Dartmouth opened spring practice yesterday morning and BGA Overtime was there. Find a story with thoughts from coach Sammy McCorkle about the first day and on a range of different subjects HERE.
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Dartmouth athletic communications has a story out of the first day of spring ball HERE.
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Dartmouth had 11 graduating players named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. To be recognized, players need to carry a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA, have been a starter or significant contributor, and be in their final year of undergraduate eligibility. Earning the distinction from Dartmouth:
Thaddeus Gianaris
Tyson Grimm
Daniel Haughton
Jabari Johnson
Delby Lemieux
Grayson O'Bara
Joe Onuwabhagbe
Nico Schwikal
Konstantin Spoerk
Maxwell Wentz
Sean Williams
Find the full list of players from across the nation who were honored HERE.
From the NFF release (LINK):
Twenty-three(23) colleges and universities have had at least one player in all 20 years of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2007-26): BYU, Brown, Bucknell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Dayton, Iowa, Johns Hopkins (MD), Kentucky, Lafayette, Minnesota, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Penn State, Redlands (CA), Saint John's (MN), SMU, South Dakota State, Wayne State (MI), West Virginia, Wingate (NC), Yale and Youngstown State.
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All Access Football takes a look at centers available in the NFL Draft and includes this in its introduction (LINK):
A few collegiate offensive tackles have decided to make the position switch to center, as they transition to the pros, including Brian Parker II of Duke and Delby Lemieux of Dartmouth, two highly intelligent players who have made the move look easy based on early impressions.
The outlet has Lemieux as the No. 9 center, ahead of players from schools like Miami, Penn State and Michigan.
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The NCAA is quietly attempting to regain control of athletic eligibility requirements in this Wild West era of college sports. From a story posted by Yahoo (LINK):
According to the concept, NCAA athletes would have five full years of eligibility from the time of their 19th birthday or their high school graduation, whichever is earliest. No waiver requests, redshirts or exceptions will be permitted, except for a small group of outliers (those on maternity leave, military service or religious missions).
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EXTRA POINTI saw a story today that a growing number of young people are considering construction careers because they are concerned that many so-called "white collar" jobs are going to be replaced by AI.
