From The Record Book

On a slow day, a dip into the record book for the most Pro Bowl selections among Ivy League players. Harvard's Kyel Juszczyk tied the legendary Chuck Bednarik this year for most Pro Bowl seasons with eight. (Primary positions are listed first.)

#			Pos	Selections
8	Chuck Bednarik	Penn	LB/C	1951, ’52, ’53, ’54, ’55, ’57, ’58, ‘61
8	Kyle Juszczyk	Harvard	FB	2016, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21, ’22, ‘23
6	Steve Jordan	Brown	TE	1987, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ‘92
6	Matt Birk	Harvard	C	2001, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’06, ‘07
4	Calvin Hill	Yale	RB	1970, ’73, ’74, ‘75
3	Sid Luckman	Columbia	QB/DB	1940, ’41, ‘42
3	Jon Siegal	Columbia	E	1940, '41, ‘42
3	Don Colo	Brown	DT	1955, ’56, ‘59
3	Nick Lowery	Dartmouth	K	1982, ’91, ‘93
2	Gary Fencik	Yale	S	1981 ‘82
2	Zak DeOssie	Brown	LS	2008, ‘10
1	Dick Jauron	Yale	S	1975
1	Pat McInally	Harvard	P/WR	1983
1	Marcellus Wiley	Columbia	DE	2002
1	Sean Morey	Brown	ST	2008
1	James Develin	Brown	FB	2018

Green Alert Take: Are you as surprised as I was to learn that Dartmouth alum Reggie Williams never made the Pro Bowl in his 13 years playing linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals? That despite three season with more than 100 tackles (120 in 1977, 109 in 1976 and 109 in 1981).

Ditto for Yale product Foye Oluokun, who led the NFL in total tackles in 2021 (192) and 2022 (184) and in solo tackles in 2022 (128) and 2023 (111) playing for the Falcons and Jaguars. Oluokun was a Pro Bowl alternate this year.

#

EXTRA POINT
When we bought our last TV five years ago we chose a "Smart" set. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't quite sure at the time what that meant and didn't see any sets called "Dumb," but figured it was the way to go.

It turns out that the set has allowed us to access not just paid ESPN+ and Prime networks, but free streaming services (read: TV stations) like Tubi and Pluto. And while there isn't much new content on those free stations they have been a gold mine of TV memories.

In the past few weeks Mrs. BGA and I have watched the first episodes of Leave It to Beaver, The Odd Couple, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction and Partridge Family to name just a few. Classic TV? Hardly. But it's been a lot of fun.

Now that I think about it, I'm going to see if I can pull up the first episode of The Monkees and The Beverly Hillbillies and My Favorite Martian. Stay, uh, tuned. ;-)