Friday, November 28, 2008

Playoffs Starting ... But Not For Ivies, Of Course

The FCS championships start up this weekend and The Sports Network expects two of Dartmouth's opponents to bow out quickly. TSN's predictions: Southern Illinois 31, New Hampshire 28, and Villanova 35, Colgate 14.

No word on how Ivy League champions Brown and Harvard will fare. Oh yeah, they aren't allowed to go to take part in the playoffs like every other Ivy League sport can.

Should have linked to this the other day, but the official Dartmouth release on the All-Ivy League team has been posted. Find it here.

In case you didn't see the Green Alert premium interview with Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, here's what he had to say with regard to how the voting turned out:
On All-Ivy League voting that, among other things, saw safety Ian Wilson named to the second team and McManus named to the honorable mention squad as a receiver: “I felt badly for Ian. He deserved first team but people on the outside can’t evaluate attitude and the impact he had on our team. Timmy merited a look at the first team when you think about the numbers he put up despite working three games at quarterback. They could have been a lot better. I was happy for Milan (Williams, honorable mention tailback) and (punter Brian) Scullin. He had the opportunity and made the most of it this year.”

Have you heard of RUWT? I hadn't either. The acronym stands for Are You Watching This? I don't watch all that much sports on TV, but it's a neat idea. Here's what the RUWT website says it does:
RUWT? Sports monitors all the channels on your TV looking for an instant classic in the making. When it finds one it'll alert you via email or text message with the score, time left, the reason why the game is good (No-Hitter, Close Finish, Big Upset), and the exact channel number you need to turn to catch the finish.
And the site explanation includes this:
So how does all of this work? RUWTbot, our game-watching, slightly militant robot, is in charge of making sure you're not the loser at the water cooler that missed the big game. He knows, for every cable and satellite provider in every ZIP and Postal code in the U.S. and Canada, exactly what games you can watch. If it's a game you don't get, he won't bug you.

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