A Little Of This, A Little Of That

Dartmouth has named Catherine "Cat" Palmer as its new Football Recruiting and Operations Coordinator. A former softball player at Wesleyan, Palmer served as director of operations at Wesleyan for the past three years, and completed an internship with the Kansas City Chiefs. (LINK)

Palmer replaces Erin Brennan, who had been in the role for two years before moving on to work for the St. Louis City Soccer Club.

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It's a little under the radar, but the Buddy Teevens UFL Coach of the Year award has gone to Anthony Becht, who led the expansion Orlando Storm to an 8-2 record and the top seed in the UFL playoffs this season. Find a release HERE.

Green Alert Take: It might be of interest to just a few of us, but Becht is the father of Penn State starting quarterback Rocco Becht.

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Dartmouth has posted a release about its incoming women's soccer players. That follows stories about the incoming men's soccer, women's hockey and volleyball players. Hopefully that means the official announcement of the incoming football players and the 2026 roster will finally be coming, right? 

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HERO Sports continues its countdown to the 2026 FCS season by choosing another Ivy Leaguer. With 71 days until the first game, the site lists Harvard offensive lineman Thomas O'Brien as the top No. 71 in the nation. Other Ivy Leaguers (and Dartmouth opponents) honored thus far as the best players wearing their number:

96: Yale DT Jaylin Tate

86: Cornell TE Ryder Kurtz

85: Columbia WR Titus Evans

79: Lehigh OL Aidan Palmer

77: Harvard OL Spencer Doan

75: Penn OL Luke Sacchetti

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Tapping into numbers reported by the media and elsewhere, FootballScoop has worked up a rough estimate of how much money players in the Power 4 earn, position-by-position. While these are educated guesses, they are a reminder that college football at its highest level is not what it used to be. (LINK)

1. Quarterback, $3.5 million
2. Wide receiver, $2 million
3. Edge rusher/defensive end, $1.7 million
4. Defensive tackle, $1.5 million
5. Offensive tackle, $1 million
6. Running back, $1 million
7. Cornerback, $1 million
8. Safety, $1 million
9. Tight end, $800,000
10. Interior offensive lineman, $800,000
11. Linebacker, $700,000
12. Kicker/punter, $200,000

Green Alert Take: The old saying in these parts was, "It's different at Dartmouth." Maybe the saying around football in the Ancient Eight should be, "It's different in the Ivy League." Or maybe, "The Ivy League – home of real college football."

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EXTRA POINT
It's interesting when you go away on the final day of one month and return midway through the next. I snuck a peek at the calendar just now and had to smile when I saw it still showed May. I was still smiling when I moved it ahead a month. Then again, I always smile looking at this calendar.