Fiedler Sighting

With his balky shoulder keeping him off the field, we haven't seen much of Jay Fiedler this fall. For a picture of the former Dartmouth and NFL quarterback and a story about his hiring of former Kentucky basketball great Kyle Macy to run his East Kentucky Miners Continental Basketball Association team, click here.

The new FCS Top-20 as selected by The Sports Network is out and it's interesting to see what Harvard's whomping of Yale did to the poll. The Bulldogs dropped from No. 11 to No. 20. Harvard popped into the poll but is still two slots below Yale at 22, which has to rankle the Crimson faithful a bit. All three of Dartmouth's non-conference opponents show up in the voting with UNH at 17 , Holy Cross at 43 and Colgate at 45.

Not surprisingly, Harvard quarterback Chris Pizzotti was chosen the national offensive player of the week by the College Sporting News. ... The Daily Pennsylvanian reminds us that while Yale came into The Game undefeated, "If not for a last-second Hail Mary against Holy Cross, and Lehigh's fumble return for a touchdown 30 seconds from time, the Crimson would have been 10-0."

With Mike McLeod being named Ivy League player of the year as a junior, there's a very real chance that he could pull an Archie Griffin and double-up next fall. If he does he would be just the fourth player to repeat. The others: Cornell running back Ed Marinaro (1970-71), Yale running back John Pagliaro (1976-77) and Harvard receiver Carl Morris (2001-02). For the list of winners (updated through 2004) click here.

And in case you were wondering, Dartmouth's winners were:
1970 - Quarterback Jim Chasey (co-winner with Marinaro)
1978 - Quarterback Buddy Teevens
1990 - Tailback Shon Page
1991 - Tailback Al Rosier
1992 - Quarterback Jay Fiedler

Also from the Daily Pennsylvanian, former Penn linebacker Kory Gedin used his final year of eligibility this fall to play for Wagner College. From the story: "Gedin was able to play for Wagner because of a one-time transfer exception instituted by the NCAA. This dispensation allowed any athlete who graduated from a four-year college and attended a different institution for graduate school - but did not use up their four years of eligibility - to play a varsity sport and be eligible immediately."

The "one-time transfer exception" rule was changed prior to last season, but the story says Gedin got a waiver to play for Wagner because his transfer was in application while the rule was being voted on.

Here's where it gets a little interesting: Gedin actually transferred to Penn from North Carolina, where he redshirted as a freshman. The story of how he ended up moving from Chapel Hill to Penn can be found here. You can find his Wagner bio here.

A couple final things. That final wrap of the season on Green Alert premium is still on hold as I try to help out the Dartmouth sports information office for a bit. ... And be glad the Princeton game was a few days back and not today. Up here on the mountain, at least, the snow has covered everything up and is blowing and drifting pretty good. Those Upper Valley Turkey Bowl games could be a lot of fun this Thanksgiving if this keeps up ;-)