Tuesday Potpourri

The official Dartmouth website has a quick video interview with coach Buddy Teevens filmed between yesterday's double sessions. Access the report here.

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The Boston Globe has a short look at the Ivy League race based on the finish predicted in the media day poll. Of Dartmouth it offers this:

With 19 returning starters, including 10 on defense, Buddy Teevens knows his team has the potential to far exceed its low preseason pick. The Big Green have plenty to prove.

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The Daily Pennsylvanian blog The Buzz has a comment from Penn coach Al Bagnoli about being picked a close second in the Ivy League race by the conference media. Said the dean of Ivy League coaches:

It’s good. Obviously that’s a good thing. The Harvard thing I think will serve as good motivation when the time comes. We take it as a little bit of a slight, and Harvard had nothing to do with it… But when you’re the defending champ in and you beat them at their place, you’ve got 15 starters back, which is the most, and you’re still picked second, obviously there’s something wrong here. We’ll use it.

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Week 2 opponent Sacred Heart opens Friday evening against Marist but there still has been nothing on the school website even about practice having started. Nor has much has been written anywhere about the Pioneers, although there is a Q&A with record-setting quarterback Dale Fink in the Stamford Advocate. The QB who has had two shoulder surgeries tells the paper he's "100 percent."

In addition to Sacred Heart, two other Dartmouth opponents open this weekend. Holy Cross will play host to Howard at 1 p.m. Saturday and Bucknell will be in action at Duquesne at 6 that evening.

If you are curious what the Big Green is missing, New Hampshire will entertain Central Connecticut at noon Saturday and Colgate will be home for Monmouth the same day at 6 p.m.

Green Alert Premium will kick off the weekly feature Fearful Forecast on Friday with a look at the Sacred Heart and Bucknell games and predictions on how the two opponents will fare in their openers.

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Dartmouth has a single practice late this afternoon. Check out BGA tonight for a full recap. Last night's feature was built around precautions Big Green coach Buddy Teevens has been taking to reduce the chances of problems with the heat during practice. From the story:

When Teevens was an assistant coach at Florida days like Monday were the norm. He has brought some of the Gator approach to dealing with extreme heat to Hanover.

“I talked to (players and coaches) specifically about that,” he said. “One thing, (at Florida) we knew how to practice in this. You can’t scream and yell and jump around and all that. You are burning up stuff that you don’t have enough of in your tank.

“At Florida guys would lock in. They would have their helmets off and take a knee and it was not a problem. When they came back out they were ready to play. It is a learned process.”