Monday, November 09, 2009

Monday Wrapup

The Ithaca Journal tallied up the numbers from Dartmouth's double-overtime victory over Cornell and while the points didn't pile up, a few other stats did. From the story:
The game featured nine turnovers, three missed field goals, 842 total yards and just two touchdowns in regulation.
Not much new in the Daily Dartmouth game story or the Cornell Sun piece.

Back to Cornell, coach Jim Knowles is taking a revised approach to recruiting for the Big Red. Instead of waging – and too often losing – recruiting battles against the Ivy League name brands (HYP), Cornell is going in a different direction. The Ithaca Journal writes:
We have to go find a Cornell type of kid.' We have to find the kid who wants to be here at our place and who may not want to be there or who may not fit that mold. So instead of doing so many head-to-head battles, we've done a totally new broad-based approached to recruiting.
Looking ahead to Week Nine opponent Brown, the Yale Daily News writes:
Brown backup tailback Spiro Theodhosi exploded for 133 yards in the second half ...
I had read that the New Hampshire kid who got away exploded on the Bulldogs for 167 yards, but that's one heckuva half. The Yale Daily also notes:
The usually-strong Yale defense — which had previously kept its opponents to an average of 275 total yards — allowed a season-worst 494 total yards against the Bears.
From the Brown Daily Herald:
“We wanted to prove we are the best offense in the Ivy League,” said wide receiver Bobby Sewall ’10.
The Herald quotes Brown coach Phil Estes on Theodosi, a sophomore from Londonderry, N.H., who had just 11 carries on the season:
“The key was Theodhosi,” Estes said, adding that he was “not surprised by how well he ran.”
And finally, St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very nice story about Dartmouth alum Kevin Demoff, who became executive vice president of football operations and chief operating officer of the St. Louis Rams at age 32. The story notes that Demoff covered Big Green football for the Daily Dartmouth and also broadcast football, basketball and baseball on the college radio.

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