Friday, February 17, 2023

Hanover Bound

A year after Dartmouth had to call Ryan Bloch out of retirement to handle its placekicking duties there won't be any shortage of bodies there this season with the addition of second kicker in the recruiting class.

Matisse Weaver, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound all-state selection from Lander (Wyoming) High School is joining Owen Zalc of North Carolina in heading this way. He revealed his decision via Twitter:

Weaver is an all-around athlete who earned postseason honors as a defensive end, saw time running the ball and also punted. He's also an all-state selection on the track, running the 400 and relays.

Find his Kohl's Kicking page, which lists him with an offer from Davidson, HERE.

#

Dartmouth is letting potential recruits know that while it's not necessarily the NFL there can still  be a lucrative football life after the Ivy League when you wear the green:

#

Maybe it's happened before but I can't remember an announcement like this out of Dartmouth. From a release that came out yesterday (LINK):

Mike Harrity, the Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, announced today that Dartmouth has extended the contract of Alex McFadden, the Josie Harper Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse, through the 2028 season. McFadden is currently in her fourth season at the helm of the program.

Green Alert Take: Among those who follow Dartmouth's higher-profile sports closely the contract status of coaches is sometimes a matter of discussion. It will be interesting to see if this is a one-off or if AD Mike Harrity will be going public with more contract extensions in the future.

#

FootballScoop has posted a listing of "statistical champions" in four NCAA divisions and the NAIA and it's kind of a fun way to waste a little time. It's presented this way (LINK):

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS
FBS: Washington -- 56.8%
FCS: North Carolina Central -- 55.8%
D2: Harding (Ark.) -- 57.4%
D3: Randolph-Macon (Va.) -- 59.2%
NAIA: Northwestern (Iowa) -- 54.8%

Only one Ivy League school makes an appearance – Princeton in scoring defense. The Scoop lists the champions in these categories:

Scoring Offense
Yards Per Play
Passing Offense
Passing Efficiency
Yards Per Attempt (min.: 150 attempts)
Yards Per Carry
Rushing Offense
Third Down Conversions
Sacks Allowed
Scoring Defense
Yards Per Play Defense
Pass Efficiency Defense
Yards Per Attempt Allowed
Yards Per Carry Allowed
Rushing Defense
Sacks Per Game
TFLs Per Game
Takeaways
Third Down Defense
Penalties

#

EXTRA POINT
I've been filling out a few different forms lately and as such have had to pick a number of new passwords. As Mrs.BGA will gladly attest, I can be more than a little annoying about making sure passwords to sensitive sites are secure. To that end I used a password manager that randomly generates passwords. Here's one I just had it provide as an example: M6=P>jfGnCX+gqKY.

Now, you might remember one password like that, but even former NBA great Jerry Lucas – who famously memorized 50 pages of the New York City phone book "in one sitting" LINK – would have a tough time recalling unique passwords like that for 20 or 30 different sites. That's why I use a password manager to fill in PWs it generates for me like td;ehi[KbWaUxx;2. and LE>FBHq8gx#nhy^n. (Feel free to use those if you'd like ;-)

The one rule I make with passwords, helpful on those occasions when I actually have to manually type them in is, I won't use the number 0 or letter O (too confusing) or the number 1 or letter l, which also look too much alike.

If all that's too much trouble, there's an easier alternative. My password generator also offers to make up PWs consisting only of random words separated by whatever punctuation you choose. Here are a couple I had it generate just now: displace-tenured-kangaroo and pompeii.buoyancy.bluegill. You are welcome to those as well.  ;-)

Posted by at