Presidents Considered Playoffs ... Or Did They?

The Daily Pennysylvanian reports that Ivy presidents have acted on several non-football issues but that the push to allow league football teams to go to the I-AA playoffs went nowhere. Gee, what a surprise.

Here's an excerpt from the DP story built around a quote from Jeff Orleans, executive director of the Ivies:

They "view this as an education decision," Orleans said. "They're looking to find the best way to fit this sport into the education experience that football athletes will have."

Green Alert Take: That's the kind of answer I would give to a question when I was in college when I had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. It says nothing. But I don't mean to be critical of Orleans for giving a hollow answer. He's just the front man for the presidents and is in the impossible position of trying defend the indefensible.

Green Alert Take II: Football players, other student-athletes, alumni and school newspapers can't just keep the heat on, they have to turn it up in response. Otherwise all the momentum of the past year will be lost and it will be several more years before another group comes along to put the playoff issue back on the front burner. ...

Colgate's new monster scoreboard is, well, interesting. For a few pictures, visit the Colgate13 blog. While the abundance of advertising surrounding the board might make Ivy traditionalists shudder, Dartmouth will have some decisions to make regarding its new board before the '07 season. Seeing what a school like Colgate is doing might give a few ideas about what Dartmouth wants to do ... or what it might want to avoid. ...

In case you missed it, the YES Network has cut its Ivy football schedule back to three broadcasts, none including Dartmouth.