From a Dartmouth release (LINK):
The College Sports Information Directors of America announced its 2021 Academic All-District Football Teams across four collegiate divisions, and 20th-ranked Dartmouth had a program-record eight players selected for inclusion on the team for District I. No Division I team, FBS or FCS, had as many players chosen across the eight districts this year.
Selected were offensive linemen Calvin Atkeson, John Paul Flores and Griff Lehman, defensive lineman Shane Cokes, placekicker Connor Davis, long snapper Josh Greene, defensive back John Pupel and wide receiver Paxton Scott.
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Not at all surprisingly, former Dartmouth wide receiver/return specialist Drew Estrada was an Academic All-District pick as a grad transfer at Baylor. From the release, which included a photo (LINK):
Estrada completed his undergraduate degree in sociology modified economics before beginning his MBA at BU. He has a 3.71 GPA during his time as a Bear. This season, Estrada has caught 15 passes for 237 yards.
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Dartmouth's game notes for The Tussle at Brown can be accessed HERE.
Brown's game notes are available HERE.
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Your weekly Teevens Teleteaser from the Dartmouth sports information office:
Each year after the final practice the Dartmouth training staff hands out an award to the player who has overcome significant injury or injuries, and having followed training staff protocols has made a significant impact on the field.On Thursday, for the first time in recent memory, the award was presented prior to practice in the team meeting room (hence no pictures this year). The winners were offensive lineman Donald Carty and linebacker Tanner Cross.“Two guys that have really worked hard,” said Teevens. “They went through surgeries and repairs and dislocations and breaks and everything else and they just kept coming back.”The award is entirely a production of the training staff.“By design I stay out of it,” said Teevens. “Sometimes I am surprised. These two I really wasn’t, with what they’ve done.”
PREVIOUS HARD-NOSE WINNERS
2019 David Chalmers
2018 Andrew Yohe
2017 Darius George
2016 Flo Orimolade
2015 Eric Wickham
2014 AJ Dillione
2013 Chase Womack, Elliot Kastner
2012 Garrett Wymore
2011 John Gallagher
2010 Luke Hussey
2009 Peter Pidermann
2008 Joe Battaglia
2007 Taylor Layman
2006 Joe Gibalski
2005 Charles Ganske
2004 Derham Cato
2003 Lyle Campbell
2002 Bob Reeves
2001 Matt Mercer
2000 Dan Hutchinson
1999 Tom Reusser
1998 Kyle Rogers
1997 Keith Lockwood
1996 Jeff Schmitt
1995 Taran Lent
1994 Josh Bloom
1993 Chris Umscheid
1992 Neal Martin
1991 Al Rosier
1990 Tim Meier
1989 Harris Siskind
1988 David Gazzaniga
1987 Lance High
1986 John Randolph
1985 Slade Schuster
1984 Harry Bourque
1983 Mark Pare
1982 Gary Spiegelman
1981 John Merriman
1980 Tom Marek
1979 John Clark
1978 Nigel Key
1977 Dave Casper
1976 Jim Lucas
1975 Dan Murphy
1974 Brian Wroczynski
1973 Rick Gerardi
1972 Doug Jaeger
1971 Brendan O'Neill, Stu Simms
1970 Giff Foley
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The term and the season (?) might be coming to a close just in time. From the Dartmouth COVID-19 Dashboard (LINK):
On Nov. 15, Dartmouth identified one cluster of at least three people with COVID-19 in the faculty and staff population. On Nov. 17, Dartmouth identified an unrelated cluster of at least three people with COVID-19 in the student population.
Per the Dashboard, the count of active cases among students has gone from one to 11 in the past week.
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And finally, this is for non-subscribers to BGA Premium (because subscribers have already done your part): If you've been a regular visitor to BGA Daily and appreciate the effort that goes into it seven days a week, please think about clicking on Griff the Wonder Dog up there on the right and helping buy him a little kibble for Thanksgiving. He'd appreciate it and so would the staff here at the BGA World Headquarters. (That would be me . . . and Griff, who is in his usual station under the desk as I type this.)
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EXTRA POINT
If I had a longer lens for my camera I would have snapped a picture. Yesterday morning there were no fewer than 22 turkeys in our field munching away, seemingly without a care in the world. With Thanksgiving less than a week away I was tempted to open the door and shout, "Run for your lives."
It's actually kind of fun to watch a flock like that run, but what's really entertaining is to see them fly. Yup, wild turkeys can fly. There's nothing like driving down one of the little dirt roads around here and having a spooked turkey go past your windshield. They aren't the most graceful flyers but I'd like to see your Thursday butterball try that ;-)
