University of Delaware football defensive back Tyron Herring became known throughout the CAA as a shutdown corner as he earned all-conference honors in his first year with the Blue Hens in 2023. The graduate transfer from Dartmouth College certainly has made himself known for his impressive abilities on the field, but UD fans will likely be hearing his name a long time after he stops wearing the Blue & Gold. Whenever his days in football pads are over, Herring will trade his cleats and helmet to serve his community.
“Delaware was interested in me very early on, so it was definitely a football move, but also the MPA program that I am a part of now was another big decision that went into it. My mom was always telling me ‘use your athletic gift to pursue your education,’ and they had opportunities, so I wanted to make sure I got into a good master’s program and when looking at the schools that were recruiting me. The Biden School helps me get a lot of opportunities to learn public service.”
Herring met John Carney '78, the former Dartmouth player and current Delaware governor, by happenstance at Memorial Field and has stayed in touch. From the story:
His relationship with Carney and his spot in the Biden School helped Herring secure an important internship this semester. Three times per week, he commutes to Dover, where he serves as a Legislative Fellow at the state capital. There, he can observe and participate in government functions that apply what he has learned at Dartmouth and Delaware.
“The MPA program and legislative fellows play a big part in demystifying the political law-making process. Dartmouth provided that foundation and that interest through the amount of papers and classes and professors. I took an American inequality class and it was one of my favorite classes, and I can now support that with the practicality that the MPA provides with experience.”
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Roster projections can be notoriously inaccurate but better to be expected to make a team than to be cut.
Former Dartmouth offensive tackle Matt Kaskey '19, is projected to earn a spot on the UFL's Birmingham Stallions for the second season. (LINK)
Defensive end Niko Lalos '20 played spring football a year ago but after spending last fall on the New Orleans Saints' practice squad he re-signed with the team and is under contract for 2024. He's listed on a team depth chart HERE.
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From FootballScoop:
Dartmouth (FCS): Dartmouth Football has an immediate opening for an offensive quality control assistant. This is a full-time opportunity with the league leading Ivy League Champs. Interested candidates should e-mail their resumes . . .
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The Boston Globe has a story about Dartmouth basketball players touching base with Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark in advance of their vote on unionization. There's new (to me, at least) information in this quote by Clark from the story (LINK):
“We believe that a lot of the challenges that currently exist in the college landscape can be remedied by guys having a formal seat at the table. So that call that we got from the Dartmouth men’s and women’s team at the time, I tip my hat to those guys and gals. The guys moving forward in the fashion that you’ve seen them and being able to come alongside them in whatever fashion that we can has been great. We’re hopeful that there are additional conversations that are had beyond the Dartmouth men’s basketball team.”
Did you catch it? Clark says they call came from the "Dartmouth men’s and women’s team(s)."
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Opinion writes gonna opine, and a freelance writer took advantage of the Dartmouth basketball situation to offer up the nuclear option in a piece published in Vermont's Barre Montpelier Times Argus (LINK):
So, what am I suggesting Dartmouth do? I’m suggesting it do the same thing it did as it studied the impact on low-income students of having eliminated standardized tests.
I’m suggesting Dartmouth ask itself questions like the ones I’m posing, questions about education, about admissions, about costs and benefits — about the business of college.
And I’m hoping if Dartmouth does this, it’ll find that, as sexy as successful college athletic programs may be, they really don’t belong in an academic setting.
And . . .
Intramural programs certainly make sense. Spending some money on such programs also makes sense.
But the distraction from the central job of colleges and universities — to educate young Americans — seems to have been lost in some shuffle.
It’s time that Dartmouth — as fine a college as it is — become a trendsetter, and help America’s colleges and universities take a close look at the business they’re supposed to be in.
Green Alert Take: This is just a guess, but I'm not sure the writer, who lives in Chester, Vt., would be a Dartmouth season-ticket holder. ;-)
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Thank you for your kind words regarding yesterday's posting about the decision to shut down BGA Premium. You are the reason it lasted as long as it did.
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EXTRA POINT
It's always special when we "spring ahead" and it stays light later into the evening. While it was noticeable Sunday and Monday nights, heavy cloud cover made the change feel less dramatic than usual. As I look out the window here at the BGA World Headquarters this morning, there isn't a cloud in the sky. If it stays that way and we can actually see the sun set over Wright's Mountain at 6:52(ish), it will finally feel as if spring is truly on the way.
