Yale Preview Posted

No less than Harvard coach Tim Murphy has said Yale may be as loaded with talent and experience as any team he's seen in his 14 seasons.

The Penn teams that lost just three Ivy League games over five seasons might have a quibble with Murph on that account, but you get the point.

Yale's Mike McLeod might be as good as any running back in the country and Matt Polhemus is the established veteran quarterback that is usually vital to Ivy teams.

If there are questions on the Yale offensive line, there are few on the other side of the ball where the interior defensive line and secondary return intact. The linebacking crew is led by Bobby Abare, one of the Ivy League's top playmakers.

Add it all up and there are no fewer than 11 players returning with All-Ivy on their resumes.

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Did you see that Cornell has scheduled a home-and-home with FCS-bound Old Dominion? Find the story here. The Monarchs will travel to Ithaca in 2010 and host the Big Red in 2011.

History lesson: Old Dominion will play its first season of football in 2009 and join the CAA -- along with UNH, James Madison, etc.). ODU announced its decision to restore football for the first time since 1940. Find that story here.

For what it's worth, ODU coach Bobby Wilder played quarterback for Buddy Teevens at Maine.

Green Alert Take: It's disappointing to see Dartmouth's Ivy League opponents scheduling teams like San Diego, Georgetown, Hampton, Duquesne and even Army (Yale will play there in 2010 and 2012) while the Big Green seems forever stuck in the Colgate, New Hampshire, Holy Cross rut. The time has come to do something different. Anything different. A home-and-home with ODU would be fun and would be an interesting storyline given the tie between the coaches.