Taking A Look Around the League

Welcome to the Monday Land-O-Linkin' ...

The Sports Network: "No. 1 New Hampshire’s 56-14 blowout at Dartmouth was ho-hum on the Wildcats’ victory scale, but the game registered national attention because of the record-setting day by UNH wide receiver David Ball. "

The Manchester Union Leader tells of David Ball and "his ability to leap tall defenders in a single bound."

The Concord Monitor quotes UNH quarterback Ricky Santos on Dartmouth's defense: "They didn't bring the blitz as much as we saw on tape, they were playing more zone. So our offensive coordinator (Chip Kelly) - he's amazing, the best in the nation - once he saw that, he just put the game plan in that we were going to throw the ball more than we did last week and it worked out."

The Harvard Crimson offers a few more details on the Skit Night mess: "Approximately 20 players stood up in protest, with others also about to stand, before (coach Tim) Murphy left the room, according to one witness."

The Columbia Spectator notes that the Lions are 2-0 for the second year in a row, but this time they aren't satisfied: "No one said a word about pride or the team's record, much less how much fun they had or how excited they were to win the game."

The Cornell Sun reports the 0-2 Big Red moved the ball up and down the field -- again -- but is still looking for its first touchdown of the season.

The Daily Princetonian says the key to the Tigers' second win in as many tries is that when they take a hit, they are hitting back, and hitting back harder.

The Brown Daily Herald quotes coach Phil Estes as saying when the defending champions lost to Harvard Saturday they lost to a better team. Or at least one that played better.

The Daily Pennsylvanian reminds us that the Penn-Villanova game has come down to the last play for three years in a row and for three years in a row it has been Villanova coming away with the win.

Finally: Yet another story has popped up blaming Buddy Teevens for Stanford's 0-4 start. Some of the commentary from Pac 10 country has been unbelievably mean-spirited. There's been so much of it, all at once, that it is starting to sound orchestrated. If I didn't know better I'd think there's a Stanford cabal out to protect current coach Walt Harris.

Later today on Green Alert: The Optimist and The Pessimist