The Optimist and The Pessimist stopped by BGA Overtime yesterday. If you haven't met them, they are sort of the Statler and Waldorf of Dartmouth football. (Think Muppets.) Check out their musings HERE.
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The list of football recruits "committed to the admissions process" at Dartmouth has grown with the addition of August Dupree, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound defensive end/outside linebacker from Folsom High School in California. Dupree, whose twin brother is a 5-11 defensive back, chose Dartmouth over offers from Yale and Georgetown.
Here's what we think we know about recruits who have announced for Dartmouth. As always, additions and corrections to this list are not just accepted, but encouraged.
• WR Blake Betette, 5-1, 185, Richard Northeast HS/S.C.
• LB JJ Bolz, 6-2, 220, Bishop Verot HS/Florida
• DB Tayegan Briskey, 6-1, 180, West Boca Raton HS/Florida
• DB David Brown III, 6-1, 162, Cypress Woods HS/Texas
• QB Jack Cannon, 6-2, 210, Holmdel HS/New Jersey
• OL Tim Church, 6-5, 300, Buckingham Browne & Nichols/Massachusetts
• LB/WR George Duggins, 6-3, 200, Mona Shores HS/ Michigan
• DL August Dupree, 6-3, 215/Folson HS/California
• DE/TE Quinn Enguita, 6-4, 215, Bishop Verot HS/Fla.
• WR Kareem Fisher, 6-2, 180, St. Vincent Pallotti/MD
• RB/DB Jacob Henry, 5-11, 190, Maumelle HS/Arkansas
• LB Gavin King, 6-4, 230, Loyola Academy/Ill.
• WR George Loop, 5-11, 170, Isidore Newman/Louisiana
• LB Parker Maiers, 6-1, 220, Brebeuf Jesuit HS/Indianapolis
• DL/TE Will Maloof, 6-5, 210, St. Peter's Prep/New Jersey
• OL Brody McLeod, 6-4, 280, Ponte Vedra HS/Florida
• OL Mikey McMahon, 6-4, 290, Bergen Catholic HS/New Jersey
• OT Yuseph Mustafa, 6-4, 260, Dearborn HS/Michigan
• OL Jake Namnum, 6-2, 292, St. Josephs Prep/Pennsylvania
• OL Nick Schenkel, 6-4, 270, Liberty HS/Pennsylvania
• DL Roman Sosnovyy, 6-3, 245, Lyons Township HS/Illinois
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Headline that will bring smiles in Floren Varsity House: Patriots add rookie cornerback Tyron Herring to practice squad, release veteran.
Herring, who spent the summer with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent, played the last two years at Delaware as a grad transfer after collecting his Dartmouth diploma. Find a brief story about him joining the Patriots HERE.
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Can't say I've ever heard of The Barking Crow blog, but it makes a good point in a posting headlined, FCS Bracketology: How Will the Committee Handle the Ivy League? From the blog:
(I)n addition to the strength-of-schedule question, which is a question for every conference, the Ivy League introduces a second question: How can résumés be compared head-to-head when one league’s teams play fewer overall games? The Ivy League’s schools start football three weeks later than everybody else. They play two fewer regular season games. Not only does this make it harder to gauge the Ivy League’s strength, but it makes a two-loss record a different story.
Find the Barking Crow blog entry that includes the following graphic HERE.
Green Alert Take: First, the Ivy League is not getting three teams in the field, which the authors know. And second, maybe I'm reading the chart wrong, but I'm confused. Dartmouth plays Monmouth and the winner goes directly into a game against No. 1 seed Tarleton. But Yale which is seeded higher, would have to win two games against Central Connecticut and Lehigh, to have a game against Tarleton. What am I missing?
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ESPN+ is going away. Wait, wait, don't panic. Just the name is going away. As of Oct. 21 is will operate under the name ESPN Select.
And for the privilege of a subscription to Select instead of Plus, your monthly bill will rise $1, or your annual bill will go up $10. Find a story HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
The view at the peak when I did my daily hike late yesterday afternoon was completely obscured, but for the first time and a long time, there were puddles at the top. If didn't rain a lot, but given the drought we are in, it was a start. It's overcast this morning and fingers crossed that means at least a little more precipitation.
