Yale Buzz Picks Up

Yale's game notes for Saturday's game at the bowl have been posted. ... The game will be streamed live from the Yale network for $6.95. For direct access to the sign-up page click here.

The New Haven Register has a story spun out of the fact that Yale coach Tom Williams worked under Dartmouth's Buddy Teevens. Apart from that, the story includes this:

Williams said that receiver and special teams standout Gio Christodoulou will again not be available, and quarterbacks Patrick Witt and Brook Hart will split time during practice this week. Williams said both quarterbacks are expected to play against Dartmouth.

The Yale Daily News has a piece about Bulldogs tailback Jordan Farrell, who is fourth in the Ivy League in rushing with 67.3 yards per game. Farrell missed last season with a torn labrum. In case you were wondering ...

Ivy League Rushing Leaders
(with carries-yards, TDs, avg per carry, avg. per game)

1. Ray Rangel, Columbia 54-327, 2, 6.1, 109.0
2. Nick Schwieger, Dartmouth, 62-235, 1, 3.8, 78.3
3. Lyle Marsh, Penn, 40-213, 0, 5.3, 71.0
4. Jordan Farrell, Yale, 50-202, 2, 4.0, 67.3
5. Tommy Wornham, Princeton, 32-197, 1, 6.2, 65.7
6. Zach Tronti, Brown, 53-193, 0. 3.6, 64.3
7. Cheng Ho, Harvard, 22-140, 1, 6.4, 46.7
8. Milli Olawale, Columbia, 53-108, 3, 2.0, 36.0
9. Collier Winters, Harvard, 39-306, 1, 2.7, 35.3
10. Jordan Culbreath, Princeton, 23-92, 0, 4.0, 30.7

Harvard's Cheng Ho, by the way ran for 132 yards last week against Lehigh before leaving the game late in the third quarter. The Harvard Crimson has a story detailing the ups and downs of Ho's career.

Jake Novak over at Roar Lions Roar, the Columbia football blog, is on the record saying Dartmouth's streak ends this week. He writes:

Here's a prediction, and you heard it here first: Dartmouth will end its 15-game losing streak with a win at Yale this Saturday.

(Internet message boards have been singing that song for a few days.)

The Columbia Spectator has an overview of the past week in Ivy League football and the season to date.

Speaking of Columbia, Lion fans are going to LOVE this. The venerable Dunkel Index rates Ivy League teams this way:

36. Columbia 64.135
39. Harvard 63.713
48. Penn 59.781
51. Brown 59.313
56. Yale 57.880
62. Cornell 55.638
89. Dartmouth 45.501
106. Princeton 39.115

Other Dartmouth opponents and future opponents:

9. New Hampshire 76.689
27. Holy Cross 65.952
32. Colgate 64.725
107. Sacred Heart 38.743
112. Butler 37.801
114. Georgetown 36.487

In case you are wondering, Dunkel says the numbers after the team names are meant to represent the point differential between any two teams. No mention is made about whether to add a few points for the home team.

Don't trust Dunkel? Here's something from the Dunkel faqs:

At the conclusion of the 2001 season, the BCS determined that it did not want scoring margins used in any of the computer calculations. The Index does use scoring margin and, after informing the BCS that its removal would make for a more inaccurate system, decided to leave the BCS rather than compromise the accuracy of the ratings.

The College Sporting News site compiles what it calls the Gridiron Power Index, sort of a BCS of the FCS if you will. It synthesizes 11 different power rankings and polls into one. Here's how the GPI sees the Ivy League:

9. Ivy League (45.08)
37. Harvard (28.78)
52. Penn (37.33)
54. Brown (38.11)
58T. Columbia (40.22)
64T. Cornell (44.11)
73. Yale (50.78)
91. Dartmouth (59.33)
99. Princeton (62.00)

Columbia people could be excused if their offended by the headline in the Daily Princetonian: "Football: Perennial pushover tops Tigers." They got the last laugh however, 38-0.

Audio from the Ivy League weekly coaches teleconference has been posted. Find it here.

And finally, the Daily Dartmouth has an update on the H1N1 flu at the college. From the story:

College health officials estimate that two-thirds of the 175 students have contracted H1N1, based on a sample test of approximately 12 students.

No Dartmouth students so far have been hospitalized as a result of influenza-like illnesses, according to (Dartmouth Director of Health Services Jack) Turco’s e-mail.

From last night's Green Alert Premium:

(Dartmouth coach Buddy) Teevens, now over his own battle with a bug, is hopeful the worst has passed for the Big Green. Still, precautions are being taken.

“We passed out some masks in the meetings today,” he said. “Everybody's washing their hands. Nobody high-fives anymore. It's all air-knuckles and that type of thing.

“We had a pretty good run last week. There were about 6-to-8 guys in the ballgame last Saturday that weren't quite 100 percent. It seems like with the football team it's dissipating a little bit. ... Hopefully that continues with our end.”

Not that it’s completely gone.

“We have two or three that we kept out of practice today and one went down during practice,” Teevens said. “We just try to separate the guys a little bit. But you see people walking around campus with masks and all that precautionarily. It needs to be done. (Dartmouth Director of Health Services) Jack Turco seems to be right on top of it. We hope no one else becomes affected or infected.”