A new video tour of Dartmouth gets an 'A' for camera work, a 'C' for selection of buildings to shoot and an 'incomplete' for its portrayal of athletic facilities, which aren't included at all.
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Curious how many incoming freshmen have decided to defer admission a year? One school that has made that public is Harvard, which will have 1,168 freshmen in residence this fall with 340 deferring. That's just under one quarter of the Class of 2024 who have chosen to take the year off. Find a Harvard press release with that and other COVID-19 news HERE.
CNN has a story about Harvard's enrollment HERE.
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There won't be any MACtion this fall as the Mid-American conference (Toledo, Bowling Green, Ohio etc.) became the first FBS league to opt out from football this fall. ESPN has a story under the What it means for the Power 5 and more (LINK).
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There's growing speculation that the powerhouse Big Ten could be next to call off football this fall. (LINK) Already the league is rolling back practices. (LINK)
The Associated Press has a story headlined, After MAC surrenders to pandemic, will other leagues follow? (LINK)
And this from CBS Sports: Power Five ADs: 'Inevitable' 2020 college football season will not be played this fall. (LINK)
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From the Dartmouth football office:
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EXTRA POINT
Two years ago, when we lived off-the-grid in the tiny house, it was squirrels. They were big, they were fat and they were everywhere – particularly on the roads with legions of them being squished by cars.
It's not squirrels right now but grasshoppers. In the past week or so more and more of them have been showing up here at the BGA World Headquarters. Fortunately they haven't made their way inside but they are on windows, porches and all around the house. Every time I head into our sunroom I'm flicking a finger on a different screen to send yet another grasshopper flying. They have even been on screens on the second floor. They aren't a plague – yet – but I'm almost glad I didn't plant a vegetable garden this year.
