From Athlon Sports' Rice Football: 2024 Owls Season Preview and Prediction (LINK):
One particularly intriguing transfer addition for the Owls is 6-foot-3 defensive lineman Charlie Looes from FCS Dartmouth. Looes was a finalist for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year last season after leading the league in sacks with 7.5.
Find Looes' Rice football bio HERE.
A reminder that Looes had used up his Ivy League eligibility and could not have returned for another season in Hanover per conference rules.
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Speaking of defensive linemen, HERO Sports is back with another in a series. Today, The Best Returning 2024 FCS Defensive End In Each Conference and in addition to the Dartmouth selection the Big Green will face the selection for the Patriot League (LINK):
IVY
Justin Townsend, Columbia, Sr.
2023 STAT LINE: 29 tackles, 12 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, 3 passes defended
Townsend, a New Jersey native, was considered an All-Ivy League selection last year. After not playing as a freshman, which is very common at the Ivy League schools – which don’t use redshirts either – Townsend has racked up 21.5 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks coming into this fall.PATRIOT
Matt Jaworski, Fordham, Sr.
2023 STAT LINE: 44 tackles, 13.5 TFLs, 9 sacks, 3 forced fumbles
Jaworski has been extremely active for three years already at Fordham. Even in his freshman season of 2021, he was a pain in the rear for opponents. His career numbers (107 tackles, 26 TFLs, 17.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles) are impressive, and he was named an All-Patriot First Team performer last year.#
EXTRA POINT
I freely acknowledge Tin Cup is not a great movie. That said, it's one of my favorites and has some great lines. Roy McAvoy's "unfinished symphony" monologue describing his golf swing is dead-solid perfect.
But it's not as perfect as another quote from the flick that comes to mind this morning:
“When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.”
