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Remember, tomorrow is signing day. Links to local stories and photos aren't just welcomed. They are encouraged ;-)
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On the eve of Signing Day The Sports Network chimes in on the Patriot League offering football scholarships for the first time. The story reminds us that one PL school, coached by a former Dartmouth assistant (and on the Big Green schedule in several years), has chosen to not offer scholarships. (There is a rumor they do offer basketball schollies, though ;-) From the story:Georgetown was against the decision to add football scholarships and punted on the chance to offer them this year. That puts the Hoyas behind the six other programs and surely will counteract coach Kevin Kelly's recent work to improve the once-struggling program.
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New Cornell football coach David Archer inherits record-setting quarterback Jeff Mathews, but also a team that finished a disappointing 2-5 in the Ivy League. Archer tells the Cornell Sun:“Obviously, Jeff has experience and production throwing the football and a lot of unbelievably historic things have happened here in the passing game. So we’re going to work hard to make sure our players are in the best position, but we also will have a more balanced approach.”
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From the Princeton Football blog about the Tigers' 1,000-yard rusher from two seasons ago:Chuck Dibilio, who has passed the one-year anniversary of his stroke, is enrolled and should be able to participate fully in non-contact workouts. His availability to join spring practice as a prelude to a return in the fall remains subject to ongoing review by medical specialists. “There are a lot of unknowns,” said (coach Bob) Surace. “And there is no timetable.”
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A story in the Akron Legal News writes about the one athletic conference refuses to join college football's postseason.
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From a basketball column in the Daily Princetonian in the aftermath of the Tigers' win over Columbia in men's basketball:The final buzzer that ended the men’s basketball team’s 72-66 victory over Columbia this weekend doubled as a death knell for the Lions’ conference title hopes.And . . .
Now, Columbia is merely the latest example of the ruthlessness of the 14-Game Tournament.Ruthlessness and ridiculousness. One weekend into the Ivy League's Friday-Saturday schedule and the Princetonian is declaring that Columbia's season is essentially over. While every other team in America still has the dream of a miracle run to the tournament, Columbia doesn't. Dartmouth, also 1-3 with two losses to one of the frontrunners, is in the same situation. At 1-3, Yale's hopes have also been all-but-dashed. A 14-game tournament? Sorry, but it's the regular season. There is no tournament because if there were those teams would still be jockeying for a shot at a dream.
No football playoffs when every other sport can go on. No basketball tournament when the rest of the country has one. Calling it a tournament doesn't make it a tournament. Isn't it interesting how smart the Ivy League is and how dumb the rest of the free world is?
Right?
Wrong.
