Thursday, August 24, 2023

This And That

Dartmouth will face four of the 50 FCS players named to the Reese's Senior Bowl watchlist this fall, and five chosen to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1,000 watchlist.

REESE'S SENIOR BOWL WATCHLIST

DL Thor Griffith, Harvard

OL Jalen Travis, Princeton 

OL Kiran Amegadjie, Yale

RB Dylan Laube, New Hampshire 

EAST-WEST SHRINE BOWL WATCHLIST

DL Thor Griffith, Harvard

DE Nate Leskovech, Harvard

OL Jalen Travis, Princeton

OL Kiran Amegadjie, Yale

RB Dylan Laube, New Hampshire 

Named to both watchlists was former Dartmouth corner Isaiah Johnson '22, now in his second season as a grad transfer at Syracuse. (Former Cornell offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad of Penn State and former Yale offensive lineman Nick Gargiulo of South Carolina were also on one or both watchlists.) 

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Speaking of Isaiah Johnson, he's always been a gifted talker (;-) and had a chance to share a few thoughts several days ago with the 'Cuse media:



Find Isaiah Johnson's Syracuse bio HERE.

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Dartmouth social media has put out another practice video from the fifth session of the preseason. As you watch, keep in mind the Big Green has continued its "no tackling" style of practice, even if the occasional player does hit the ground:

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After opening camp with five days on the field the Big Green players will have photos and meetings today but no official practice. They will be back on the field tomorrow morning.

Even without practice there will be content on BGA Premium tonight, so be sure to stop by.

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On a quiet day in the Internetverse, a visit to the Dartmouth football website turned up these facts:

Tallest players

6-7 TE Nick Sani

6-6 OL Cayman Duncan

6-6 OL James Morrison

6-6 DE Dario Arazi

84 are listed at 6 feet or taller


Shortest Players

5-6 RB Christian Benson

5-9 DB Sean Williams

5-9 RB Chris Roper

5-9 WR Jonahan Nelson

5-9  DB Jack Noonan

26 players are listed under 6 feet


Heaviest Players

355 OL Cam Davenport 

345 OL Godson Ajoku

300 OL Max Wentz

76 are listed at 200 or more pounds

34 are listed at less than 200 pounds


Lightest Players

160 PK Owen Zalc

165 WR Jonathan Nelson

165 WR Ian Scott

Editor's Note: Some of those numbers will change as player heights and weights are adjusted prior to the start of the season.

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EXTRA POINT

With our grass refusing to stop growing I dropped by the local country club yesterday to see if they use electric golf carts instead of gas. I figured if they did there might be someone there who works on the things and might like to make a few extra dollars helping me get our electric tractor back online. No dice.


I did manage to dig around online and find a PDF for the thing entitled Riding Tractor Electrical Components Troubleshooting and Testing.


Here's what it said on the PDF under a big, orange box shouting WARNING:

THIS MATERIAL INTENDED ONLY FOR TECHNICIANS TRAINED IN ELECTRICITY.

Technicians should wear personal protective equipment, such as rubber gloves and safety glasses; Dangerous voltages /currents are present. Exercise caution at all times

This manual assumes knowledge of basic electrical equipment such as DMM (Digital Multi Meter) to measure voltage, current, resistance, continuity, and diodes.

Make no mistake. That leaves me out.

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