Saturday, December 21, 2024

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The postseason honors continue to roll in and this is a big one:

Corbo is the Big Green's first All-America first-team selection since corner Isaiah Swann in 2019. Find a story HERE.

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It's a little absurd for a national entity to try to pick a four-deep All-Ivy League team, but Phil Steele does it every year. Here's what he came up with:

OFFENSE
FIRST TEAM
QB Jameson Wang, Cornell, Sr.
RB Malachi Hosley, Penn, So.
RB Josh Pitsenberger, Yale, Jr.
WR Cooper Barkate, Harvard, Jr.
WR David Pantelis, Yale, Sr.
WR Bryson Canty, Columbia, Sr.
TE Chris Corbo, Dartmouth, Jr.
OL Kyle Brown, Dartmouth, Sr.
OL Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Jr.
OL Michael Entwistle, Harvard, Sr.
OL Jack Connolly, Brown, Sr.
OL Austin Gentle, Harvard, Sr.

SECOND TEAM
QB Jaden Craig, Harvard, Jr.
RB Joey Giorgi, Columbia, Sr.
RB Q Jones, Dartmouth, Sr.
WR Samuel Musungu, Cornell, So.
WR Jared Richardson, Penn, Jr.
WR Mark Mahoney, Brown, Sr.
TE Ryder Kurtz, Cornell, So.
OL Michael Bennett, Yale, Jr.
OL John lannuzzi, Columbia, Sr.
OL Netinho Oliviero, Penn, Jr.
OL Will Bergin, Penn, Sr.
OL Noah Jordan, Columbia, Jr.

THIRD TEAM
QB Grant Jordan, Yale, Sr.
RB Xaviah Bacon, Harvard, So.
RB Matt Childs, Brown, Fr.
WR Luke Colella, Princeton, Sr.
WR Scott Woods II, Harvard, Jr.
WR Bisi Owens, Penn, Jr.
TE Seamus Gilmartin, Harvard, So.
OL Jack Powers, Cornell, Sr.
OL Nick Hilliard, Princeton, Sr.
OL Hayden Bozich, Brown, Jr.
OL Tommy Matheson, Princeton, Sr.
OL Connor Smith, Yale, Sr.

FOURTH TEAM
QB Jake Willcox, Brown, Sr.
RB John Volker, Princeton, Sr.
RB Charles DePrima, Harvard, Sr.
WR Paxton Scott, Dartmouth, Sr.
WR AJ Barber, Princeton, Sr.
WR Mason Shipp, Yale, Jr.
TE Braden Dougherty, Columbia, So.
OL Nick Marinaro, Dartmouth, Sr.
OL Sean Sullivan, Yale, Sr.
OL Quinton Lewis, Yale, So.
OL Tristan Holmbeck, Dartmouth, Sr.
OL Charlie Hines, Brown, Soph

DEFENSE
FIRST TEAM
DL Ejeke Adele, Dartmouth, Sr.
DL Jacob Psyk, Harvard, Sr.
DL Josiah Green, Dartmouth, Sr.
DL Ejiroghene Egodogbare, Yale, Jr.
LB Luke Banbury, Cornell, Sr.
LB Mitchell Gonser, Harvard, Sr.
LB Abu Kamara, Yale, So.
LB Braden Mullen, Dartmouth, Sr.
DB Hayden McDonald, Columbia, Sr.
DB Ty Bartrum, Harvard, Jr.
DB Shiloh Means, Penn, Sr.
DB Jordan Washington, Dartmouth, Sr.

SECOND TEAM
DL Tamatoa McDonough, Yale, Sr.
DL Kyle Philbin, Brown, Sr.
DL Ben Corniello, Columbia, Sr.
DL Alvin Gulley, Yale, Sr.
LB Anthony Roussos, Columbia, Sr.
LB Caleb Moorhead, Brown, Sr.
LB John Lista, Penn, Jr.
LB John Perdue, Brown, Jr.
DL Carter McFadden, Columbia, Sr.
DL Damien Henderson, Harvard, So.
DL Nasir Hill, Princeton, Jr.
DL Osize Daniyan, Yale, So.

THIRD TEAM
DL Carter Janki, Penn, Jr.
DL Tyler Huenemann, Harvard, Sr.
DL Jack DelGarbino, Princeton, Sr.
DL Hunter Sloan, Cornell, Sr.
LB Micah Green, Dartmouth, Sr.
LB Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye, Yale, Sr.
LB Jack Smiechowski, Columbia, Jr.
LB Marco Scarano, Princeton, Jr.
DB Sean Williams, Dartmouth, Jr.
DB Carter McCray, Columbia, Fr.
DB Torian Roberts, Princeton, So.
DB Elias Archie, Brown, Jr.

FOURTH TEAM
DL Pat Passalacqua, Columbia, Sr.
DL Derrell Porter, Dartmouth, Sr.
DL Brandon Svets, Harvard, Sr.
DL Muhammad-Ali Kobo, Cornell, Sr.
LB Danny Cronin, Dartmouth, Sr.
LB Jack Fairman, Penn, Sr.
LB Eric Little, Harvard, Sr.
LB Chase Christopher, Princeton, So.
DB Nick Hudson, Brown, Jr.
DB Gavin Shipman, Harvard, Sr.
DB Aaron Brebnor, Columbia, Sr.
DB Tahj Owens, Princeton, Jr.

SPECIALISTS
FIRST TEAM
K Owen Zalc, Dartmouth, So.
P Albert Jang, Penn, Sr.
KR Julien Stokes, Penn, Sr.
PR Scott Woods II, Harvard, Jr.
AP Charles DePrima, Harvard, Sr.
LS Michael Davidson, Brown, Sr.

SECOND TEAM
K Alan Zhao, Cornell, So.
P Brady Clark, Princeton, So.
KR Joey Felton, Yale, Sr.
PR Carter McFadden, Columbia, Sr.
AP David Pantelis, Yale, Sr.
LS Nolan Albright, Cornell, So.

THIRD TEAM
K Christopher Maron, Brown, Sr.
P Will Hughes, Columbia, Sr.
KR Kenny Jordan, Princeton, Fr.
PR AJ Barber, Princeton, Sr.
AP Julien Stokes, Penn, Sr.
LS Andy Belles, Dartmouth, So.

FOURTH TEAM
K Jeffrey Sexton, Princeton, So.
P Sebastian Tasko, Harvard, Sr.
KR Xaviah Bascon, Harvard, So.
PR Sean Williams, Dartmouth, Jr.
AP Carter McFadden, Columbia, Sr.
LS Zach Darche, Penn, So.

Offensive Player Of The Year: QB Jameson Wang, Cornell, Sr.
Defensive Player Of The Year: S Hayden McDonald, Columbia, Sr.
Offensive Lineman Of The Year: OT Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Jr.
Freshman Of The Year: RB Matt Childs, Brown
Special Teams Player Of The Year: K Owen Zalc, Dartmouth, So.

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From a Stanford Daily report (LINK):

On Friday, former Dartmouth defensive back Jordan Washington became Stanford’s third transfer portal commitment of the portal cycle. Washington tallied 30 total tackles and had 11 pass deflections for Dartmouth last season. He is a two-time All-Ivy League team selection and helped Dartmouth win a share of the Ivy League title three times during his tenure.

Find another story HERE. 

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From a John Feinstein column in the Washington Post regarding the Ivy League voting to allow its football teams to advance to the NCAA playoffs (LINK):

The Ivy League entered the 20th century this week. Of course, it waited almost 25 years into the 21st century to do so.

And . . .

For years, Ivy League presidents hung onto the myth that they were protecting the academic standards of their "student-athletes," a ridiculous notion, especially given that Ivy League athletes in every other sport were allowed to participate in postseason tournaments.

And . . .

Naturally, the press release announcing the change was full of "student-athlete" references (nine in all), and all sorts of self-congratulatory mentions of the league's history. There was nothing about why it took so long to give the "student-athletes" the chance to take part in the playoffs.

And, curiously . . .

A two-way tie will be easy to break: either decide the champion based on the head-to-head result from the regular season, or hold a play-in game at a neutral site to decide the playoff participant. 

Green Alert Take: Now, John Feinstein is pretty well-connected in the Ivy League, which bent over backwards for him as he researched his new book. But I have to think he's way off the mark suggesting the Ivies might consider a play-in game at a neutral site. And I mean, he's waaaaay off the mark on that one.

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Dartmouth student Will Dehmel, who does a terrific job covering Big Green football for the school newspaper, freelanced a piece on the playoffs for the Manchester Union Leader. I had to click around a bit to get access, but you can give it a shot HERE.

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EXTRA POINT
It's the Winter Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. While today is the shortest day of the year we'll be adding five seconds of daylight tomorrow and more each day as we head toward spring. Granted, it's not much, but it's a start, right?

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