Fearful Forecast? Not

Dana Barbaro makes a grab at Friday's practice.

Once the Ivy League season begins I do the Fearful Forecast on BGA Premium, in which each week I pick the outcome of games featuring Dartmouth opponents, offering up a few pithy comments along the way. I like to think they are usually funny, but that's for you to decide.

Given that the Ivies are still three full weeks from kicking off there aren't enough games for a full Fearful Forecast (say that three times fast) so simple predictions will have to suffice this week. Here they are:

• Holy Cross at Bryant (3 p.m.) – Crusaders cruise, 35-21
• Butler at No. 6 South Dakota State (7 p.m) – South Dakota State 42, Butler 17

If you want to know what's happening with Game One opponent Butler, good luck. But for a little more background on Holy Cross, check out the Holy Cross Football Show video featuring head coach (and former Dartmouth assistant) Tom Gilmore.

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Jake Novak over at Roar Lions 2013 offers up his Ivy League prediction today with relatively detailed looks at each team. Here's how he sees the race:

1.       Harvard
2.       Penn
3.       Dartmouth
4.       Brown
5.       Columbia
6.       Princeton
7.       Yale
8.       Cornell

Jake's intro to Dartmouth begins this way:

The Big Green had an extremely promising 2012 season, both because they increased their win total and because they found a major new star at QB.

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Have you downloaded the Ivy League football media guide yet? You can find it here.

BGA Take: If you are a newcomer to the Ivy League, the media guide is a must-have. I just wish it had a little more current information, such as rosters, an outlook on each team and something akin to the Patriot League's five questions on each team.

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Off to Practice No. 4 in a few minutes. Be sure to check BGA Premium later today for a wrap. Here are photos I shot at yesterday's session that were posted on the other site: