First Team
Caraun Reid, Princeton, defensive tackle
Second Team
Tyler Varga, Yale, all-purpose
Third Team
Cameron Brate, Harvard, tight end
Zach Hodges, Harvard, defensive end
Also of note . . .
Third Team
Travis Friend, Bucknell, fullback
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The Beyond Sports Network has named its preseason team as well, and congratulations to you if you can find a link because all I've been able to find is the FBS team. The most popular Ivy League message board comes to the rescue and lists these choices:First Team
Cameron Brate, Harvard, TE
Caraun Reid, Princeton, DT
Second Team
Dan Davis, Penn, LB
Third Team
Jeff Mathews,Cornell, QB
Tyler Varga, Yale, ATH
Zach Hodges, Harvard, DL
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Penn's tradition of throwing toast is in the College Football Traditions Tournament being conducted by Sirius XM College Sports Nation. Penn has a page here that offers links to the bracket and how to vote, as well as explaining the tradition this way:The toast toss takes place after the third quarter of home football games where Quaker fans unite in the singing of "Drink a Highball." As the last line is sung - "Here's a toast to dear old Penn" - the fans toss toast onto the sidelines.
Toast covers the track surrounding the field and the beloved “Toast Zamboni” sweeps up the bread. A group of engineering students modified Penn’s motorized turf cleaner so it would be able to pick up larger pieces of trash, and the "Toast Zamboni" is now a permanent fixture at Penn football games.
Originally, fans literally drank a highball, but the act of throwing toast was adopted after alcohol was banned from the stadium in the late 1970s. Students turned towards bread, and even bagels, so that they could continue to raise a "toast" to Penn.Unfortunately, the Penn tradition is up again Florida State's Chief Osceola and his flaming spear in the first round. Knocking the Chief off will require a huge upset.
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Video of Ed Lucas' first career homer (with a mention of Dartmouth):Here's a story that appeared after the former Big Green QB hit the homer.
