Homecoming Rugby

From a subscriber: "For those of you who remember Friday afternoon freshman (football) games and Saturday morning rugby games, visit the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse this weekend. The Dartmouth freshmen play the Harvard freshmen at 4:30 on Friday afternoon, and the Dartmouth A side plays the Harvard A side at 10:30 on Saturday morning. The winner of the A side match advances to the New England playoffs." ... Editor's Note: If you haven't been out there, it's quite a scene and really does have some of the feel of those bygone days of freshman football. It's worth making the short drive over just to see the new clubhouse.

From the Princetonian: "The Department of Athletics, over the next year or so, will be phasing in a collaborative sponsorship effort with Nike to outfit all Princeton varsity sports with their equipment, apparel and footwear."

The Harvard Crimson has an inspirational story about freshman running back Cheng Ho. Coach Tim Murphy: "“It’s a great country when a kid can go from practically an orphan, can’t speak English, never played football, to Harvard, in six or seven years. It’s amazing.”

The Columbia Spectator follows yesterday's Daily Pennsylvanian story about Ivy football scheduling with a story of its own that includes this: "...(I)t was decided that the order in which Ivy League opponents face each other will not change until 2022, 16 years from now."

The Spectator also revisits the legal issues with Harvard and Yale football players.

And this: On the heels of a Daily Dartmouth story with information about the school's "polocrosse" club, the Daily Pennsylvanian writes about the newly sanctioned Penn curling club.

Finally, the following email "blitz" that made its away around Dartmouth was shared with me yesterday. Apparently someone else likes the sound of GREEN ALERT ...


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GREEN ALERT!!!

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** What is this??? **
Weekly blitzes that highlight featured athletic contests happening that week/weekend. It's an effort to encourage school spirit and get more Big Green Fans in the stands!

Featured Games:
** WEDNESDAY **
Women's Soccer is taking on the #10 ranked Boston University. Our girls are 4-0 in the Ivy's just coming off of a win over Yale this past weekend. Help the girls show BU they're not worth the #10 seed!
Gametime: 3:00pm - Chase Fields

** THURSDAY **
Attention all you hockey-lovers and Harvard Hater's... the Women's Hockey Team is scrimmaging the s-m-a-h-t kids! Be there to heckle and show 'em how seriously The Big Green takes it's hockey.
Gametime: 5:30pm - Thompson Arena

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Sponsored by SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee)