Dartmouth center Evan Hecimovich has been named to the 60-man preseason All-America team selected by the College Sports Journal heading into his senior season. (LINK)The 6-foot-2, 265-pound Hecimovich, who comes from Lisle, Ill., and Naperville North High School, was an All-Ivy League second-team selection last fall and a Phil Steele third-teamer. (LINK)
Also named preseason All-American by CSJ are Princeton linebacker Jeremiah Tyler and Columbia return specialist Mike Roussos.
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If you are concerned that the fall college sports season is in jeopardy it won't reassure you to learn that the University of Houston has suspended all voluntary workouts as a result of six student-athletes testing positive for COVID-19.
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A confidential ESPN survey suggests college football players are hardly adverse to playing this fall, playing in empty stadiums and even to an extent playing next spring. (LINK)
Green Alert Take: Working on a story some years ago I spoke to a sports psychologist who said simply by choosing to play the sport football players are by nature risk takers. That they are eager to go this fall should surprise absolutely no one.
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Per USA Today if there is football at the FBS level this fall the governor of Texas does not want stadiums to exceed 50 percent capacity. (LINK)
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EXTRA POINT
As noted yesterday we picked up our '84 VW camper van and it is driving like a champion. Today's BGA Daily comes to you from Lake Memphremagog up on the Canadian border where at 41 degrees it is a mite brisk this a.m. ;-)
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| And yes, that's Griff the Wonder Dog, enjoying the experience. |
