Massachusetts Recruit Set For Shrine Game

The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Mass., has a story about local players chosen for the state's annual Shriners Football classic on June 20 and among them is Dartmouth recruit Nick Schwieger of Bishop Feehan. The story notes Schwieger "rushed for over 2,000 yards and scored 29 TD." It includes an action photo.

If you read the Green Alert Premium Friday practice report, you've got an idea how much Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens enjoyed the new Ivy League documentary, 8: Ivy League Football and America. Jake Novak over at the Columbia football blog Roar Lions Roar offered up a very nice review after taking in the world premier.

The first of Dartmouth's two spring scrimmages will be held on Memorial Field this morning. Check Green Alert Premium tonight for a recap and reaction to the action, which will be limited to about 50 plays total.

Harvard will be holding its annual spring game under the lights for the second year in a row according to this release. There's no lack of optimism this spring in Cambridge where the release notes:

Harvard is in an enviable position of having two All-Ivy quarterbacks returning next season along with some impressive underclassmen vying for playing time. Seniors Chris Pizzotti and Liam O'Hagan have shared time over the last three seasons with Pizzotti leading the league in passing efficiency en route to first team all-league last season.

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On defense, rising senior Matt Curtis is the 2008 team captain, and he provides the cornerstone of what might be the toughest defensive front in the nation.

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With teams looking to avoid Harvard’s fearsome front line, opposing teams have taken to the air against the Crimson in previous seasons. The results have been dreadful for them but Harvard also establishing perhaps the nation’s deepest secondary unit in recent memory.

Speaking of Harvard, the last two months have belonged to Harvard on the heavily trafficked Any Given Saturday website, the home of FCS (I-AA) football talk. As a result of Harvard's sponsorship of the site, there's been a "fact a day," about the Crimson since the beginning of March.

If anyone with Dartmouth leanings would like to see a "fact a day," about the Big Green on the popular board, this message on the AGS site notes:

All it takes is a $215 donation from your group. This is the cost of running AGS each month. We don't have ads between posts or pop-ups and we rely on your donations throughout the year to keep us going.

We currently have May through August open for sponsorship. Get together with some of the fans of your team or conference and split the $215 between you.

Heck, I'd even pull together the facts if you'd like ... ;-)