BGA Overtime will have the weekly Fearful Forecast game predictions tonight. (LINK)
With the exception of Columbia week (when the Big Green plays on Friday), schedule for the rest of the season should look like this, with an occasional surprise tossed in:
Thursday: Fearful Forecast
Friday: Game Preview
Saturday: Central Connecticut game story
Sunday: What They Did & What They Said
Monday: Your Mileage May Vary
Tuesday: The Optimist and The Pessimist
And pretty much every day: The BGA page you are looking at as we speak. ;-)
Thanks for your support!
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All-America tackle Delby Lemieux has added another honor after being named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, referred to a the "Academic Heisman."
From the release announcing the 178 semifinalists (LINK):
Candidates for the awards must be a senior who will complete his final year of eligibility in the 2025 season or a graduate student or graduate transfer who has already earned a degree and is participating in the 2025 season; have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale; have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor; and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.
Per the release, 12-16 finalists will be announced on Oct 22, with each receiving an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. Find Delby Lemieux's Dartmouth bio HERE.
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Per the SportsBook Review, Dartmouth is a 10.5-point favorite Saturday at Central Connecticut. In other games featuring Dartmouth opponents:
• Harvard is a 20.5-point favorite at home over Brown
• Yale is favored at home by 19.5 points over Cornell
• Columbia is favored at home by 10.5 points over Georgetown
• Penn is a 14.5-point underdog at Lehigh
• Princeton is a 12-point underdog at Lafayette
• New Hampshire is a 17.5-point favorite at home against Albany
• Holy Cross is a 13.5-point favorite at Fordham
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The Analyst has a column asking the question, "Who third-best conference in the FCS?" The first two by a figurative mile – per the story – are the Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Big Sky Conference. From the story (LINK):
(F)our conferences probably best lay claim to the position. We lay out their arguments and let you decide which one should claim the spot.
Regarding the Ivy League:
Many of the players chose their school based on reasons other than football, so the allure of attending another university is not there. They grow and perform in their program for multiple years, making for smarter, cohesive teams.
Green Alert Take: The writers may be surprised at how many players actually do choose their school based on football although, to be fair, it's choosing among the Ivies.
This graphic accompanies the story:
Green Alert Take: It looks good on the screen, but you can be sure a lot of FCS fans who consider the Ivy League's non-league schedule soft will discount wins over Stetson, Stonehill and Georgetown.
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Dartmouth Alumni Magazine has a story about the 1925 Big Green, which100 years ago won the mythical national championship. This excerpt from David Shribman's story gives a sense of how much things have changed since Dartmouth and Ivy League schools left the big stage (LINK):
“All Dartmouth College—students, faculty, and the citizens of this hill town—turned out tonight just before midnight to welcome home their great undefeated football team from its sweeping victory at Chicago,” Burton Whitman wrote in the Boston Herald. It was a celebration “present undergraduates will talk about to their children’s children.”
Curious about the national championship debate that fall? For a little more background on what was a murky national championship picture, click HERE.
Or click HERE and see an analysis pointing out that Dartmouth's schedule featured wins over dubious opponents like Norwich and Hobart, while Alabama had wins over equally questionable Union (Tennessee), Sewanee and Montgomery (Florida).
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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA and I decided Tuesday night to check out the TV series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan on Prime Video. When the hour was over we were both a little confused and not all that impressed. Last night we gave it one more shot and discovered why Tuesday's episode was so baffling: It wasn't the first one.
Some silly goose (that would be me) thought he had clicked on the pilot, but instead dropped us into the middle of the story. No wonder we were confused. Time will tell if we stick with the series, but last night's hour was definitely a whole lot easier to follow than the previous night's.
