With Monday's note about the addition of running back Colin O'Garro to the group, the Dartmouth recruiting class identified largely through Twitter now looks like this:
• Andrew Belles, 6-3, 200 LS, Houston HS/Germantown, Tenn.
• Joshua Johnson, 6-3, 230 DE, Statesboro HS/Statesboro, Ga.
• Harrison Keith, 6-1, 195 S, Choate/Fairfield, Conn.
• Max Livingston, 6-5, 277, OL, Grapevine HS/Colleyville, Texas
• Colin O’Garro, 6-1, 205, RB, Iona Prep/New Rochelle, N.Y.
• Keoni Perkins, 6-3, 230, DE, South Grand Prairie HS/Grand Prairie, Texas
• Will Prince, 6-5, 260, OL, Avon Old Farms/West Hartford, Conn.
• Chris Roper, 5-11, 190, RB, Adairsville/Cartersville, Ga.
• Taysire Williams, 6-6, 230 TE, Jimtown HS, Elkhart, Ind.
• Owen Zalc, K/P, 5-10, 155, Green Hope HS/Cary, N.C.
As always, additions and corrections are welcomed. There will likely be ±15 more players to be added to the list.
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The Draft Scout 2023 Top 100 Small School prospects list has been updated and just one Ivy Leaguer made the cut. Of course, he came in at No. 2. No surprise, it's Princeton wide receiver Andrei Iosivas. (LINK)
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OK, all right, I get it. I've been a little pushy about trying to inject some energy into the season-ending color war between the Big Green and Brown. Wait a minute! The Color War! Aw, maybe 20 years ago but I don't think it would fly today.
But I digress.
I've started calling Brown-Dartmouth The Tussle and I was reminded why this morning when a story came across the interwebs about how "Former Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the AFCA's highest honor, the Tuss McLaughry Award." (LINK)
Tuss McLaughry, of course, is the namesake of The Tussle. From story above:
The Tuss McLaughry Award is given to a distinguished American (or Americans) for the highest distinction in service to others. It is named in honor of DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry, the first full-time secretary-treasurer of the AFCA and one of the most dedicated and influential members in the history of the Association. The award was established in 1964.
And (italics are mine) . . .
Tuss McLaughry began his coaching career at his alma mater, Westminster (Pa.) College in 1916. During his early days in coaching, McLaughry spent his spare time playing pro football with the Massillon (Ohio) Tigers. Knute Rockne was a teammate. He went on to become head coach at Amherst (1922-25), Brown (1926-40), and Dartmouth (1941-55). His most successful years were at Brown, where he had a 15-year record of 76-58-5. In 1926, McLaughry produced Brown's only undefeated team. Two of his other teams at Brown had only one loss.
McLaughry retired from coaching in 1954 but continued in his capacity as chairman of the Physical Education Department at Dartmouth until 1960, when he accepted the appointment with the AFCA. He retired from that position in 1965.
Green Alert Take: Too bad his family's McLaughry Associates real estate business isn't around any more. It would have been the perfect title sponsor for The Tussle.
Green Alert Take II: Looking over the list of previous McLaughry winners it includes no fewer than five U.S. presidents, the Apollo 11 astronauts, Chuck Yeager, Jimmy Stewart and Roger Staubach. If the McLaughry name is good enough to sit atop that list The Tussle ought to be just fine for Dartmouth-Brown.
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EXTRA POINT
Listening to the Tony Kornheiser podcast during my hike yesterday the "orange man" host was complaining about his insurance not covering an MRI that more than one doctor told him he needed. TK made a point of saying he's comfortable enough in life that he could afford to pay the bill on his own, but it's the principle of the thing that bugs him.
I found myself thinking along the same lines Tuesday when I got my flu shot and it took perhaps 20-25 minutes for the clerk to work through the insurance and paperwork involved. When everything was done and I was poked, I politely asked how much it would have cost it I'd walked in and simply thrown cash down on the counter. I was told it would have been around $40. If my time was worth a little more and I knew that I might have had a decision to make. ;-)
