Looking Ahead

* Late news at bottom

With the early decision recruiting class set (check out Big Green Alert for the skinny Monday), here's the schedule that those current high school seniors are slated to play their first four years in Hanover:

2010
September
18 – at Colgate
25 – SACRED HEART
October
2 – at Penn
9 – YALE
16 – HOLY CROSS
23 – at Columbia
30 – HARVARD
November
6 – at Cornell
13 – BROWN
20 – at Princeton

2011
September
17 – COLGATE
24 – at Sacred Heart
October
1 – PENN
8 – at Yale
15 – at Holy Cross
22 – COLUMBIA
29 – at Harvard
November
5 – CORNELL
12 – at Brown
19 – PRINCETON

2012
September
15 – BUTLER
22 – at Holy Cross
29 – PENN
October
6 – at Yale
13 – TO BE ANNOUNCED
20 – at Columbia
27 – HARVARD
November
3 – at Cornell
10 – BROWN
17 – at Princeton

2013
September
21 – at Butler
28 – HOLY CROSS
October
5 – at Penn
12 – YALE
19 – To Be Announced
26 – COLUMBIA
November
2 – at Harvard
9 – CORNELL
16 – at Brown
23 – PRINCETON

Holy Cross head coach and former Dartmouth defensive coordinator Tom Gilmore is one of five finalists for the national coach of the year in the FCS. The other finalists are Jerry Moore (Appalachian State), Danny Rocco (Liberty), Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois) and John Stiegelmeier (South Dakota State).

Gilmore was earlier named the New England coach of the year.

Speaking of coaches, Football Scoop is reporting that Elon coach Pete Lembo, the former Dartmouth assistant, has withdrawn his name from consideration at Princeton.

So far there have been 28 coaching vacancies at the Division I (FBS and FCS) level with 12 of the positions filled. The Sports Network has the full list.

And finally, if you are following the NCAA playoffs, Villanova knocked off William & Mary last night to advance to its first FCS championship game. Find the full bracket here.

* The Boston Globe has a short editorial regarding the heckling incident at the Dartmouth-Harvard squash match. It is headlined, Dartmouth: green with embarrassment