Getting The Jump On Preseason Honors

If you want to get your name out there, be among the first – even better, be the first – to get a preseason college football magazine on the shelves.

Or if you are Consensus Draft Services, get your stuff up on the web early.

That's what CDS has done, already naming a preseason FCS All-America team that features two Ivy Leaguers from a traditional power on the first team, two from an Ivy League team that wouldn't be considered a traditional power on the second team, and eight Ivy Leaguers on the honorable mention squad.

These things are always incredibly easy to quibble with, but I'll leave that to you. Here are the Ivy Leaguers honored on the CDS preseason All-America team:

First Team

• Penn kicker Andrew Samson
• Penn defensive tackle Joe Goniprow

Second Team

• Columbia outside linebacker/defensive end Lou Miller
• Columbia punt returner Austin Knowlin

Honorable Mention

• Harvard wide receiver Matt Luft
• Harvard offensive tackle James Williams
• Harvard corner Derrick Barker
• Brown wide receiver Boby Sewall
• Brown defensive tackle David Howard
• Yale tight end John Sheffield
• Cornell linebacker Chris Costello
• Penn corner Chris Wynn

Other Dartmouth Opponents mentioned ...

First Team

• New Hampshire tight end Scott Sicko

Honorable Mention

• Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph
• New Hampshire safety Ryan Hinds

Dartmouth is one of two Ivy schools not to have a player mentioned, along with Princeton. Surprising, actually, that Tiger running back Jordan Culbreath didn't get a mention. But I said I wouldn't quibble.

Of note: Jared Turcotte, the 232-pound running back from Maine who should be all-too familiar to followers of this blog, was named to the second team.

CDS also has a list of draft prospects for next year that includes six Ivy Leaguers. The list is headlined by Harvard corner Derrick Barker, the only one of the group projected at this point as a draft pick (seventh round). The list:

• Corner Derrick Barker, Harvard
• Linebacker Chris Costello, Cornell
• Defensive tackle Joe Goniprow, Penn
• Defensive end Lou Miller, Columbia
• Tight end John Sheffield, Yale
• Corner Chris Wynn, Penn

Freshman tailback Nick Schwieger gets a mention in an Attleboro(Mass.) Sun Chronicle story for his work in the weight room: a bench press of 350 pounds, a squat of 525 and a clean of 325.

Remember Big Lu, 6-foot-8, 340-pound offensive lineman Lucius Alexander '07? His sister and brother, twins Tina and Chris Alexander '11, are members of the Dartmouth track team and are featured in this Daily Dartmouth Q&A about attending the same school. It doesn't happen all that much anymore, but there was a time when Chris would walk by the football field after finishing up with his track practice and you could see Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens almost starting to drool at the size of the big guy.

Kudos to the Cornell football team, which raised more than $1,100 for Family & Children's Service of Ithaca. Two thoughts on the picture accompanying this story on the school web page. First, as a traditionalist I really like those jerseys.

And second, imagine the fun you could have writing a caption for that picture if it were a, well, a "bandit" school instead of Cornell. If you are curious, check out the pic.