On To Harvard

It's back down to Cambridge (make that Boston, sorry Allston) today for Dartmouth-Harvard. The weather forecast is calling for "rain" to turn to "light rain" at 1 p.m. Chance of precipitation at kickoff: 70 percent. Temperature: 65. Hey, at least it won't be cold.

The Boston Herald leads off its New England previews with a look at Harvard-Dartmouth. Crimson coach Tim Murphy (10-3 lifetime against Dartmouth), had this to say:

It’s another big rivalry game for us. We’re very fortunate to have won nine of the last 10, but it’s getting tougher and tougher.

Ivy action actually kicked off last night with Princeton holding off Cornell, 34-31, before an ESPNU audience. Jordan Culbreath, who had run nine times for 62 yards before last night, exploded for 145 yards on 11 carries for the Tigers. Cornell lined up for a 48-yard field goal with five seconds remaining and appeared to have made the kick but Princeton coach Roger Hughes, taking a page from Mike Shanahan's book, had called timeout just before kick. Then he called another timeout. When the kick that counted finally went up an announcer got to say those two words Bobby Bowden came to hate: "wide right."

Former Harvard quarterback Vin Ferrara has developed a new football helmet that uses a type of air bubble instead of foam as a shock absorber. It hasn't been put into play yet but has tested well and is receiving good reviews. The New York Times has a story. ... The helmet sensor technology Dartmouth is using is the subject of this story.