If you haven't yet been in Floren Varsity House, take a photographic tour here. There are pictures of Crouthamel Lounge, the locker room, weight room, the "smart" classroom, meeting rooms, training rooms, staff offices and the academic center.
The murmurs on the message boards this winter suggested that Penn stocked up on talented running backs with the incoming recruiting class. No surprise, then, that coach Al Bagnoli calls running back, "our deepest position, certainly on the offensive side of the ball," in a Daily Pennsylvanian story.
One of the really special things about the Ivy League is its stability. It would be a shock if the Ancient Eight ever became the "Sapiential Seven," or the "Nous Nine."
Membership in the leagues Dartmouth plays non-conference games against hasn't been quite as steady.
The Patriot League has has seen original member Davidson and miscast Towson leaving over the years, and now Fordham is in some kind of bizarre limbo.
The CAA? You are indeed a fan if you can name all the schools in the league. But do it quickly, because the University of New Hampshire's football conference will swell to 14 teams with the addition of Georgia State in 2012. And a writer from the Virginian-Pilot points out that it might be well-advised to grow a little more.
His suggestion? The CAA should take a look at adding the aforementioned Fordham along with fellow New York school Stony Brook. SBU is now a Big South member (anyone got an atlas I can borrow?) but it clearly would be a nice fit in a northern division of the CAA. Check out the Virginian-Pilot story that includes quotes from Jim Fiore, a former assistant athletic director at Dartmouth.
And while we're at it, bonus points for anyone who can name the entire Big East. I know I can't.
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