Dartmouth's official preseason begins one month from today, on Saturday, Aug. 19. As always, BGA Premium will be there with a full report posted the same night. For the record (and it must be a record, right?) BGA has not missed a single full practice since the site came online in 2005. If you haven't signed up For BGA yet, don't wait. The opponent previews I've been researching begin Wednesday, Aug. 9.
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Dartmouth football's social media is starting to heat up with the weather. Today, a first look at the incoming freshmen. These stills are from the program's Twitter account:
A press release announcing former wide receiver Jon Marc Carrier's '17 appointment as an "Associate Director, Wealth Advisor for TRUE Cresset Sports & Entertainment details his background in football after graduation (LINK):
Carrier began his career at the NFL headquarters in the Football Operations department, focusing on serving retired players in the NFL Legends Community. Later, he transitioned to the Player Marketing space, where he worked on player branding projects, such as the NFL 100 Super Bowl commercial and other tentpole events, including the NFL Draft, Pro Bowl, as well as the International Series games. In 2019, he was promoted to the Player Engagement department, where he served as a liaison between eight NFL clubs and all players to the NFL league office. Carrier then transitioned to the Los Angeles Rams as a Manager of Football Affairs, where he managed all player education programming, lead partnership, and internal media requests, and supported international player strategy for both current and retired players.
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If you've been around long enough to remember Princeton's Palmer Stadium, take a few minutes and read Tigerblog's fine retrospective on the former home of the Tigers HERE.
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Back to the preseason starting one month from today. How would you like to practice and play on this new artificial surface at DIII SUNY Morrisville in the heat of the summer? The picture doesn't lie. It's black.
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To my surprise, the roofers finished up stripping and replacing shingles in just one day. But you don't want to hear about that.
Instead, take a look at this surreal image That Certain Dartmouth '14 shot during her summer vacation hiking and camping north of the border in Banff, in Glacier National Park and in the Tetons. Click the pic for a closer look.
