Missed This Last Fall

Received this email after yesterday's posting on Dartmouth's scoring leaders since 2000:

Your posting the scoring leaders today made me wonder about Owen Zalc’s career total. With a “paltry” 56 points in his junior season, he surpassed Dennis Durkin as Dartmouth’s leading kicking scorer (206-202 points). Not sure if you had mentioned this previously. With another seven points, he will surpass Al Marsters’ total and become the program’s second leading scorer behind Myles Lane, at an unreachable 307 points.

That sent me scrambling to update the Big Green's overall scoring leaders in the Ivy League era:

 Most Career Points In Ivy League Era

	Name	Years	TD	FG	PAT	2Pt	Pts
1	Owen Zalc ‘27	2023-	0	39	89	0	206
2	Dennis Durkin ’93	1990-92	0	36	94	1	204
	Nick Howard ’23	2019-22	34	0	0	0	204
4	Dave Regula ’98	1994-97	1	38	80	1	202
5	Foley Schmidt ’12	2008-11	0	33	87	0	186
6	Dominick Pierre ’14	2010-13	30	0	0	0	180
7	Connor Davis ’22	2018-21	0	19	113	0	170
8	Nick Schwieger ’12	2008-11	26	0	0	0	156
9	Alex Gakenheimer ’17	2013-16	0	19	84	0	141
10	Ted Perry ’74	1971-73	0	20	75	0	135
11	Tyler Lavin ’05	2001-04	0	28	49	0	133
12	John Short ’71	1968-70	22	0	0	0	132
	Ryder Stone ’18	2014-17	22	0	0	0	132
14	Craig Saltzgaber ’86	1983-85	0	25	56	0	131
15	Jon Aljancic ’97	1994-96	21	0	0	0	126
	Richard Weissman ’85	1982-84	21	0	0	0	126
	Jared Gerbino ’20	1960-62	21	0	0	0	126

Editor's Note: Thanks as always for the help!

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Spotted this on FootballScoop:

Dartmouth is hiring a Football Recruiting and Operations Coordinator. This full-time position is a great opportunity to be heavily involved in all aspects of recruiting and running a Division I football program. 

Find the official job posting out of Dartmouth HERE. 

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Upper Valley views. Big Green work.#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/fb1ksmnfIn

— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) April 14, 2026

After seeing the above Xweet, I posted this on BGA Overtime last night:

Given pleasant weather at 6 a.m., the practice was held on Memorial Field where Zach Pierson, the Dartmouth program's manager of content services for football, put his camera to work and produced some epic photos.

These pictures were posted on the Dartmouth football Xwitter page as well as its Instagram page. 

Because a lot of Dartmouth fans do not visit those sites, the photos are reproduced here to help them get the viewership they deserve. Huge kudos to Zach for his work producing these images from the first full-pad practice of the spring. Click on the photos for a better look.

Click on the Xweet above to view the pictures. Or if you prefer, visit BGA Overtime to check out Zach's work, reposted with appreciation HERE.

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If you've been on campus over the past year-plus you've noticed Crosby Street, which runs in front of Buddy Teevens Stadium, has been closed. If you are curious about what is going on, the college has an update under the headline, Progress Continues on Dartmouth’s Energy Transition; The project has already laid 3.5 miles of hot and chilled water piping across campus. Find that update HERE.

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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA and I were watching Jeopardy last evening when she noticed quite a show being put on in the sky over Mount Moosilauke.  This photo can't compare to Zach Pierson's images, but it should give you a pretty good indication of what we saw. With the sun at our backs, it is filtering through storm clouds and lighting up just one cloud in the east.

Click photo to enlarge.

You Guessed It

The San Diego Union-Tribune has a piece under the headline, Ranking the top 32 interior offensive linemen in the 2026 NFL draft, and if you've been following along you can probably guess why that is included here. From the column (LINK):

31. Delby Lemieux (Sr., Dartmouth, 6-5, 309)
Lemieux is an intriguing FCS/Ivy developmental bet with workable tools (9.30 RAS). He’s a two-time FCS All-American who was the first Dartmouth player invited to the Senior Bowl in more than 40 years. He held his own with interior reps, considering he’s only ever played left tackle for the Big Green. Projected: Round 7-PFA

Another outlet has a piece headlined 2026 NFL Draft high-upside sleepers that offers this explanation of the players it includes:

From small-school outliers to Power Four contributors returning from injury, sleepers in this exercise are generally projected to Day 3 (Rounds 4-7).

The column includes players from Georgia, Notre Dame, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia Tech and Arkansas among others. Among those others: Dartmouth.

From the story (LINK):

C Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth
Lemieux is a high-IQ technician who impressed scouts by transitioning from left tackle to center during the 2026 Senior Bowl. Standing 6’4” and 305 pounds, the three-time All-Ivy selection earned an elite 84.6 overall PFF grade in 2025, allowing only one sack. 

At his pro day, he registered a 5.02-second 40-yard dash and a 1.71-second ten-yard split. His technical proficiency in zone-blocking schemes makes him an ideal candidate for teams seeking an athletic, cerebral center.

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For years Patriot League followers have said the league needed to relax its ban on redshirting if it wanted to be a player on the FCS scene. Although Lehigh put the lie to that need last year, newcomer Villanova is looking to test the limits not just of the Patriot League, but of the NCAA, in what might be an even more dramatic way. The Wildcats are petitioning the NCAA to bring back quarterback Pat McQuaide, who is looking for a sixth year in college football. Per a story posted by Philadelphia Sports Now (LINK), here's McQuaide's football journey that the NCAA will be considering:

2021 – Kent State (redshirt)
2022 – Mississippi Gulf Coast (junior college)
2023 – Nicholls State
2024 – Nicholls State 
2025 – Villanova (grad transfer)
2026 – Villanova? (second-year grad transfer?)

Green Alert Take: Comprised of academically competitive schools, the Patriot League began life as like-minded, non-scholarship sister conference to the Ivy League. The Patriot League's addition of scholarships represented a significant change of direction, and should Villanova's petition succeed and the Wildcats have a sixth-year QB, it would represent another.

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A final day of annual leaders since 2000 updated by BGA:

Dartmouth Scoring Leaders Since 2000

Year	Name	TD	PAT	2Pt	FG	Pts
2000	Matt DeLellis ’02	8	0	0	0	48
2001	Matt DeLellis ’02	7	0	0	0	42
2002	Tyler Lavin ’05	0	18	0	12	54
2003	Tyler Lavin ’05	0	16	0	12	52
2004	Bob Murphy ’05	5	0	0	0	30
2005	Ryan Fuselier ’06	5	2	0	0	32
2006	Andrew Kempler ’08	0	16	0	7	37
2007	Andrew Kempler ’08	0	36	0	3	45
2008	Foley Schmidt ’12	0	12	0	9	39
2009	Foley Schmidt ’12	0	19	0	6	37
2010	Nick Schwieger ’12	14	0	0	0	84
2011	Nick Schwieger ’12	10	0	0	0	60
2012	Dominick Pierre ’14	9	0	0	0	54
2013	Dominick Pierre ’14	13	0	0	0	78
2014	Alex Gakenheimer ’17	0	37	0	12	73
2015	Ryder Stone ’18	9	0	0	0	54
2016	David Smith ’18	0	23	0	7	44
2017	David Smith ’18	0	30	0	10	60
2018	Connor Davis ’22	0	40	0	6	58
2019	Connor Davis ’22	0	43	0	6	61
2021	Nick Howard ’23	15	0	0	0	90
2022	Nick Howard ’23	9	0	0	0	54
2023	Owen Zalc ’27	0	25	0	17	76
2024	Owen Zalc ‘27	0	35	0	13	74
2025	Grayson Saunier ‘27	11	0	2	0	70

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EXTRA POINT
Several years ago in this space I mentioned my "Michelin Man" jacket. I call it that, I wrote, because "When I have it on it looks a little like I pulled the pin to inflate it with a CO2 cylinder like you would with a life vest on an airplane."

It was cold enough this year that I wore my absurdly large MMJ a lot, including one evening walking Griff the Wonder Dog last week. I even debated wearing it to a Dartmouth football practice before a cooler head prevailed. (Mine)

Forget the return of the robin, or the first crocus popping up in front of the Nugget Theater. The true sign of spring arriving is this: Yesterday afternoon my Michelin Man Jacket was officially relegated to the cedar closet in our basement.