The Countdown Continues

Dartmouth opens the 2026 preseason exactly one month from today, on Aug. 22. As has been the case every season since 2005, BGA will feature extensive, in-person coverage from the start of preseason until the finale against Brown on BGA Overtime. Be sure to catch up on what you might have missed this spring sometime over the next month to be ready to go when coverage for the new season kicks off.

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NFL Draft Yoda believes he may have discovered a gem in Chris Corbo '26, the Dartmouth tight end who grad transferred to Georgia Tech. Here are a couple of his thoughts from the video:

My big question, the big question everybody's going to have, is he coal? Is this coal or is this a diamond? You know, he shined at Dartmouth, but Dartmouth is not Georgia Tech. Dartmouth is not the NFL.

If Corbo goes to Georgia Tech and looks like the same player in the ACC that he did at Dartmouth, the NFL is going to notice and they're going to notice fast because 6-foot-5, 250 something pound tight ends who can block, catch, separate, and win contested catches don't stay hidden forever. 

And . . .

The only thing that's missing is the Power 4 proof. And that's what 2026 is about. If Corbo goes to Georgia Tech and proves that Dartmouth tape translates to the ACC, he will be a secret he won't be a secret for very long.

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Remember that post back on June 21 about Ohio State offering a scholarship to a potential Dartmouth recruit? There was a lot of talk about the Buckeyes using the offer as a way to lure his high school teammate, friend and fellow Canadian to Columbus. (LINK) 

It turns out the ploy didn't work because running back David Gabriel Georges has chosen Tennessee over the Buckeyes. From an SB Nation story about the latest developments (LINK):

(M)ake no mistake: Ohio State wanted (Georges) BADLY, and they made some eyebrow-raising moves in the process as well. In addition to a seven-figure NIL offer, they offered a scholarship to Gabriel Georges' friend and teammate, Jordan Darren Djila Tchuisseu, a fellow native Canadian. That's something that Tennessee did not do, as Darren Djila Tchuisseu held offers from programs like Georgia State, Kennesaw State, UT-Martin, and Dartmouth. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.

Green Alert Take: So you're saying there's a chance?

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The Dartmouth helmets don't work, the field surface isn't accurate, the stadium isn't even close to accurate and you won't like the final score, but you might still get a kick out of watching a little of this video football game between the Big Green and Lehigh. Spoiler alert: Lehigh wins, 21-13 in this pre-creation.

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Players of note chosen to the FCS Central preseason All-America first- and second-teams (LINK):

FIRST

RB - Luke Yoder (Lehigh)

TE - Ryder Kurtz (Cornell)

DB - Abu Kamara (Yale)

DB - Damien Henderson (Harvard)

SECOND

OL - Aidan Palmer (Lehigh)

DL - Ike Odimegwu (Brown)

LB - Sean Line (Harvard)

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EXTRA POINT
I mowed for the first time last night with the new blades I put on the tractor last week. I'm happy to report they didn't go flying off like boomerangs and come back to cause me harm, and they seemed to do a fine job cutting the grass. I'm still wondering if I put one of the spacers back on upside down, but so far, no harm, no foul.