Whaddya Say, Jay?

Jay Fiedler '94 will be the keynote speaker on Oct. 13 in a celebration of Ivy League football presented by the producers of the documentary 8:Ivy League Football & America. Fiedler's topic will be: Success On and Off The Field. (Click photo to enlarge)

Check out Jay's Legends Energy Group page here.

Find out more or buy tickets here.

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The Ivy League will debut its new radio show, Inside Ivy League football tomorrow night. The first show will include interviews with Nick Schwieger, Penn coach Al Bagnoli and Ivy League executive director Robin Harris. Read more about the show and how to access it here.

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The new Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top 25 is out and Saturday opponent Colgate has fallen out of the voting with its loss at Holy Cross. Dartmouth opponents who show up in the poll:

28. Penn
39. Harvard
47. Holy Cross
48. Brown
49. Yale

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The FCS Coaches Poll has these opponents collecting votes:

26. Penn
37. Harvard

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Billy Ragone, quarterback at Penn, Dartmouth's first Ivy League opponent, is the central figure in a Daily Pennsylvanian story about the new-look Quaker offense. Although the headline is about the QB, "building a new reputation through the air," it's more of an overview of the Penn offense.

The DP also has a humorous column with frequently asked questions for freshmen attending their first Penn football game this Saturday. Here's a good one:

Question: When was the last time Penn lost an Ivy League game?
Answer: Nov. 15, 2008. I could compare it to the fact that Barack Obama had not yet taken office as president, that our country’s economic woes hadn’t begun, that Tiger still had a wife (and a golf game), that MJ was still alive. But those are all inconsequential compared to an Ivy League football winning streak.

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There's also a good Q&A about Dartmouth's last Ivy League opponent, Princeton, posted on the school's football website. Here's a good question and part of the answer:

In a league loaded at the quarterback position, can Tommy Wornham be a difference maker?

Simply put, yes.

Most other seasons, the return of Wornham, who suffered a broken collarbone during Week 5 last season, would be a major headline during the Ivy League preseason. But with each team returning a starter at the position, and several possessing elite-level numbers or talents, Wornham’s return has barely made a ripple on the water.

That could be a short-sighted mistake . . .

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Ivy League football websites are getting quite confusing to navigate so this may be wrong, but it would appear Cornell is the first school to get its game notes up this fall in anticipation of the Battle of the Nells – Cornell and Bucknell.

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The second Green Alert podcast of the week will be posted later today on Green Alert Premium. Following yesterday's look at the Dartmouth offense, today's edition will look at the Big Green defense and special teams. Tomorrow: The outlook for the Ivy League season.

As always, check Green Alert Premium tonight for full coverage of today's practice.