BGA Overtime

HANOVER (Sept. 11) – Unless they are played as regular games – and that means tackling – statistics from scrimmages are more representative than realistic, if that makes any sense. Ballcarriers in non-tackling scrimmages believe they have been whistled down too soon. Pass rushers are annoyed they aren’t credited with a sack when they whiz by the quarterback. Drives may start arbitrarily at the 25- or 35-yard line and two-minute drills force incompletions to stop the clock. All that was in play Tuesday during Dartmouth’s final intrasquad scrimmage, which is by way of saying the statistics below should give you an impression of the afternoon but not a completely accurate picture of the action. That said, here are the leading numbers compiled by your correspondent sitting in the stands. (Worth noting is that top receiver Paxton Scott, starting tailback Q Jones and kicker Owen Zalc were among the prominent players who did not participate.) PASSING Jackson Proctor: 12-of-15, 107 yards, 1 TD

Recent remarks by head coach Sammy McCorkle several days into camp about the Big Green's 2024 defensive personnel (edited for clarity and in places for brevity): HANOVER (Sept. 3) – Offensive line-wise this is probably our most experienced group, our most mature group. … Across the board you’ve got Delby Lemieux and Kyle Brown. Plus Nick Marinaro (has been) a little a little injured but he'll be back pretty soon. Also Tristan (Holmbeck) and Konstantin Spörk. All those guys have playing experience. We also have Max Wentz, Vasean Washington and Cayman Duncan. We’ve got Will Prince, Cisco (Cabellero), Michael Betsy, Cam Davenport, Godson (Adjoku) and Roland (Waguespack). All those guys have done a phenomenal job and I feel like when it comes to experience and depth we're pretty solid there. Talking to (offensive line coach Keith) Clark, you want to have seven guys ready to play on game day. I feel like, and he feels confident that we potentially could have, eight or maybe nine

Recent remarks by head coach Sammy McCorkle after the first few days of camp about the Big Green's 2024 defensive personnel, (edited for clarity and in places for brevity): HANOVER (Sept. 3) –  We have experience at the linebacker position –  probably the best depth we've had at the linebacker position in a long time. (Linebacker coach) Donnie Dobes is really excited and feels good about that. Depth builds competition, and competition helps us become a better football team. We’re across the board on that. We’ve got Braden Mullen leading our linebacker position. Thaddeus Gianaris has had a great, great preseason. And Cam Lee's a guy who things are starting to slow down for. He’s starting to figure it out. Nico Schwikal is our Sam linebacker. We’ve moved him inside. He’s learned a lot of positions but he's really feeling comfortable with that  inside position. At Will linebacker we’ve got Micah Green and Zion Freer-Brown. At Mike linebacker we've got Danny Cronin and