Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Well-Deserved

From Dartmouth's social media account:


The 66th annual National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner tonight will see the late Buddy Teevens honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award. To watch the event on ESPN+ starting at 9 p.m. Eastern CLICK HERE.

From a  PRESS RELEASE about the event:

The annual celebration will provide the stage for the induction of the 2024 College Football HOF Class; the presentation of the 2024 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity Investments; the awarding of the 35th NFF William V. Campbell Trophy to the nation's top football scholar-athlete; and the bestowing of the NFF Major Awards.

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Graduating Dartmouth seniors looking to play another year are starting to get notice. Defensive lineman Josiah Green's visit to North Carolina State is the subject of a story on the NC State Wolfpack On SI page HERE. 

And offensive lineman Kyle Brown drawing interest from Middle Tennessee State is written up in a story HERE, noting that

"Kyle Brown is regarded as one of the top interior offensive linemen available in the transfer portal."

And . . . 

"Brown has a prior relationship with MTSU’s Director of Player Personnel, Landan Yount, who was hired from Dartmouth."

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Looking to get his name out in the portal is graduating tight end Alex Geraci, who gets a little help in this posting:

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This has nothing to do with Dartmouth players who whose only choice is to move on after using up their Ivy League eligibility. I have to laugh when I see Xweets from players who actually could return to their current school, but instead choose to move and write this:

"I will always be a (Cougar, Tiger, Eagle, etc.). With that being said, I have entered the transfer portal with two years of eligibility."

Green Alert Take: Always? Not so much . . . 

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Two Signs of the Apocalypse:

First, Mrs. BGA and I will not be freezing out toes off at the Penn State-SMU playoff opener on Dec. 18. But if we were, we would certainly not to staying in State College, which will be hosting not just enough visitors to fill 110,000 seats at Beaver Stadium, but also families and friends of fall graduates. That puts a pretty ridiculous premium on hotel rooms in rural central Pennsylvania:

And second, speaking of money again, per an AP story, Juan Soto's contract with the New York Mets means that if he were to repeat this year's stats in each of the next 15 seasons he'll be making (LINK):

. . .  roughly $1.2 million for every home run. Or $467,890 for every RBI. Or $307,229 for every hit.

The same story notes that soccer's Lionel Messi "made $229 for every second he was on the field during the 2024 regular season."

And this one from the world of golf:

Scottie Scheffler earned about $11,243 per shot.

Green Alert Take: At that much per shot, I could pay cash for that coveted lake house on Winnepesaukee after just 18 holes. ;-)

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EXTRA POINT
You aren't going to notice this, but sunset tonight will be later than it was yesterday.

I did tell you that you wouldn't notice, right? That's because, here in beautiful West Newbury, Vt., the sun set at 4:11:41 last night yesterday afternoon, and today it will set at 4:11:43. That's not much, but it means we are headed in the right direction.

Don't believe me? On Christmas the sun will set at 4:17:12, on Jan. 1 at 4:22.41, and on Feb. 1 we'll cross a threshold with sunset at 5:00:27.

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