• Nick Howard: 1,925 rushing yards, 1,158 passing yards in four seasons at Dartmouth.• Reagan Andrew: 2,556 passing yards and 29 touchdowns in his senior high school year.• Sage Shindler: 2,190 passing yards and 15 touchdowns in 10 games at Illinois Wesleyan.• Jarrin Alley: 2,738 passing yards and 38 touchdowns in his senior season at Bloomington South.• Gabe Passini: 1,650 passing yards and 23 touchdowns in his senior season at Middleton.
• Landon Hochstein: 2,143 passing yards, 646 rushing yards as a senior at Norwalk HS in Iowa.
More from the BVM story:
Despite the depth of talent at quarterback, concerns remain about Andrew and Hochstein, who have yet to see game action at Butler, potentially impacting the team's performance. Howard’s transfer success does raise expectations, but adapting to a new system can be challenging.
A little digging on the Butler website reveals that should Howard earn the nod, he'll be playing for new quarterback coach Eddie Schott, who is just six months to the day older than he is, and who was in uniform at Butler last fall.
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Former 1998 Dartmouth assistant Jennifer King continues to be the subject of stories since accepting a position with the Chicago Bears. From the latest story about her transition from basketball coach to football coach (LINK):
King had just led Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division II title. But football was first in her heart. She played quarterback and safety on a women’s tackle football team and wanted an opportunity in coaching.
"I always liked football more,” King said. “But it was hard to leave basketball. We had won a championship. I was national coach of the year. Like, things were going really well for me. And to just leave was difficult, but I just felt it was something that I couldn’t pass up.”
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A story about the University of Michigan transitioning from Team 144 to Team 145 (LINK) brought a smile as I thought back to the Ivy League media day. It was a reminder that Yale coach Tony Reno is an equal-opportunity borrower.
Not only did he Reno say, "every season has a life and history of its own and you know I'm just excited to continue to write this one with Team 151," but he also borrowed from Michigan's number one rival, saying his team would be playing "up in Cambridge against that team from the north." Ohio State, of course, refers to Michigan as "that team up north." (LINK)
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Two of Dartmouth's opponents this fall are cashing serious checks for games against FBS opponents, as are a couple of old friends.
Per HERO Sports, Oct. 19 foe Central Connecticut will get $350,000 for a game at Central Michigan and another $250,000 for playing at UMass. That's a cool $600,000 for those who failed arithmetic in grade school. ;-)
Week One opponent Fordham is earning $350K for playing at Bowling Green.
While I'm at it, New Hampshire will collect the same $350,000 for its game at Central Florida and Colgate will get the same for playing at Bowling Green.
Green Alert Take: Dartmouth's opponents aren't the only ones cashing FBS checks. Exactly what the bottom line was isn't public knowledge but don't for a second think Army got off scot free for finally breaking the contract for the much-delayed visit from the Big Green that was replaced on this year's schedule with the Merrimack game.
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Until Northwestern's new football stadium opens in 2026, the Wildcats will be playing Big Ten football in a temporary stadium with a capacity not much larger than that of Dartmouth's Memorial Field. Take a look:
Can’t get enough of the view from Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium đ#B1GFootball x @NUFBFamily pic.twitter.com/xwfyYBqBCf
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) August 12, 2024
Check out a story with an aerial rendering of the new practice/game field HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA and I have been tentatively planning to go to the Fairlee Drive-In tonight to see the movie Twisters. But there's a problem.
Twisters is the second movie of a double-feature that begins with Despicable Me 4. The animated feature – which I wouldn't see otherwise after avoiding 1, 2 and 3 – is set to start around 8:30. It runs 95 minutes, which means it won't finish until 10:05ish.
Assuming the theater gives everyone at least 15 minutes to head to the bathroom or buy some popcorn, Twisters won't start until 10:20. That film runs just over two hours, which means at the earliest it will be nearing 12:30 before it concludes.
The more I think about it, the more I'd rather go see the 7 p.m. showing indoors.
Of course, there's a piece of me that still hopes we can catch at least one show under the stars this summer at the iconic Fairlee Motel & Drive-In Theater, just 20 minutes or so north of the Dartmouth campus.
