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Former Dartmouth free safety Pete Pidermann has signed with the Mönchengladbach Mavericks of the German Football League. Pidermann, a member of the All-Ivy League second team last fall, is slated to leave for Germany this Sunday and could see his first action on the following Saturday.

After two games he will have a one-month break before returning to the field and playing through mid-October.

Pidermann is slated to line up at corner as well as to return kicks and punts for the Mavericks. He could also see action at wide receiver and as a backup running back.

A Dartmouth captain last fall, Pidermann had 55 tackles as a senior and 166 in his career. He was a starter from midway thought his sophomore year.

For more information on the Mönchengladbach Mavericks of the GFL – albeit in German – click here.

A future teammate who played in Canada writes (mostly) about playing for the team in his blog, Maple Syrup, Schnitzel and Shoulder Pads.

For a video look at some Mavericks action (along with way too much lame cheerleading) click here.

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Work continues on making the Dartmouth football website the repository for Big Green football information with the end of printed media guides. Worth checking out is the upgraded Results vs. Opponents section. In addition to scores of every game against opponents, there's an interesting addition: average scores.

Here is Dartmouth's record – along with points for, points against and average score – against this year's opponents in the order of the games being played. Note just how close the average scores are against most opponents over time.

Bucknell
Series Record: Dartmouth, 4-1
Dartmouth Points: 149
Bucknell Points: 97
Average Score: Dartmouth, 30-19

Sacred Heart
(First game of series)

Penn
Series Record: Penn, 43-32-2
Dartmouth Points: 1249
Penn Points: 1360
Average Score: Penn, 18-16

Yale
Series Record: Yale, 51-36-6
Dartmouth Points: 1267
Yale Points: 1738
Average Score: Yale, 19-14

Holy Cross
Series Record: Holy Cross, 35-34-4
Dartmouth Points: 1209
Holy Cross Points: 1154
Average Score: Dartmouth, 17-16

Columbia
Series Record: Dartmouth, 62-17-1
Dartmouth Points: 2062
Columbia Points: 1011
Average Score: Dartmouth, 26-13

Harvard
Series Record: Harvard, 63-45-5
Dartmouth Points: 1480
Harvard Points: 1981
Average Score: Harvard, 18-13

Cornell
Series Record: Dartmouth, 52-40-1
Dartmouth Points: 1797
Cornell Points: 1517
Average Score: Dartmouth, 19-16

Brown
Series Record: Dartmouth, 54-29-4
Dartmouth Points: 1775
Brown Points: 1166
Average Score: Dartmouth, 20-13

Princeton
Series Record: Princeton, 43-42-4
Dartmouth Points: 1446
Princeton Points: 1514
Average Score: Princeton, 17-16

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And in case you were wondering, no Ivy League player was chosen in last night's NBA draft. Cornell's Ryan Wittman and Jeff Foote were considered longshots to be taken along with Harvard's Jeremy Lin. Find an Ithaca Journal story here.