To the list of Dartmouth football commitments add the name of Zachary Farris, a 6-foot, 170-pound corner on the Florida 2020 Class 4A state championship Cardinal Gibbons squad. Per Twitter he was offered at the end of January and announced last night. (LINK)
Find his highlights at the Fort Lauderdale school HERE
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The impending retirement of Dartmouth Athletic Director Harry Sheehy is detailed in The Dartmouth, the Valley News and the Manchester Union Leader.
While former Northeastern AD Peter Roby '79 has been announced as the interim athletic director until June of 2022, a few names are already being bandied about as Sheehy's potential successor. Four have experience in the Dartmouth athletic department. In no particular order they are:
Trinity AD Drew Galbraith
Lafayette AD Sherryta Freeman '01
Macalester AD Donnie Brooks
Cal Senior Associate AD Brian Mann '02
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Princeton’s Town Topics has a story headlined, Filling Void Left by Cancellation of Fall Season, Ivy League Products Enjoyed Banner Season in NFL. (LINK)
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Two-time defending SWAC champion Alcorn State is the latest FCS school to opt out of the spring season (LINK). A Tweet by Craig Haley of STATS notes that:
While not all FCS schools have decided to play this spring, the Southern Conference is the exception as the only conference in which all members are playing this spring. The SoCon will play an eight-game conference schedule, beginning Feb. 20.
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With the spring season around the corner two Top-25 polls have gone up:
ATHLON
1. North Dakota State
2. Weber State
3. Northern Iowa
4. James Madison
5. South Dakota State
6. Kennesaw State
7. Villanova
8. Nicholls
9. Illinois State
10. Sam Houston
11. Southeastern Louisiana
12. Eastern Washington
13. Southern Illinois
14. New Hampshire
15. Furman
16. Jacksonville State
17. North Carolina A&T
18. Albany
19. Austin Peay
20. Wofford
21. Monmouth
22. Delaware
23. Southeast Missouri State
24. Idaho
25. South Carolina State
ON THE CUSP: Elon, McNeese, Richmond, San Diego, South Dakota, UC Davis.
HERO Sports
1. North Dakota State
2. South Dakota State
3. Weber State
4. James Madison
5. Villanova
6. Northern Iowa
7. Kennesaw State
8. Furman
9. Illinois State
10. North Carolina A&T
11. Austin Peay
12. Albany
13. Delaware
14. Eastern Washington
15. Nicholls
16. Southern Illinois
17. New Hampshire
18. Jacksonville State
19. The Citadel
20. Sam Houston
21. Elon
22. Monmouth
23. Wofford
24. Chattanooga
25. Southeastern Louisiana
Received votes: Alcorn State, UT Martin, Southeast Missouri, William & Mary
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EXTRA POINT
On the 1.5-mile drive to our little post office two days ago the Garmin GPS unit suction-cupped to the windshield of my Honda Fit flashed a message that it needed to be updated. Given that I haven't been more than four miles from my house in months, that qualifies as taunting in my book.
There was a partial snow rainbow above the ridge to our southwest yesterday afternoon but it was so faint that I couldn't get a picture of it. That wasn't a problem this morning when I snapped this picture of the rising sun shooting a column of light straight up and into the clouds. Even this doesn't do it justice:
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