All Around The Ivy

Like the coaches who are watching it on tape, I had the unfortunate experience of reliving the UNH game this morning. Three years of doing the Green Alert site and I had to pick this game to hit a wrong button on the computer. Thwap, the story I agonized over yesterday was gone, replaced by a second copy of the notes column for all you early risers. Oh well, it's been re-created. Now on to today's blog and later (probably tonight so that I can have some of today free) a follow from UNH.

UNH-Dartmouth game stories ...
The Concord Monitor headline: Quick and easy; Cats score early on way to home-opening rout
Foster's Daily Democrat: "DURHAM — For a while during Saturday's game, Dartmouth was under the illusion it could play with the nationally ranked University of New Hampshire football team."
The Manchester Union Leader headline: 'Cats outslug Green
Seacoastonline.com headline: UNH routs Dartmouth in Granite Bowl
Foster's has a sidebar on Mike Boyle, the all-purpose receiver I'd been warning you about long before he returned the opening kickoff 91 yard and then scored the first TD from scrimmage in the game.

The Ivy roundup ...
Yale 51, Cornell 12
Harvard 24, Brown 17
Princeton 20, Lafayette 14
Villanova 34, Penn 14
Columbia 31, Marist 7

and ...
Holy Cross 55, Georgetown 0

A few thoughts and observations. ... Preseason Ivy pick Yale showed the season-opener at Georgetown a week ago was merely a formality with an overpowering victory against a Cornell team that beat up on Bucknell in Week One. ... Harvard-Brown was closer than expected in front of 18,898 in the first night game at Harvard. ... Princeton proved rumors of its demise were a little early with a big win over previously undefeated and nationally ranked Lafayette. ... Penn suffered seven, count 'em, seven interceptions and eight turnovers that led to six scores. Tough to gauge the Quakers when that happens. ... Columbia got 177 yards rushing from Jordan Davis against a winless and hopelessly overmatched Marist team, but there's an enormous red flag attached to this win after Marist's Bo Ehikioya rushed for 212 yards against a Lion defense that was also torched on the ground a week ago. ... Holy Cross has it going.

Saturday's statistical leaders courtesy of the Ivy office:
RUSHING YARDS
177 — Jordan Davis, Columbia (22 carries)
151 — Mike McLeod, Yale (31)
66 — Rob Toresco, Princeton (9)
61 — Matt Polhemus, Yale (7)
59 — R.C. Lagomarsino, Princeton (15)
58 — Liam O'Hagan, Harvard (12)
56 — Milan Williams, Dartmouth (12)

PASSING YARDS
249 — Michael Daugherty, Brown (18 of 44)
203 — Nathan Ford, Cornell (22 of 37)
200 — Liam O'Hagan, Harvard (19 of 29)
190 — Bill Foran, Princeton (18 of 24)
155 — Robert Irvin, Penn (15 of 27)
145 — Craig Hormann, Columbia (11 of 25)

RECEIVING YARDS
130 — Corey Mazza, Harvard (9 catches)
123 — Braden Lepisto, Penn (11)
106 — Paul Raymond, Brown (5)
102 — Buddy Farnham, Brown (8)
88 — Bryan Walters, Cornell (4)
83 — Jesse Baker, Cornell (8)
80 — Will Thanheiser, Princeton (4)