TV Or Not TV, That Is The Question

A little digging pulled up the Versus network college football schedule for 2009, with three Ivy League games have been confirmed. Unlike a year ago, when the Dartmouth-Columbia game was carried on the network – previously known as OLN (Outdoor Life Network) – the Big Green is not on this year's schedule. Games the network has announced are: Sept. 26 Cornell at Yale; Oct. 17 Princeton at Brown and Nov. 21 Harvard at Yale.

Combined with the three games in the Yale on YES package (Oct. 31 at Columbia, Nov. 7 at Brown, Nov. 14 at Princeton) Yale will have no fewer than six games nationally televised.

No word yet on which – if any – Dartmouth games will be broadcast this fall. Traditionally the New Hampshire-Dartmouth game has been carried on WMUR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Manchester, N.H.

It's no secret that Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens would like to see lights on Memorial Field, and not just for late-season practices. More and more FCS teams are starting to play night games in hopes of increasing lagging attendance. The latest to join the trend is Colgate, which will play its first three home games at 6 p.m. Find a story here.

Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph, the 2007 and 2008 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, is one of 106 student-athletes nationwide nominated for the "Allstate AFCA Good Works Team," which honors college football players who make outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement."

According to the Holy Cross release, "Randolph has been involved with Big Brothers for the last three years, spending time with his Little Brother at least once a week. For the past two years, he has been a co-liaison between the football team and the Big Brothers coordinator."

Randolph is one of just two Patriot League players on the list. Curiously, there are none from the Ivy League.

Speaking of volunteerism, members of the Harvard football team helped out with AccessSportsAmerica, "a national non-profit organization that inspires higher function and fitness for children and adults living with disabilities through high-challenge sports." Said the director of development for the organization in a release, "(Harvard lineman) Carl Ehrlich and his team were just incredible. They exemplified the very best of sportsmanship, leadership, athleticism, personality, warmth and humor – they each made everyone's day especially our AccessSportsAmerica Athletes."