Find his highlights HERE, and an interview where he's asked how he compares to his brother HERE.
From Dartmouth's social media:
From the field to the boardroom, leadership translates.
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) May 5, 2026
Thanks to Jeff Immelt ’78 and Clay Adams ’93, ’99 former Dartmouth Big Green football players, for coming back to Dartmouth and dropping knowledge on leading through communication and action.#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/URJtZJN2yZ
In the notes section of last night's BGA Overtime story, coach Sammy McCorkle discusses the impact Immelt 's talk had on his players and staff. (LINK)
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Green Alert Take: Questions have started to trickle in, but there have to be more out there, right?
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HERO Sports has a listing of the top FCS linebackers this fall and former Dartmouth standout Zyion Freer-Brown, who grad transferred to The Citadel, comes in at No. 23. Current Ivy Leaguers who made the cut are No. 6 Sean Line (Harvard), No. 19 Phoenix Grant (Yale), and No. 26 Chase Christopher (Princeton). Find the full list HERE.
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And on the subject of transfers, a piece headlined Duke must find Aaron Hall replacement at defensive tackle includes this (LINK):
Joining Watson and Anderson are Michigan/Penn State redshirt sophomore transfer Owen Wafle and Dartmouth graduate transfer Dakota Quiñonez. Wafle is a former 4-star recruit who is finally hoping to earn an opportunity to start for the Blue Devils, while Quiñonez, a first-team All-Ivy League defensive tackle, looks to be a key member of the rotation.
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And one more note about transfers. Holy Cross went 12-1 in Bob Chesney's final season and followed that with 7-4, 6-6 and 3-9 records. Having become reaccustomed to winning, the Crusaders apparently are intent on doing so again.
Per HERO Sports, since last year Holy Cross has added FBS transfers from Pitt, Kentucky, Wake Forest, UConn (3), Boston College, Old Dominion and Georgia State. (LINK)
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Speaking of the FBS, the American Football Coaches Association has come out with four proposals regarding the college calendar, including the elimination of conference championship games. (LINK)
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News has broken about former Yale football coach Tony Reno's devastating medical diagnosis. While the Yale family will surely step forward to help, the rest of the Ivy League has an opportunity to do its part as well. From a fundraiser site:
There are challenges ahead that no family should have to carry alone — including financial pressures that impact every part of family life, now and in the days ahead. If you feel moved to contribute, know that anything given goes directly toward Tony and his family, so they can face what's ahead together.
To visit the Reno Family Support site, click HERE.
1. Montana State (14-2, 8-0 Big Sky)2. Montana (13-2, 7-1 Big Sky)3.South Dakota State (9-5, 4-4 MVFC)4. Illinois State (12-5, 5-3 MVFC)5. UC Davis (9-4, 6-2 Big Sky)6. Rhode Island (11-3, 8-0 CAA)7. Villanova (12-3, 7-1 CAA)8. Tarleton State (12-2, 7-1 UAC)9. North Dakota (8-6, 5-3 MVFC)10. Youngstown State (8-5, 5-3 MVFC)
11. Lehigh (12-1, 7-0 Patriot)• Key Players: QB Hayden Johnson, RB Luke Yoder, S Nick Peltekian• 2 Pivotal Games: at Holy Cross (Aug. 29), at Villanova (Oct. 24)• 1 Number to Know: The Mountain Hawks ranked No. 1 in the FCS in rushing yards allowed, surrendering just 70.1 yards per game.
12. Southern Illinois (7-5, 4-4 MVFC)13. South Dakota (10-5, 6-2 MVFC)14. Austin Peay (7-5, 4-4 UAC)15. Lamar (8-5, 5-3 Southland)16. Stephen F. Austin (11-3, 8-0 Southland)17. Tennessee Tech (11-2, 8-0 OVC-Big South)
18. Yale (9-3, 6-1 Ivy)• 3 Key Players: QB Dante Reno, WR Jaxton Santiago, FS Abu Kamara• 2 Pivotal Games: Rhode Island (Oct. 17), Harvard (Nov. 21)• 1 Number to Know: The Bulldogs have posted four straight wins over archrival Harvard, with the last three preventing the Crimson from collecting an outright Ivy League title.
19. Southeastern Louisiana (9-4, 7-1 Southland)20. Abilene Christian (9-5, 7-1 UAC)21. UT Martin (6-6, 6-2 OBV-Big South)22. Western Carolina (7-5, 6-2 SoCon)23. Jackson State (9-3, 7-1 SWAC)
24. Monmouth (9-3, 6-2 CAA)• 3 Key Players: QB Frankie Weaver, LB Charlie Sasso, DB Jaeden Jones• 2 Pivotal Games: at Tennessee Tech (Aug. 29), at New Hampshire (Oct. 17)• 1 Number to Know: The Hawks’ FCS-leading 498.7 offensive yards per game marked their second consecutive season with a program high.
25. Idaho State (6-6, 5-3 Big Sky)
Continuing to build and gaining confidence.
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) May 4, 2026
Coach McCorkle on Spring Practice after practice #9 as we approach the Spring Game.#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/rBK4XeW6DX
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Dartmouth's game at Princeton on Nov. 7 will kick off at noon. We know this because Princeton has "released" its 2026 schedule. (LINK)
Green Alert Take: I had no idea the schedule was being held captive. Apparently, others are as well because that's the only Dartmouth game time I've seen yet. ;-)
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How big a challenge is it getting Ivy League students to attend athletic events at their school? It's a huge challenge, as the Brown Daily Herald found out. Check out the attendance figures in a deeply reported story headlined A snapshot of sports game attendance at Brown; The Herald’s Data Desk analyzed average game attendance data from fall 2021 to spring 2025 across 13 varsity sports HERE.
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From a website titled Game Day Chatter comes a nugget reminding us of the splash Dartmouth alum Ben Rice is making with the Yankees. The piece notes that Rice and Aaron Judge became the first Yankees teammates in 70 years to both reach double digits in home runs in fewer than 30 games.
The last to do it?
Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra in 1956. Find the story HERE.
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EXTRA POINT"For a guy who is not doing it anymore, you are still kind of doing it. Just sayin' . . ."
I guess he has a point. ;-)
If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing, even with the opportunities and NIL money at other schools. To me, the Ivy League is almost like high school football, in the sense that it is one of the purest forms of the game. No one’s there for money, you’re literally doing it for the love of the game.
Find The Dartmouth story HERE.
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An analysis piece behind a paywall in The Athletic headlined Steelers mailbag: Did Omar Khan botch Pittsburgh’s first-round pick? includes mention of a former Dartmouth quarterback (LINK):
Who’s the next Rooney in line to take over running the team and what’s their bio? — Anonymous U.
Dan Rooney, the son of Art II, is seemingly the heir apparent. The 36-year-old took a leading role in two recent initiatives: The Dublin game and the draft. Both were slam-dunk successes, proving he has the right business acumen to lead. I’m more intrigued by his football background. While Art II has joked that he’s not a defensive coordinator when asked detailed football questions, Dan is a former QB who played at Dartmouth. His football IQ will be an interesting wrinkle once he’s the new boss. I have a lot of faith he’ll do a great job.
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The college's Athletic Communications office has a brief story headlined Big Green Head Into Final Week Of Spring Camp After Successful Week HERE.
McLaughlin to Lead Colby Men’s Basketball Program https://t.co/AlqtTZOPQB
— Colby Athletics (@themules) April 30, 2026
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EXTRA POINTThe private school has spent the spring gathering snow from its ski area into a centralized pile, which now sits under an insulated blanket designed to protect it from heat.The pile is roughly the size of a football field and rises more than 25 feet in some areas. The goal is to keep enough snow intact to be uncovered and reused at the start of the next ski season, reducing reliance on energy-intensive snowmaking and conserving water.
Given that the 2026 composite Ivy League football schedule has not been posted on the conference website, BGA pulled it together for you. Here's how the fall shapes up (keeping in mind there will be a handful of TV games shifted to Friday nights):
Sept. 19
Dartmouth at Lehigh
Brown at New Haven
Lafayette at Columbia
Cornell at Colgate
Harvard at New Hampshire
Penn at Bucknell
Princeton at Bryant
Yale at Holy Cross
Sept. 26
Monmouth at Dartmouth
Harvard at Brown
Columbia at Georgetown
Yale at Cornell
Lehigh at Penn
Albany at Princeton
Oct. 3
Penn at Dartmouth
Brown vs. Rhode Island (at Pawtucket)
Princeton at Columbia
Cornell at Georgetown
Colgate at Harvard
Merrimack at Yale
Oct. 9
Columbia at Marist
Oct. 10
Dartmouth at Yale
Bryant at Brown
Harvard at Cornell
Howard at Penn
Princeton at Wagner
Oct. 17
Merrimack at Dartmouth
Brown at Princeton
Columbia at Penn
Lehigh at Cornell
Holy Cross at Harvard
Rhode Island at Yale
Oct. 24
Dartmouth at Columbia
Cornell at Brown
Princeton at Harvard
Yale at Penn
Oct. 31
Harvard at Dartmouth
Penn at Brown
Yale at Columbia
Cornell at Princeton
Nov. 7
Dartmouth at Princeton
Brown at Yale
Columbia at Harvard
Penn at Cornell
Nov. 14
Dartmouth at Cornell
Columbia at Brown
Harvard at Penn
Princeton at Yale
Nov. 21
Brown at Dartmouth
Cornell at Columbia
Yale vs. Harvard (Fenway Park)
Penn at Princeton
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Dartmouth's closest road game this fall is at Yale, and its longest trip is to Bethlehem, Pa., to play Lehigh. Here are the round-trip distances for the Big Green this fall:
Lehigh 710 miles
Yale 378 miles
Columbia 520 miles
Princeton 630
Cornell 594
For those of you keeping score, Dartmouth football is traveling 2,832 miles to road games this year, including 1,224 miles in weeks eight and nine combined. Given the gas situation, I'm glad I have an EV.
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In case you missed it, BGA Overtime had a look at Saturday morning's practice HERE, and a bonus story about the retirement of Don Dobes, Dartmouth's longtime defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, HERE.
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Minnesota Vikings: Delby Lemiuex, C, DartmouthA three-time All-Ivy League left tackle, Lemiuex (6-5, 309) is a terrific athlete who moved inside to work at center for scouts during the pre-draft process. He has short arms (31 3/8 inches), but he’s a great athlete and a very intelligent lineman.
Green Alert Take I: Hard to believe the NYT publication misspelled his name. (The story is behind the paywall but last I looked the spelling has not been corrected.)
Green Alert Take II: Lemieux is another example of why Dartmouth head coach Sammy McCorkle and a lot of others around the game think having the chance to pick the right landing spot – if you have the chance – can be better than being locked into the wrong roster as a late draft pick.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' site PewterReport.com has a piece headlined FAB 5: Inside the Bucs' 2026 undrafted free agent class that includes this (LINK):
Duke DT Josiah Green - 6-0, 284
Green graduated from Dartmouth where he recorded 120 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and one fumble recovery before transferring to Duke. In his lone season with the Blue Devils, Green notched 37 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and three pass breakups.
Mike Biehl: "The Duke defensive tackle, yeah I would say he's similar to Deshawn McKnight. I think he's similar as far as like their skill set and things like that. But yeah, we're excited for both of those guys. I think we got a pretty good assortment of body types and skill sets in that room now, which I think will be fun to see how they all mesh together."
Green, of course, grad transferred from Dartmouth. The comment is from the Bucs vice president of player personnel. McKnight is a 6-1, 283 defensive tackle who finished at Arizona after starting his career at Tennessee-Martin and then playing at App State.
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It's Derby Day. Those of you who have been longtime visitors to this electronic precinct may remember I've linked to this before. If you skipped over it the last time, or are new to BGA, I commend to you William Nack's wonderful 1990 Sports Illustrated tribute to Secretariat, the GOAT of horses. ;-)
I can't say I pay much attention to horse racing but I do appreciate very good writing and it doesn't get any better than this. Be prepared to shed a tear.
Click HERE to read Pure Heart: The thrilling life and emotional death of Secretariat.
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Jeff Blackburn had a prolific 24-year run at Amazon, helping create and build Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Amazon Music and leading the company’s push into advertising. Prior to the “everything store,” though, he was a former high school tennis standout who came to recognize that a passion for the sport and the long hours required by a famously hard-driving tech culture were incompatible.The exec’s personal and professional backgrounds officially fused last year when he was named CEO of the Tennis Channel by Sinclair, which paid $350 million to acquire it in 2016. After dropping tennis in order to play linebacker on Dartmouth’s football team, Blackburn “gave up the racket,” as he puts it, for 25 years.
It's not in his old Dartmouth bio, but sure enough, Blackburn won a Massachusetts state doubles championship in 1987. (LINK)
(South Dakota) has plenty of talent to be a real factor in the FCS Playoff race, but it ultimately comes down to who wins the quarterback battle.Nobody separated themselves in spring practice, but it's hard not to see Jackson Proctor getting a real shot at QB1. He was a productive starter at Dartmouth, but the potential dark horse in this race could be freshman Austyn Modrzewski. He was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in Colorado, possessing the highest potential upside of any quarterback in the room.
Proctor '25, who spent time with FBS Northern Illinois University last fall only to leave the program early enough in the season to save a year of eligibility, completed 68.5 percent of his passes (135-for-197) with 13 touchdowns and three interceptions in his final season at Dartmouth. He also proved to be dangerous on the ground with a 78-yard run as a junior, and a 75-yard burst as a senior.
Over his Big Green career the 6-2, 210-pound quarterback completed 70.3 percent of his throws for 2,355 yards, 18 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also ran for 617 yards and five touchdowns.
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It's silly season again for ticket brokers. I thought Seat Geek's algorithm was a little more focused than this, but as the following shared by Mrs. BGA shows, that's not always the case:
1. Beau Brungard, Youngstown State
2. Justin Lamson, Montana State
3. Keali’i Ah Yat, Montana
4. Chris Parson, Austin Peay
5. Devin Farrell, Rhode Island
6. DJ Williams, Southern Illinois
7. Chase Mason, South Dakota State
8. Andrew Body, Alabama State
9. Jordan Cooke, Idaho State
10. Hayden Johnson, LEHIGH
11. Ty Pennington, Northern Arizona
*t12. Pat McQuaide, Villanova
t12. Collin Hurst, West Georgia (transfer from Presbyterian)
13. Jerry Kaminski, North Dakota
14. James Murphy, BROWN
15. Andrew Indorf, Towson
16. Dante Reno, YALE
17. Cason Carswell, Western Illinois
18. Grayson Saunier, DARTMOUTH
19. Gunnar Smith, Fordham
20. Joshua Wood, Idaho
21. Jake Stearney, Colgate
22. Frankie Weaver, MONMOUTH
23. Bryce Schondelmyer, Dayton
24. Jared Lockhart, Jackson State
25. Sonny Mannino, Marist
*McQuaide could potentially get one more year of eligibility
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HERO earlier had a ranking of the top 25 returning running backs in the FCS. Dartmouth will see three of the ranked players this fall (LINK):
4. Luke Yoder, LEHIGH
15. Xaviah Bascon, HARVARD
21. Matt Childs, BROWN
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