Dartmouth president Jim Kim was on the sidelines for most of Wednesday afternoon's practice. Here he addresses the team. He finished his talk by gathering the players around him and having them join him in a rousing chant of, "1-2-3 Ivy League champions." (Click photo to enlarge.)
In the video below, quarterback Alex Park tosses the ball with President Kim, whose personal caddie catching the return throws is receiver Tim McManus.
If you haven't yet, check out last night's Green Alert premium post-practice story that begins with a look at Park, the transfer quarterback from New Hampshire, who will be paying close attention tonight when UNH takes on Toledo in the Wildcat opener. A reminder that there will be individual stories posted on BGA after each of today's two practices.
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The college football season does indeed kick off tonight with Week Five Dartmouth opponent Holy Cross among those seeing action. The Crusaders will play their first-ever night game at Fitton Field against UMass in a game that will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.
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Toledo over New Hampshire
UMass over Holy Cross
Marist over Sacred Heart
Albany over Colgate
No surprises there, except the last one, which would be a serious upset.
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The Colgate game notes for Albany have been posted and they list 6-foot-2, 193-pound sophomore Gavin McCarney as winning the starting quarterback nod for the opener, with a 239-pound freshman fullback and a 6-5 freshman tight end also listed as starters. Still, with Dartmouth's opener against the Raiders still two weeks away there are no guarantees who the Big Green will see under center.
Four-year Colgate quarterback standout Ryan Vena is one of just three players in NCAA history to be named a conference player of the year as a freshman (Herschel Walker of Georgia and Stanford Jennings of Furman are the others) and he didn't see action until the fourth game of the 1995 season. Vena went on to win the PL player of the year honor three times. In 2008 Greg Sullivan began the season as the backup QB but after an injury boosted him into the starting lineup he ran for 136 yards against Dartmouth and the rest is history.
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David Coulson of College Sporting News reprises his Top-25 that has New Hampshire at No. 7, Penn at No. 25 and Colgate and Harvard among the 15 Best of the Rest. Of Penn he writes:
The Quakers are seeking their third straight Ivy League title and are heavy favorites with one of the top defenses — led by LB Erik Rask — in FCS returning, along with QB Billy Ragone guiding an efficient offense that doesn't make many mistakes. It's too bad that the Al Bagnoli-coached squad is allowed to go to the playoffs, where the Quakers would be a tough out for any team.
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The Daily Pennsylvanian writes about one impressive goal of this year's Quaker team:
Though Penn has three-peated as outright champs before (1984-1986), never have the Quakers — or any squad in Ancient Eight history — done so with three undefeated seasons.
This group will have that opportunity, something that is not lost to the team’s head coach of 19 years, Al Bagnoli.
“It’s something that motivates you, it’s something that challenges you (and) it’s something that very few teams ever get a chance to do,” he said at the team’s media day session Monday. “We’re embracing this more than we’re afraid of it.”
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OC Varsity in Southern California writes about a Villa Park linebacker who along with two teammates attended football camp at Dartmouth and several other Ivy League schools.
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Former Dartmouth defensive lineman Adam Nelson '97, a two-time silver medalist in the Olympics, qualified for the shot put finals at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships in South Korea. Find a brief mention here and Nelson's bio here.
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That Certain Hanover High Senior has his first golf tournament today and he goes into it confident after making bogey on the 10th hole yesterday at Hanover and then shooting even par for the rest of the back nine. That brought him home smiling after the first day of school, a rare occurence indeed ;-). His sister reports for preseason Saturday but is still finishing up her summer work at Tuck School.
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