Ouch

Bulletin board material anyone? Not that Dartmouth needs it with Yale in town, but it's there if the Big Green wants to play that game.

The Daily Pennsylvanian weekend preview thinks the Big Green is showing up on the schedule at just the right time for Yale tailback Mike McLeod, off to a slow start this fall:

Dartmouth will simply be looking for signs of life. To put a finer point on it, here is a (partial) list of league statistics in which Dartmouth ranks dead last: scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense, total defense, rushing offense, rushing defense, passing efficiency, sacks allowed, opponents' first downs, red zone offense and red zone defense.

If that doesn't get McLeod going, nothing will.

From the Harvard Crimson weekend preview notes that Yale hasn't been particularly sharp yet this fall:

Fortunately for the Elis, sloppy football is okay when you’re playing Dartmouth.

Prediction: Yale 38, Dartmouth 14

From the Yale Daily News game preview:

Including the end of last season, the Elis have lost two consecutive league games, but a Big Green matchup may be just what the doctor ordered.

One of the Yale Daily News keys to the game is to be able to ... :

Give the starters a breather

The Manchester Union Leader has a game capsule that notes the success Yale has had recruiting in Dartmouth's New Hampshire backyard. From the story:

Bryan Kana, a 6-foot-4 and 285-pound senior from Bedford and Bishop Guertin, starts at right tackle for Yale. Shebby Swett, a 6-foot-1, 225-pounder from Bow, is listed as the starter at fullback.

Freshmen Reed Spiller, a defensive lineman from Portsmouth, and Bryan Farris, a quarterback from Pinkerton Academy, are on the roster along with senior tight end (Jackson) Womack, out of Etna and Hanover High School.

Whoa now. Wait a minute. There's someone from Greater Metropolitan Downtown Etna on the Yale roster? Womack is 6-foot-6, 255 pounds.

And finally, no school in Hanover today so that certain Hanover High junior is on her way to New York City with the cross country team to run tomorrow in the Manhattan College Invitational at legendary Van Cortland Park.