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Wide receiver Daniel Haughton, who continued to lead the Dartmouth football team as a captain after having his season ended last fall by injury after just two games, is a late addition to the Furman football team as a graduate transfer. (LINK)

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The complete list of FCS quarterbacks working the Manning Passing Academy this week:

Grayson Saunier – Dartmouth

Ean Rodrigue – Nicholls

Justin Lamson – Montana State

Jerry Kaminski – North Dakota

Nathan Hayes – North Dakota State

Chris Parson – Austin Peay

James Murphy – Brown

Braxton Thomas – North Carolina A&T

Andrew Body – Alabama State

Cash McCollum – Weber State

Kyle Lowe – SE Louisiana

This is interview with Saunier from last year's Manning Passing Academy with worth a look:

 

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The Analyst has a story under the headlined Perfect 10: Patriot League Additions Fuel a Power Shift in FCS Football suggesting that what was once considered the Ivy League's sister conference has strategically recovered from hard times to become one of the top leagues in the nation with the addition of Villanova, William & Mary and Richmond, and the emergence of Lehigh and Lafayette.

From the story (LINK):

While increasing from seven to 10 football members in the last two years, the PL hasn’t just sought out adding any program to bolster the numbers, it’s added the right teams – bolstering with rivalry and quality academic institutions while not losing geographical continuity of the membership.

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That seven of the 10 teams have appeared in the playoffs since 2022 reflects how the league profile is strong. Enough so that the Patriot League is poised to be one of the deeper conferences in the FCS and have multiple playoff qualifiers regularly.

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Illinois' News-Gazette has a piece headlined Illini Legends, Lists & Lore: Edward Hall that details the arrival of the Dartmouth alum as the school's first director of athletics and third head football coach on this date in 1892. (LINK)

The story notes that after a successful run at Illinois, Hall stepped down to attend ...

Harvard University’s law school, earning an undergraduate Bachelor of Law degree. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1896 and briefly practiced law in Scranton, Pa. Two years later, he moved to Boston and became a partner at the firm of Powers, Hall & Jones. Hall served as vice president of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1913-1917. During World War I, he served as business director of the Student Army Training. . . . In 1919, Hall became vice president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in New York City. He retired in 1930 at the age of 60.

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For 27 years, Hall also stayed involved with college athletics as a member of the national football rules committee, eventually replacing Walter Camp in 1906 as director of that governing body. After a rash of fatalities in 1905, the collegiate game came under fire from administrators and President Theodore Roosevelt. That hastened guidelines for proper conduct and the formation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Many revered Hall as the “savior” of the game.

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EXTRA POINT
Tomorrow, That Certain Nittany Lion '16 and I will be going to the PGA's Travelers Championship near Hartford, Conn. Rather than posting up at one hole, TCNL'16 prefers to walk the course throughout the day, checking out different groups at all 18 holes. You may remember what happened at the tournament a year ago. Me? I'd rather forget it. (If you need a refresher, click HERE and scroll down.)

Keeping in mind the goal for TCNL'16 is always to see the first group off, and the last group in, it makes for an incredibly long day. It doesn't help that it starts and ends nearly 200 miles south of here and it's not an overnight trip. That being the case, I'll see you again Monday morning. ;-)