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— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) April 18, 2024
A little more background from a story posted on BGA – The Sequel (LINK):
A final addition joining the Big Green staff this week is Erin Brennan, the latest woman to work in the Dartmouth program. A former soccer player at Alabama's Spring Hill College, she will serve as recruiting and operations coordinator for the Green. She has been an assistant to the athletic director at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and came to attention at the Manning Passing Academy.
"She comes from (graduating wide receiver) Jarmone Sutherland's school," said (head coach Sammy) McCorkle. "She'll take a little off Danny O'Dea's plate and allow him to do more of what he's really good at."
Speaking of The Sequel, here's the lede to a lengthy story spun out of Dartmouth's first six spring practices that went up on the free site last night :
Wide receiver Paxton Scott has led Dartmouth in catches each of his first three seasons. Nose guard Josiah Green had more tackles last year than either of his two linemates who will be playing at the FBS level in the fall as grad transfers.
The easy thing to talk about during the off week in the middle of Dartmouth's 12 spring practices would be to focus on stalwarts like Scott and Green. But Sammy McCorkle, in his first spring practice since being officially named head coach early last fall, was more than happy to work his way around the field sharing thoughts about players who might be a little more under the radar.
To find the full story, which also includes thoughts on spring recruiting and a lot more, click HERE. Again, it's available to all.
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The Sequel will have another spring story tonight featuring thoughts from Coach McCorkle about new associate head coach Wendy Laurent. Also his perspective on the big Pro Day by Quinten Arello, on the benefit of having fifth-year seniors, on when captains will be named, and a very special down-and-back trip he made to another campus. Check it out tonight HERE.
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The Athletic has an NFL Draft preview called The Beast available on PDF to subscribers that runs well over 300 pages. It lists former Dartmouth corner Isaiah Johnson, who spent the past two years as a grad transfer at Syracuse, 44th among available cornerbacks. How much detail does The Beast go into? Here's text accompanying Johnson's statistics and measurements:
Isaiah Johnson, the youngest of seven children, was born in Ohio, and his family lived in Switzerland from 2005-10. For high school, he attended Detroit Country Day, because of its art program (he is a skilled sketch artist).
Wow. Here's more:
He received several Ivy League offers and signed with Dartmouth, where he spent four years. After his breakout 2021, he graduated from Dartmouth and transferred to Syracuse, where he started for two seasons at outside cornerback. Johnson is a king-sized cover man with outstanding length and the balanced athleticism to overwhelm receivers in press. Despite the air space he covers, his ball skills are only okay, and he tends to lose positioning versus quick route runners (his on-field movements don't consistently match his three-cone-time). Overall, Johnson lacks ideal long speed, but he’s a smart, long player and strong tackler, making him a worthy developmental option at safety or as a press corner.
Graduating Dartmouth safety Quinten Arello doesn't have a bio in The Beast, but his measurements and drill numbers are included on a chart of available players at the position. He is ranked 55th among the 216 available safeties. For perspective, among the 10 players listed immediately below Arello in the rankings are products of Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Penn State, Auburn and Notre Dame.
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From Football Scoop under the headline FDA approves rapid concussion blood test (LINK):
Developed by a team led by Pittsburgh Steelers team neurosurgeon Dr. David Okonkwo, the test's manufacturer says it can rule out concussions with a 95.6 percent accuracy when assessed within 24 hours of injury. The test works by detecting two proteins, UCH-L1 and GFAP, released within the blood following a concussion.
Abbott, the test's manufacturer, believes it will be available for bedside use in hospitals by this summer. The next step will be for use on the battlefield and the sidelines.
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EXTRA POINT
Those of you who have been following along may recall that when I drove my car up to Newport, Vt., to see the total eclipse the EV's odometer passed the mileage threshold for the warranty to cover fixing the faulty lock on the hatch. As it turns out the magic number was 36,004 miles, and thanks to my drive on eclipse day and then bringing the car 33 miles south to the dealer it was at about 36,200 miles or so when the dealer plugged a doohickey in to get an official odometer reading.
Showing surprising heart, the word back from Detroit is that we will be responsible for just 10 percent of the repairs. It's still ridiculous that the total repair will be in the neighborhood of $300, but $30 or so sure beats the alternative.
