Still Another Ivy Projection

I was talking to a friend/subscriber yesterday who brought up the Green Alert story about the preseason polls and asked something along the lines of, "Why do they even bother?"

Good question and I offered what I think is a good answer: Because like 'em or hate 'em, they get us talking and excited about the season. ...

... Which is why this morning I introduce you to Keeper's College Football Ratings. This fellow says he arrives at his predictions by "applying pre-season power rating against the
schedule including home and away adjustments." Well, OK then.

And what does the Keeper's system have to say about the Ivy League race and Dartmouth? Glad you asked. Keeper's has Yale winning the title with a 7-0 league record and a 10-0 overall mark. It has Dartmouth tied for last along with Columbia and Brown at 1-6. Keeper's has the Big Green 1-9 overall, the same as Brown.

The predicted order of finish:
1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Penn
4. Princeton
5. Cornell
6. Columbia
6. Dartmouth
6. Brown

For more information on how these ratings are arrived at, click here. Now, discuss among yourselves ...

Want a Dartmouth football Ivy League championship pin? You can find one on eBay. (Thanks to a subscriber for ferreting this item out.) This pin, which resembles a championship ring, is thought to be from the '60s or '70s.

Casey Cramer and former Dartmouth decathlete Mustafa "Moose" Adbur-Rahim, visited a school together this winter. Scroll down this page to read a bit about the visit and see a picture of Casey visiting the classroom in his Tennessee Titans jersey.

Anthony Gargiulo's replacement with the Calgary Stampeders had a rough debut in Montreal Thursday. Fortunately, Gargiulo '06 could possible be back for Friday's game with the BC Lions according to a note in this story.

Colgate had its first practice in pads on Friday. ... UNH hits the field for the first time today. This story notes that the Wildcats have a rugged early season schedule.

Dartmouth is on the radar of a 6-5, 285 offensive lineman in South Carolina. Or, more correctly, the lineman is on Dartmouth's radar. This story says he's been offered by that noted football powerhouse Newberry, and has already heard from Clemson, Vanderbilt, Delaware, Dartmouth, Liberty, Furman, Lehigh and Elon.