UNH Game Should Be Fun

There are stories all over the place about New Hampshire's 34-17 win over Northwestern. Here's a sampler from the Manchester Union Leader. The AP story can be found here. ... As scary as the outcome was, what Northwestern's Kevin Mims had to say about the team that will invade Memorial Field in two weeks was even scarier: "They played really well --as well as any Big Ten team I've played against." For more quotes out of the shocker, click here. (Mims, by the way, is a sophomore who played at The Woodlands in Texas, where Dartmouth freshman tailback Chris Burns played.). ... Surfing the web, one of the better stories I found regarding UNH-Northwestern wasn't a game piece, but rather a preview look at the UNH duo of Ricky Santos and David Ball in the Chicago Sun Times. ... Green Alert Take: As impressive as the win over Northwestern was, it doesn't make playing New Hampshire any more difficult. The Wildcats are what they are. What the big win does is making playing them more fun. And hopefully it will help build up the crowd. Contrary to what a lot of people think, UNH hasn't brought much of a following to Hanover in recent years. Maybe, just maybe, those people who have jumped on the bandwagon in the past two years, and a good number of curious Upper Valley locals will swell the crowd for the opener at Memorial Field. And then, just maybe, a good performace by the Big Green will bring some of them back. Green Alert Take II: This should be a pretty good year for attendance at Dartmouth with the UNH show coming to town, with both Harvard and Yale here, and with Homecoming against a Holy Cross team that usually travels well. Green Alert Take III: It's too bad this schedule won't be played next year when the stadium renovation/building project will be completed.

Speaking of Holy Cross, the Big Green's Week 5 opponent lost to Northeastern yesterday, 24-14. And UMass, which did a pretty good number on opening-day opponent Colgate a week ago, came up just short of an upset of Navy yesterday, falling 21-20. Green Alert Take: Don't let Colgate's 0-1 record fool you. That wasn't Central Connecticut that beat the Raiders this year.

The Allentown (PA) Morning-Call is conducting voting for its area All-Time football team. On the backfield ballot is former Dartmouth standout and coach Jake Crouthamel, who went on to a tremendous career as athletic director at Syracuse. Vote early and vote often.