Here's a hint: It's virtually impossible to get the nod without a highly productive quarterback. And if you have a record-setting quarterback, so much the better.
With that out of the way, TSN's pick for the top receiver in the Ivy League is Cornell's Shane Savage, a talented player who also is the beneficiary of having Jeff Mathews throwing the ball his way.
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Former Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero signed with the Raiders this week. Although he was overshadowed last fall by the numbers being put up in Ithaca and Cambridge, he finished his career 12th in the Ivy League all-time for touchdown passes (39), 10th for completions (517) and 17th in passing yards (5,472).
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There's no telling how long new Columbia coach Pete Mangurian will have the energy and interest in continuing to write his blog so eat it up while you can. In his latest posting, he writes about his approach to recruiting including this:How much of it is evaluation and how much is marketing? Is it all about collecting players or about building a team? Do you just go after the best athletes, or the players that fit your program?
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The dreaded "U" words shows up in a SmartPlanet story headlined, "High-tech football helmets: lifesavers, or just a Hail Mary?" Thad Ide, senior vice president for research and product development for Riddell helmets and someone who should know better says:“In the Ivy League, Dartmouth University and Brown are HITS users and have changed the way practice is scheduled. They realized players were exposed to unnecessary head impacts during practices, so they eliminated full-contact practices during the regular season.”
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Speaking of science, a Dartmouth researcher's study is cited in a ScienceDaily story headlined, "How Exercise Affects the Brain: Age and Genetics Play a Role." The story begins this way:Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain. This is familiar territory, but Dartmouth's David Bucci thinks there is much more going on.(Thanks for the link ;-)
