Friday, October 20, 2023

Just Call Him Coach


Sammy McCorkle gets a standing ovation from the Dartmouth team after the Big Green players learned he will be the team's full-time coach going forward and the "interim" had been removed from his title.


Find the full Dartmouth sports information release about McCorkle HERE. The local Valley News has a piece drawn from the Dartmouth release HERE.

As always, BGA was at practice yesterday and has a story with reaction from McCorkle HERE.

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Dartmouth social media captured the moment, including AD Mike Harrity breaking the news to the team and McCorkle's remarks in the short video on the left of this Xweet:

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Dartmouth's Josh Greene has been named to the Phil Steele 2023 FCS Mid Season All-American 3rd Team:

Greene is one of 10 Ivy Leaguers who were named to the team:

OFFENSE
First Team
OL Jalen Travis, Princeton
OL Kiran Amegadjie, Yale

Second Team
WR Wes Rockett, Brown

Fourth Team
TE Tyler Neville, Harvard 

DEFENSE
Third Team
DL Thor Griffith, Harvard
DL Clay Patterson, Yale 

Fourth Team
DL Joey Slackman, Penn
DB Shiloh Means, Penn

SPECIALISTS
Third Team
LS Josh Greene, Dartmouth

Fourth Team
AP Charles DePrima, Harvard 

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Find Columbia's notes for Saturday's game at Dartmouth HERE. There's a preview of the Dartmouth-Columbia game with Lions' head coach Mark Fabish HERE.

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The Analyst has a piece headlined By the Numbers: Elbow Room Hard to Find Inside FCS Stadiums Bursting at the Seams that lists three New England teams among the top five in the country in terms of attendance over capacity. Here are the numbers (LINK):

1. Merrimack
Percent Capacity: 176.03
Average Attendance: 6,161

2. Sacred Heart
Percent Capacity: 161.33
Average Attendance: 6,453

5. Rhode Island
Percent Capacity: 106.35
Average Attendance: 5,497

The story also lists "10 FCS programs have averaged more than 10,000 fans this year and achieved the highest percentage of capacity, according to NCAA.org:"

10. New Hampshire
Percent Capacity: 91.45
Average Attendance: 10,073

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EXTRA POINT
Do you have a favorite time of day? I've always loved sunrise but there's also one exact time of day that always brings a smile. I thought of that a couple of days ago when I was heading up our dirt road to pick up the mail and a school bus passed me by a little before 3.

The time of day for which I still have a soft spot? It's 3:18 p.m., which for some odd reason was our dismissal time both in junior high school and high school.

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