Monday, October 01, 2012

2 On Ivy Honor Roll

Dartmouth defensive back Mike Banaciski and wide receiver Michael Reilly have been named to the Ivy League honor roll for their play against Harvard Penn. Banaciski had 10 tackles (seven solo) and one pass breakup. Reilly caught seven passes for 115 yards and one touchdown.

Harvard's Colton Chapple was selected the Ivy League's offensive player of the week for completing 13-of-18 passes for 260 yards and four touchdowns while also running for one in essentially a half of action.

For as eyepopping as Chapple's numbers are, his selection over Penn quarterback Billy Ragone only goes to show how difficult it is to make such selections. Ragone completed 14-of-18 passes for 165 yards, ran for 60 yards (and six first downs) and even caught a pass. Every time Penn needed a play it seemed Ragone made it, not in a nonleague game that turned into a rout (in no small part because of Chapple's play) but in conference game that ended up being a horse race.

Green Alert Take: Did the Ivy League make the right choice? I don't know, but be glad you aren't a selector because choosing between candidates like this is an impossible and thankless job.