The Daily D has a story about Homecoming weekend that makes mention of the change in school policy regardings students rushing the field. Reviews appear to be mixed on the college actually inviting freshmen down to the turf at halftime. Several students made an unplanned rush of the field but at least one didn't get the "rush" he hoped for. He told The D: “I was kind of looking forward a little police chase, but nobody chased us. Some kid tripped on the way getting out, and nobody did anything.”
The Duluth News Tribune has a very nice story about Dartmouth offensive lineman Tim Wheeler with some great quotes from linemate Jared Dowdakin. The story points out that with five letters in alpine skiing, Wheeler fits right in with an unusually athletic front line. He tells the paper:
"Our starting center (Dowdakin) is 290 pounds and he made it to the Illinois state swim meet, and we had another lineman who was like a California state tennis champion."It's never over until it's over except, apparently, in Philadelphia. The Penn football team put up a terrific fight in a three-overtime game against unbeaten Yale Saturday but still came away with its second Ivy League loss. Mathematically, the Quakers are still alive, but the Daily Pennsylvanian has tossed in the towel, writing: "The Class of 1993 was the last team not to win an Ivy title in its four years. Now, the Class of 2008 has done it." ...
OK, here's a scenario the DP might consider if Penn (1-2 Ivy) can win out:
- Dartmouth stuns Harvard this week to drop the Crimson to 3-1.
- We'll concede Yale a win over Columbia to get to 4-0.
- Yale survives Brown's big passing game (not a sure thing) the next week to get to 5-0.
- Harvard gets by Columbia the same day to improve to 4-1.
- In Week 9, a Penn win in Cambridge drops the Crimson to 4-2.
- Princeton, meanwhile, salvages a disappointing season with a home win over Yale that drops the Bulldogs to 5-1.
- In Week 10, Harvard wins at the Bowl to give both teams a 5-2 record, the same as Penn.
There is a wrench in the works, of course. ;-)
If the rest of the scenario holds true and Dartmouth follows an upset over Harvard by beating Cornell, Brown and Princeton (with two of the three at home), Harvard and Yale would both be 5-2. And Dartmouth would be Ivy League champion at 6-1. Should Dartmouth beat Harvard but stumble in one of the final three games -- while the rest of the scenario was taking place -- there could be a four-way tie for the title at 5-2.
It all starts up again for Dartmouth this week at Harvard where defensive back Steven Williams picked off two more passes last week to raise his season total to six. He needs one more to tie a 59-year-old school record of 14 picks in a career and two more to tie the school's single-season record. Williams, by the way, is part of what The Crimson calls, "the best secondary Harvard fans have seen in years, which boasts three of the top four defenders in the Ivy League in pass breakups—and that doesn’t even include preseason All-American Andrew Berry."
It won't be easy for the Big Green, but the Harvard Crimson story includes a little prime bulletin-board material that can't hurt:
With perennial doormat Dartmouth in town next weekend, be sure to keep an eye on number two, arms open, waiting to make history.
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