Accolades For No. 22

A story in the Norton (Mass.) Patch says native son running back Nick Schwieger is geared up for, "what looks to be a season’s worth of accolades."

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2011 Dartmouth jayvee schedule

• Sept. 18 vs. Middlebury, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 9 vs. Williams, 1 p.m.
• Oct. 28 at Harvard, TBA
• Nov. 6 vs. Bridgton Academy, noon

Green Alert Take: In the days of freshman football the Big Green used to play what was largely an Ivy League schedule. Too bad it's not the same on the jayvee level because contests against DIII teams and prep schools aren't nearly as much fun. Last year Dartmouth beat Midd and Williams by a combined 52-7. The Middlebury game is usually more competitive because it is against the varsity, but the Williams game last year was against the Ephs jayvees and the 24-7 final didn't come close to reflecting the difference in the teams. While budget issues might make games against Cornell and Princeton a problem, the guess here is that both players and fans would probably much prefer games against day-trip opponents Brown and Yale.

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Posters on the Any Given Saturday message board sat up and took notice of the Ivy League coaches saying they unanimously favor going to the playoffs. Click through and see what people around the country think.

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The FCS Senior Scout Bowl preseason All-American football team has tailback Nick Schwieger on the second team and corner Shawn Abuhoff on the honorable mention team. Of course, it also has running back Taiwan Jones on the first team even after the Eastern Washington standout gave up his final year of eligibility and is now on the Oakland Raiders.

Other Ivies who get mentioned:
North First Team
OT Jeff Adams, Columbia
LB Jordan Haynes, Yale

North Second Team
K Patrick Jacob, Princeton
DE Mike Catapano, Princeton

North Honorable Mention
WR Jim Saros, Brown
DT Josue Ortiz, Harvard

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For those of you who don't have Quicktime and couldn't access the first Green Alert podcast, there's now a link that should allow you to listen in here. This 25-minute edition looks at Dartmouth's 10 opponents for 2011. More podcasts (with better sound quality) will follow.