Nov. 5 at Harvard
Nov. 12 at Brown
Nov. 19 Cornell
CORNELL
Sept. 17 at VMI
Sept. 24 Yale
Oct. 1 at Colgate
Oct. 7 Harvard
Oct. 15 Lehigh
Oct. 22 at Brown
Oct. 29 at Princeton
Nov. 5 Penn
Nov. 12 Dartmouth
Nov. 19 at Columbia
DARTMOUTH (right column)
HARVARD
Sept. 16 Merrimack (Friday)
Sept. 24 at Brown
Oct. 1 Holy Cross
Oct. 7 at Cornell (Friday)
Oct. 15 at Howard
Oct. 21 Princeton (Friday)
Oct. 29 at Dartmouth
Nov. 5 Columbia
Nov. 12 at Penn
Nov. 19 Yale
PENN
Sept. 17 Colgate
Sept. 24 Lafayette
Sept. 30 at Dartmouth (Friday)
Oct. 8 at Georgetown
Oct. 15 Columbia
Oct. 22 Yale
Oct. 29 at Brown
Nov. 5 at Cornell
Nov. 12 Harvard
Nov. 19 at Princeton
PRINCETON
Sept. 17 at Stetson
Sept. 24 Lehigh
Oct. 1 at Columbia
Oct. 8 at Lafayette
Oct. 15 Brown
Oct. 21 at Harvard (Friday)
Oct. 29 Cornell
Nov. 5 Dartmouth
Nov. 12 at Yale
Nov. 19 Penn
YALE
Sept. 17 at Holy Cross
Sept. 24 at Cornell
Oct. 1 Howard
Oct. 8 Dartmouth (Noon)
Oct. 15 Bucknell
Oct. 22 at Penn
Oct. 28 at Columbia (Friday)
Nov. 5 Brown
Nov. 12 Princeton
Nov. 19 at Harvard
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EXTRA POINT
Happy official first day of Summer!
Speaking of which, during my early morning hikes I listen to a selection of podcasts including The Tony Kornheiser Show. Catching up on the podcast yesterday, TK reported that when the vocalist on this song was a student at New Jersey's Blair Academy in the early '60s he submitted it as an independent project and the teacher gave him a D+ grade.
I don't know what happened to that teacher but the fellow who wrote the song with his brother has done all right for himself and the song, well, it's done OK for itself. ;-)
