STATS Perform offers a capsule look at Dartmouth's second opponent next fall as part of a Northeast Conference spring preview. Here's what it says about Sacred Heart, which is slated to visit Hanover on Sept. 25 in the Big Green's home opener (LINK):
The Pioneers, who have earned a share of three NEC championships since 2013, join Duquesne as chief title threats. They boast the conference's most explosive player in junior running back Julius Chestnut, whose 1,495 rushing yards in 2019 marked the second-highest single season in program history, while quarterback Marquez McCray gained experience over the final three games of his freshman campaign. Both are glad to work behind All-NEC preseason offensive linemen J.D. DiRenzo and Josh Sokol. Linebacker Chris Outterbridge, the team's leading tackler, is back to direct the defense. Wide receiver Tyrese Chambers, the NEC offensive rookie of the year, and defensive end Chris Agyemang made transfers.
Chambers, an FCS All-America who started his college career at Fort Scott Junior College in Kansas, transferred to Florida International after catching 50 passes for 811 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman in his only year at Sacred Heart. Chris Agyemang, the New Hampshire Defensive Player of the Year at Proctor Academy before joining the Pioneers, left for Ball State as a grad transfer.
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The Ivy League, alongside each FCS conference, will have a dedicated three-minute segment during the 1-hour special, which will also feature national correspondents from HERO Sports and Stats Perform.
Yahoo and other sites promoted the program this way (italics are mine): 'FCS All-In' show to spotlight spring season."
Green Alert Take: Now do you see the irony of the Ivy League promoting the special?
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Those who question the Ivy League's decision to cancel fall, winter and now spring sports won't get any solace from a paper titled, The Effect of NFL and NCAA Football Games on the Spread of COVID-19 in the United States: An Empirical Analysis.
After studying counties that were home to NFL and NCAA football games with limited attendance, the investigators concluded those games, "do not cause an increase in COVID-19 cases in the counties they are held." Find a preprint of the study HERE.
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From an ESPN piece on coaching changes with the Philadelphia Eagles (LINK):
One notable coach moving on is Ryan Paganetti, the Dartmouth graduate who was the primary voice in Pederson's ear in-game for analytical-based decisions. The Eagles became trend-setters in the football analytics realm. In Pederson and Paganetti's five years together in Philly, the Eagles went for it on fourth down 140 times, by far the most in the NFL (the Giants were next at 111). The Eagles were far and away the leaders in two-point conversion tries over that span as well with 41.
Paganetti, who gave Dartmouth football a shot as a running back before being sidelined by injuries, is also featured HERE.
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FootballScoop has a column headlined, California bill seeks to demand athlete pay, cap coaches’ salaries, featuring discussion of legislation that . . .
" . . . proposes a cap on coaching salaries with a base-line range established not by the larger state schools but the ones who compete at the Football Championship Subdivision level.
"This bill would prohibit an institution of higher education that receives state funds or state tax-exempt status from compensating athletics administrative personnel in an amount that exceeds 50% of the average total intercollegiate athletics administrative personnel compensation expenses paid by institutions of higher education that belong to the Football Championship Subdivision."
Green Alert Take: If passed, coaches at UCLA, USC, Stanford, Cal and the rest of the Golden State's FBS schoolswould suddenly be cheering really, really hard for the little guys at Cal Poly, San Diego and UC Davis to win championships and thereby earn raises ;-)
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Still on the subject of money and college sports, the "name, image and likeness" push is going to force the Ivy League to reconsider rules about amateurism that, among other things, prohibit an Ivy athlete from competing if he or she makes money in a different sport. Consider that even golf's staid R&A and USGA are dealing with the issue. From a GolfChannel story (LINK):
The governing bodies announced several proposals to . . . amateur rules on Monday after lengthy discussions, which began in late 2017, with several areas of the golf community, including the NCAA, professional tours and organizations and elite-level amateurs. The aim of the new rules is to maintain a distinction between amateurs and professional while updating the old requirements for amateurism in order to reflect the modern game and ensure that the rules are easy to understand and apply.
And here's one of the proposals (italics are mine):
• Elimination of all sponsorship-related restrictions, including how an amateur may benefit from his or her name, image or likeness, including but not limited to the receipt of expenses.
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Dartmouth's Academic All-Americans:
|
Year |
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Pos |
Team |
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1970 |
Willie Bogan* |
DB |
1st |
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1983 |
Michael Patsis |
DB |
1st |
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1984 |
Daniel Carson |
DB |
2nd |
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1986 |
Craig Morton |
WR |
2nd |
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1987 |
Scott Sims Paul Sorensen |
DB LB |
2nd 1st |
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1988 |
Paul Sorensen** Jay Swett |
LB LB |
1st 2nd |
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1990 |
Brad Preble |
DB |
1st |
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1991 |
Mike Bobo Tom Morrow |
WR LB |
1st 1st |
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1992 |
Russ Torres |
FB |
1st |
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1994 |
Josh Bloom Zack Lehman David Shearer |
LB NG WR |
2nd 1st 1st |
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1997 |
Dominic Lanza |
C |
1st |
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2005 |
Josh Dooley |
LB |
2nd |
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2013 |
Michael Runger |
LB |
2nd |
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2018 |
David Emanuels |
LB |
2nd |
EXTRA POINT
With my regular hiking trail closed for winter logging I've been going up another nearby mountain not far past the tiny post office where we have a box.
Yesterday marked the fourth day in a row with nothing in the box. And I mean nothing. No letters, no bills, no flyers for the grocery store. Zippo.
Thanks to email, automated bill paying and online advertising it's almost a waste of money to take out a PO Box. Of course, we have no choice given that there's no mail delivery on this part of our dirt road. The good news is that when there's no delivery at your home you get the box for free, so it's a wash.
