This And That

A reminder that Dartmouth will be back on the field late this afternoon to kick off the final two weeks of spring football. BGA Overtime will be there and have a story from practice on the site tonight.

The Green-White spring  game will be one week from Saturday – as Dartmouth's social media reminds us:

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Minnesota Vikings on SI has a piece headlined 7 UDFAs With the Best Chance to Make the Vikings' 53-Man Roster that includes soon-to-be Dartmouth graduate Delby Lemieux. From the story (LINK):

Lemieux is an interesting addition because the only center the Vikings drafted was seventh-rounder Gavin Gerhardt, who ranked lower than him on the consensus board. Lemieux was a left tackle at Dartmouth who was a first team FCS All-American last season but doesn't have the arm length to stick at tackle in the NFL. He transitioned to center this offseason and held up against power competition at the Senior Bowl.

It's not out of the question that Lemieux could beat out Gerhardt and Michael Jurgens to be the Vikings' backup center, although a practice squad spot is more likely.

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The Vikings Territory has a post under the headline Vikings Finalize 2026 UDFA Class. Get to Know ‘Em that includes this (LINK):

Dartmouth product Lemieux played tackle in college, but got some reps at center at the Senior Bowl. He’s another good athlete with the requisite movement skills, but needs to add weight to have a chance at the next level.

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There had been a lot of hand wringing among Yale fans because the football schedule until this week listed just nine games. Bulldog fans can relax with the announcement yesterday that Merrimack has been added to the schedule. (LINK)

Here's the interesting thing. Merrimack had to drop a game against the University of New Haven on Sept. 26 to pick up an Oct. 3 game in New Haven, but this time against Yale.

Merrimack, who Dartmouth will play host to on Oct. 17, now has a bizarre schedule with five consecutive road games, just four home games and seven road contests:

2026 Merrimack Schedule
Friday, Aug. 28 vs. Rhode Island
Thursday, Sept. 3 at Delaware
Saturday, Sept. 12 at Maine
Saturday, Sept. 19 at Tarleton State
Saturday, Sept. 26, Bye
Saturday, Oct. 3 at Yale
Saturday, Oct. 10 Bye
Saturday, Oct. 17 at Dartmouth
Saturday, Oct. 24 vs. New Hampshire
Saturday, Oct. 31 vs. Wagner
Saturday, Nov. 7 at Wake Forest
Saturday, Nov. 14 at Monmouth
Saturday, Nov. 21 vs. Sacred Heart

Green Alert Take: Maybe they should change their name to Road Warriors. 

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Green Alert Take I: If you don't follow hockey all that closely and skimmed over the text to focus on the graphic, you might miss the fact that we're talking about the national coach of the year.

Green Alert Take II: If there was a story about the honor on the Dartmouth site already, I missed it. The USCHO has a story HERE. From that story:

A native of Red Wing, Minn., Cashman was also named ECAC Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons. He and his staff earned Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year honors for the second consecutive year.

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EXTRA POINT
Trimming back some pretty nasty sticker bushes yesterday, the electric hedge clippers I was using suddenly stopped working. I know what you are probably thinking, and you are right. I had cut right through the extension cord without realizing it.

If I did something else that careless, I would have been really annoyed with myself. Trust me, I wasn't thrilled. But it did bring a smile because it reminded me that in our basement we have another orange extension cord that someone else cut through and then repaired years ago. My mother was pretty handy that way.

When I told Mrs. BGA what happened she reminded me that when my mother's old electric knife comes out for carving the Thanksgiving turkey you can see where my mother once sliced through the cord and spliced it neatly back together. It's been years and it still works like new.

Let's hope the extension cord I repaired last night lasts as long.