Speaking Of Schedules ...

Occasionally I'll take a snoop around the reconfigured Dartmouth athletics web site and find stuff that I never noticed was there. One thing I discovered the other day was the football schedule through 2011. It was hardly a surprise to see Colgate, UNH and Holy Cross listed as the three non-conference games each year. I think it would be a major surprise if the schedule isn't changed in the next year or two at most, but you never know. ...

There were loud rumbles a month or so ago about talks to line up a Dartmouth-Montana game. That fell through and the Griz will instead give Albany a payday. There was no rumble -- at least none that I could hear -- about a Dartmouth-Drake University game but this message board suggests it was discussed. I'm not sure how true the rumor is and I'm less sure how interesting the game would be. If I'm reading the post right, the game would have been played at Soldier Field. Playing anyone at Chicago's Soldier Field would be pretty cool. If there's a Soldier Field in Des Moines -- to trot out well-worn phrase made famous by the noted philosopher Borat -- "Not so much." ... Drake plays in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League. To learn a little more about the Drake program, click here.

Speaking of fields and potential new opponents, check out these pictures of the new stadium at Cal Poly. That stadium really couldn't be anywhere but California, could it? San Luis Obispo is a great town and if I get a vote, put me down for a trip out there.

On the subject of Cal Poly, the Mustangs are holding their spring football game Sunday. For those of us who woke up to 13 degrees below zero this morning that's encouraging.

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Changing gears ... Can you guess what state had the highest percentage of I-A (sic) recruits (per population) this year? Nope. Not Florida.

Believe it or not, it was Hawaii, according to this site. The Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont tri-state area, by the way, had a total of two recruits, both from New Hampshire. Texas led the way with 389 recruits followed by Florida with 325 and California with 320.

The six New England states had a combined 23 recruits or four fewer than that noted football factory Utah had by its lonesome. Any wonder why Dartmouth coaches have to rack up the frequent flier miles on the recruiting trail?