By Way Of Comparison

With Dartmouth finishing with a 9-1 record for the third season in a row, here's a comparison of how the Big Green statistics compared in the Ivy League championship seasons of 2021 and 2019, the 2018 team that finished 9-1 and second in the conference, and the 10-0 Ivy League champions of 1996:

	2021	2019	2018	2015	1996
POINTS	306	333	340	288	275
Average Per Game	30.6	33.3	34.0	28.8	27.5
FIRST DOWNS	202	192	219	208	197
Rushing	93	97	133	80	107
Passing	94	86	76	114	78
Penalty	15	9	10	14	12
RUSHING YARDAGE	1937	1670	2547	1446	2042
Rushing Attempts	363	366	442	359	522
Average Per Run	5.3	4.6	5.8	4.0	3.9
TDs Rushing	21	17	26	19	22
PASSING YARDAGE	2123	2154	1626	2657	1901
Comp-Att-Int	183-266-3	158-232-5	142-212-3	227-357-5	143-241-6
Average Per Pass	8.0	9.3	7.7	7.4	7.9
Average Per Catch	11.6	13.6	11.5	11.7	13.29
Average Per Game	212.3	215.4	162.6	265.7	190.1
TDs Passing	18	22	18	17	10
TOTAL OFFENSE	4060	3824	4173	4103	3943
Average Per Play	6.5	6.4	6.4	5.7	5.2
Average Per Game	406.0	382.4	417.3	410.3	394.3
KO RETURNS-YARDS	3-66	4-75	9-218	21-543	26-529
PUNT RETURNS-YARDS	20-255	18-295	21-242	30-228	38-320
INT RETURN-YARDS	6-129	11-245	16-157	18-250	16-225
FUMBLES-LOST	10-5	14-7	7-5	20-15	20-8
PENALTIES-YARDS	52-487	37-311	40-418	91-763	67-568
PUNTS-AVG	38/34.4	32-33.9	39-35.6	49-37.4	59-37.3
AVG POSSESSION TIME	30:59	29:15	31:42	29:38	n/a
3RD DOWN CONVERSION	54-120	61-117	54-124	55-140	n/a
4TH DOWN CONVERSION	7-15	6-13	11-14	10-18	n/a

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With the transfer portal stuff changing by the minute, here's a list of which Dartmouth players have Tweeted offers and from which schools. Several other have Tweeted about entering the portal but have not reported any offers.  (Players eligible to return to the Big Green are denoted with an asterisk):

TIGHT END ROBBIE MANGAS*

Buffalo

Missouri State

URI

UConn

JMU

Richmond

Towson

Youngstown

So. Illinois

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN JP FLORES*

JMU

Miami (Ohio)

Temple

Central Michigan

Bowling Green

Western Michigan

Akron

Buffalo

Texas State

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN JAKE GUIDONE

UConn

Texas State

Kent State

Towson

JMU

Missouri State

QUARTERBACK DEREK KYLER

Samford

New Mexico

UMass

Eastern Illinois

WIDE RECEIVER/RETURNER JAMAL COONEY*

Eastern Kentucky

Southern Illinois

Youngstown

UT-Martin

CORNER ISAIAH JOHNSON*

Eastern Kentucky

Samford

Kentucky Christian

LINEBACKER JALEN MACKIE*

Western Carolina

Editor's Note: This is entirely from the individual players' Twitter. Not all offers may have been reported and there may be players who have entered the portal who have not Tweeted.

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EXTRA POINT
The windows here in the BGA World Headquarters stretch across the room but are just high enough that while seated at the desk I can't see the mountains in the distance. When I'm at the keyboard for too many hours on end working on a project – as I am these days – my back gets sore. Real sore.

To avoid that I need to get up and stretch periodically, something I don't do often enough even with a Pomodoro app on my Mac that tries to make me. The other option is to raise my convertible desk so I have to stand while working. With my aching back in a heat wrap the other day, I wised up and raised the desk, which had two advantages.

First, my back is feeling better.

And second, I can see things out the window that occur fast and then disappear. For example, as I type this it is a near white-out, with a blinding snow coming down. But here's what I saw for a brief five minutes or so before the snow started that I would have missed if I were sitting and staring at my monitor. Click the photo to enlarge it.