Freshman tailback David Johnson strains for yards one play before he ran in from the 2 for the final touchdown of Sunday's contest. Freshman tight end Kevin Gallagher blocks out front. (click photo to enlarge)By Bruce Wood
www.biggreenalert.com
HANOVER -- Given that practice as a team amounts to about 15 minutes once or twice in the days leading up to kickoff, the odds are usually stacked against the Dartmouth junior varsity whenever it has a game.
The odds were even more prohibitive Sunday. Not only were the jayvees playing the Middlebury varsity -- it’s officially a scrimmage for the Division III team -- but the Panthers put pressure on their opponent with a refined option attack. And they do it no-huddle offense, always tricky to defend.
Now add in heavy pressure against a patchwork offensive line and the Big Green's challenge was that much tougher.
Still, it was something of a reversal of fortune for Dartmouth on the weekend as the jayvees fell into a 26-0 halftime hole and roared almost all the way back in the second half before running out of time and dropping a 33-26 decision. The game was played at the same field on which Colgate erased a 28-point deficit against the Big Green varsity in the second half of a 31-28 overtime thriller just one day earlier.
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