Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Harvard's Troubles, Penn's Woes, Fiedler's Luck

The Harvard Crimson takes a thorough look at the football team's off-the-field troubles.

Six teams (none named Dartmouth) have a shot at the Ivy title according to the Crimson.

The Daily Dartmouth writes about the decision by Admissions Director Karl Furstenberg to retire.

The Daily Pennsylvanian looks into whether the end of early admissions will be a bad thing for athletics at Harvard and Princeton.

A lack of star power is contributing to the Penn football team's struggles, according to this Daily Pennsylvanian writer.

The Penn secondary is allowing almost 17 yards a completion this fall according to this story in the DP.

Princeton's win over Lafayette takes some of the luster off Penn's victory over the Pards, who won't be back in the top-25 anytime soon the way the DP sees it.

Quoted in the Cornell Sun, Ed Marinaro has the perfect spin on Harvard's Clifton Dawson making a run at his career yardage record: "... (T)hose overall records should have been broken a long time ago when you’re playing four years and 40 games as opposed to three years and 27 games. But it certainly doesn’t diminish the accomplishments of this guy."

Jay Fiedler's luck has run out. For the second year in a row the former Dartmouth quarterback signed with a team as its top backup and the starter was lost (probably) for the season due to injury. But for the second year in a row, is shoulder is keeping him from playing. The St. Petersburg Times says he's not an option for the Tampa Bay Bucs.

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