Looking Ahead to Princeton

If you aren't traveling, you can catch streaming video of Dartmouth's game at Princeton on GoPrincetonTigers for $9.95. (Link) Your monthly subscription will also bring you the Dartmouth men's hockey game against the Tigers at 3:45 Saturday afternoon.

The latest Teevens TeleTeaser video is now up on the Dartmouth site and can be found here.

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Princeton's game notes for Saturday are posted here. From those notes:

Princeton has won six straight games over Dartmouth, which matches its longest win streak in the series. Princeton won six straight over Dartmouth from 1914 through 1935 (no games were played between the two from 1917 through 1932).

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From The Sports Network weekly release:

Princeton will host Dartmouth on Saturday and attempt to avoid its second winless Ivy League season (joining the 1973 squad). The 1-8 Tigers' lone win was in non-conference action against Lafayette in overtime.

The Sports Network Saturday picks:

Dartmouth over Princeton
Harvard over Yale
Penn over Cornell
Brown over Columbia

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Something to watch for Saturday – Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger is at 1,028 yards this fall. Harvard tailback Gino Gordon is at 1,023. Schwieger has played in eight games to Gordon's nine, but has 216 carries to Gordon's 154.

With the rushing title determined by yards per game rather than total yards, Schwieger (128.5 ypg) is a pretty good bet to hold on and win his second rushing championship in a row over Gordon (113.7). But who will finish with more yards?

And with 11 rushing touchdowns, Schwieger is one away from matching the Dartmouth record for most TDs rushing by a running back since the start of formal Ivy League play. Al Rosier had 12 in 1991. Schwieger is currently tied with Shon Page, who had 11 in 1990, and John Short, who had 11 in 1970. (Quarterback Bill King had 14 touchdowns in 1962.)

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Missed this earlier in the week but the ECAC Lambert Meadowlands Championship Subdivision Football Poll presented by FieldTurf (quite a mouthful, huh?) came out and looked like this:

1. Delaware 9-1 200
2. William & Mary 7-3 168
3. Penn 8-1 158
4. New Hampshire 6-4 136
5. Villanova 6-4 108
6. Lehigh 8-2 92
7. Massachusetts 6-4 78
8. Richmond 6-4 74
9. James Madison 6-3 36
10. Robert Morris 8-2 30
Also receiving votes: Yale, Stony Brook

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And finally ...

In six years of doing BGA I've never missed a practice (discounting the Friday walk-throughs). I have to admit, though, it can be mighty tempting to stay inside the last couple of weeks of the season when the wind picks up, snow and sleet fall and the temperature dips into the teens – or lower. Although there were a few chilly afternoons a couple of weeks ago, it's been remarkably different this fall. Today is the final Dartmouth practice for the 2010 season and the forecast is calling for an almost balmy 43 degrees and partly sunny skies when the session starts. No complaints here ;-)

As always, check in tonight for coverage on Big Green Alert Premium as the salute to the seniors continues.