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Jake Novak's Roar Lions 2012 Columbia football blog has a posting with a link to a blog authored by Columbia coach Pete Mangurian. Among other things, the Lions' new no-nonsense mentor writes:"Over the last three months we have measured, recorded, timed and quantified who we are as a team. While the numbers are not what I would have expected, or will accept in the future, we are good enough to win."
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Of all years to put up a bubble! Penn kicked off spring practice this week inside its inflatable dome. Find a few photos here.•
Following up the post earlier this week listing the schedules for all Ivy League teams, here are the schedules for Dartmouth's non-league opponents:Butler
Aug. 30 at Western Illinois
Sep. 8 Franklin
Sep. 15 at Dartmouth
Sep. 22 Campbell
Sep. 29 Dayton
Oct. 6 at Valparaiso
Oct. 13 at Marist
Oct. 20 Morehead State
Oct. 27 at Davidson
Nov. 3 Jacksonville
Nov. 10 at Drake
Holy Cross
Aug. 30 New Hampshire
Sep. 15 Brown
Sep. 22 Dartmouth
Sep. 28 at Harvard
Oct. 6 Bucknell
Oct. 13 at Colgate
Oct. 20 at Lafayette
Oct. 27 Fordham
Nov. 3 Lehigh
Nov. 10 at Wagner
Nov. 17 at Georgetown
Sacred Heart
Sept. 1 at Morgan State
Sept. 15 at Colgate
Sept. 22 at Monmouth
Sept. 29 Central Connecticut State
Oct. 6 Wagner
Oct. 13 at Dartmouth
Oct. 20 at Duquesne
Oct. 27 Albany
Nov. 3 at Bryant
Nov. 10 Robert Morris
Nov. 17 at St. Francis
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In case you are wondering, mud season is in full blossom here on the mountain. Last night I drove six miles out of my way to avoid a particular stretch of mud and still it was a white knuckler. Mud season usually lasts about three weeks and to be completely honest, it's not much fun. Do I speed up to make it through that deep and gooey rut or do I pick and choose the high spots and hope I don't bog down? Six of one . . .The Manchester Union Leader is calling this one of the worst mud seasons in years. From the newspaper:
This week in Tilton and Meredith, drivers found themselves stuck in thick mud, but found that some towing companies wouldn't come to the rescue because of fear their tow trucks would get stuck.Here's what our road looked like last year during mud season and I may pull on my Bean boots and go out and get a few shots later today:
In Gilmanton, five school buses have had to be pulled from deep road mud in the past week. Tuesday night, an injured girl was unreachable by ambulance on Griffin Road because the road to her house could not support rescue vehicles . . . .
