He Earned Dartmouth's Vote

Harvard defensive back Doug Hewlett is getting a lot of mileage out of his three-interception, seven-tackle, one-pass breakup game against Dartmouth Saturday. He was named the Ivy League defensive player of the week, the College Sporting News national defensive player of the week and The Sports Network national defensive player of the week. The Harvard Crimson writes about Hewlett here.

A certain writer who now has a web site about the team Harvard defeated Saturday also made him the Division I selection for the Boston Globe Gold Helmet Award presented by the New England Football Writers. The usual competition came from New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos, who completed 24-of-30 passes for 419 yards and five touchdowns while also running for one in a win over Rhode Island.

That certain writer picked Fitchburg State's Marlon Thomas for the Division II-III award after the freshman carried 44 times for 256 yards and four touchdowns and caught three passes for 37 yards in a 49-40 win over Westfield State, just his team's second win of the year.

For a good look back at the role placekicking had in Princeton's win over upcoming Dartmouth opponent Cornell, check out this Daily Pennsylvanian story. Turns out that the opposing coaches both tried to ice the kickers with different results. Dramatically different results.

The Ivy League appears to be down to a two-team race and you know who those teams are. The 124th edition of The Game figures to be a good one. Check out the story in the Columbia Spectator.

A little more information on Dartmouth-bound placekicker/punter Foley Schmidt of Minnesota. He was an all-state kicker last year and made honorable-mention as a punter when he led all Minnesota high schoolers in punts inside the 20. He was chosen preseason all-state kicker this fall. As a quarterback/kicker this fall he has helped STA to a 9-1 record heading into Friday's section final. He's accounted for about 1,600 yards of offense running and throwing the ball.

Schmidt was nominated for the Herb Brooks Hockey Award after helping St. Thomas Academy to third in the state on the ice last winter. He was a high school teammate of current Dartmouth freshman Tim McManus.