Quakertown QB Concern

Given the challenge sometimes finding material for you to read with your morning coffee, I like to squirrel away good nuggets when I stumble across them and hold 'em for the next day. But sometimes it's hard to sit on something, and that's the case right now.

Phillysportsdaily.com writes that Penn starting quarterback Keiffer Garton's status for the early season is in doubt because of the ACL injury he suffered in the spring. He's practicing, and these things have a way of clearing up by the Ivy League season, but given that Dartmouth is the Quakers' first game it's something folks in Hanover might find interesting. From the story:

Good news for the Penn football team and Garton is that he’s fully cleared and ready to go. But there’s no assurance that he’ll be ready to go for the Quakers’ season opener Sept. 18 vs. Lafayette, providing a major question mark for the defending Ivy League champions.

The story says sophomore Billy Ragone, who broke his collarbone against Dartmouth last year, would be the likely starter if Garton isn't ready.

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In case you missed it, the incumbent Bucknell starting quarterback has left the Patriot League school. Given the switch to a pro style offense it's uncertain what the option QB's role in the attack might have been. That's QB questions already for two of the Big Green's first three opponents.

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The Boston Globe writes that Harvard may have Dartmouth (and Columbia) to thank for All-America safety Colin Zych.

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Forgot to mention this morning that I had a bear scoot across the road in front of my car on the drive home from practice last night. It was about three miles from campus ;-)