Saturday Potpourri

Former defensive back Joe Scola '07, who will return to Dartmouth this fall as a student-assistant coach while finishing his degree, is the subject of a story in the Sun-Herald. The story quotes coach Buddy Teevens:

"Joey was a tough, physical player who had all the characteristics you look for in a coach. We put him to work last spring. He was tremendous in how he interacted with people, how comfortable he was separating being a player and a coach. I was impressed with his maturity and his work ethic. When I watched him work with our players, you could see the spark shining in his eyes."

Jake Novak's Roar Lions Roar blog uses a point system to rank Ivy League schedules this fall. It's easy to quibble with some of his findings -- that's the fun of this stuff and Jake knows that -- but it's hard to argue with his take on Dartmouth's schedule, which he ranks as the most difficult in the league:

Could anyone have a tougher slate than Dartmouth? They open the season at home against the usually strong Colgate Raiders, then have to face the U. of New Hampshire and superstar QB Ricky Santos on the road in week 2. Next up, the Penn Quakers at home followed by a trip to Ivy favorite Yale. Then they remain on the road to face Patriot League favorite Holy Cross.

For what it's worth, here are links to all of the Ivy schedules this fall:
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Penn
Princeton
Yale

Composite Ivy Schedule
(courtesy of the Ivy League office)
Saturday, September 15
Duquesne at Brown, 12:30 pm
Colgate at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm
Yale at Georgetown, 1 pm
Harvard at Holy Cross, 1 pm
Lafayette at Penn, 6 pm
Lehigh at Princeton, 6 pm
Columbia at Fordham, 6 pm
Bucknell at Cornell, 7 pm

Saturday, September 22
*Cornell at Yale, 12:30 pm
*Brown at Harvard, TBA
Dartmouth at New Hampshire, noon
Marist at Columbia, 12:30 pm
Princeton at Lafayette, 6 pm
Penn at Villanova, TBA

Saturday, September 29
*Penn at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm
*Columbia at Princeton, 3:30 pm
Rhode Island at Brown, 12:30 pm
Harvard at Lehigh, 12:30 pm
Yale at Holy Cross, 1 pm
Cornell at Georgetown, 2 pm

Saturday, October 6
*Dartmouth at Yale, 12:30 pm
*Harvard at Cornell, 1 pm
Holy Cross at Brown, 12:30 pm
Hampton at Princeton, 3:30 pm
Columbia at Lafayette, 6 pm
Georgetown at Penn, TBA

Saturday, October 13
*Princeton at Brown, 12:30 pm
*Penn at Columbia, 1:30 pm
Lafayette at Harvard, noon
Lehigh at Yale, 12:30 pm
Colgate at Cornell, 1 pm
Dartmouth at Holy Cross, 1 pm

Saturday, October 20
*Yale at Penn, noon
*Columbia at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm
*Princeton at Harvard, 12:30 pm
*Brown at Cornell, 1 pm

Friday, October 26
*Cornell at Princeton, 7 pm

Saturday, October 27
*Penn at Brown, 12:30 pm
*Yale at Columbia, 12:30 pm
*Dartmouth at Harvard, 12:30 pm

Saturday, November 3
*Princeton at Penn, noon
*Brown at Yale, 12:30 pm
*Harvard at Columbia, 12:30 pm
*Cornell at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm

Saturday, November 10
*Dartmouth at Brown, 12:30 pm
*Penn at Harvard, 12:30 pm
*Columbia at Cornell, 1 pm
*Yale at Princeton, 1 pm

Saturday, November 17
*Harvard at Yale, noon
*Brown at Columbia, 12:30 pm
*Princeton at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm
*Cornell at Penn, 1 pm

To download a printable PDF file of the graphic above, click here.

Click here for a David Shribman '76 review of The Real All Americans, Sally Jenkins' history of the legendary Carlisle Indians football team. (Did I ever tell you I was the sports editor at the Carlisle paper for a short time and met Jim Thorpe's son? But I digress ...) Shribman, by the way, joined with former Dartmouth Sports Information Director Jack DeGange to publish Green Fields of Autumn, a pictorial history of Dartmouth football. ...

I had a chance to listen to a Canadian radio station's interview with Anthony Gargiulo '06 and, amazingly, he wasn't asked to alphabetize a single word. He did, however, get teased into singing a chorus of As The Backs Go Tearing By. The 20-minute or so interview was interesting and entertaining. Anthony might have a future as a color commentator when his playing days are over ;-)