Former Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig made some good points in a story in The Crimson about his decision to grad transfer to TCU. In explaining why he is confident he can make the move up to the Power Four level, he referenced former Harvard teammate Cooper Barkate, who led Duke with 72 catches for 1,106 yards and seven touchdowns this fall. (He might also have mentioned former Dartmouth defensive lineman Josiah Green, who had 37 tackles for the Blue Devils, including seven for a loss and 3½ sacks.)
Craig told The Crimson (LINK):
“The Ivy League doesn’t get a ton of credit for how high-quality the football really is,” Craig said when asked about the FBS production from Barkate, who he called one of his closest friends. “When a guy like Coop transfers to the ACC and has a thousand yards receiving, a ton of touchdowns and a lot of production, it just goes to show that [game play] is pretty translatable.”
“It’s definitely not the same, but it’s still high-level football, so you know what you get on tape is what you’re going to get at your next school,” he added.
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Like Craig, a good number of graduating Dartmouth seniors went into the portal hoping for a place to grad transfer. They've been joined by former Big Green quarterback Jackson Proctor '25, who is in the portal for the second time after appearing in just one game at Northern Illinois last fall before leaving the team:
Officially in the transfer portal pic.twitter.com/nRNd940DI8
— Jackson Proctor (@jacksonlproctor) January 2, 2026
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Missed this last month, but Dartmouth's two recruits from Bishop Verot High School in Florida shared the stage on National Signing Day. JJ Bolz, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker, and 6-4, 215 Quinn Enguita, a defensive end, are featured in a short Facebook video that even those of us not on Facebook can access. ;-)
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| Click HERE to watch the short video. |
The FCS Championship game between Montana State and Illinois State can be seen tonight at 7:30 on ESPN. Click HERE for Craig Haley's preview on the Stats Perform platform.
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EXTRA POINT
I think we all agreed it was kind of goofy, but for Christmas I received a pair of rechargeable heated socks. The temperature was in the low single digits the first time I hiked the mountain wearing the socks, and with the heat set at its highest level my feet were just fine tromping through the snow for three miles.
The temperature was in the upper teens when I headed up the mountain yesterday, so I set the socks at the lowest heat level to see how that would be. I was pleased to share with Mrs. BGA when I returned home that my feet were just fine.
Ah, but when I pulled the little batteries out of the socks I discovered something that had me laughing.
It turned out that instead of hitting the button to set the socks at their lowest temperature when I got to the trailhead, I had mistakenly hit the power button and turned them completely off.
The lesson learned is to save the socks for days like today, when it was two degrees below zero at 7 a.m.
