Friday, January 28, 2022

Hoo Boy!

Two Ivy League championships, a Dartmouth degree, and now the chance to play two years at the Power 5 level while earning a graduate degree from one of the nation's top public universities? Sounds good to offensive lineman John Paul Flores, who is giving up a potential final season in Hanover to continue his football career with the Cavaliers.

The All-Ivy League selection from Arlington, Texas, who 247Sports reports took an official visit to home-state SMU last weekend, shared this about his conversation with the UVA line coach (LINK):

"We were on the phone for about 30-45 minutes," Flores told Wahoos247 about his offer from UVA. "He started to talk about run stop, and pass pro stuff, you can just tell how important it is to him as a coach. One of the reasons I'm looking to transfer is to develop more as a player. I think he did a great job in helping me along that process."

Scouting report from a website covering Virginia football (LINK): 

He’s a very effective blocker in the zone running game, equally adept at cutting off backside pursuit and sealing lanes on the play side. At 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, Flores moves well in space as you can see when Dartmouth pulled him or asked him to pave the way on screen passes. And he’s a stone wall in pass protection against both power and speed moves. With two years of eligibility left, expect Flores to push for a starter’s spot right away and anchor things this season and next.

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Speaking of players moving on.  The Tweet from kicker Zac Yoakam announcing his commitment to Dartmouth now comes up looking like this:

Wonder why?

It was replaced by this new one, which was discovered by a loyal reader:

Green Alert Take: As is the case with JP Flores, it's kinda hard to blame the kid. 

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Here's the text of the Tweet:

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Coach Joe Yukica, a man dedicated to the game, his players and his assistant coaches," said NFF President Steve Hatchell.

"A protégée of Hall of Fame coach Bob Blackman, Joe Yukica mentored numerous assistant coaches who he helped turn into head coaches, including John Anderson, Jack Bicknell, Bill Bowes, Tom Coughlin, and Bill Campbell, the namesake of the NFF Campbell Trophy. Joe founded the NFF New Hampshire Chapter in 1988 and subsequently became its namesake in recognition of his impact on the sport. We are extremely grateful for his contributions. "

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From a story in The Dartmouth headlined, At least 23% of total student body has tested positive since Jan. 1 (LINK):

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an emailed statement that as of Tuesday, 1,550 students have contracted COVID-19 since Jan. 1, roughly 23% of the total student population — including those not currently in the Upper Valley — of 6,761. Additionally, 2,791 students are still within their 90-day, post-infection exemption period from testing, suggesting that at least 41% of the Dartmouth student body has been infected with the virus at some point since late October. 

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And here's the lede from the local daily (LINK): 

There is an ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, state health officials said Thursday.

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EXTRA POINT 
Looking for something here in the BGA World Headquarters this morning I counted five old MacBook laptops, a Chromebook and two retired iPods. I guess it's time to do something about the defunct electronics, although it is kind of tricky clearing their memory when their batteries are dead and the correct power cords to plug them in are missing. I guess that's how they pile up.

For what it's worth, there are two 1970ish portable typewriters in the office as well. While their ribbons are completely dried out I'm not worried about miscreants finding information on them ;-)

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