Saturday, January 11, 2025

Saturday Stuff

First, an addition to yesterday's listing of coaches with three or more Ivy League titles. Through a transcription error Jerry Berndt was originally left off the list.  After inheriting a 1-9 team he went 1-9 in his first season (1981) and then earned Ivy League championships in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.

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A piece headlined FCS Football: Highest-Graded Offensive Players In 2024 that uses the PFF metric has Dartmouth guard Kyle Brown as the second-ranked interior offensive lineman in the country, behind only Montana State's Marcus Wehr. (LINK) The 6-foot-4, 280-pound Brown will play at UMass as a grad transfer next fall.

Big Green junior Delby Lemieux was the sixth-ranked offensive tackle per the story.

Other Ivy Leaguers gaining mention included three interior offensive linemen. Harvard's Austin Gentle was ranked sixth while Penn's William Bergin and Columbia's John Iannuzzi were tied at eighth.

Penn running back Malachi Hosley was tied for eighth among running backs and Harvard offensive tackle Derek Osman was 10th.

Green Alert Take: Interesting that All-American tight end Chris Corbo was not among the 10 listed at the position.

Green Alert Take 2: PFF numbers are debated at the FBS level so their value at the FCS level is open to interpretation. Maybe the best approach is to hype them if they work in your favor and pooh, pooh them if they don't.

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Former Bushnell Cup winner Flo Orimolade '17 is headed back to the Calgary Stampeders after a couple of seasons with the Toronto Argonauts. Find a story about the defensive lineman/sack artist HERE. From the story:
It’s a return to Calgary for Orimolade, who played 31 regular-season games over three seasons with the Red and White (2018, 2021-22) before signing with Toronto as a free agent. The Dartmouth College product was a member of the Stampeders’ Grey Cup-winning team in 2018 and contributed two special-teams tackles and a fumble recovery in the championship game.

Orimolade added a second Grey Cup ring with the Argos in 2024.

“Flo is a premier pass-rusher and a player we believe will make us better,” said Stampeders general manager and head coach Dave Dickenson.

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Callie Brownson, whose career in football took off after Buddy Teevens brought her to Dartmouth, is leaving the Cleveland Browns to become Senior Director of High Performance and National Team Operations, USA Football. From a story on the BrownZone site (LINK):

“Callie has been a valuable member of our coaching staff for the last five seasons, and it’s been rewarding to see her growth,” (Browns coach Kevin ) Stefanski said in the news release. “We appreciate her many contributions to our team and look forward to seeing her continue to serve and grow our sport at USA Football.”

Brownson’s a trailblazer, having been the first woman to coach full time in Division I football at Dartmouth and the first to coach an NFL position group in a regular-season game when she led Cleveland’s tight ends against the Jaguars in 2020.

From a USA Football release:

Brownson, 35, will be a “critical part of the staff responsible for selecting, training and leading the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams that represent the United States on the world’s stage, including when flag football makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028,” the release says. She will also “oversee the operational execution of USA Football’s U.S. National Team program and the implementation of the program’s long-term strategic plan.” 

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EXTRA POINT

It's getting close to 10 a.m. as I write this and has been snowing lightly since I woke at 6. That said, we've probably had only an inch or so of accumulation. That's fine by me. These days my snow preferences are for either just enough to cover the ground or a good two feet of the stuff.

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