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Named to the Ivy League honor roll for their play against New Hampshire were sophomore tailback Nick Schwieger and soph corner Shawn Abuhoff. Schwieger carried 26 times for 119 yards and caught one pass for five years. Abuhoff made eight tackles (seven solo), had an interception and had 101 yards in kickoff returns. He also brought a punt back 11 yards.

Not surprising that a couple of young players from Dartmouth were honored. This appeared on the Big Green Alert premium site after the New Hampshire game:

Nine freshmen who made the travel squad were listed as having played: Safety Garrett Waggoner, linebacker Garrett Wymore, corner Chase Womack, defensive end Teddy Reed, defensive end Michael Tree, defensive tackle Elliot Kastner, offensive lineman Rob Bathe and tight end Justin Foley. ... Eight of 11 players listed as defensive starters were sophomores, and seven of 11 offensive starters were sophs.

With the New Hampshire game in the books, Dartmouth mentions in most of the state's media will dry up. But not quite yet. The headline, UNH football notebook: Defense mediocre against Dartmouth nicely summarizes the gist of a story on Seacoastonline.

The UNH school newspaper has a story headlined, Not-so-Big Green: Rivalry.

The Daily Pennsylvanian offers up one of the better bulletin-board pieces of the fall so far. It says of Dartmouth:

A win probably won't come against Penn, and after next week, they have just one non-conference game against Holy Cross in a lineup of eight opponents.

Dartmouth's best shot at victory may come on its Homecoming weekend against Columbia. If the Big Green can't pull that one out, they could be headed for another defeated season.

Although it makes sense when you think about it that a "defeated season," would be the opposite of an "undefeated season," that's not a term I can recall seeing before ;-)

Dartmouth's 14-game losing streak is second-longest in the FCS, but it's a far cry from the 31 consecutive losses Indiana State has suffered. But even that pales in comparison to one Ivy League football team. That's right. Ivy League.

The Princeton Sprint football team – a varsity team that does not recruit – has not beaten a varsity since edging Cornell in 1999. The only win since then was against the VMI lightweight club team on Oct. 29, 2005. Apart from the VMI club win, Tigers have dropped 61 consecutive games. (link)

The Monday Daily Princetonian noted that the touchdown in a 57-7 loss to Penn last Friday night was their first for the Tigers' Sprint squad since Oct. 10, 2008. There are six schools that play Sprint football, regulation tackle football with a 172-pound weight limit: Princeton, Penn, Cornell, Army, Navy and Mansfield. For more information on the league, click here.

Away from sports, the Daily Dartmouth doesn't put the numbers in context – how they compare to last year, for example – but it has a piece about the flu on campus. From the story:

Dartmouth Health Services diagnosed 47 new cases of influenza-like illnesses on campus last week, according to Health Services director Jack Turco. The College has been taking a variety of steps — including working with Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services and undergraduate advisors — to prepare for an H1N1 flu outbreak.

A local family from Lyme, N.H., the next town north of Hanover, has been chosen for the TV show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Find a story on WMUR.com. Construction on the home begins Wednesday and will finish Sunday.

Point After
The Hanover High senior has been at the school for four years now and her brother for two, but I still can't quite come to grips with the idea that there is no lunch period at the school. The kids eat – if they eat – during classes.