Perfect day for some Spring 🏈 #GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/ZVrTgC8Bcn
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) April 18, 2026
For an overview of spring practice at the midway point, check out last night's BGA Overtime posting HERE.
Editor's Note: While at practice I had a chance to chat on the sidelines with Don Dobes, Dartmouth's recently retired defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Keep an eye out for a BGA Overtime story where the Ivy League coaching veteran explains the role he had in helping identify his successor, why now was the right time for him to stop away, and how he'll be spending his time this fall.
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One of Don Dobes' former players is back in the game. Linebacker Macklin Ayers '24, is playing for the United Football League's DC Defenders. Ayers, who grad transferred to UMass, has appeared in three games for the 3-1 DC team, posting nine tackles and recovering a fumble. He recorded five solo tackles one week ago in a 45-7 win over the Houston Gamblers.
Ayers, listed at 6-foot-3 while at Dartmouth and UMass, is listed as 6-1 on the Defenders' roster. (LINK)
Also, former Princeton defensive back Blake Williams is the DC defensive coordinator.
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While we are at it, a little Googling turned up an interesting video with Ayers running a non-football player through one of his offseason workouts. It was a bit of an eye-opener for his workout partner and may be for you as well. So you aren't confused, Macklin is the bigger guy with the white sleeves. ;-)
The saying is that mountains make their own weather and many times we've seen that happen with the only clouds in the sky visible from our Vermont hillside home hovering over Mount Moosilauke. Yesterday clouds on the mountain made it almost look like a volcano.
