Tuesday, May 18, 2021

2-1 Against the SEC?

Dartmouth returns to practice today and as always, there will be coverage tonight on BGA Premium beginning with the first of three looks at what players in the current freshman class have shown on the practice field this year.
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On another slow day we dip into the record books for a look at how Dartmouth has fared against teams at the FBS level:

Conference

W

L

T

Pct

PF

PA

American Athletic Conference

2

1

0

.557

88

44

Atlantic Coast Conference

10

4

1

.700

274

130

Big 12 Conference

1

0

1

.750

13

9

Big Ten Conference

2

3

0

.400

49

88

1-A Independents

1

12

1

.107

75

416

Mid-American Conference

22

3

1

.865

598

81

Pacific-12 Conference

1

4

0

.200

57

90

Southeastern Conference

2

1

0

.667

21

38


I'm guessing it is the conference at the bottom of the list that has you wondering. If so, read on.

That's right, Dartmouth is 2-1 all-time against the SEC with one of the games actually being played in Hanover. Here are the Big Green's scores against SEC teams:

Oct. 15, 1921 – Dartmouth 14, Tennessee 3
Nov. 26, 1921 – Dartmouth 7, at Georgia 0
Nov. 22, 1941 – at Georgia 35, Dartmouth 0
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Saw this on a rising high school senior's Twitter today. I know it happens all the time, but do some homework, guys!


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With Sam Houston winning the FCS national championship game Sunday afternoon, the final poll is in:

Final Stats Perform FCS Top 25

No. (Prev)

School

Record

Points

1 (4)

Sam Houston

10-0

1,000

2 (2)

South Dakota State

8-2

958

3 (1)

James Madison

7-1

918

4 (5)

Delaware

7-1

859

5 (6)

North Dakota State

7-3

827

6 (7)

North Dakota

5-2

783

7 (8)

Jacksonville State

10-3

732

8 (14)

Southern Illinois

6-4

706

9 (3)

Weber State

5-1

705

10 (9)

Eastern Washington

5-2

630

11 (10)

Monmouth

3-1

606

12 (11)

Virginia Military

6-2

572

13 (12)

Missouri State

5-5

503

14 (13)

UC Davis

3-2

405

15 (15)

Richmond

3-1

402

16 (16)

Villanova

2-2

356

17 (17)

Kennesaw State

4-1

345

18 (18)

Rhode Island

2-1

247

18 (19)

Murray State

5-2

247

20 (20)

Southeastern Louisiana

4-3

223

21 (22)

East Tennessee State

4-2

155

22 (NR)

Sacred Heart

3-2

154

23 (21)

Austin Peay

4-5

153

24 (NR)

Alabama A&M

5-0

152

25 (23)

Nicholls

4-3

110

Also receiving votes

Holy Cross 64, Northern Iowa 59, Davidson 31, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 30, Southern 19, Samford 16, Maine 12, Duquesne 8, Incarnate Word 3



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Colgate coach Dan Hunt has resigned after eight seasons to “address personal issues, following the discovery of violation of university policy not involving students,” per a school release. (LINK)
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From the local daily (LINK): 
Upper Valley municipalities and businesses say they’re struggling to adjust to new, relaxed mask guidelines announced by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week, and might just stick with how they have been operating for the time being.

And . . . 

In Hanover, the town’s mask ordinance remains in place and will likely stay that way until more people are vaccinated, Town Manager Julia Griffin said.

“We’re really wanting to hold on until the lion’s share in our region is fully vaccinated,” she said, placing that number around 70 percent.

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EXTRA POINT 
I have a very inexpensive "action camera" (think $40 GoPro knockoff) and yesterday I dusted it off and fastened it to my car to grab a video I wanted to share on this page.

Cheap was it was, the camera does a pretty good job. The only problem is, it has a wide-angle lens and if it's mounted on the windshield a significant portion of the recording is taken up by the hood of the car. Because I'd prefer the video focus on the subject rather than my red car, I came up with what I thought was a pretty smart idea. I would fasten the camera to the wiper on the back of the car, film driving forward, and then reverse the video in my movie editing program.

I was feeling pretty smug about how I solved the problem when I finished my "shoot" until I got home and imported the video onto my laptop. Argh! All I had were two still shots of part of my hand and half my head. Turns out I'd snapped a still picture when I thought I was starting the video, and another when I thought I was ending it. The video never started.

In my defense, I tried to read the manual when I dug out the camera which I hadn't used in a year, but all it consisted of were a few incomprehensible drawings and even more incomprehensible Chinese instructions.

Fiddling around with the camera, I think I have it figured out now. If I do, you'll find out what I was trying to shoot tomorrow. If not, I may have to learn a little Chinese. Stay tuned.