Dartmouth-Penn Notes

Dartmouth's game notes for Saturday's game can be found here.  One nugget from the notes:

Through two games, Dartmouth has surrendered just 17 points — and none in the second half — giving the Big Green the second-lowest average (8.5) in the FCS with just top-ranked North Dakota State ahead of them at 4.7. The last time Dartmouth yielded fewer points in the first two games of a season came in 1983 with a 21-3 win over Princeton and a 13-12 loss at Army ...

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Challenging the Dartmouth defense will be a Penn offense that is next-to-last in the Ivy League at 14.5 points per game. Only Columbia (11.5) has scored less.

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The game pits the two schools leading the Ivy League in total defense. Dartmouth is allowing 307.5 yards per game while Penn is allowing 337.0.

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From The Sports Network:

Interesting clash in Hanover, N.H., where upstart Dartmouth (2-0) puts a five-game winning streak on the line against league power Penn, which is 0-2 for, surprisingly, the fifth time in six years. The last three meetings have been decided by a touchdown or less, including an overtime affair in 2010. 

The Sports Network picks Penn to come away with the win. The rest of the TSN picks of interest:

Colgate over Yale
Columbia over Princeton
Brown over Georgetown
Cornell over Bucknell
Harvard over Holy Cross
Sacred Heart over Central Connecticut State
Butler over Dayton

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Interesting plot line: Penn's two losses have come to Lafayette and Villanova, teams that are a combined 6-1 with the only defeat Villanova's loss to Temple. Dartmouth's two wins have been over Butler and Holy Cross, which are a combined 2-5 with the only DI win Butler's victory over lowly Campbell.

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From a TV web page headlined, NBC Sports Network Airs College Football Doubleheader This Saturday

At Noon ET on Saturday, the Penn Quakers face the Dartmouth Big Green at Memorial Field in Hanover, N.H. Penn comes off of two consecutive losses while Dartmouth remains undefeated at 2-0. Randy Moss will handle the play-by-play for the game, alongside analyst Ross Tucker. Carolyn Manno will serve as the sideline reporter.

And no, it's not THAT  Randy Moss.

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In a story built around Penn quarterback Billy Ragone's injuries, the Daily Pennsylvanian compares him to someone he's reminded me of since he played against Dartmouth as a freshman:

(Tim) Tebow and Ragone also share many qualities: a love for running the football, the second-best throwing arm on their respective squads and a supposed clutch gene.