Check It Out

This was posted by ESPN College football three months ago and somehow I think I missed it.

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A video interview from several weeks back features James Rush, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound incoming Dartmouth defensive back from Saline (Mich.) High School:

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The 2026 Harvard schedule has been posted several times on BGA but the school just officially announced the slate HERE.

Two points:

• Thank you, Harvard. I appreciate being able to scroll quickly through the prose and find the actual schedule posted at the end. It's annoying when releases like this don't include the schedule and you have to visit the team site to see the schedule at a glance. It's particularly annoying with lengthy basketball, hockey and baseball schedules.

• And second, although you can find Dartmouth's schedule over there to the right, we're still waiting for the school to make everything official. While we're at it, Harvard had a writeup on its early decision recruiting class two months ago . . . . (LINK)

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BGA pulled out a few FCS vs. FBS football game payouts of local interest from a HERO Sports posting earlier. (LINK) An update by HERO added a few more games featuring past, current and potentially future Dartmouth opponents and how much they are taking home from the FBS games (LINK):

Wagner-Cal $525,000 

Wagner-JMU $260,000

Stonehill-Ohio $400,000

URI-Temple, $325,000

Stony Brook-Ball State $325,000

Holy Cross-Miami (Ohio) $320,000

Monmouth-Western Michigan $310,000

Colgate-Central Michigan $300,000

Fordham-Coastal Carolina $300,000

Green Alert Take: I had several emailers ask why Ivy League schools don't pursue those games and I suggested injury concerns could play a role, as could concerns about competitiveness. The late start to the Ivy season doesn't help. How games against the non-scholarship Ivy League would affect bowl eligibility for some FBS teams could also play into scheduling. All that said, Dartmouth coach Sammy McCorkle has said on numerous occasions he'd welcome the chance to see the Big Green take on an FBS opponent.

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EXTRA POINT
Three words is all it takes to explain the current state of affairs here at our Vermont hillside home:

Mud. Is. Back.