Something you might not have known while you were watching the Selection Sunday proceedings ... Tom O'Connor, the head of the selection committee, is a former Dartmouth basketball coach.
O'Connor, the athletic director at George Mason (find his bio here) succeeded George Blaney at Dartmouth and coached the Big Green in the 1972-'73 and '73-'74 seasons. He was 6-20 the first year and 4-22 the next. In addition to a 10-42 overall record, he was 6-22 in the Ivy League.
The Dartmouth women, by the way, missed their chance to Dance by dropping a decision to Cornell yesterday at Columbia. They instead await news of a possible WNIT bid. (We did not end up making the trip as a result of bus problems. Long story.)
Now on to some football. ... Check out a posting on the Any Given Saturday message board for a chart showing one persons' perception of the relative strength of talent returning for each Ivy League football team. The chart, which is a little hard to read because the numbers don't quite line up, shows the average rushing, passing and receiving yards per game returning for each team as well as the number of lost offensive linemen and percentage of leading tacklers lost.
It's not a scientific representation, but the numbers (apart from rushing) are not particularly favorable for Dartmouth. There's also a little discussion following the numbers.
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