Add to the list of Dartmouth recruits Colin O’Garro, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound running back from powerhouse Iona Prep in New Rochelle, N.Y. Per MaxPreps he ran for 1,319 yards and 17 touchdowns last fall, catching two TD passes along the way. He helped the Gaels go 9-3 and make it to the New York State finals against St. Anthony's this fall.
Also offered by Colgate and Bucknell, the new addition to the Dartmouth program is the son of Ed O'Garro '88, a onetime Big Green recruit.
I’m very proud and grateful to announce that I’ll be committing to Dartmouth College 🌲🌲 @coachirishodea @Joespags12 @BTeevens pic.twitter.com/57WATu2du6
— Colin O’Garro (@1105_COG) December 5, 2022
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Senior defensive lineman Shane Cokes' list of grad transfer offers continues to swell. Add Colorado, Iowa State and Toledo to a list that already included NC State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Washington State, Purdue, Wake Forest, UConn, UMass, Coastal Carolina.
The only other grad transfer Twitter shows as tacking on another offer over the weekend is Tyron Herrin, who adds Furman to a list that already included Maine, Indiana State, Eastern Kentucky, Chattanooga.
To the list of potential grad transfers add the name of All-New England linebacker Joe Heffernan, a fifth-year senior this fall. He posted his grad transfer announcement HERE and his season highlights HERE.
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Cokes, Herrin, Heffernan and the rest of Dartmouth's grad transfers hope to still be in uniform next December like handful of last year's seniors are:
• Center Jake Guidone and UConn will face Marshall on Dec. 19 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, S.C.
• Tight end JJ Jones and New Mexico State will face Bowling Green in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit on Dec. 26.
• Tight end Robbie Mangas and Buffalo will face Georgia Southern on Dec. 27 in the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala.
• Defensive back Isaiah Johnson and Syracuse will be facing Minnesota at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 29.
• Quarterback Derek Kyler and Pitt will face UCLA in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 30.
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Already in action this postseason are two members of the Class of 2020:
• Defensive lineman Seth Simmer and Samford play Friday night at North Dakota State in the FCS playoffs.
• Safety Micah Croom 'and USC will face Tulane in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 2.
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Jerry Berndt, a Dartmouth assistant coach from 1971-78 and the architect of the remarkable turnaround of the Penn program as head coach from 1981-85, has passed away at age 84.
Berndt took over a Penn team that had won just one Ivy League game in the two years prior to his arrival and won the title in his second season. And his third. And his fourth. And his fifth. He parlayed that success into head coaching positions at Rice and Temple.
Between his time as a Dartmouth assistant and arriving at Penn he spent two years as head coach at DePauw where he had a couple of grad assistants named Buddy Teevens and Don Dobes.
Berndt passed away less than a month after Jake Crouthamel, the coach he worked under at Dartmouth.
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Am I the only one who has a feeling the Deion Sanders experiment at Colorado is a high-risk, high-reward deal? (LINK)
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EXTRA POINT
Just a quick note to tell you how heartwarming it is to see so many familiar names showing up on the GoFundMe page supporting offensive lineman Josh Balara in his fight against adrenal cancer. Since the first note about the effort to make life a little easier on Josh and his family went up here the amount of money in the fund has more than doubled and you are a big part of that. And I know that in addition to the names I recognize there are others from around the Dartmouth program who have contributed anonymously. So a huge thank you to everyone. If you'd like to help, the GoFundMe page in support of Josh and his family can be accessed HERE.
