Small Change In Store For Ivy Schedule

The Daily Pennsylvanian writes about the Ivy League football schedule and reveals that while the order of Ivy games will remain the same for years to come, the venue of the Penn-Dartmouth game (played in Philadelphia in even numbered years and in Hanover in odd-numbered years since 1990) will be flipflopped starting in 2012. From the story: "Penn brought to the league’s attention that its three longest road trips — Brown, Harvard and Dartmouth — all took place in the odd years. In addition, the Big Green’s three longest trips came in even years." Green Alert Take: It's a start, but Dartmouth can't stop there. It's time to stop saying nothing can be done about the schedule. To steal a phrase from that shoe company, Just Do It.

For a look at this week's opponent, click here to read Yale's game notes for the Dartmouth contest.

The New Haven Register chimes in on the recent arrest of Yale football players including the starting quarterback and star tailback. From the story: "No disciplinary action is expected to be taken until the athletes receive due process and the investigations are complete."

The Sports Network has full capsule predictions on Top-25 games and others of particular interest. For the rest: simple picks including Yale over Dartmouth.

From the Ivy League site, "(Josh) Dooley -- a standout in the classroom and on the field for the Big Green -- was honored (Sunday) as a Robbins Scholar by the ECAC. The native of Tuttle, Okla., was selected based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics and community service." There's a current picture of Josh on the page and when I saw it I was struck again by the change in football players when their careers are over and they take off their football weight. From the picture you'd never believe the trim Dooley could possibly have been an inside linebacker.

The Princetonian takes a look at the decision to end early admissions at the school and what impact that may have on athletic recruiting. Dealing from a position of terrific strength, men's lacrosse coach Bill Tierney sounds unconcerned: "... (I)f they are offered a likely letter in October or November, I do not worry that they will leave for a 'better offer.' There is no better offer in men's lacrosse."

Football coach Roger Hughes' approach might be labeled an optimistic wait-and-see: " "I think realistically we don't know what the effect will be, but I have a lot of trust in (President) Shirley Tilghman and I have a lot of trust in (Dean of Admission) Janet Rapeleye to do the things to help us stay competitive. We'll just have to wait and see how the whole thing shakes out."

Finally, a subscriber sent along this link to a Wall Street Journal story that includes a mention of former fullback Chris Umscheid '94. The story is about small hedge-fund managers who paid $3,900 for a round-trip flight from New York to London "to mingle with captive big-time investors and make sales pitches over champagne and canapes. Investors rode free of charge." One of those being courted was Umscheid, an economics major at Dartmouth. From the story: "When Mr. Umscheid mentioned he played football at Dartmouth College in the mid-1990s, Mr. Hovan remarked: "You guys were really good." Mr. Umscheid paused. "I don't know about
that," he said.