Monday, December 16, 2024

Big Day In The Big Apple

Dartmouth senior lineman Ejeke Adele is one of three finalists for the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League defensive player of the year, which will be presented today in New York City. Joining Adele are Columbia senior defensive back Hayden McDonald and Harvard junior DB Ty Bartum.

The finalists for the Bushnell offensive award are Cornell senior quarterback Jameson Wang, Harvard junior wide receiver Cooper Barkate and Penn sophomore running back Malachi Hosley.

The finalists were announced in an Ivy League release HERE.
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Description from a YouTube video featuring Dartmouth strong safety Harrison Keith, who intends to become a two-sport Big Green athlete by joining the lacrosse team this spring:
In this interview we talk about mindset, training, trusting the process, and faith as Harrison gives us the process from being an undersized sophomore football player with huge goals and ambitions to accomplishing every single one of his goals and now at Dartmouth College where he is a safety, getting playing time on a dominant back to back ivy league championship winning team.

The 6-foot, 200-pound safety from Fairfield, Conn., and Choate recorded 10 tackles, with one for a loss, and one pass breakup in nine games this fall. Find his Dartmouth football bio HERE

In the video Keith has this to say about his second sport:

"... (L)acrosse has been a huge part of my life going back to when I was really young. I knew it was something I wanted to consider in college, but obviously went to Dartmouth for football originally.

"So I wanted to settle in with the team freshman year, kind of make my mark, earn my spot on special teams or whatever it be. And I was able to do that. Had a great year this past year, this fall.

"And so decided lacrosse was something I did want to pick back up. I'm really excited and excited for what the future holds and seeing how we can handle two sports in college."

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The SI High School Roundup site for New Hampshire has a poll headlined Who should be the 2024 New Hampshire High School Football Offensive Player of the Year? From the poll, in which you can vote (LINK):

PAUL BINDER, OL, Londonderry 

Binder is a 6-foot-7, 290-pound tackle who allowed Londonderry to have one of the state’s top rushing attacks. He started in 30 games during his high school career and will play for Dartmouth College next season.

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Headline in a story on The Roost, a BGA-like entity covering Rice University athletics: Rice Football 2024 Defensive Newcomer: Charlie Looes. From the story about the grad transfer. defensive lineman from Dartmouth (LINK):

Often times it’s hard for a team to know exactly what they’re getting when they sign a player out of the Transfer Portal. Getting the kind of season they got from Looes is a deal worth taking every time. If you’re only getting a guy for one year he needs to show up and show out, something Looes did with flare.

Looes would bookend his season on South Main with a sack in his first and last game, playing a meaningful role in a Senior Day win that assuredly meant so much to him and a host of Rice football veterans that played their final game in the season finale against South Florida. Like those seniors, Looes did all he could to send this team out on a high note and his efforts were rewarded.

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An updated NCAA story headlined Making sense of FCS conference realignment lists football programs changing divisions since 2022 (LINK):

New to the FCS Since 2022
Texas A&M-Commerce
Lindenwood
Stonehill
West Georgia
Mercyhurst
Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Moving From the FCS to the FBS since 2022
James Madison
Jacksonville State
Sam Houston
Kennesaw State
Delaware
Missouri State

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EXTRA POINT
Hopped in my car the other day and up came a warning about the possibility of the road being icy. Duh.