Saturday Smorgasbord

Yale will have six home football games next fall for the first time since 1998. (link) ...

The FCS (nee I-AA) championship game could move from Chattanooga to Frisco, Texas. (link) Not that it matters to Ivy League fans because, for the millionth time, football is the only Ivy sport not allowed to go to the postseason. And, for the millionth time, I'm waiting for someone to explain to me why that is fair. ...

Joseph Henry Edwards is discussed in a post in the blog, Recollecting Nemasket
Writing About The History Of Middleborough & Lakeville, Massachusetts. So who is Joseph Henry Edwards? From the post:

While in college Mr. Edwards was probably as well known as any student, as he played with great success in the football team, playing at right tackle, and he was considered one of the most expert players ever on the Dartmouth team. After graduation he went to Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, as an instructor in athletics where he became prominent in football circles as coach, carrying the team to victory in the state series for two consecutive years.

MIT to the Patriot League? It's true ... as an associate member for women's rowing. (link) Nice academic fit, though.

The subject of football expansion comes up often with regard to the PL and I've often thought an MIT neighbor would be a good academic fit. Do you realize Tufts University has more than 5,000 undergraduates and another 4,773 grad students? Of course, it's Division III football and a member of the NESCAC. Somehow, New England Small College Athletic Conference doesn't quite sound right. ...

On the subject of academic athletes, the Press Enterprise out in California has a piece about Harvard winning the fictional national Signing Day title. Actually, the piece is fictional as well. Dartmouth gets a mention.

The Baltimore Sun has a story about Brown's annual contribution to the Super Bowl. It begins this way:

Colin Cloherty doesn't recommend that anyone traveling to Sunday's Super Bowl XLIV follow the route he's taken.

Despite getting cut by teams five times during his rookie season, the Colts' reserve tight end from Bethesda could be toasting a Super Bowl victory Sunday night.

Speaking of the Super Bowl, a regular reader shared a New York Times story about a former Super Bowl player whose life has taken a unique path after football.