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 A couple of mentions of grad transfers from Dartmouth are sprinkled around the interwebs . . .

A preview of the Buffalo Bulls' offensive "skill" positions this fall includes this about Robbie Mangas '20 (LINK):

. . . (T)he Bulls also recruited several tight ends from lower divisions. Ray Embry earned all-conference honors at the Division II level while Robbie Mangas averaged over 20 yards per catch at Dartmouth while serving as the team captain. These are necessary additions to a team losing plenty of depth at the position.

All totaled, Mangas is one of seven tight ends on the Bulls' roster this year. Embry, the other transfer tight end, came to Buffalo from East Central University in Oklahoma. 

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From a story headlined, Will a patchwork offensive line throttle the high-octane Virginia offense? there's this  (LINK):

(Head coach) Tony Elliott has the ACC’s best QB1 and maybe the nation’s top wideout corps. But for the Virginia offense to work, he’s going to need to patch together an offensive line.

And then . . .

. . . (G)rad transfer John Paul Flores (6’5”, 300, Dartmouth) . . . was a second-team All-Ivy selection in 2021, grading out at 67.4 on 621 snaps over 10 games.

Flores had offers from a host of schools, including SMU, Temple and East Carolina, so, FCS guy or not, it wasn’t just Virginia that thought he could contribute at the next level.

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Dartmouth is bringing back its popular Football 101 family event, which was shut down the past two years because of the pandemic. From a press release (LINK):

The Upper Valley community is invited to join the Big Green football team, coaching staff and their families for a "mini-camp" — a night out with food, football and fun that is guaranteed to get you ready for the 2022 season.

This event, scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Memorial Field, is free and includes activities for children 12 and under and their parents, such as on-field skill stations run by the Dartmouth football staff and photo stations. In addition, there will be free food, and the first 200 registrants will receive a free Dartmouth string bag.

Register online for Football 101 HERE.

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The Dartmouth football office has cranked out the next two Meet the Freshman graphics. The first is for Daniel Haughton, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver from Charlotte Latin and Weddington, N.C..

The other is for Delby Lemieux, a 6-4, 260 offensive lineman from Duxbury High School and Duxbury, Mass..

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The Ivy League is advertising for an "Assistant Executive Director, Communications & Championships," to work at its office in Princeton. Per the job listing, the person is expected to . . . 

"Provide timely and accurate updates to all communications platforms (e.g., website, social media, media outreach) regarding updates for all assigned sports including scores, league standings, tiebreaker scenarios and postseason awards to maximize the potential reach." (LINK)

Green Alert Take: Here's hoping the person the Ivy League hires will make a positive difference in the web presence of Ivy League football. After several years of haranguing the conference, I was pleased to see the Ivy football record book finally being updated last year. At least I was pleased until I started looking through it and saw how many areas had not actually been updated. This one example will gnaw at the Dartmouth faithful:

"LONGEST WINNING STREAKS -VS- ONE SCHOOL

11 Harvard over Dartmouth............................ 2004-Present

Dartmouth, of course, has won the last three games in the series . . .

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Speaking of help-wanted ads, this one is kind of curious:

Director of Strength, Speed and Performance (Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH): To lead the decision-making team (coaching staff) in planning, coaching, administering, and promoting the Strength, Speed and Performance program within NCAA, Ivy League, and institutional standards.

The full posting is HERE. 

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EXTRA POINT
Last week I ordered something for our old VW camper and early yesterday I received an email from the manufacturer saying they couldn't ship it to the address I provided because the address was "invalid."

This has been a frequent issue since we moved to our Vermont hillside home. Let me explain.

Because the U.S. Postal Service does not deliver to the four houses on our part of the road we have no choice but to get a box at our little post office, two miles away. That being the case, our actual street address apparently isn't in the USPS database.

The problem arises when automated websites and delivery services use the USPS database. We'll order something online and when we type in our house number, street and town we will sometimes get a message informing us there is no such address. I'm here to tell you there is.

In the VW part case I received a personalized email from an actual human and was able to reassure her that the address does actually exist and packages are in fact delivered here. (Per online tracking, it should be here Thursday.)

Sometimes when we try to order online we put in our address and it "corrects" it from West Newbury, Vt. to Bradford, Vt., the next town south. That offers its own set of problems as I found out last month when a package was being held as "unclaimed" at the Bradford Post Office, even though it was addressed to our house. I had no idea it was there until I called the Bradford PO on a hunch.

Honestly, I don't mind the fact that we don't get mail delivery here. It was the same when we lived on the shoulder of Moose Mountain in New Hampshire. There's a pleasant social component that comes with occasionally seeing neighbors at the post office. But I sure wish the automated online ordering forms would believe us when we tell them where we live.