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The Samuel Akem Show, a YouTube podcast hosted by a former Montana All-America wide receiver out of Oklahoma, offers a few thoughts on the 2026 Ivy League strength of schedule. It lists Dartmouth as having the second-toughest schedule in the league behind Cornell's slate, and just ahead of Columbia's. Find the program HERE.

The gist of the podcast is the assertion that in general, the best teams in the Ivy League – apart from Dartmouth this year – have the weakest schedules. And that for the top teams their toughest competition actually is within the league.

We'll get to a little of what the podcast has to say about that in a bit, but first an absolutely huge caveat. This is a direct transcript of part of the conversation that puts the opinions in the podcast in context:

Don't kill me for this. I think Harvard's in Connecticut. I don't even know where a lot of these Ivy League schools are at. I can't even. I think Columbia's in New York. I think I know Columbia's in New York. Brown, don't know. Penn, Pennsylvania, duh. Princeton, I couldn't tell you. I have no idea.

Either way, Dartmouth's going to be a tough game in conference.

Green Alert Take: Well, OK then.

Keeping in mind the hosts' lack of familiarity with the Ivy League, this is more from the podcast about Dartmouth's 2026 schedule:

Dartmouth has the second, if I'm not mistaken, they have the second-toughest strength of schedule in the conference. And a lot of that is dictated by their non-conference schedule. Lehigh, who was 12-1 last year, their only loss coming in the first round, or the second round of the playoffs, because they got that first round by.

Monmouth, who wasn't a playoff team last year, but was 9-3. Monmouth lost quite a bit of talent in the transfer portal. We'll see what they look like.

They got a new head coach as well. So we'll see what Monmouth looks like. But certainly a tough game on Dartmouth's schedule.

Then they got Yale and they got Harvard. And obviously, they're going to play Penn as well. So Dartmouth has no easy schedule at all.

It's going to be tough for them to make the playoffs. And you got to understand with the Ivy Leagues as well this year is they're probably not going to get two teams in the playoffs again.

More from the program:

If I had to guess right now who gets out of the Ivy League, I would say Yale. And my second place team out of the Ivy League would definitely be, it would be between Dartmouth and Harvard.

But I think Yale is the favorite to get out of that Ivy League. If I had to pick a team now, understand Yale lost a lot of talent too. Nico Brown transferred out.

Josh Pitsenberger is now in the NFL. They do have Dante Reno, but they lost their head coach. What kind of continuity does that do for them?

They got a good safety on the defensive side of things. I don't know what their offensive line is looking like, but their offensive line was pretty dang good last year. We will see.

Yale is no slouch at all. They took the national champions, gave them all they could handle. It was a tough football game.

They were battling for four quarters. And I don't know if everybody thought that Yale would challenge Montana State the way they did, but they certainly did. Now they've got the respect.

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In addition to curious podcasts, the dog days of college football coverage include things like the standard uniform "countdown" featuring the "best player" wearing the number representing the days until the first FCS games. Over the holiday weekend, the FCS hit the 96-day mark, and the player repping that number happened to be an Ivy Leaguer:

FCS Jersey Countdown 9⃣6⃣

The best returning No. 96 is Yale DT Jaylin Tate

-2026 Senior
-6'4" 290 lbs
-2025: 510+ snaps, 32 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks
-2025 All-Ivy League Honorable Mentionhttps://t.co/VuUqiwcKc9

— HERO Sports FCS (@HEROSports_FCS) May 23, 2026

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Princeton won the 2026 men's lacrosse national championship yesterday with a 16-9 victory over Notre Dame. Read Told friend TigerBlog's column HERE.

(The national championship was the second in as many years for the Ivy League. Cornell won it all in 2025.)

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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA and I hiked our nearby trail yesterday with our good buddy. Here's Griff the Wonder Dog at the top of the mountain on an absolutely beautiful afternoon:

Never Forget

If you are a regular visitor to this page you've seen these plaques near the entryway to Memorial Field before. These pictures are posted again as a reminder of what we honor on this Memorial Day.

The plaque reads:

A Tribute

From the forty seven surviving

Dartmouth veterans of

the Civil War 1861-65

to the

thirty four hundred and seven

 men of Dartmouth who entered

 their country's service in

the Great War 1914-1918

November 1923

And this, inscribed in granite:

HONORING

THE MEMORY OF

DARTMOUTH'S OWN

WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES

DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY

AND GIVING THANKS

TO ALL DARTMOUTH

MEN AND WOMEN

WHO SERVED

ARE SERVING,

OR WILL SERVE

THEIR COUNTRY

IN WAR AND PEACE.

THE HILL WINDS

KNOW THEIR NAMES...

HM

Following up on Dartmouth's first- and second-team selections, the all-time honorable mention list for Ivy League football still has a few holes. Keeping in mind there are seasons like last fall when no Dartmouth player was named honorable-mention, I'll update this list as additional players are identified and corrections are submitted. In the meantime, here's what we have for Dartmouth's all-time honorable-mention picks:

1956
Lou Rovero
1957
Dave Bathrick
Jake Crouthamel
Alvin Krutsch
1959
Sam Bowlby T
Ken DeHaven C
Lee Horschman T
Alan Rozycki HB
Seth Strickland E
1960
Jack Kinderdine QB
1961
Carl Funke E
1962
Bill Curran G
Charles Greer E
Tom Parkinson RB
1963
Dana Kelly QB
Bob Komives C
Jack McLean HB
1964
Bruce Gottschall QB
Ed Keible OL
1965
David Coughlin OL
Bill Hay K
Ed Long E
Steve Luxford DB
Hank Paulson OT
Gene Ryzewicz QB
Pete Walton RB
Dan Williams T
1966
Norm Davis LB
Steve Luxford DB
Hank Paulson OT
1967
Giff Foley DT
Steve Luxford DT
Bob Mlakar HB
Dave Skinner C
Skip Small OG
1969
Barry Brink DL
Larry Killgallon DL
1970
Bob Brown WR
Jim Wallace OL
Wayne Young LB
1971
Stu Simms FB
1972
Bob Bialas LB
Tyrone Byrd WR
Weymoth Crowell DB
1975
Pat Sullivan OT
Dave VanVliet DB
Kevin Young LB
1976
Steve Cordy DE
1977
Dave Taylor DB
1978
Mike Kelley C
Phil Olson TE
1979
Ken Cook OT
Jeff Dufresne RB
1980
Kent Cooper NG
Jeff Kemp QB
Kent Cooper OG
Scott Hacker DB
Dave Neslund LB
1982
Steve Karol LB
Mark Pare C
1983
Ike Schurman OG
1984
Scott Kehoe DB
Peter Kortebein LB
Andy Osman DT
Craig Saltzgaber PK
1986
Rusty Gardner LB
Andy Russell DB
1987
Brent Frei DL
Craig Morton WR
1988
Dave Gazzaniga C
Chris Keck TE
Kevin Luensmann DT
1989
Pete Chapman DL
Mark Johnson QB
Sal Sciretto DB
1990
Carl Demeree TE
Al Rosier RB
Harry Wright LB
1991
Bill Kuehn OG
Chris Mawn TE
Mike McCune OG
Tom Morrow LB
1992
Neal Martin RB
Mike Phillips LB
1993
Ed Coker DL
Nat Cook C
Matt Feeley LB
Pete Oberle RB
Brian White DB
1994
Chris Boran DB
Brian Larsen OL
Jerry Murphy OL
Pete Oberle RB
Abe Rife TE
Geoff Willison P
1995
Trey Bowers OL
Taran Lent DL
Abe Rife TE
Greg Smith RB
1997
Bob Corso RB
Will Harper TE
Brad Jefferson DB
Norm McKnight OL
1998
Brad Eissler DB
Jon Gibbs LB
Kyle Schroeder DL
1999
Lee Roach TE
2000
Sean O’Mara OL
Bob Reeves OL
2001
Bob Reeves OL
2003
Lyle Campbell LB
Chris Dodds DB
Anthony Gargiulo DL
Vik Tiku OL
Grant Wagner P
Scott Wedum RB
2004
Luke Catenacci OL
Vik Tiku OL
2005
Jason Raiti WR
Mike Ribero DB
Ian Wilson DB
2006
Preston Copley OL
Justin Cottrell LB
Mike Fritz QB
John Pircon DB
2007
Ben Goeke OL
Cullen Gilchrist DL
2008
Tim McManus WR
Brian Scullin P
Milan Williams RB
2009
John Gallagher TE
Foley Schmidt PK
Tanner Scott WR
Alexander Toth OL
2010
Luke Hussey LB
Michael Reilly WR
Foley Schmidt PK
2011
Joey Casey DB
Kyle Cook OL
Bronson Green LB
Foley Schmidt PK
2012
Patrick Lahey OL
Ryan McManus WR
2013
Bronson Green LB
Elliot Kastner DL
Cole Marcoux TE
Bo Patterson WR
Bo Patterson RS
Sean Ronan OL
Dalyn Williams QB
2014
Zach Slafsky LB
2015
Chai Reece DB
Sawyer Whalen DL
Eric Wickham LB
2016
Lucas Bavaro DB
Brandon Cooper DL
Zach Husain DL
Eric Meile LB
Matt Kaskey OL
Miles Smith RB
2017
Jack Anderson OL
Colin Boit DB
Rocco Di Leo DL
Jack Heneghan QB
Stephen Johnston TE
Charlie Pontarelli DL
David Smith PK
Ryder Stone RB
2018
Rashaad Cooper RB
Niko Lalos DL
Jake Moen LB
Ryan Roegge DB
2019
Jake Guidone TE
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Niko Mermigas DB
2021
Calvin Atkeson OL
Jamal Cooney RS
Connor Davis K
Robbie Mangas TE
Paxton Scott WR
2022
Jace Henry TE
Nicholas Schwitzgebel OL
2023
Kyle Brown OL
Danny Cronin LB
Nick Howard QB
Q Jones RB
Delby Lemieux OL
Braden Mullen LB
Nic Sani TE
Leonard St. Gourdin DB
2024
Danny Cronin LB
Micah Green LB
Nick Marinaro OL
Derrell Porter DL
Paxton Scott WR
Sean Williams DB

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BGA has noted previously that oft-injured former Dartmouth defensive end Marques White '23 will play this fall as a graduate transfer at SMU after playing last year at UMass and the year before at McNeese State. This is from a TexasFootball.com story headlined Breaking Down SMU's 2026 Transfer Portal Class (LINK):

DE Marques White, UMass: White is arriving from possibly the worst program currently in the FBS, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help the Mustangs in 2025. He’s played seven seasons of college football, starting his career at Dartmouth before stops at McNeese State and UMass. He posted 50 tackles, including 11 for loss and five sacks last year. He also broke up two passes and recovered a pair of fumbles. SMU loses its most productive pass rushers – Cameron Robertson and Isaiah Smith – from 2025 to graduation.

White was involved with Virginia before committing to SMU and 247Sports had a piece in which White talked about what he was taking into consideration before making his decision about where to finish his career (LINK):

"Even on the academic side, talking to Ms. Sydney Martin [Director of Student Success for Football], she walked us through the possible paths, and we found one that would work perfectly for me. It was a master's degree in higher education," he said. "But she understood that I wanted to be more on the business side, so she said that there's plenty of opportunities - talking to alums and former college players, NFL guys - talking to them, getting possible internships, and talking more of the business side with them. So it's a combination of both worlds. We get the sports, get to understand the ins and outs of colleges, and the business."  

Here's the college football path taken by White, who will turn 26 late in the upcoming season:

2019
Dartmouth 4 games
2020
COVID
2021
10 games
2022
2 games
2023
4 games
Dartmouth totals: 20 games, 58 tackles, 9.5 sacks

2024
McNeese State
Totals:12 games, 52 tackles, 3.5 sacks

2025
UMass
Totals:12 games, 50 tackles, 5.0 sacks

2026
SMU

Career totals: 44 games, 160 tackles, 18 sacks

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EXTRA POINT
In yesterday's PAT about the movie Sheep Detectives, I should have mentioned that executive producers Phil Lord '97 and Christoper Miller '97 are Dartmouth grads who also produced and directed Project Hail Mary.

The pair delivered the Dartmouth commencement address in 2023:

 

Familiar Names

Jennifer King, a quality control coach at Dartmouth in 2019 and later on staff with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears, is the subject of a story in the News & Observer in advance of her second season as an offensive analyst for the North Carolina Central football team. Find the story HERE, and her NC Central  bio HERE.

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The story on Jennifer King sent me looking for news on Callie Brownson, who made a huge impression as the first female staff member at Dartmouth under Buddy Teevens. It turns out, Brownson is now Senior Director of High Performance & National Team Operations for USA Football. What came up first in a news search on her were comments she made in late March on 66-year-old NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green's bid for a roster spot on the Team USA flag football team. (LINK)

Brownson was named to her role with USA Football earlier this year after five years with the Cleveland Browns. The Browns posted a story on her taking the USA Football role HERE.

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Following up on Monday's listing of Dartmouth's first-team All-Ivy League selections since the formal start of conference play in 1956 (LINK), here are Big Green players chosen to the All-Ivy second team. As in the earlier post, Ivy League championship seasons are in green.
Bob Rex
1959

Jennifer King, a quality control coach at Dartmouth in 2019 and later on staff with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears, is the subject of a story in the News & Observer in advance of her second season as an offensive analyst for the North Carolina Central football team. Find the story HERE, and her NC Central  bio HERE.

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The story on Jennifer King sent me looking for news on Callie Brownson, who made a huge impression as the first female staff member at Dartmouth under Buddy Teevens. It turns out, Brownson is now Senior Director of High Performance & National Team Operations for USA Football. What came up first in a news search on her were comments she made in late March on 66-year-old NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green's bid for a roster spot on the Team USA flag football team. (LINK)

Brownson was named to her role with USA Football earlier this year after five years with the Cleveland Browns. The Browns posted a story on her taking the USA Football role HERE.

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Following up on Monday's listing of Dartmouth's first-team All-Ivy League selections since the formal start of conference play in 1956 (LINK), here are Big Green players chosen to the All-Ivy second team. As in the earlier post, Ivy League championship seasons are in green.1956
Bob Rex

Jennifer King, a quality control coach at Dartmouth in 2019 and later on staff with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears, is the subject of a story in the News & Observer in advance of her second season as an offensive analyst for the North Carolina Central football team. Find the story HERE, and her NC Central  bio HERE.

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The story on Jennifer King sent me looking for news on Callie Brownson, who made a huge impression as the first female staff member at Dartmouth under Buddy Teevens. It turns out, Brownson is now Senior Director of High Performance & National Team Operations for USA Football. What came up first in a news search on her were comments she made in late March on 66-year-old NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green's bid for a roster spot on the Team USA flag football team. (LINK)

Brownson was named to her role with USA Football earlier this year after five years with the Cleveland Browns. The Browns posted a story on her taking the USA Football role HERE.

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Following up on Monday's listing of Dartmouth's first-team All-Ivy League selections since the formal start of conference play in 1956 (LINK), here are Big Green players chosen to the All-Ivy second team. As in the earlier post, Ivy League championship seasons are in green.
1956

Jennifer King, a quality control coach at Dartmouth in 2019 and later on staff with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears, is the subject of a story in the News & Observer in advance of her second season as an offensive analyst for the North Carolina Central football team. Find the story HERE, and her NC Central  bio HERE.

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The story on Jennifer King sent me looking for news on Callie Brownson, who made a huge impression as the first female staff member at Dartmouth under Buddy Teevens. It turns out, Brownson is now Senior Director of High Performance & National Team Operations for USA Football. What came up first in a news search on her were comments she made in late March on 66-year-old NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green's bid for a roster spot on the Team USA flag football team. (LINK)

Brownson was named to her role with USA Football earlier this year after five years with the Cleveland Browns. The Browns posted a story on her taking the USA Football role HERE.

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Following up on Monday's listing of Dartmouth's first-team All-Ivy League selections since the formal start of conference play in 1956 (LINK), here are Big Green players chosen to the All-Ivy second team. As in the earlier post, Ivy League championship seasons are in green. (Information from 1956-1958 is incomplete. If you have additional information, please send it along.)

1956
Bob Rex P
1959
Bob Boye G
1960
Ken DeHaven C
1961
John Krumme HB
Carter Strickland T
1962
Scott Creelman WR
1963
Dale Runge T
1969
Murry Bowden LB
Dave Mills OL
Bob Mlakar RB
Mark Stevenson OL
Jack Wimsatt WR
1970
Jay Bennett P
John Short RB
1971
Bob Bialas LB
Gregg Brown OE
Tim Copper DB
Bob Funk C
Rick Klupchak RB
1972
Doug Jaeger LB
Ted Perry K
1973
Herb Hopkins OL
Jim Gleason OL
Ted Perry K
Don Smith DB
1974
Jim Conterato LB
Alex Kandabarow OE
Alan Markman DE
Frank Turner DB
Brian Wroczynski DT
1975
Jim Lucas C
Dan Murphy DE
1976
Kevin Case QB
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Curt Oberg RB
Dave VanVliet DB
1977
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Jim Vailas LB
1978
Mike Francis DT
Nigel Key OT
Ken Loos OG
Cody Press DB
1979
Jim Rill OG
Dave Shula WR
1980
Joe Fernandes LB
Tim Geibel PK
Barry Pizor DB
Jim Rill OT
George Thompson OG
1981
Ken Ferree OT
Sean Maher RB
Shaun Teevens WR
1982
Bob Dell Isola DT
Ken Ferree OT
Richard Weissman RB
1983
Jack Daly WR
Steve Karol LB
Andy Osman DT
Don Pomeroy DB
Craig Saltzgaber PK
1984
Lorenzo Chambers RB
Elwyn Fields P
Slade Schuster OT
Ed Simpson DE
1985
Steve Briggs DB
Bob Rech OG
1986
Matt Drury TE
Brett Matthews DB
Ernie Torain RB
1987
David Gazzaniga C
Scott Sims DB
1988
Mark Johnson QB
Scott Sims DB
Paul Sorensen LB
1989
David Clark RB
Matt Dunning OT
Kevin Luensmann DL
Carl Romero PK
1990
Jeff Blackburn LB
Mike Bobo WR
Tom Gladden DB
Dave Murphy OT
Greg Rush C
1991
Jay Fiedler QB
Cliff McDonald LB
1992
Gary LaMontagne DL
Sean Riley DL
1993
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
Jason Fell DB
Geoffrey Willison P
1994
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
David Shearer WR
1995
Lloyd Lee DB
Dave Regula PK
1996
Chris Adamson OL
Jon Aljancic QB
Scott Hapgood DL
Will Harper TE
Brad Jefferson DB
Brian Schmidt LB
Jeff Schmitt OL
Greg Smith RB
1997
Zach Ellis WR
Jon Gibbs LB
Wayne Schlobohm P
1998
Wayne Schlobohm P
Steve Varney LB
Adam Young TE
1999
Tom Reusser DB
Kyle Schroeder DL
2000
Dan Hutchinson DL
Kevin Noone OL
2001
Michael Gratch RB
2002
Jay Barnard WR
Brian Mann QB
Clayton Smith DB
2003
Casey Cramer TE
Josh Dooley LB
Clayton Smith DB
2004
Josh Dooley LB
2005
Josh Dooley LB
Ryan Fuselier WR
Steve Jensen DB
2006
Ryan Fuselier WR
Ian Wilson DB
2007
Brian Evans WR
Taylor Layman OL
John Pircon DB
2008
Ian Wilson DB
2009
Pete Pidermann DB
Shawn Abuhoff DB
2010
Austen Fletcher OL
John Gallagher TE
2011
Austen Fletcher OL
2012
Bronson Green LB
Dominick Pierre RB
Teddy Reed DL
2013
Evan Chrustic DL
Stephen Dazzo DB
Cody Fulleton DL
Vernon Harris DB
2014
Kyle Bramble RB
Stephen Dazzo DB
Jacob Flores OL
Cody Fulleton DL
Alex Gakenheimer PK
Ben Kepley P
2015
Troy Donahue DB
Ben Kepley P
Niko Mamula OL
Ryan McManus RS
Zach Slafsky LB
Dalyn Williams QB
Victor Williams WR
2016
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Charlie Miller DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2017
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Patrick Kilcommons OL
Danny McManus DB
Eric Meile LB
Isiah Swann DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2018
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Drew Hunnicutt WR
John Kilcommons OL
Bun Straton DB
2019
Drew Estrada WR
Drew Estrada RS
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Evan Hecimovich OL
Ryan Roegge DB
Darren Stanley DB
2021
Shane Cokes DL
John Paul Flores OL
J.J. Jones III TE
Derek Kyler QB
Niko Mermigas DB
Seth Walter DL
Marques White LB
2022
Quinten Arello DB
Shane Cokes DL
Joe Heffernan LB
2023
Macklin Ayers LB
Josiah Green DL
Paxton Scott WR
Marques White LB
Sean Williams DB
Sean Williams RS
2025
Luke Armistead P
Zyion Freer-Brown LB
Harrison Keith DB
Grayson Saunier QB
Konstantin Spörk OL
Maxwell Wentz OL

Editor's Note: Once again, huge thanks to Williams College SID Rick Bender for sharing this information via a spreadsheet he compiled while at Dartmouth. (Again, not all second-team picks for 1956-58 are available.)

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Several emails have come through speculating on what year's football team is shown in the video posted yesterday on BGA. Given the year of the automobiles shown in the early part of the video it is not earlier than 1960, and because Leverone Field House is not in the video, we know the film was shot before 1965. Check back to see if anyone narrows the year down even more. ;-)

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EXTRA POINT
The Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango numbers were promising enough that Mrs. BGA and I rolled the dice yesterday and went to see the movie Sheep Detectives. Here's a synopsis via Google:

George Hardy is a shepherd who loves to read murder mysteries to his sheep, never suspecting that they can understand him. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep decide to solve the crime themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn't as simple as it appears in books.

I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have gone to the movie based on that synopsis, but the reviews and recommendations convinced us, and we're glad they did. Thumbs up from both of us. 

Watch a trailer for the film HERE.

Bob Rex P
1959

Bob Boye G
1960
Ken DeHaven C
1961
John Krumme HB
Carter Strickland T
1962
Scott Creelman WR
1963
Dale Runge T
1969
Murry Bowden LB
Dave Mills OL
Bob Mlakar RB
Mark Stevenson OL
Jack Wimsatt WR
1970
Jay Bennett P
John Short RB
1971
Bob Bialas LB
Gregg Brown OE
Tim Copper DB
Bob Funk C
Rick Klupchak RB
1972
Doug Jaeger LB
Ted Perry K
1973
Herb Hopkins OL
Jim Gleason OL
Ted Perry K
Don Smith DB
1974
Jim Conterato LB
Alex Kandabarow OE
Alan Markman DE
Frank Turner DB
Brian Wroczynski DT
1975
Jim Lucas C
Dan Murphy DE
1976
Kevin Case QB
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Curt Oberg RB
Dave VanVliet DB
1977
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Jim Vailas LB
1978
Mike Francis DT
Nigel Key OT
Ken Loos OG
Cody Press DB
1979
Jim Rill OG
Dave Shula WR
1980
Joe Fernandes LB
Tim Geibel PK
Barry Pizor DB
Jim Rill OT
George Thompson OG
1981
Ken Ferree OT
Sean Maher RB
Shaun Teevens WR
1982
Bob Dell Isola DT
Ken Ferree OT
Richard Weissman RB
1983
Jack Daly WR
Steve Karol LB
Andy Osman DT
Don Pomeroy DB
Craig Saltzgaber PK
1984
Lorenzo Chambers RB
Elwyn Fields P
Slade Schuster OT
Ed Simpson DE
1985
Steve Briggs DB
Bob Rech OG
1986
Matt Drury TE
Brett Matthews DB
Ernie Torain RB
1987
David Gazzaniga C
Scott Sims DB
1988
Mark Johnson QB
Scott Sims DB
Paul Sorensen LB
1989
David Clark RB
Matt Dunning OT
Kevin Luensmann DL
Carl Romero PK
1990
Jeff Blackburn LB
Mike Bobo WR
Tom Gladden DB
Dave Murphy OT
Greg Rush C
1991
Jay Fiedler QB
Cliff McDonald LB
1992
Gary LaMontagne DL
Sean Riley DL
1993
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
Jason Fell DB
Geoffrey Willison P
1994
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
David Shearer WR
1995
Lloyd Lee DB
Dave Regula PK
1996
Chris Adamson OL
Jon Aljancic QB
Scott Hapgood DL
Will Harper TE
Brad Jefferson DB
Brian Schmidt LB
Jeff Schmitt OL
Greg Smith RB
1997
Zach Ellis WR
Jon Gibbs LB
Wayne Schlobohm P
1998
Wayne Schlobohm P
Steve Varney LB
Adam Young TE
1999
Tom Reusser DB
Kyle Schroeder DL
2000
Dan Hutchinson DL
Kevin Noone OL
2001
Michael Gratch RB
2002
Jay Barnard WR
Brian Mann QB
Clayton Smith DB
2003
Casey Cramer TE
Josh Dooley LB
Clayton Smith DB
2004
Josh Dooley LB
2005
Josh Dooley LB
Ryan Fuselier WR
Steve Jensen DB
2006
Ryan Fuselier WR
Ian Wilson DB
2007
Brian Evans WR
Taylor Layman OL
John Pircon DB
2008
Ian Wilson DB
2009
Pete Pidermann DB
Shawn Abuhoff DB
2010
Austen Fletcher OL
John Gallagher TE
2011
Austen Fletcher OL
2012
Bronson Green LB
Dominick Pierre RB
Teddy Reed DL
2013
Evan Chrustic DL
Stephen Dazzo DB
Cody Fulleton DL
Vernon Harris DB
2014
Kyle Bramble RB
Stephen Dazzo DB
Jacob Flores OL
Cody Fulleton DL
Alex Gakenheimer PK
Ben Kepley P
2015
Troy Donahue DB
Ben Kepley P
Niko Mamula OL
Ryan McManus RS
Zach Slafsky LB
Dalyn Williams QB
Victor Williams WR
2016
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Charlie Miller DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2017
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Patrick Kilcommons OL
Danny McManus DB
Eric Meile LB
Isiah Swann DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2018
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Drew Hunnicutt WR
John Kilcommons OL
Bun Straton DB
2019
Drew Estrada WR
Drew Estrada RS
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Evan Hecimovich OL
Ryan Roegge DB
Darren Stanley DB
2021
Shane Cokes DL
John Paul Flores OL
J.J. Jones III TE
Derek Kyler QB
Niko Mermigas DB
Seth Walter DL
Marques White LB
2022
Quinten Arello DB
Shane Cokes DL
Joe Heffernan LB
2023
Macklin Ayers LB
Josiah Green DL
Paxton Scott WR
Marques White LB
Sean Williams DB
Sean Williams RS
2025
Luke Armistead P
Zyion Freer-Brown LB
Harrison Keith DB
Grayson Saunier QB
Konstantin Spörk OL
Maxwell Wentz OL

Editor's Note: Once again, huge thanks to Williams College SID Rick Bender for sharing this information via a spreadsheet he compiled while at Dartmouth. (Second-team picks for 1956-58 are unavailable.)

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Several emails have come through speculating on what year's football team is shown in the video posted yesterday on BGA. Given the year of the automobiles shown in the early part of the video it is not earlier than 1960, and because Leverone Field House is not in the video, we know the film was shot before 1965. Check back to see if anyone narrows the year down even more. ;-)

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EXTRA POINT
The Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango numbers were promising enough that Mrs. BGA and I rolled the dice yesterday and went to see the movie Sheep Detectives. Here's a synopsis via Google:

George Hardy is a shepherd who loves to read murder mysteries to his sheep, never suspecting that they can understand him. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep decide to solve the crime themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn't as simple as it appears in books.

I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have gone to the movie based on that synopsis, but the reviews and recommendations convinced us, and we're glad they did. Thumbs up from both of us. 

Watch a trailer for the film HERE.

>1959

Bob Boye G

1960
Ken DeHaven C
1961
John Krumme HB
Carter Strickland T
1962
Scott Creelman WR
1963
Dale Runge T
1969
Murry Bowden LB
Dave Mills OL
Bob Mlakar RB
Mark Stevenson OL
Jack Wimsatt WR
1970
Jay Bennett P
John Short RB
1971
Bob Bialas LB
Gregg Brown OE
Tim Copper DB
Bob Funk C
Rick Klupchak RB
1972
Doug Jaeger LB
Ted Perry K
1973
Herb Hopkins OL
Jim Gleason OL
Ted Perry K
Don Smith DB
1974
Jim Conterato LB
Alex Kandabarow OE
Alan Markman DE
Frank Turner DB
Brian Wroczynski DT
1975
Jim Lucas C
Dan Murphy DE
1976
Kevin Case QB
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Curt Oberg RB
Dave VanVliet DB
1977
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Jim Vailas LB
1978
Mike Francis DT
Nigel Key OT
Ken Loos OG
Cody Press DB
1979
Jim Rill OG
Dave Shula WR
1980
Joe Fernandes LB
Tim Geibel PK
Barry Pizor DB
Jim Rill OT
George Thompson OG
1981
Ken Ferree OT
Sean Maher RB
Shaun Teevens WR
1982
Bob Dell Isola DT
Ken Ferree OT
Richard Weissman RB
1983
Jack Daly WR
Steve Karol LB
Andy Osman DT
Don Pomeroy DB
Craig Saltzgaber PK
1984
Lorenzo Chambers RB
Elwyn Fields P
Slade Schuster OT
Ed Simpson DE
1985
Steve Briggs DB
Bob Rech OG
1986
Matt Drury TE
Brett Matthews DB
Ernie Torain RB
1987
David Gazzaniga C
Scott Sims DB
1988
Mark Johnson QB
Scott Sims DB
Paul Sorensen LB
1989
David Clark RB
Matt Dunning OT
Kevin Luensmann DL
Carl Romero PK
1990
Jeff Blackburn LB
Mike Bobo WR
Tom Gladden DB
Dave Murphy OT
Greg Rush C
1991
Jay Fiedler QB
Cliff McDonald LB
1992
Gary LaMontagne DL
Sean Riley DL
1993
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
Jason Fell DB
Geoffrey Willison P
1994
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
David Shearer WR
1995
Lloyd Lee DB
Dave Regula PK
1996
Chris Adamson OL
Jon Aljancic QB
Scott Hapgood DL
Will Harper TE
Brad Jefferson DB
Brian Schmidt LB
Jeff Schmitt OL
Greg Smith RB
1997
Zach Ellis WR
Jon Gibbs LB
Wayne Schlobohm P
1998
Wayne Schlobohm P
Steve Varney LB
Adam Young TE
1999
Tom Reusser DB
Kyle Schroeder DL
2000
Dan Hutchinson DL
Kevin Noone OL
2001
Michael Gratch RB
2002
Jay Barnard WR
Brian Mann QB
Clayton Smith DB
2003
Casey Cramer TE
Josh Dooley LB
Clayton Smith DB
2004
Josh Dooley LB
2005
Josh Dooley LB
Ryan Fuselier WR
Steve Jensen DB
2006
Ryan Fuselier WR
Ian Wilson DB
2007
Brian Evans WR
Taylor Layman OL
John Pircon DB
2008
Ian Wilson DB
2009
Pete Pidermann DB
Shawn Abuhoff DB
2010
Austen Fletcher OL
John Gallagher TE
2011
Austen Fletcher OL
2012
Bronson Green LB
Dominick Pierre RB
Teddy Reed DL
2013
Evan Chrustic DL
Stephen Dazzo DB
Cody Fulleton DL
Vernon Harris DB
2014
Kyle Bramble RB
Stephen Dazzo DB
Jacob Flores OL
Cody Fulleton DL
Alex Gakenheimer PK
Ben Kepley P
2015
Troy Donahue DB
Ben Kepley P
Niko Mamula OL
Ryan McManus RS
Zach Slafsky LB
Dalyn Williams QB
Victor Williams WR
2016
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Charlie Miller DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2017
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Patrick Kilcommons OL
Danny McManus DB
Eric Meile LB
Isiah Swann DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2018
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Drew Hunnicutt WR
John Kilcommons OL
Bun Straton DB
2019
Drew Estrada WR
Drew Estrada RS
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Evan Hecimovich OL
Ryan Roegge DB
Darren Stanley DB
2021
Shane Cokes DL
John Paul Flores OL
J.J. Jones III TE
Derek Kyler QB
Niko Mermigas DB
Seth Walter DL
Marques White LB
2022
Quinten Arello DB
Shane Cokes DL
Joe Heffernan LB
2023
Macklin Ayers LB
Josiah Green DL
Paxton Scott WR
Marques White LB
Sean Williams DB
Sean Williams RS
2025
Luke Armistead P
Zyion Freer-Brown LB
Harrison Keith DB
Grayson Saunier QB
Konstantin Spörk OL
Maxwell Wentz OL

Editor's Note: Once again, huge thanks to Williams College SID Rick Bender for sharing this information via a spreadsheet he compiled while at Dartmouth. (Second-team picks for 1956-58 are unavailable.)

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Several emails have come through speculating on what year's football team is shown in the video posted yesterday on BGA. Given the year of the automobiles shown in the early part of the video it is not earlier than 1960, and because Leverone Field House is not in the video, we know the film was shot before 1965. Check back to see if anyone narrows the year down even more. ;-)

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EXTRA POINT
The Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango numbers were promising enough that Mrs. BGA and I rolled the dice yesterday and went to see the movie Sheep Detectives. Here's a synopsis via Google:

George Hardy is a shepherd who loves to read murder mysteries to his sheep, never suspecting that they can understand him. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep decide to solve the crime themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn't as simple as it appears in books.

I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have gone to the movie based on that synopsis, but the reviews and recommendations convinced us, and we're glad they did. Thumbs up from both of us. 

Watch a trailer for the film HERE.

Bob Boye G
1960
Ken DeHaven C
1961
John Krumme HB
Carter Strickland T
1962
Scott Creelman WR
1963
Dale Runge T
1969
Murry Bowden LB
Dave Mills OL
Bob Mlakar RB
Mark Stevenson OL
Jack Wimsatt WR
1970
Jay Bennett P
John Short RB
1971
Bob Bialas LB
Gregg Brown OE
Tim Copper DB
Bob Funk C
Rick Klupchak RB
1972
Doug Jaeger LB
Ted Perry K
1973
Herb Hopkins OL
Jim Gleason OL
Ted Perry K
Don Smith DB
1974
Jim Conterato LB
Alex Kandabarow OE
Alan Markman DE
Frank Turner DB
Brian Wroczynski DT
1975
Jim Lucas C
Dan Murphy DE
1976
Kevin Case QB
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Curt Oberg RB
Dave VanVliet DB
1977
Dave Casper DE
Sam Coffey RB
Jim Vailas LB
1978
Mike Francis DT
Nigel Key OT
Ken Loos OG
Cody Press DB
1979
Jim Rill OG
Dave Shula WR
1980
Joe Fernandes LB
Tim Geibel PK
Barry Pizor DB
Jim Rill OT
George Thompson OG
1981
Ken Ferree OT
Sean Maher RB
Shaun Teevens WR
1982
Bob Dell Isola DT
Ken Ferree OT
Richard Weissman RB
1983
Jack Daly WR
Steve Karol LB
Andy Osman DT
Don Pomeroy DB
Craig Saltzgaber PK
1984
Lorenzo Chambers RB
Elwyn Fields P
Slade Schuster OT
Ed Simpson DE
1985
Steve Briggs DB
Bob Rech OG
1986
Matt Drury TE
Brett Matthews DB
Ernie Torain RB
1987
David Gazzaniga C
Scott Sims DB
1988
Mark Johnson QB
Scott Sims DB
Paul Sorensen LB
1989
David Clark RB
Matt Dunning OT
Kevin Luensmann DL
Carl Romero PK
1990
Jeff Blackburn LB
Mike Bobo WR
Tom Gladden DB
Dave Murphy OT
Greg Rush C
1991
Jay Fiedler QB
Cliff McDonald LB
1992
Gary LaMontagne DL
Sean Riley DL
1993
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
Jason Fell DB
Geoffrey Willison P
1994
Josh Bloom LB
Hunter Buckner LB
David Shearer WR
1995
Lloyd Lee DB
Dave Regula PK
1996
Chris Adamson OL
Jon Aljancic QB
Scott Hapgood DL
Will Harper TE
Brad Jefferson DB
Brian Schmidt LB
Jeff Schmitt OL
Greg Smith RB
1997
Zach Ellis WR
Jon Gibbs LB
Wayne Schlobohm P
1998
Wayne Schlobohm P
Steve Varney LB
Adam Young TE
1999
Tom Reusser DB
Kyle Schroeder DL
2000
Dan Hutchinson DL
Kevin Noone OL
2001
Michael Gratch RB
2002
Jay Barnard WR
Brian Mann QB
Clayton Smith DB
2003
Casey Cramer TE
Josh Dooley LB
Clayton Smith DB
2004
Josh Dooley LB
2005
Josh Dooley LB
Ryan Fuselier WR
Steve Jensen DB
2006
Ryan Fuselier WR
Ian Wilson DB
2007
Brian Evans WR
Taylor Layman OL
John Pircon DB
2008
Ian Wilson DB
2009
Pete Pidermann DB
Shawn Abuhoff DB
2010
Austen Fletcher OL
John Gallagher TE
2011
Austen Fletcher OL
2012
Bronson Green LB
Dominick Pierre RB
Teddy Reed DL
2013
Evan Chrustic DL
Stephen Dazzo DB
Cody Fulleton DL
Vernon Harris DB
2014
Kyle Bramble RB
Stephen Dazzo DB
Jacob Flores OL
Cody Fulleton DL
Alex Gakenheimer PK
Ben Kepley P
2015
Troy Donahue DB
Ben Kepley P
Niko Mamula OL
Ryan McManus RS
Zach Slafsky LB
Dalyn Williams QB
Victor Williams WR
2016
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Charlie Miller DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2017
Hunter Hagdorn WR
Patrick Kilcommons OL
Danny McManus DB
Eric Meile LB
Isiah Swann DB
Nick Tomkins DL
2018
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Drew Hunnicutt WR
John Kilcommons OL
Bun Straton DB
2019
Drew Estrada WR
Drew Estrada RS
David Chalmers DL
Jared Gerbino QB
Evan Hecimovich OL
Ryan Roegge DB
Darren Stanley DB
2021
Shane Cokes DL
John Paul Flores OL
J.J. Jones III TE
Derek Kyler QB
Niko Mermigas DB
Seth Walter DL
Marques White LB
2022
Quinten Arello DB
Shane Cokes DL
Joe Heffernan LB
2023
Macklin Ayers LB
Josiah Green DL
Paxton Scott WR
Marques White LB
Sean Williams DB
Sean Williams RS
2025
Luke Armistead P
Zyion Freer-Brown LB
Harrison Keith DB
Grayson Saunier QB
Konstantin Spörk OL
Maxwell Wentz OL

Editor's Note: Once again, huge thanks to Williams College SID Rick Bender for sharing this information via a spreadsheet he compiled while at Dartmouth. (Second-team picks for 1956-58 are unavailable.)

#

Several emails have come through speculating on what year's football team is shown in the video posted yesterday on BGA. Given the year of the automobiles shown in the early part of the video it is not earlier than 1960, and because Leverone Field House is not in the video, we know the film was shot before 1965. Check back to see if anyone narrows the year down even more. ;-)

#

EXTRA POINT
The Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango numbers were promising enough that Mrs. BGA and I rolled the dice yesterday and went to see the movie Sheep Detectives. Here's a synopsis via Google:

George Hardy is a shepherd who loves to read murder mysteries to his sheep, never suspecting that they can understand him. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep decide to solve the crime themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn't as simple as it appears in books.

I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have gone to the movie based on that synopsis, but the reviews and recommendations convinced us, and we're glad they did. Thumbs up from both of us. 

Watch a trailer for the film HERE.