Their 1:48 (or so) Of Fame

Two Ivy League coaches spoke briefly late last week with ESPN's Erik Kuselias as part of the network's College Football Live program. The short interviews are linked to below.

In this video Brown coach Phil Estes shares his thoughts about what's right in the Ivy League, and isn't afraid to bring up the Ivy League ban on postseason play.
In this video new Yale coach Tom Williams talks about coaching in the Ivies and the rivalry with Harvard.

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Texas high school wide receiver Jordan Leslie is on Dartmouth's radar. From a Houston Chronicle website:

Leslie holds scholarship offers from Arizona, Buffalo, Dartmouth, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Tulsa and UTEP.

Green Alert Take: It won't be long before Dartmouth rules the Ivy League if the Big Green is offering Leslie and other standouts scholarships •(;^)

I stopped by the Fore-U Golf Center in West Lebanon this morning and discovered a few familiar names on a scoresheet for a miniature golf tournament held at the end of June. The names (and nicknames) listed included junior defensive end Alex "Hole-in-One" Johns, junior running back Joey Zimring, junior corner Kevin "Wicketts" de Regt, junior defensive lineman Tyler "Slappy Samuelson" Green and junior linebacker Luke "Tin Cup" Hussey. If I recall correctly there were a couple of DNP's on the list, but medalist honors went, as they should, to "Cup." Gotta love sophomore summer in the Upper Valley!

The final count is done on the poll question about replacing New Hampshire on the football schedule with Sacred Heart for two years starting in 2010. Here's how the voting went:

• 36 percent said they are glad UNH will be gone, but couldn't they have found someone else to play?
• 32 percent said it's better to be playing anyone other than UNH
• 17 percent said they'd prefer to keep playing UNH every year.
• 12 percent said they don't like playing UNH, but better UNH than playing Sacred Heart.

My take is that something – anything – had to be done to the early non-conference schedule until such a time as the Big Green turnaround has gotten traction. I'd prefer to have seen Dartmouth replace one of the non-conference opponents with a manageable out-of-region game, but at least there's change in store, and that's a positive step.

What's your take?