The Calgary Stampeders' season ended one game short of playing for the Grey Cup, but former Dartmouth linebacker Flo Orimolade '17, the 2016 Bushnell Cup winner as the Ivy League's defensive player of the year, ended with a bang. Here's No. 9 with a sack:
🚧🚧🚧🚧: @FolarinTheGreat #GCPlayoffs | @calstampeders pic.twitter.com/lahBneFUL1
— CFL (@CFL) November 6, 2022
From a story in the Calgary Sun headlined, 10 things on our minds for the Stampeders off-season (LINK):
Folarin Orimolade had a breakout season. He’d been hit by really bad injury luck for most of his career, so it was nice to see him get 17 games in and emerge as one of the CFL’s elite pass-rushers. He was arguably the Stamps’ top performer in the West Division Semifinal, picking up two sacks and a forced fumble.
It feels like Orimolade is primed for even more of a breakout season next year, so getting him re-signed is going to be a top, top priority.
Orimolade finished the year with 37 tackles, one interception and six sacks. He had six tackles and a forced fumble in a 30-16 loss to the BC Lions in the Western semifinals.
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While Orimolade dodged the injury bug this year it was different for former Dartmouth wide receiver Drew Estrada '20. After missing all of the Houston Texans preseason with a lingering leg injury, he was was placed on the team's practice squad injured list at the end of October with an achilles issue.
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Sagarin's new ratings are out and while Dartmouth rose seven spots after a strong game against undefeated Princeton, the Tigers paid the price for struggling against the Big Green. Here's now the ratings look with each team's movement from a week ago:
139 - Princeton - Down 10
157 - Yale - Up 8
168 - Penn - No change
171 - Harvard - Down 7
181 - Dartmouth - Up 7
195 - Columbia - Up 6
209 - Cornell - No change
216 - Brown - Down 14
The weekly power poll posted by Roar Lion Roar's Jake Novak:
1. Princeton
2. Yale
3. Penn
4. Harvard
5. Cornell
6. Columbia
7. Dartmouth
8. Brown
Jake writes: "If the Big Green defense plays like this the next two weeks, Dartmouth should win both games."
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The Wise Guys have installed Dartmouth as a six-point favorite at Cornell. Also . . .
Princeton is a 1½ point favorite at Yale
Penn is a 1½-point favorite at home against Harvard
Columbia is a 4½ point favorite at Brown
Sagarin sees Dartmouth as a 4½ point favorite out in Ithaca.
Massey has Dartmouth winning at Cornell, 24-17, with 69 percent confidence, and finishing up with a 34-20 win over Brown with 77 percent confidence.
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Princeton wide receiver Andrei Iosivas was officially invited to the Senior Bowl all-star game yesterday. (LINK) He's the first Ivy Leaguer to be selected since Harvard offensive tackle Cole Toner in 2016.
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Sending condolences and prayers to all who were lucky enough to have known Jake Crouthamel. He helped build the Dome, the Big East and the foundation of modern SU athletics. Jake hired Hall of Fame coaches and was a friend and mentor for so many of us. May he rest in peace. https://t.co/LAKENJF8wQ
— MikeTirico (@miketirico) November 8, 2022
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EXTRA POINT
With an old iPhone repurposed as an iPod I wasn't able to do the full moon rising over football practice last night justice with this picture.
