From the Dartmouth football office:
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Dartmouth senior offensive lineman/tight end Jake Guidone has Tweeted: "Blessed to have received an offer from Texas State University!"
The fifth-largest school in Texas, FBS member Texas State plays in the Sun Belt Conference. Interestingly, one of the Bobcats' best games last fall came in Guidone's home state of Massachusetts when Boston College had to rally from a 14-point deficit to beat them on a field goal with three seconds left, 24-21.
Green Alert Take: Wanna guess who Texas State opens with next fall at Bobcat Stadium? Baylor, where Guidone's Dartmouth teammate Drew Estrada is a grad transfer. Texas State also offered Estrada when the wide receiver was in the transfer portal.
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The Ringer has a lengthy story headlined, The FCS Is Set to Become Your New Spring Football Obsession. Check it out HERE.
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SI has a piece headlined, Three Seasons in One Year? Jacksonville State's 'Unheard Of' Schedule Breaks New—and Uncertain—Ground. (LINK)
Should JSU advance in the FCS playoffs the Gamecocks could play as many as 25 games in 13 months.
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Speaking of FCS teams and how many games they are going to play, at least six games have already been postponed or canceled this weekend because of weather issues and at least two more are victims of COVID-19 issues.
Interestingly, while teams in Texas and the southwest are sidelined, New Hampshire could have played this weekend. The Wildcats aren't slated to hit the field for another two weeks, however. Here's their schedule:
March 5 vs. AlbanyMarch 20 vs. DelawareMarch 27 at VillanovaApril 3 at Rhode IslandApril 10 vs. Stony BrookApril 17 at Maine
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NFL to test new position-specific helmet designed for linemen. So says a headline on an ESPN story that includes this (LINK):
The helmet released this week by Vicis is built specifically for linemen and provides additional support in the front, where most head impacts take place for players on the offensive and defensive line.
Take a look:
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EXTRA POINT
On my last hike up the mountain I kept crashing through the crusty layer atop the snow and plunging my foot 18 inches or more into the powder below. It made for quite a slog.
On my last hike up the mountain I kept crashing through the crusty layer atop the snow and plunging my foot 18 inches or more into the powder below. It made for quite a slog.
Although there was hardly any new snow above the crusty layer, I took a different approach up the mountain yesterday:
