Coach McCorkle on this week’s matchup with Fordham and what it means as we turn the page to the second half of the season.#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/PWl6Tq5Gny
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The Dartmouth has a preview with a subhead about expecting a “shootout” against Fordham. (LINK)
Green Alert Take: Doesn’t a shootout mean a close, high-scoring game? Not sure that’s in Fordham’s DNA. Given that the only Patriot League team to score fewer points this year than Fordham is winless Holy Cross the Rams’ best chance might be a low-scoring game. Now just watch it end up 38-35.
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Green Alert Take: Call me old-fashioned (or maybe just old) but I can’t say the black shorts look works for me. ;-)
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Dartmouth tight end Chris Corbo has been named to the Phil Steele 2025 FCS Mid-Season All American Team. Corbo is second on the Big Green with 19 catches, and second in yards with 176.
Ivy Leaguers Mid-Season All-America selections:
First Team – Cornell tight end Ryder Kurtz, Yale defensive back Abu Kamara, Penn punt returner Julien Stokes.
Second Team: Penn receiver Jared Richardson, Penn “all-purpose” Julien Stokes
Fourth Team: Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig, Yale running back Josh Pitsenberger, Yale defensive back Inumidun Ayo-Durojaiye
Dartmouth will see linebacker James Conway, Steele's mid-season national defensive player of the year, Saturday at Fordham.
Find the Phil Steele mid-season All-America team HERE.
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HERO Sports has posted its 2025 PFF Highest-Graded FCS Players By Position After Week 7 and Dartmouth tackle Delby Lemieux is one of three Ivy Leaguers who gets a mention in rankings that go five deep at every position. Here are rankings featuring Ivy players:
Quarterback
1. Cole Payton, NDSU – 97.4
t2. Jaden Craig, Harvard — 93.3
t2. Eddie Lee Marburger, UTRGV — 93.3
4. Daniel Greek, Tarleton State — 92.5
5. Taron Dickens, Western Carolina — 91.8
Tackle
1. Seth Anderson, North Dakota — 77.7
2. JT Cornelius, Monmouth — 77.3
3. Logan Weedman, Tennessee Tech — 77.0
4. Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth — 76.9
5. Cameron Dye, Southern Illinois — 74.4
Corner
1. Damien Henderson, Harvard — 92.9
2. Chris Thompson, Mercyhurst — 90.0
3. Vincent Nwachi, Maine — 87.7
4. Andrew Smith, Tennessee Tech — 87.5
5. Tyrell Raby, Grambling — 86.5
For perspective, Phil Steele national defensive player of the year James Conway of Fordham is not one of the five linebackers.
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FCS Football Central has posted offensive and defensive Success Rate rankings for each FCS team. Earlier this month, BGA daily posted a blurb about Success Rate, an advanced metric for grading production. Without repeating that full posting (found HERE), this is part of the explanation by the folks who developed the stat:
A play is "successful" if 50 percent of the yards needed are gained on first down, 70 percent are gained on second down, and 100 percent are gained on third or fourth down. The Average Success Rate for a college football program is about 40 percent, while closer to 50 percent is considered excellent, and anything under 30 percent is deemed poor.
For what it’s worth, here is a screenshot of how Ivy League teams compare in the Success Rate posting (LINK):
Note: Harvard leads the country in defensive success rate (26.4%), which has played a significant role in the Crimson starting the season 4-0 (2-0 Ivy). The Crimson have held three of their four opponents to 10 points or fewer, while scoring 34 points or more in every game.
Green Alert Take: One thing the blurb above does not take into account is that while it’s true Harvard scored “34 or more points in every game,” against Cornell the offense scored just 20 of those points, with the other 14 scored by the defense. In fact, the Crimson offense was held to two touchdowns and two field goals in that game.
Back to Success Rate: Fordham, Dartmouth’s opponent tomorrow, is ranked seventh of eight teams in the Patriot League in offensive success rate, and last in defensive success rate.
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A story headlined Come the FCS Playoffs, These Four Teams Say Cinderella Will Be Dressed in Cleats includes a capsule on Harvard that includes this (LINK):
The questions for No. 18 Harvard may center around the competition – how good is it in the Ivy League, and will it get them prepared for the elite level necessary during the FCS playoffs?
Green Alert Take: Speaking of the competition Harvard has faced so far, it’s worth noting the Crimson’s wins to date have come over Stetson, which lost to noted football powerhouse Webber International, 0-6 Holy Cross, 0-4 Cornell, and surprising Brown. On tap is 3-4 Merrimack, which may actually be Harvard’s best test so far this fall.
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EXTRA POINT
After picking up the mail in our post office yesterday I came outside to find the driver of a pickup truck leaving the thing running while he headed into the little building. I suppose I understand someone leaving their vehicle running if it’s 20 degrees below zero out, but trust me, it wasn’t that cold. At least once a week I’ll come out of the post office and find someone left their vehicle running. Granted, they don’t really have to worry about someone driving off with it, but it does seem kind of silly.