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Dartmouth's Oct. 5 game against Penn and the Nov. 23 finale against Brown will both be broadcast from Memorial Field on NESN. Find a brief story HERE.
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The American Press out of Lake Charles, La., has a story about grad transfer linebacker Marques White '23. Here's the lede to the story (LINK):
Most Ivy League students look for new challenges after graduation in the usual places. Some take a big-money job on Wall Street or head off for more schooling in the medical or legal directions. Marques White isn’t like most of those Ivy Leaguers. He prefers hitting runners more than hitting the books.
More from the story:
“He is a special type of player,” said McNeese head coach Gary Goff. “He has come back from a lot of adversity in his career.
“Marques makes big plays and can do a lot of things. And he can get after the quarterback. He is a big addition for us.”
Find White's McNeese bio HERE and his final Dartmouth bio HERE.
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Grad transfer Tyron Herring '23 is included in a story out of Delaware headlined, As Blue Hens begin preseason drills, these are 6 players to watch when 2024 season starts. From the story (LINK):
Herring was Delaware's only defensive player to make first-team preseason All-CAA after a solid 2023 season that followed his transfer from Dartmouth. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Herring brings good size, experience and coverage and playmaking ability to the Hens' secondary. His 42 tackles last year were most among cornerbacks and he also tied for the team lead with three interceptions, broke up five passes, forced a fumble and recovered one.
Defensive coordinator Manny Rojas said: "The great thing about Ty is, he's a long, athletic corner, Having him in that room gives that room a voice that he can bring those guys together. I feel as good about our corner room as I ever have . . . Ty taken the lead in there and has been great for us."
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A story out of Charlottesville asks, How much progress has Virginia made in the trenches? From the answer (LINK):
On the offensive line, Virginia brings back a few players who have some experience under their belt and who showed flashes of quality during the 2023 season. Brian Stevens, McKale Boley, Noah Josey, and Blake Steen are likely to be part of UVA's starting five with that last spot going to Ty Furnish or Dartmouth transfer Ethan Sipe.
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And speaking of offensive linemen, John Paul Flores '22 was named to the All-CUSA Athlon Sports Preseason fourth team ahead of Liberty's season. (LINK)
Flores, who first lettered at Dartmouth in 2018, grad transferred to Virginia, then moved on for a year to Louisville and is in his first season at Liberty after a mid-year transfer. Find his Liberty bio HERE.
Flores' younger brother Michael '23, who spent last year on the Old Dominion roster without seeing action, will be in his second season as a grad transfer at ODU this fall.
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FootballScoop has a story that may be of interest to Ivy League fans. Headlined, Fresh Faces, FCS Places: Andrew Aurich brings Ivy background, Greg Schiano approach to Harvard, it suggests the new Crimson coach is taking a different approach to recruiting by personally making all offers to prospects rather than sharing the responsibility with assistants. (LINK)
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Dartmouth will face three players this season on the initial 2024 Walter Payton Award preseason watch list for the outstanding offensive player in the FCS. Named from the Ivy League were (LINK):
• Brown quarterback Jake Willcox, a 2023 Payton finalist
• Penn wide receiver Jared Richardson
And from the Big Green's nonconference schedule:
• Fordham quarterback CJ Montes, a 2023 finalist
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Perhaps the video highlight of the summer Olympics to date is the length-of-the-field try that tied the United States' rugby sevens game with Australia and set up the bronze-medal clinching conversion. Making the final pass that set up the sprint to the first rugby medal for the United States since the sport was added to the Olympics in 2016 was Dartmouth product Ariana Ramsey. She's wearing No 1 in this clip of the winning play:
THE MOST CLUTCH TRY IN @USARugby HISTORY 😱
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2024
Spiff Sedrick wins it for Team USA in the final seconds!#ParisOlympicspic.twitter.com/lml8fLVmsn
Find Ramsey's Dartmouth bio HERE and her Wikipedia page that already has been updated to include the key play HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
Perhaps you saw network news reports about the flooding in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. (Find a video report and story HERE.) Per the National Weather Service the storm stalled over St. Johnsbury and dropped 7.89 inches of rain on the town in a tremendously localized event.
How localized was it? As the crow flies it's just 25 miles from our Vermont hillside home to St. J and we barely had any rain at all. In fact, I didn't even know there had been a storm at all until getting an email asking if we were OK, and then seeing reports on the news.
