A couple of former Dartmouth players are in the news.
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Flo Orimolade '17 wasted no time making his presence known in his first regular-season game with the Toronto Argonauts:
If you were wondering why Folarin Orimolade (@FolarinTheGreat) is the highest-paid DE in the CFL, we present Exhibit A.#CFL #Argos #PullTogether
— 3DownNation (@3DownNation) June 19, 2023
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The Argos defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Carts, 32-14, with Flo contributing four tackles.
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The Louisville 247Sports site has a piece about uniform numbers for new players that includes this on offensive lineman John Paul Flores '22, who will wear No. 67 after transferring from Virginia (LINK):
Flores was known as Virginia's Swiss Army Knife on the line - and was utilized in several positions, including center. He announced he was entering the transfer portal in the middle of December and has offers from Stanford, South Florida, Temple, East Carolina, North Texas, Old Dominion, Louisiana Tech, UMass, Marshall, Rice, Tulane, and others.
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A posting about the highest-paid special teams coaches in college football has Pete Lembo coming in third at $725,000 per year at South Carolina. (LINK)
Lembo was a freshly minted coach out of Bob Ford's well-regarded GA program at Albany when he arrived at Dartmouth in 1994 and was on John Lyons' staff when the Big Green went 10-0 in 1996. He went on to serve as head coach at Lehigh, Elon and Ball State before focusing on special teams at Maryland, Rice, Memphis and now South Carolina.
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Roar Lions blogger Jake Novak's series on Ivy League football stadiums now takes a look at Penn's venerable Franklin Field in Philadelphia. (LINK)
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EXTRA POINT
After the second day of driving up and over a mountain pass of more than 9,000 feet I’m still amazed about two things.
First, that we had the audacity three years ago to take a trip like this in a 1984 VW bus when my knowledge of tools and things mechanical tops out at having a pretty good idea of the difference between a flathead screwdriver and a Phillips head screwdriver.
And the second thing that amazes me? That we made it without breaking down.
