Colorful Contests On Tap

While the Green-White Game is still a week away, three other Ivy League schools will be having their "colorful contests" today.

Cornell will broadcast its Red-White game live on the internet with live stats. Find a story about the goings-on at Ithaca here. Defending champion Brown got its championship rings before its final practice and will hold the Brown-White game today. And Yale will end Tom Williams' first spring practice with the Blue-White game.

UNH will hold its version of the Blue-White game on May 9 according to this story.

Speaking of UNH, they do things the right way over in Durham. For all the success the Wildcats have had on the field, they pay attention to what goes on off it as well. Kudos to UNH for being one of only 23 football teams in both the FBS and FCS for receiving a NCAA Public Recognition Award in the classroom. Find a story here.

And belated kudos to Dartmouth for finishing tied for second in the nation with Brown for most teams recognized by the NCAA APR. Find a story here.

Dartmouth dedicated the new Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park yesterday and hopes to put the exclamation mark on the celebration by clinching the Rolfe Division championship this weekend. With a two-game lead over Brown, the Big Green's magic number is three. With each team having four games remaining, any combination of Dartmouth wins and Brown losses that add up to three will bring the Ivy League Championship Series to the new park in Hanover. Dartmouth plays a pair of doubleheaders against Harvard while Brown has a pair against Yale.

And finally, we'll be headed over to Beaver Stadium at Penn State shortly. The parking lots open at 8 a.m., for the 2 p.m., game if you can believe it. With the forecast in the mid-80s, there could possibly be 80,000 people turn up. Amazing.