"Dartmouth always seems to play the Bears tough"

The Brown Daily Herald: "Dartmouth always seems to play the Bears tough, and this game should be no different." The story includes this from Brown coach Phil Estes: "I look at the film and say we should be able to get one over the top (of the coverage), but people have tried and they've covered it very well."

The Columbia Spectator thinks Brown's offense will have its way because "... Dartmouth has the worst defense in the league. And through eight games, that statistic is unlikely to change."

From the Daily Dartmouth: "If the Dartmouth football team hopes to notch its first home victory in its final opportunity Saturday afternoon against the Brown University Bears, the team will need to avoid its recent recipe for failure." Hmmm.

The Sports Network has Brown over Dartmouth in its "just the picks" section, and offers a capsule preview that goes with Princeton over Yale in the biggest game of the week in New Haven.

From The Yale Daily: "The Game isn't until next week, but for all intents and purposes, it might as well be tomorrow when second-place Princeton rolls into town." ... Here's the Daily Princetonian's take on the Yale game. ... According to the Trenton Times, as least 10 busloads of students are headed up from Princeton for the game.

This is an amazing story. Can you believe someone has played at Cornell, then for Oklahoma and now is playing for Northwestern? Me neither, but it's true. His name is Dan Dixon and his story is in the Tulsa World. From the story:

"Ivy League football is not what you think," said Dixon. "Yes, the academic standards are very high. But they are serious about their football. The effort is just as intense as anywhere in college football. The difference is the talent level. There are just more great athletes at a Big 12 or Big 10 school."

Former Dartmouth tight end Casey Cramer is questionable for this week's game with the Tennessee Titans because of a concussion.

From the Daily Dartmouth: "First Nations Week -- an effort to promote awareness of Native American issues at Dartmouth -- will culminate Saturday with a discussion on the history of the controversial Dartmouth Indian mascot."