And The Starting QBs Will Be . . . Or May Be?

An SB Nation story headlined Projecting Every FCS Starting QB for 2026 includes this (LINK):

Dartmouth: Grayson Saunier – Saunier comes into his senior season at Dartmouth with 2,676 career passing yards, 644 rushing yards and 33 touchdowns. He was a second-team All-Ivy League selection last season.

The article has a paragraph on each of it's projected Ivy League starters:

Brown: James Murphy
Columbia: Chase Goodwin
Cornell: Garrett Bass-Sulpizio
Harvard: Dante Torre
Penn: Karson Siqueiros-Lasky
Princeton: Weston Smith
Yale: Dante Reno

Green Alert Take: Like Saunier, Reno and Murphy are sure things and someone will have to really step up to replace Goodwin or Bass-Sulpizio. Harvard, Penn and Princeton could be anybody's guess.

As for the nonconference quarterbacks Dartmouth will face, Lehigh's is a lock and Monmouth's h may be as well. Here's what the SB story has to say about those two:

Lehigh: Hayden Johnson – Johnson took the Mountain Hawks to their first ever top eight seed in school history last year as a sophomore. The first-team All-Patriot League signal-caller is completing passes at a 64% clip on his career.

Monmouth: Frankie Weaver – The Hawks found their guy when star Derek Robertson went down last year. Frankie Weaver stepped in and stepped up as a redshirt freshman, throwing for 1,355 yards and 14 TDs coming off the bench. Now Robertson is gone and the keys to the offense get handed over to Weaver for good.

The third nonconference opponent has an interesting option behind center, to be sure:

Merrimack: A.J. Hairston Jr. – The ex-UMass signal caller threw for nearly 1,000 yards as a redshirt freshman with the Minutemen last year. He'll likely be the one to take the reins at Merrimack now after Ayden Pereira left the team.

And one more projected starter of interest:

South Dakota: Jackson Proctor – Proctor comes in after not playing last season at Northern Illinois and is in a QB battle to see who takes over for Aidan Bouman. He's most known for his success at Dartmouth where he threw for 2,355 yards and accounted for 23 scores over three seasons.

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The Boston Globe has a story behind its paywall headlined Meet Bedford's Ryan Paganetti, a former NFL coach bringing analytics from the headset to the masses. From the story about the onetime walk-on Dartmouth running back in the Class of 2014 whose career was derailed by injury (LINK):

Ryan Paganetti is no longer coaching on an NFL sideline; he’s switched to media and consulting, using his public posts (and recent podcast appearances) to share NFL analytics and decision-making insights.

If you don't have access to the Globe, Paganetti's website has all the details HERE.

You can hear an interview with Paganetti in the podcast linked below. The intro begins this way:

He is a Dartmouth grad. He's cooked up some unbelievable special sauce that got him hired. His NFL research is strategy. Game management tendencies got him hired by the Eagles, Jaguars Raiders. He was on the headset for that Eagles team that won the Super Bowl. 

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The Harvard Crimson had a column a couple of weeks ago under the headline NCAA Ratifies Age-Based Eligibility Guidelines, Reshaping Postgraduate Opportunities for Harvard’s Athletes (LINK) and the Daily Pennsylvanian has one today headlined The NCAA eligibility change levels the playing field for the Ivy League (LINK). Both argue that the five-for-five rule will benefit Ivy League athletes even if they can't participate in the Ivies for five years.

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Click HERE for Dartmouth 's bio of the 6-foot-6, 235-pound Nate Isler, who was a junior in the spring.

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Click photos for a closer look.

Even with our '84 VW poptop camper left at home because of mechanical concerns, we had a wonderful weekend tent camping at the annual West River Westies bus meetup in southern Vermont. Because there river was running low the tubing wasn't what we hoped, but the water was warm, so there was that.

Not sure the official bus count but it was probably right around the usual 100 or so. Most were from around the northeast, although our closest neighbors were from Virginia and Montreal.

In addition to tubing, the weekend included a pot luck supper, a raffle of all kinds of VW and camping paraphernalia, campfire sing-alongs, interesting smells (think about it), and a lot of technical talk about these treasured antiques that you can be absolutely sure went completely over my head.

Linebacker U Adds Two

Two rising high school senior  linebackers headed north for their college careers . . .

Odin Erickson is a 6-foot-2, 222-pound player out of Louisa County High School in Mineral, Va. He chose Dartmouth over offers from Marshall, East Carolina, Lehigh, East Tennessee, Georgetown, Citadel, Towson, Campbell, Howard, Wagner, Wofford and Hampton.

Bobby Wakefield is a 6-2, 220 player from Charlotte Country Day. Wakefield has camped and visited around the Ivy League and reports an offer from Davidson.

Here's the list BGA has compiled to date:

OL Oliver Costello, 6-5, 285, St. Paul's School/Plymouth, Mass.
RB Hezekiah Davis, 5-10, 185, Tampa Jesuit HS/Tampa, Fla.
LB Odin Erickson, 6-2, 222, Louis County HS/Mineral, Va.
DB Rowan Martin, 6-1, 180, Williston-Northampton School/East Longmeadow, Mass.
QB Webber Marx, 6-6, 210, St. Paul's School/Wellesley Mills, Mass
OL Henry Reagan, 6-3, 275, New Canaan HS/New Canaan, Conn.
QB Richmond Saunier, 6-2, 195, Lafayette HS/Lafayette, La.
DE  KJ Sims, 6-3, 192, Seckinger HS/Buford, Ga.
OL Brysen Terry, 6-6, 325, Webster Schroeder HS/Webster, N.Y.
LB Bobby Wakefield, 6-2, 220, Charlotte Country Day/Charlotte, N.C.

As always, additions and corrections are encouraged via the contact box over to the right. 

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BGA is going dark for the next two days as we head off to the VW Westfalia event in southern Vermont we nicknamed "Vanagon-palooza." There will be upwards of 100 VW campers probably ranging from the early '60s to the new electric VW Buzz. With no wifi at the campground updating the site is impossible.

Unfortunately, our 1984 VW Vanagon will not be making the trip. Given our concerns about how it is running right now, we're opted to tent camp this year. It's hugely disappointing but such is life with a 42-year-old vehicle.

News Out Of That 'Other' Durham

A grad transfer from Dartmouth is among four Ivy Leaguers who get a mention in a story headlined Ranking all 19 Duke football transfers by projected 2026 impact posted by Duke Blue Devils on SI. From the story (LINK):

13. DL Dakota Quiñonez

Quiñonez is another graduate transfer who comes to Duke after spending his entire career at Dartmouth. He tallied 21 tackles and a sack throughout his time with the Big Green. The defensive front seven will be one of the Blue Devils' best aspects next season, and Quiñonez is likely towards the bottom of the depth chart.

Two Ivy League transfers expected to be lower on the depth chart:

• 19. QB Blaine Hipa (Princeton)
• 16. RB Wilhelm Daal (Yale)

And the highest rated Ivy League transfer:

2. WR Jared Richardson
I'd be surprised if, come the 2026 season's end, Richardson wasn't the Blue Devils' leading receiver. Richardson comes over from Penn, where he had a breakout season in 2025, leading the Ivy League in receptions (80) and receiving touchdowns (12), and finished second in receiving yards (1,033), being named a First Team FCS Football Central All-American. At 6'2", 215 pounds, he should be Eget's top target.

Reading the story down, it was interesting to see that even a school like Duke is party to the transfer madness. Consider:

Ranked No. 8 among the incoming players in Durham is safety Patrick Smith-Young Smith-Young, who spent two seasons at North Texas, then one at Old Dominion, then another back at North Texas, before landing at Duke.

No. 7 is running back CJ Campbell, who was at Florida State for three seasons, then spent one at Florida Atlantic and last year at Rutgers before arriving at Duke.

The most peripatetic incoming transfer is corner Dylan Flowers, ranked at No. 5. He began his college career with two years at Southern Utah. Then came a season at BYU. Next it was a junior college year at College of the Canyons. Last year he was at Western Kentucky. That makes Duke his fifth collegiate stop.

Green Alert Take: When a school like Duke is playing the game that way it's yet another reason to appreciate Ivy League and Patriot League football. 

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No Dartmouth game is mentioned  but two annual Ivy League contests are included in this video:

Green Alert Take – Of course Harvard-Yale is included. It's a little surprising that The Game doesn't come in any higher than at No. 4, just one spot ahead of the Ram-Crusader Cup between Fordham-Holy Cross, and one spot below The Rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette. I get The Rivalry being where it is, but the Ram-Crusader Cup? Have you heard of it?

Green Alert Take II – Penn-Princeton coming in at No. 10 is bizarre. That's always an absolutely huge game – in basketball. I'd argue that both Penn and Princeton consider Dartmouth a bigger rival. And certainly, Princeton-Yale and Princeton-Harvard are both bigger games for the Tigers. The video isn't wrong in thinking Penn-Princeton has what it takes to be a big rivalry game, but not even the Ivy League shifting the contest to the final Saturday of the season has been able to really move the needle.

In case you were wondering, here are the top-10 rivalries per the video:

1. North Dakota State-South Dakota State (The Dakota Marker)

2. Montana-Montana State (Brawl of the Wild)

3. Lafayette-Lehigh (The Rivalry)

4. Harvard-Yale (The Game)

5. Fordham-Holy Cross (Ram-Crusader Cup)

6. Southeast Missouri-Southern Illinois (War for the Wheel)

7. Richmond-William & Mary (Capital Cup)

8. South Dakota-South Dakota State (South Dakota Showdown)

9. The Citadel-Furman

10. Penn-Princeton

11. UC Davis-Sacramento State (Causeway Classic)

12. Nicholls-Southeastern Louisiana (Riverbell Classic)

Green Alert Take: What? The season-ending Tussle between Dartmouth and Brown didn't make it? ;-) 

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The good news? We have plenty of yummy blackberries these days. The bad news? Blackberry plants are seriously invasive, and we have them growing like crazy where they shouldn't be. The worst news? Blackberry thorns are no joke. None of that is news to me, but if I needed a reminder I got one yesterday when I got to work cutting, clearing and pulling up thorny blackberry canes that have invaded the landscaping around our house. I'll be back at it today and I'm here to tell you it's a pain. Literally.

Mark Your Calendar

The Ivy League football preseason football poll is scheduled to be released Aug. 3 and the conference preseason media day is slated for Aug. 10.  Thanks to Craig Haley of Opta Analyst for digging up the dates.

Green Alert Take: As someone who has been covering the Ivy League closely for longer than I care to admit and who might have a decent grasp of the Ivy football landscape, I was a voter in the poll as far back as the late '80s (or was it the early '90s?). For the first time last year I was not one of the two media members selected by Dartmouth to vote in the poll. I have no quarrel with that, but have to admit I found it curious.)

Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Haley also lists one more date that Dartmouth followers have to hope is worth marking on their calendars. The opening round of the 2026 FCS playoffs is Nov. 28.

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Danny O'Dea, who transitioned from running backs coach at Dartmouth to recruiting director a couple of years ago, gets a well-deserved nod from Mike Farrell, widely recognized as "the Godfather of college recruiting:"

Here's what would seem to be a pretty effective graphic put out on O'Dea's watch illustrating the value of attending the Dartmouth football camp:

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And speaking of recruiting, remember the placekicker from Hanover High School BGA blogged about just yesterday? Turns out he already has a Big 10 offer from Iowa. (LINK)

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Rocco Gasparro, who served as assistant director of sports information at Dartmouth from 2001-03, has been named Senior Director of Communications for the All State Sugar Bowl after spending the last 23 years at the University of Louisville. (LINK)

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YesPress, which bills itself as delivering "Breaking news, bold profiles and stories of companies shaping our world," has a piece on Cirkul, the company founded by former Dartmouth safety Garrett Waggoner '13 and quarterback Andy Gay '14. Find the story HERE.

While the Cirkul story has been well told since the company hit it big, this chart from YesPress offers up an easy-to-digest outline of how it got where it is today:

2010
Waggoner and Gay meet on the Dartmouth football team. The powder-in-a-bottle frustration begins.

2016
Cirkul is founded around the cartridge-and-dial concept.

2018
Product launches after the founders rent a Tampa warehouse and assemble cartridges by hand.

2021
$30M Series B led by AF Ventures. TikTok flavor taste-tests start going viral - mostly by accident.

2022
$70M Series C led by SC.Holdings lands a $1B valuation. Cirkul launches nationwide in Walmart.

2023
Becomes one of Walmart's fastest-selling home-division products; expands into Canada via Walmart

2025
Rolls out new beverage brands and 50+ flavors; named Official Hydration Partner of i9 Sports.

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A very special old friend sent along an email yesterday wondering if Ben Rice '22, has the record for most single-season home runs by an Ivy League graduate* in major league history. It turns out that last year he broke the record of 22 set by Princeton alum Will Venable with the San Diego Padres in 2013. Rice finished with 26 home runs, a number he matched with a home run for the Yankees last night. 

* Lou Gehrig attended Columbia but did not graduate.

And speaking of Rice, not only is he headed to the All-Star game, but he'll be in the home run derby. Find a story under the headline Yankees' Ben Rice headed to first home run derby — and he's bringing a special guest HERE.

Spoiler Alert: The special guest is his father Dan, a former pitcher at Brown, who will throw to him in the Derby.

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Tuesday evening concerts on the green have started in the town just south of us. Griff the Wonder Dog very much enjoyed being my footstool during the performance. What I think enjoyed even more was having his ears scratched by my foot. ;-)

Meanwhile, Across The Street . . .

Yesterday's BGA note about top college football recruits in New Hampshire probably should have emphasized more strongly that the list was of high school class of 2027 recruits.

An email from a good friend of BGA offers a reminder that there's a player in the 2028 high school class who might well belong on that list.

For the record, he plays in the shadow of Memorial Field.

Click HERE to read a January story about Hanover High School's Dima Petrov, who traded soccer for football as a freshman, and then opened eyes as a sophomore placekicker and punter at the Kicking World 2025 National Showcase in Austin, Texas.

Per the story, the Hanover kicker finished second in the culminating field goal kicking challenge down in Texas, nailing every attempt out to 55 yards and  going 9-for-11 overall, with a 60-yard long. He also averaged 42.4 year per punt with an average hang time of 3.67 seconds.

From the story:

“Dima had a fantastic weekend at our 2025 National Showcase,” said Brent Grablachoff, a coach and the owner of Kicking World. “We expect big things out of Dima and feel he will evolve into a collegiate-level kicker and is someone that the New England and Northeast college football programs need to jump on early.” 

The story about the rising junior, who was 5-for-5 on field goal tries and 31-for-31 on PATs last fall for Hanover High School, includes this:

“My goal is to play for a big school eventually,” Petrov said, even mentioning the possibility of donning a Dartmouth College jersey. 

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From ESPN (LINK):

A former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach was charged Monday with felony aggravated hazing following the 2024 death of a freshman football player who collapsed during his first workout with the team, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania attorney general and court documents.

Mark Kulbis was also charged with misdemeanor counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and hazing in the death of 18-year-old Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., according to the statement.

Immediately prior to Bucknell, Mark Kulbis spent three years on the strength staff at Dartmouth. Find his bio on the Big Green women's basketball site HERE.

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Occasionally random videos show up on YouTube, and that was the case several days ago when someone posted an hour-long look at the 1988 Dartmouth-Davidson football game shot from the sidelines in North Carolina.

The Big Green won the game, 24-3, but here's a suggestion. You might want to fast-forward to the fourth quarter because until that point Dartmouth was tied, 3-3, with a team that would finish the year  0-10.

Dartmouth finally took a 10-3 lead on a 32-yard touchdown reception by Craig Morton before tacking on a short Chris Pollard run for a score, and a Mike Campanale pick six. Morton finished his day with six catches for 120 yards.

Among those watching the first win of Buddy Teevens' second year at Dartmouth was legendary coach Bob Blackman, who made the drive from his retirement home in Hilton Head.

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Something to think about that I read this morning regarding the Hoover Dam: "The dam used enough concrete to pave a highway from San Francisco to New York."

Now go on about your day. ;-)

Staying Home, Sorta

Scouting New England has ranked the "top 10" recruits in New Hampshire and Dartmouth has earned commitments from two of them. Headed this way in another year are quarterback Webber Marx, ranked the top recruit in the state,  and St. Paul's School teammate Oliver Costello, an offensive lineman who is ranked third.

Granted, both rising seniors are actually from Massachusetts, but for Dartmouth to have two "in state" high school recruits in the same class is highly unusual. They will join fellow St. Paul's product Harlem Taylor, a recruit arriving next month who actually is from New Hampshire. Concord, to be exact.

Several more of the top 10 have camped at Dartmouth and could perhaps end up coming this way.

Among those on the list who have announced others destinations are No. 2 tight end Brayden Murch to Harvard, No. 4 linebacker Dylan Terricciano to Lehigh, and No. 5 safety Jackson Sparks to Holy Cross.

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Team websites hosted by SB Nation hover in a space somewhere between fan blogs and sites featuring seasoned, professional reporters. Keep that in mind reading what More Than Just a 53-Man Vikings Roster Projection Part 1: Offense has to say about Dartmouth product Delby Lemieux ’26 (LINK):

Delby Lemieux played tackle at Dartmouth but doesn’t have the length or size to play tackle in the league. He is likely a center/guard candidate. He has a great RAS, particularly his agility and speed scores, but just 31 3/8” arms and 8.8” hands. He had excellent PFF grades in college against Ivy League competition, which isn’t so good in football. He is said to have good hand technique but needing to improve his footwork. But between taking a big jump in competition and learning a new position, Lemieux is more of a candidate for practice squad than a roster spot.

Green Alert Take: The tipoff that this leans toward the fan blog side was the author writing, “He had excellent PFF grades in college against Ivy League competition, which isn’t so good in football.” We can agree to disagree on the second part of that statement, but the editor in me cringes reading how it was worded.

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I don’t know about you, but FIFA bullying Levi’s Stadium into being called San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, MetLife Stadium into being rebranded New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, and Gillette Stadium being called Boston Stadium rubs me the wrong way. (LINK) I’m hardly a fan of corporate stadium names, but out of principle you can be sure I would make it a point to reference Levi’s, MetLife, Gillette and others repeatedly if I were writing about World Cup soccer.

Looking Ahead

July 6 Update: Offensive lineman Aidan Cuff has switched his commitment to Yale. (LINK)

With Dartmouth posted an official release naming the players who will arrive on campus next month, it's as good a time as any to update the unofficial list of players expected to arrive on campus next year. Here's the list so far. As always, additions and corrections are encouraged in the box over there to the right.

OL Oliver Costello, 6-5, 285, St. Paul's School/Plymouth, Mass.

RB Hezekiah Davis, 5-10, 185, Tampa Jesuit HS/Tampa, Fla.

DB Rowan Martin, 6-1, 180, Williston-Northampton School/East Longmeadow, Mass.

QB Webber Marx, 6-6, 210, St. Paul's School/Wellesley Mills, Mass

OL Henry Reagan, 6-3, 275, New Canaan HS/New Canaan, Conn.

QB Richmond Saunier, 6-2, 195, Lafayette HS/Lafayette, La.

DE  KJ Sims, 6-3, 192, Seckinger HS/Buford, Ga.

OL Brysen Terry, 6-6, 325, Webster Schroeder HS/Webster, N.Y. 

Additions since this list was last posted are Cuff, Martin and Terry. As reported on BGA (LINK), Reagan actually committed a year ago, after his sophomore season.

Cuff chose Dartmouth over reported offers from Yale, Brown, Cornell, Lafayette, Fordham, Georgetown, Maine, Stonehill, Bryant and New Haven.

Martin's reported offer list includes Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Army, Navy, Colgate, Holy Cross, Monmouth and Bryant.

Terry has been offered by Buffalo, Cornell, Albany, Fordham and New Haven, while Reagan had an Albany offer before shutting down recruiting with the early commitment to Dartmouth. Reagan, like Richmond Saunier, has a brother already on the Big Green. His brother Ben is a 6-2, 285 junior offensive lineman.

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Enjoying a final day here at the lake, where the water this weekend is as warm as I can remember. It may not be enjoyable when the air temperature hits 90, but I'm not about to complain when it makes the water more comfortable than we are used to here in Northern New England.

A decorated pontoon boat pulls George Washington and a crewmate  across the Delaware (?) during yesterday's boat parade here on the lake.

Incoming

Happy Fourth of July!

And as Sergeant Phil Esterhaus used to say at the end of the morning roll call on Hill Street Blues, “Let’s be careful out there.”

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With the next recruiting class starting to build, Dartmouth has at long last announced the group that will report to campus next month. The official class includes two players not included on the unofficial list compiled for BGA, and is missing two players who previously announced for Dartmouth but have changed their plans.

The additions are Ayomide Adeniyi, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound defensive end from Maryland who spent last year Williston-Northampton School in Massachusetts, and Tim Ioane Jr., a 6-1, 215 linebacker from Tustin High School in California.

Find a story out of Dartmouth with some general thoughts about the incoming players HERE. 

Here’s the updated list with positions, heights and weights in the Dartmouth release:

• DE Ayomide Ayo Adeniyi, 6-2, 223, Williston-Northampton School/Maryland
• WR Blake Betette,  5-11, 182, Richard Northeast HS/South Carolina
• LB JJ Bolz, 6-1, 223, Bishop Verot HS/Florida
• DB David Brown III, 6-1, 162, Cypress Woods HS/Texas
• QB Jack Cannon, 6-1, 207, Holmdel HS/New Jersey 
• OL Tim Church, 6-3, 291, Buckingham Browne & Nichols/Massachusetts
• S George Duggins, 6-3, 200, Mona Shores HS/ Michigan
• DL August Dupree, 6-3, 235, Folsom HS/California
• DE Quinn Enguita, 6-2, 212 Bishop Verot HS/Florida.
• WR Kareem Fisher, 6-1, 170, St. Vincent Pallotti/Maryland
• RB Jacob Henry, 5-11, 185, Maumelle HS/Arkansas
• LS Will Hester, 6-1, 215, Lexington Christian/Kencuky
• LB Tim Ioane Jr., 6-1, 210, Tustin HS/California
• DB Emory Jones, 6-1, 180, Cass Tech/Michigan
• LB Gavin King, 6-3, 228, Loyola Academy/Illinois
• WR George Loop, 5-11, 175, Isidore Newman/Louisiana
• DL Will Maloof, 6-4, 215, St. Peter's Prep/New Jersey
• DB Trey McFadden, 6-2, 190, Montgomery HS/New Jersey
• OL Brody McLeod, 6-4, 275, Ponte Vedra HS/Florida
• OL Mikey McMahon, 6-3, 289, Bergen Catholic HS/New Jersey
• OL Jake Namnun, 6-1, 273, St. Josephs Prep/Pennsylvania
• K/P Tanner Pidwell, 6-2, 159, Park City HS/Utah
• S James Rush, 5-11, 175, Saline HS/Michigan
• TE Ayden Sadler, 6-5, 215, Green Hill HS/Tennessee
• OL Nick Schenkel, 6-4, 267, Liberty HS/Pennsylvania
• DL Roman Sosnovyy, 6-3, 245, Lyons Township HS/Illinois
• DL Harlem Taylor, 6-1, 247, St. Paul's/New Hampshire

Green Alert Take: Heights and weights reported previously on BGA were from individual player social media accounts. Not at all surprisingly, the majority of players are a little shorter than noted earlier, with several losing multiple inches. The only player to add height was safety James Rush, who comes in at 5-11 after being listed previously at 5-10.

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The Dartmouth has a story about recent graduate Bond Almand IV – the ultramarathon bike rider who pedaled 14,000 miles from Alaska to the tip of South America in a record 75 days – setting off shortly on an NFL-themed marathon ride. Find the story headlined The longest rush attempt ever? Bond Almand ’26 partners with NFL to bike to all 30 NFL stadiums in the USA HERE.

From Almand’s own description of the adventure:

I will bike with the NFL kickoff football to all 30 @nfl stadiums. On July 7th, I will begin my ride in Miami, Florida, and over 10,000 miles later on September 9th, I will bike into Seattle to deliver the football to the first game of the NFL season!

Here’s a map on the rider’s Instagram (LINK) showing his route:

You can follow his ride HERE.

Green Alert Take: As someone who bicycled across the country twice, I have immense respect for the challenge Almand is taking on.

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Our internet provider sent out an email yesterday afternoon letting us know we were finally back online. We actually passed their repair trucks on the drive here:

Also enjoying the wonderfully warm water was my proud friend, Griff, who took a very long time to dry out. ;-)