Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Athlete Of The Year?

The Dartmouth has followed up its "Moment of the Year" award voting story (LINK) with the announcement of its male and female athletes of the year award nominees.

Among the five male nominees for Dartmouth's 2019-20 athlete of the year is linebacker Jack Traynor, winner of the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League's defensive player of the year.

Find the story about the Athlete of the Year nominees HERE and anyone can vote – once – HERE.
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Craig Haley of STATS has pulled together a story under the headline, Ranking the FCS conferences in 2020. Here's how he has the conferences ranked heading into the 2020 season (LINK):

1. Missouri Valley
2. Big Sky
3. Colonial
4. Southland
5. Ohio Valley
6. Southern
7. Ivy League
8. Big South
9. Mid-Eastern
10. Northeast
11. Patriot
12. Southwestern
13. Pioneer
14. Independents

Haley had this to say about the Ancient Eight:
The Ivies have been outstanding in recent seasons, but the three teams that had winning records last year - co-champs Dartmouth and Yale and Princeton, who combined to go 26-4 - suffered big losses to graduation. Projected postseason qualifiers: None (league doesn't participate).
Of the struggling Patriot League, he wrote:
Who's in the title race? It's more who's not because there is parity. Defending champ Holy Cross held off Lafayette last season, and Colgate seeks to rebound in a league of experienced teams. The league's 25-73 record against FCS nonconference opponents the last three seasons is troubling. Projected postseason qualifiers: 1.
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I could be wrong but if you skip forward in the video below to about the 45-second mark you'll see former Dartmouth, Brown and Yale assistant Donnie Brown doing something you would not have seen if he were still coaching in the Ivy League. But when you are in Ann Arbor and Jim Harbaugh is your head coach, well, this is what happens when you land a recruit you are excited about. (Don is the second of the three coaches having a little fun.)


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Speaking of Michigan football, per the school president if students aren't on campus there won't be football this fall. In fact, he's not at all sure there will be any sports at Michigan this fall. (LINK)

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EXTRA POINT
Per the forecast this morning the temperature could hit 90 degrees in the Upper Valley today and 92 tomorrow.

How unusual is that?

Consider that per the website bestplaces.net here in West Newbury, Vt., we average 3.9 days a year where the temperature reaches 90 degrees. For what it's worth, our average July high temperature is 79.7
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