Former Dartmouth running back Noah Roper had 11 carries for 73 yards along with three receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown while helping top-ranked Colorado School of Mines (14-0) to a 35-7 win over Kutztown (12-3) yesterday in the Division II semifinals in front of 5,294 in Golden, Colo..
Roper and the Orediggers will bid for their first national championship against third-ranked Harding University Saturday in a game to be broadcast nationally on ESPNU at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Roper now has a team-high 951 yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground along with 17 catches for 176 yards and three touchdowns through the air this fall.
In the clips from the TV news report below, Roper catches the second TD throw. Watch through to the end to see one of the great college mascots. ;-)
Dartmouth transfer LB Macklin Ayers tells TPR that he has been in contact with the following programs:
— The Portal Report (@ThePortalReport) December 8, 2023
Pitt
Duke
UMass
Monmouth
Albany
Portland State
Robert Morris
Check out the TPR transfer tracker: https://t.co/ySsu4hbtwW pic.twitter.com/k7jZY6H8i6
If Ayers should end up at Pitt he would be following in the footsteps of quarterback Derek Kyler '21, who joined the Panthers in '22 but did not see the field.
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The only new offer going public for a Dartmouth player is to running back Joey Richmond, who reported on Xwitter hearing from Roosevelt University, an NAIA program in Chicago.
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EXTRA POINT
Fiddling with our TV last night I discovered The Odd Couple with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman available for free on the streaming network Pluto. (LINK)
I've been humming the theme song all morning.
If you remember the show from the early 1970s you may get a kick out of Oscar Madison and Howard Cosell getting after each other in this clip from YouTube:
