Ivy Roundup Week Six

Those of you in town for Homecoming awoke this morning to find it an absolutely gorgeous day with crystal clear blue skies. Dartmouth fans in distant precincts where there's rain or fog today awoke this morning to find it an absolutely gorgeous day anyway. That's the way it is when you win on Homecoming.

For the Dartmouth sports information take on the Big Green's 37-28 win over Columbia, click here. For a take on the from the Columbia angle, click here.

Here are capsule reports on how Dartmouth's 2007 opponents fared and a comment about each game:

Yale 26, Pennsylvania 20, OT
Green Alert prediction: Yale 28, Penn 14
The Bulldogs' joy ride to the Ivy League championship hit a speed bump. The Elis survived, but they might be glad the Ivy League doesn't used instant replay. To find out why, check out the Sports Network story.

Harvard 27, Princeton 10
Green Alert prediction: Harvard 35, Princeton 21
The Crimson is better than expected. Princeton? It isn't.

Cornell 38, Brown 31, OT
Green Alert prediction: Brown 42, Cornell 24
Brown has plenty of firepower, but like Columbia, is struggling on defense. The Bears had a 31-14 lead in the third quarter.

New Hampshire 40, Hofstra 3
Green Alert prediction: UNH 38, Hofstra 28
Ricky Santos was 19-of-23 passes for 262 yards and four touchdowns against previously unbeaten Hofstra. Yawn.

Holy Cross 59, Lehigh 10
Green Alert prediction: Holy Cross 24, Lehigh 21
Dominic Randolph threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns. The Crusaders are for real.

Colgate 27, Towson 17
Green Alert prediction: Colgate 14, Towson 7
The Raiders aren't great this year, but they are good enough.

Ivy League leaders for the week, courtesy of the Ivy office:
RUSHING
159 — Randy Barbour, Cornell (32 carries)
147 — Mike McLeod, Yale (35)
130 — Nate Servis, Dartmouth (18)
113 — Cheng Ho, Harvard (24)
110 — Joe Sandberg, Penn (34)
105 — Rob Mitchelson, Dartmouth (19)

PASSING
365 — Chris Pizzotti, Harvard (23-of-35)
359 — Michael Dougherty, Brown (32-of-55)
329 — Craig Hormann, Columbia (19-of-28)
292 — Nathan Ford, Cornell (34-of-54)
189 — Alex Jenny, Dartmouth (14-of-23)

RECEIVING
132 — Buddy Farnham, Brown (11 catches)
132 — Nico Gutierrez, Columbia (5)
95 — Paul Raymond, Brown (7)
84 — Zac Canty, Cornell (10)
84 — Jason Miller, Harvard (3)

Check Green Alert tonight for a Columbia follow and come back tomorrow for another visit from The Optimist and The Pessimist.