From a BGA – The Sequel posting a couple of days ago in which head coach Sammy McCorkle spoke about the Big Green having a week off in the middle of spring practice (LINK):
"It's a big week for their recovery physically," (McCorkle) said. "Obviously (strength and conditioning coach Spencer (Brown), (head trainer Ben (Schuler) and I collaborate on to make sure this is an opportunity for our guys to kind of recover. But we're not going to slow down at all when it comes to continuing to improve our physical part, getting stronger and continuing to stay in shape.
"Spencer's got them lifting three times, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and they'll be outside a couple of time doing some speed work and some change of direction stuff. We want to be maintaining our physical condition to make sure that we're prepared when we hit it next week."
Dartmouth football's social media picked up on that theme:
Hear from @DartmouthFTBL athletic trainers Ben Schuler and Tory Engel, during this development and recovery week of spring practice.#TheWoods🌲 | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/a34xzp64xE
— Dartmouth Athletics (@dartmouthsports) April 19, 2024
If you haven't seen "cupping therapy" in action you will see it 20 seconds into the one-minute video. Pretty strange stuff.
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Oh yeah. The second installment of the look at spring football midway through the allotted 12 practices was posted last night HERE.
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From an NCAA release about new college football rules (LINK):
For all three divisions (I, II and III), teams have the option of using tablets to view in-game video only. The video can include the broadcast feed and camera angles from the coach's sideline and coach's end zone.
And while the story isn't clear about if another change is across all divisions there's this . . .
The panel approved adding an automatic timeout when two minutes remain in the second and fourth quarters.
(Feel free to call that a two-minute warning, kids.)
Also from the release was this about putting the "uni" back in uniforms:
The panel did not support a uniform rule proposal made by the Football Rules Committee. Panel members were not comfortable with on-field officials having to enforce the recommended rule.
The panel understands the rules committee's concern but encourages the committee to look for an administrative solution that does not include game official enforcement.
Green Alert Take: I don't know for sure but I wonder if that has something to do with players turning their football pants into shorts?
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Do you shake your head when you read about a college athlete at his or her third or even fourth school? Just wait. From Bleacher Report story report about NCAA rules changes (LINK):
(A)thletes who meet academic requirements will be allowed unlimited transfers and will be granted immediate eligibility under the new rule system.
And then there's this from a story headlined Virginia law allows schools to pay athletes for NIL (LINK):
The law explicitly states that athletes should not be considered employees of their school. Schools in Virginia are still not allowed to pay athletes for their performance in a sport, but starting this summer, they will be able to use university or athletic department funds to pay athletes for appearing in marketing campaigns.
If you are a purist, stick with the Ivy League, right? Then again . . .
From a column several days ago in the local Valley News (LINK):
The battle between Dartmouth and its basketball team has already turned ugly. The college is getting a behind-the-scenes assist from alumni who are not thrilled about their alma mater becoming home to the first collegiate athletic team in the country to unionize.
And . . .
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week, (Dartmouth President Sian) Beilock vowed Dartmouth will “go all the way to the Supreme Court if that’s what it takes to prevent this misguided development from taking hold.”
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EXTRA POINT
Like a lot of you, I'm sure, we don't eat at our dining room table all that often. At the risk of incurring Mrs. BGA's rath, I have to admit that it can devolve into something of an item collector on occasion.
This is one of those occasions. With our cross-country train trip just a couple of days away, the table is becoming a gathering place for little things we want to make sure we don't forget. Kindles. Charging cords. Wall nuggets. Two pairs of binoculars. A small first-aid kit. Ear plugs. Ear phones. Triple-A batteries. Lemonade and ice tea mix. Peanut butter cheese crackers. Energy bars. Peanut M&Ms. On their way to the table soon are power banks, memory cards, a remote trigger for shooting photos, a mini tripod for a camera, a wifi hotspot and more.
We'll surely forget a few things but hey, that's what money's for, right?
