Each year I pull together charts looking at the Dartmouth football roster by year and position. Today we take a look at the offense, with defense being posted tomorrow and special teams on Wednesday.
Keep in mind, there are always position changes unannounced at this time of year, players who will not be returning for one reason or another, and even occasional additions to the roster. That makes building these charts tricky. But this year it is trickier than ever.
Given changes in Ivy League eligibility policy as a result of COVID-19, rosters posted by Cornell have 145 players, Harvard 138 and Columbia 133. Dartmouth has 103 players on the roster posted on the Dartmouth football web page (LINK) and that doesn't count 29 incoming freshmen.
Adjustments the Ivy League and individual schools may be instituting with regard to allowable rosters sizes this fall have not been made public but it's reasonable to assume schools will not be bringing 130 or more players back for the preseason. That being the case, this year's chart should be seen as reflecting who is eligible to play on the Dartmouth team this fall and not necessarily who will be on the team.
Click the chart to enlarge it and on a Mac click again. (I'm not sure about the procedure for Windows people.)
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EXTRA POINT
I stumbled across a story last week about the abundance of chipmunks in northern New England this spring, the result of a "good fruit year" and a mild winter. Several years ago, when we spent a summer living in the off-the-grid tiny house, it was squirrels that were overrunning the Twin States and we saw them everywhere. They were big, they were fat and a lot of them were making some very bad decisions about crossing roads.
I stumbled across a story last week about the abundance of chipmunks in northern New England this spring, the result of a "good fruit year" and a mild winter. Several years ago, when we spent a summer living in the off-the-grid tiny house, it was squirrels that were overrunning the Twin States and we saw them everywhere. They were big, they were fat and a lot of them were making some very bad decisions about crossing roads.
I found myself thinking about the volatility of animal and insect populations during my hike early this morning.
Yesterday marked the end of the mythical black fly season, which in New England is reputed to run from Mother's Day to Father's Day. I've hiked a wooded trail up Wright's Mountain virtually every morning between those two days and haven't seen a single black fly that I can recall. Not one. Come to think of it, I haven't seen any mosquitoes, either.
But I did see a chipmunk on the trail the other day. Trust me. I'll take Alvin, Theodore and friends over black flies and mosquitoes seven days a week.
