With Derek Kyler graduating and heading to Pitt this fall as a graduate transfer one of the big questions surrounding the Dartmouth football program heading into the 2022 season is whether Nick Howard can succeed as the Big Green's fulltime quarterback. Or will he reprise his role as the running QB with someone else doing most of the passing? The answer remains to be seen but it's worth noting that while he threw just 18 passes last fall, Howard is no stranger to the passing game.
This is from his Dartmouth bio:
Led conference (as a high school senior) with 2,004 yards passing and finished second with 15 touchdowns through the air despite missing one game … fourth in conference with 636 yards rushing (6.6 yards per rush) and 10 touchdowns on the ground … topped 300 passing yards in each of first three games as a senior … topped 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns passing in his high school career and almost 2,000 yards rushing while averaging 5.8 yards.
This highlight video from his days shows him dropping back and throwing at Green Bay's Southwest High School (as well as running people over):
For the record, Howard was a solid 11-of-18 passing (61.1 percent) for 126 yards with one touchdown and one interception last fall. He also ran 125 times for 787 yards (6.3 average) with 15 touchdowns while winning a spot on the All-Ivy League first team.
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Howard and the rest of the Big Green will have their first official practice of the preseason on Aug. 21 with intrasquad scrimmages set for Sept. 3 and Sept. 8 leading into the Sept. 17 opener against Valparaiso on Memorial Field.
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Former Dartmouth assistant Callie Brownson, now chief of staff of the Cleveland Browns, is taking a little time away from the NFL team to serve as head coach of the U.S. Women’s Tackle National Team, which will be playing for the World Championships in Finland. Read an Akron Beacon Journal story about Brownson applying the "gold standard" measure to the women's team HERE, and listen to her below:
The U.S. Women's Tackle National Team Training Camp is underway!
— U.S. National Football Team (@USNFT) July 22, 2022
Head Coach @calbrown17 breaks down what goes into training camp in preparation for the World Championships in Finland. #USALLIN #goldstandard @Browns @NFL pic.twitter.com/XilKHRJWLU
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This video is just 40 seconds or so but the drone used to shoot the aerial view of Memorial Field actually went through the goal posts:
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EXTRA POINT
I got a copy of the Dartmouth preseason practice schedule this morning and wanted to write it on the large "at a glance" vinyl planner on the office wall here in the BGA World Headquarters. Unfortunately, because that particular calendar is used only for Big Green football the red, blue and green "dry erase" markings I wrote on it a full year ago had set and would not wipe off.
OK, that's a fib. I was able to clear off what was written in just one of the days in the three month calendar by rubbing it – aggressively – for five minutes. Doing the entire calendar like that was going to be a nightmare.
With a little Googling I found a solution. Toothpaste!
With a healthy dab of Crest on a paper towel I was able to erase the entire calendar in less time (and certainly with less effort) than it had taken to erase just one of the boxes on the 120-day planner.
That's your hack for the day ;-)
