Dartmouth has officially announced the hiring of Braxton Chapman (left) as running backs coach and Dan Hebert as wide receiver coach. Chapman replaced Danny O'Dea, who moved into the director of recruiting role, while Hebert stepped in for David Shula. Find the story HERE.
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Former Dartmouth corner Isaiah Johnson had a mixed bag of results at the NFL Combine, finishing in the top eight out of 28 corners in the vertical and broad jumps but posting the slowest time in the 40. Find a story about Johnson, who played the last two years at Syracuse, HERE.
The NFL.com prospects page looks at his performance and potential HERE.
Isaiah Johnson ‘22 had himself a day at the NFL Combine with a couple Top 10 stats (DBS).#TheWoods #NFLCombine pic.twitter.com/mYioF13o2J
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) March 1, 2024
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They may take a while to filter down to the FCS level, but the NCAA Football Rules Committee has proposed changes that would include "coach-to-player communications through the helmet to one player on the field," during FBS games as soon as this fall. From an NCAA story (LINK):
The committee invites non-FBS conferences that are interested in using wearable technologies to submit an experimental proposal to the committee. Any proposals must be made to the committee by June 15.
Also in the release:
For all three divisions (I, II and III), teams would have the option of using tablets to view in-game video only. The video could include the broadcast feed and camera angles from the coach's sideline and coach's end zone.
Two more bits directly from the release:
The committee proposed adding an automatic timeout when two minutes remain in the second and fourth quarters.
And this one, which would be music to the ears of Steve Ward, the late, great Dartmouth equipment manager who always complained that players were not wearing knee pads as required by the rules as their pants crawled up to bathing suit length:
In recent years, the committee has expressed concerns about the look of players' uniforms, specifically pants. The committee is proposing a stronger enforcement structure for clear violations of the rule. On the first violation, a flag would be thrown to indicate a warning for illegal equipment, and the offending player would have to leave the game for at least one play and could return when the issue is corrected.
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EXTRA POINT
Wish me luck. After a recommendation from a neighbor I'm going to stop by a "power equipment" business in a nearby town this morning to see if I can convince them to take a look at my electric lawn tractor. I have a repair manual and a couple of pages from one of the manufacturer's customer service reps that suggest what the issue might be and how to potentially fix it. But as the Bard wrote in Julius Caesar, "For mine own part, it was Greek to me."
