Wednesday, March 27, 2024

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Dartmouth's nonconference opponents will play five FBS teams this fall. Central Michigan, Massachusetts, Bowling Green, Air Force and Connecticut are all on the docket. Here are the Big Green's 2024 opponents including their 2023 records in parentheses:

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (3-8)
Aug. 29 at Central Michigan
Sept. 7 Fordham
Sept. 14 at St. Francis
Sept. 21 at UMass
Sept. 28 Bye
Oct. 5 at Yale 
Oct. 12 Sacred Heart 
Oct. 19 at Dartmouth 
Oct. 26 at LIU
Nov. 2 Wagner
Nov. 9 at Stonehill
Nov. 16 Robert Morris
Nov. 23 Duquesne

FORDHAM (6-5)
Aug. 29 at Bowling Green
Sept. 7 at Central Connecticut 
Sept. 14 Stony Brook
Sept. 21 at Dartmouth 
Sept. 28 at Monmouth
Oct. 5 Lafayette 
Oct. 12 at Holy Cross 
Oct. 19 Bye
Oct. 26 at Lehigh 
Nov. 2 Colgate 
Nov. 9 at Bucknell 
Nov. 16 Georgetown 
Nov. 23 Merrimack

MERRIMACK (5-6)
Aug. 31 at Air Force
Sept. 7 at UConn
Sept. 14 at Bucknell 
Sept. 21 Maine
Sept. 28 Dartmouth 
Oct. 5 Bye
Oct. 12 at Morgan State
Oct. 19 Stonehill
Oct. 26 Colgate 
Nov. 2 at Robert Morris
Nov. 9 Bye
Nov. 16 Sacred Heart 
Nov. 23 at Fordham 

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The latest look at mat drills from Dartmouth's social media:

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A columnist at the Orlando Sentinel takes a shot at Dartmouth basketball players in a piece headlined If college athletes become employees, then a bunch of them are going to get laid off. From the column (LINK): 

The Dartmouth basketball team, for instance, has had 24 straight losing seasons, finished last in the Ivy League again this year and is a consistent money-loser for the school’s athletic program. In the real world, do you know what happens to the employees in the branch of a company that continually loses money and underperforms? Those employees get laid off and are out of work.

Green Alert Take: Even for someone who well remembers the '98-'99 team featuring high-flying Shaun Gee, sharpshooting Greg Buth, rebounding machine Ian McGinnis and flashy point guard Flinder Boyd it's hard to believe that the Big Green hasn't finished above .500 this century. The team captained by Gee went 10-4 in the Ivy League and 14-12 overall.

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My eyes are starting to glaze over with all the union stories so you'll excuse me if I just skimmed an opinion piece from former Dartmouth football assistant Joe Moglia, who went on to become a titan in finance before returning to football and serving as head coach at Coastal Carolina. His piece is headlined, The Time Has Come For Power Five Football To Break From NCAA. (LINK)

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Drones have done wonders for YouTubers and the like but the view from the ground might be the right call after Hanover received 22 inches of snow. Still, this look from above posted after the storm offers a nice winter view of the Dartmouth campus and its environs:


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EXTRA POINT
Regular visitors to this electronic precinct likely recall me whining about the hassles involved in shoehorning our 1984 VW camper horizontally across the back of our garage each winter. The four-speed transmission and lack of power steering make jockeying the bus back and forth and back and forth inches at a time a significant challenge.

With upwards of 20 inches of snow in the forecast last weekend we didn't want to have the VW plowed in so we decided to put it in the garage – but not across the back this time.

Instead I pulled Mrs. BGA's car out of its stall, backed my much-smaller EV with power steering and automatic transmission into the garage and within a minute had it horizontally across the garage. Then I pulled the VW straight in and voila, we were ready for the snow.

The vehicle juggling would be more of a hassle than it is worth if we tried it in the winter, but it was perfect for an early spring storm.
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