More From Harvard's Shutout Of The Green

The Harvard Crimson writes about Harvard bouncing back from its first loss with a convincing victory over Dartmouth: "With a new weekend and a noticeably weaker offense in the Big Green, Saturday’s task was about more than just performing: the defense had to dominate. Harvard responded by posting its first shutout of the season, and first since a 38-0 whipping of Columbia in 2004." ... Find a sidebar on the Dartmouth game here.

The Daily Dartmouth story on the game can be found here. ... Dartmouth linebacker Justin Cottrell (17 tackles) has made the weekly Ivy League honor roll. ...

Next on tap for Dartmouth: the long slog to Ithaca where Dartmouth has won just one time in 15 years. While the Big Green is trying to do its own "bounce-back," from the Harvard loss, Cornell is on a high after knocking Princeton from the ranks of the unbeaten. The Cornell Sun writes: "After arguably its worst defeat under Jim Knowles ’87 just one week ago, the football team may have given its head coach his greatest victory." ... The Ivy League's notes for the Dartmouth-Cornell game have been posted here.

I remember once talking to a Dartmouth coach about what life must be like coaching basketball at Penn or Princeton, where you are almost guaranteed a trip to the NCAA Tournament every other year. I said something about how much more fun that must be than coaching at Dartmouth, where the team hasn't been to the tournament since 1959. I distinctly remember the coach talking about the incredible pressure constant winning can bring. He pointed out that when you are used to winning championships, even second place is unacceptable. What brings that to mind is a column in the Daily Pennsylvanian suggesting the time could be coming for a football coaching change in Philadelphia if the Quakers don't turn things around soon. The writer notes that "...even if the Quakers win out - which based on who Penn is playing doesn't look very likely - they will have 10 losses in three years and seven Ivy defeats." And that it will be three years without an Ivy title.