Roper all but ices this one as he caps a big day on the ground as he's up to 95 yards this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/ic0wrKtBCx
— Mines Football (@MinesFootball) December 2, 2023
Roper was one of the players interviewed after the game. Stick around to see another view of his TD at the end:
The #1 Orediggers are headed to their 3RD STRAIGHT NCAA Semifinal! They beat Central Washington 38-14 this afternoon. @JacobRTobey has the postgame reaction @MinesFootball @MinesAthletics #9sports #HelluvaEngineer⚒
— 9NEWS Denver (@9NEWS) December 3, 2023
Full story: https://t.co/BeLoYts5Ij pic.twitter.com/O01hABOZCS
Roper finished with 95 yards on 21 carries with two TDs for 13-0 Mines. They play host to 12-2 Kutztown on Saturday.
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The No. 11 Delaware football team and former Dartmouth defensive back Tyron Herring fell at second-seeded Montana, 49-19, in the second round of the FCS playoffs in a game played before 20,850 at Missoula. Herring had six tackles and an interception in the game while finishing his season with 36 tackles, two interceptions, five pass breakups and one force and recovered fumble.
Here's Herring's interception in the snow at Montana:
Blue Hens with a START 🥶#FCSPlayoffs x 🎥 ESPN+ / @Delaware_FB pic.twitter.com/GUanMnMbKj
— NCAA FCS Football (@NCAA_FCS) December 3, 2023
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Offensive lineman John Paul Flores '22 (Louisville), safety John Pupel '22 (Boston College), corner Isaiah Johnson '22 (Syracuse) and linebacker Joe Heffernan '22 (Duke) will learn their bowl destinations today. So will O-lineman Michael Flores '23 and wide receiver Dale Chesson '22, who haven't seen the field but are on the rosters at Old Dominion and Michigan respectively.
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Columbia has made the hiring of Union football coach John Poppe, who coached with the Lions between stints at Harvard, official. Find the story HERE.
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The local Valley News doesn't offer much coverage of Dartmouth sports these days, but columnist Jim Kenyon, who got his start as a sportswriter at the local daily, has a piece on the players' attempt to unionize the Big Green basketball program. Find the story HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
Warmer temperature and a little drizzle melted most of the snow in our field, which is a good thing given that we're going to put our seven-foot lighted star out in the field this afternoon. Trust me, pounding stakes into frozen ground to hold the thing up is not fun, although there's something about seeing the lighted star standing by itself in the middle of the field, well away from any house, that makes it worthwhile. Takes a lot of extension cords, though. ;-)
