There is a jump from Football Championship Subdivision (Dartmouth) to the Football Bowl Subdivision, but Ayers said his time at Dartmouth prepared him for the jump.“I played some great competition and had great teammates at Dartmouth, so I feel it really did prepare me,” Ayers said. “I was ready for it.”He has noticed differences, though, since joining the highest level of college football.“I expected it, but the speed is a little faster,” Ayers said. “Guys are flying out there. If you don’t run full speed, you’re going to look slow. You’ve got to run with those guys.”
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From a player his his first year out of Dartmouth to one a year away from suiting up for the Big Green: An SI High School story headlined Top 10 returning South Carolina high school quarterbacks heading into 2024 football season features a Dartmouth commit who listed this way (LINK):
Jaden Cummings, Senior, Summerville
Cummings threw for 2,928 yards and 32 touchdowns with 8 interceptions while completing 68.2 percent of his passes. The Dartmouth commit added four rushing touchdowns.
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The Dartmouth sports publicity football page expands on yesterday's BGA note about linebacker Micah Green being a nominee to the AFCA Good Works Team HERE.
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The United Football League held its college draft this week and each team could select 10 players. While most players taken were from the FBS ranks, the Memphis Showboats grabbed two FCS wide receivers with one a familiar name
Yale pass catcher Mason Tipton was the lone Ivy League chosen. Interestingly, Memphis also drafted Holy Cross standout Jalen Coker. The other eight Memphis players drafted were all from the FBS. (LINK)
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The Roger Federer-signed football helmet Dartmouth athletics auctioned off now has been followed by a Federer-signed Big Green tennis racket HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
I held off as long as I could in hopes that the AWOL lawn tractor would make an appearance but to paraphrase John Muir, "The grass is calling and I must mow." I put in a few hours yesterday and will get out there again today. I can't do anything about the field but I can at least make the lawn look presentable.
For those keeping score, the replacement blades – the last part of the Great Electric Tractor Rehabilitation of 2024 – were supposed to be delivered to the shop between July 3 and July 9 but they haven't yet arrived and I fear have been lost in transit. That being the case, I ordered a second set Tuesday that was originally supposed to be delivered to the store as early as today. They are now slated to be there "by Wednesday."
Per the repair shop, the tractor will be ready within an hour of the blades arriving – with the last hiccup being to get the thing trailered to our house.
And if the tractor doesn't get here soon? The way our field is growing, I may have to buy a couple of goats.
