Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Lots To Watch

Former Dartmouth linebacker Jalen Mackie leads 1-4 UMass in tackles this fall and none could be much more impressive than this one:

Mackie has 36 tackles, with six for a loss, 1.5 sacks and an interception.

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In honor of 150 years of football Yale will be wearing special uniforms in Saturday's game against Dartmouth. Check out a story and picture from Yale HERE. 

Dartmouth honored the 1981 and '82 Ivy League championship teams last Saturday and their highlight videos are now up on YouTube:

 


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This week's FCS polls suggest the coaches have more respect for the Ivy League than the national media panel:

Stats Perform

2022

Pts

Previous

1

North Dakota State (45)

4-1

1,338

1

2

South Dakota State (3)

4-1

1,276

2

3

Montana (6)

5-0

1,256

3

4

Montana State

4-1

1,163

4

5

Sacramento State

4-0

1,146

5

6

Delaware

5-0

1,067

6

7

Weber State

4-0

1,001

8

8

Jackson State

4-0

919

9

9

Holy Cross

5-0

899

10

10

UIW

4-1

839

11

11

Chattanooga

4-1

823

12

12

Mercer

4-1

674

13

13

Samford

4-1

506

16

14

Elon

4-1

501

23

15

Villanova

3-2

494

14

16

William & Mary

4-1

480

18

17

Southern Illinois

3-2

447

19

18

UT Martin

3-2

442

15

19

Southeastern Louisiana

3-2

395

21

20

Missouri State

2-3

376

7

21

Southeast Missouri State

4-1

324

24

22

North Dakota

3-2

277

NR

23

Richmond

3-2

189

17

24

Eastern Washington

1-3

165

20

25

Eastern Kentucky

3-2

148

25


Dropped Out: Austin Peay (22)





Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Rhode Island (3-2) 89, Fordham (4-1) 75, Austin Peay (4-2) 74, Idaho (3-2) 43, New Hampshire (3-2) 22, UC Davis (1-4) 22, Monmouth (3-2) 20, Furman (3-2) 15, Stephen F. Austin (2-3) 15, Abilene Christian (4-1) 9, Campbell (2-2h) 5, North Carolina Central (4-1) 4, South Dakota (1-3) 2






FCS Coaches Poll

2022

Pts

Prev

1

North Dakota State (24)

4-1

670

1

2

Montana (3)

5-0

648

2

3

South Dakota State

4-1

621

3

4

Sacramento State

4-0

571

5

5

Montana State

4-1

559

4

6

Delaware

5-0

548

6

7

Weber State

4-0

509

7

8

Jackson State

4-0

480

8

9

Chattanooga

4-1

442

10

10

Holy Cross

5-0

431

11

11

UIW

4-1

386

12

12

Mercer

4-1

357

13

13

Villanova

3-2

390

15

14

UT Martin

3-2

286

17

15

Samford

4-1

275

19

16

Fordham

4-1

216

20

17

William & Mary

4-1

205

21

18

Elon

4-1

196

23

19

Missouri State

2-3

190

9

20

Southeastern Louisiana

3-2

162

24

21

Eastern Washington

1-3

108

18

22

Stephen F. Austin

2-3

103

14

23

Rhode Island

3-2

89

25

24

Southern Illinois

3-2

83

NR

25

Southeast Missouri State

4-1

81

NR


Dropped Out: Austin Peay (16), Richmond (22)





Others Receiving Votes: Austin Peay, 72; Richmond, 48; PRINCETON, 24; Abilene Christian, 21; Eastern Kentucky, 20; North Carolina Central, 19; Idaho, 12; Monmouth (N.J.), 12; Furman, 11; North Dakota, 8; Davidson, 6; Youngstown State, 5; Florida A&M, 4; Tarleton, 4; PENN, 1; Stetson, 1; Stonehill, 1.





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Given growing recognition of the stresses on today's students, including student-athletes, the Dartmouth athletic department offered Adult Mental Health First Aid training in late summer to give staff "the necessary tools for situations in which students are experiencing emotional difficulties." From a story about the training, which saw at least one coach from every team take part (LINK):

"Entering the training, you go in a little intimidated, not quite sure how to handle certain situations," said associate head football coach Sammy McCorkle. 

He wondered, "What are my responsibilities?"

As McCorkle discovered, "They were adamant that your job is not to diagnose. Your job is not to try and fix it. Your job is not to be in charge and try to develop a medical plan."

After all, athletics coaches are not medical doctors or therapists.

"Your job is to learn and have the ability to recognize something that might occur and point it in the right direction, said McCorkle.

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EXTRA POINT
Another incredible sunrise here at our Vermont hillside home and rather than toss up another photo, I shot a quick video that will give you an idea of what it was like. In a few weeks when the towering sugar maples to the east have lost all of their leaves we'll be able to see even more peaks.

 

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