Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Briefly

Just a quick one today because the folks hooking us up with fiber internet will be here in a minute or two.

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From an SI story headlined, Top 10 FCS Prospects In The 2026 NFL Draft (Postseason Update); Who are the top FCS prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft class? (LINK):
The NCAA transfer portal has severely impacted the number of FCS prospects in this year’s class, with players like Jaden Craig, Jared Richardson, and Chris Corbo entering the portal and moving up to the FBS.
Corbo, of course, is the former Dartmouth tight end. Craig quarterbacked Harvard and Richardson was Penn's standout wide receiver.

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This was posted by Brown:

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Seeing Brown's video sent me surfing the net for a good look at Dartmouth's Graham Indoor Practice facility,  the first of its kind in the Ivy League – a year-round, hard-sided building instead of a bubble. Here's a video showing the Dartmouth facility and talking about the advantages it offers Big Green coaches and athletes:


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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza famously decommitted from Yale. Dartmouth is one of the schools that recruited an offensive lineman from Miami who entered the transfer portal after the national championship game. From On3 (LINK):
Miami Hurricanes offensive lineman Nino Francavilla plans to enter the Transfer Portal, per On3's Hayes Fawcett. He has primarily worked on the interior of the offensive line and the center position.

Nino Francavilla played his high school football at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, though he is a native of Toronto. A member of the Class of 2024, Francavilla was a three-star recruit. He was the 1,988th- ranked player and the 175th-ranked interior offensive lineman in that recruiting cycle. Coming out of high school, he would choose to go to Miami over several Ivy League offers, including from Penn, Dartmouth, and Columbia.

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EXTRA POINT
When at first you don't succeed . . .

The local news last night showed photographs of a second night of Northern Lights in the Vermont sky. I have no idea if that was rolling around in my head, but for some reason I awoke at 1:30 this morning, and when I did, I decided to grab my camera and give it another shot. I'm glad I did.

Again, I fiddled with the digital camera's manual settings until I had it set where it needed to be and I was surprised by the results.

Once again, with the naked eye you could see light in the northern sky and a hint of color. The camera told the full story. Here is a shot I snapped while spending more than an hour at the window:

Click to enlarge this full-resolution shot.

This low-res shot shot sometime later (earlier ;-) showed a little of the "curtaining."
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