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| Thursday's PGA Premium story began with a look at knee braces. Virtually all Dartmouth's offensive linemen wear them in practice and most in games. |
Busy Weekend
Dartmouth's three non-league opponents play this weekend and they will each have interesting games.Week One opponent Butler dips down to the Division III level as Wittenberg comes to Indianapolis. But is it really dipping all that much? Wittenberg was 10-2 last year , is 40-6 over the past four years and has 42 letterwinners back this fall. Expect Butler to bounce back from last week's 55-14 loss to No. 6/7 South Dakota State but not without having to break a pretty good sweat. Dartmouth fans might want to root for Butler because you don't really want to be playing someone who lost to a Division III team, do you?
Week Two foe Holy Cross has the unenviable task of playing host to Towson, which last week smacked FBS member Connecticut. The Sports Network predicts a 40-20 win for the No. 5/6 Tigers, who are coming off a 33-18 trouncing of the Huskies. Gotta agree with TSN that the Crusaders will have a long day.
Week Five opponent Bucknell is home to Marist, the Pioneer Football League member that lost to Sacred Heart last week, 37-21. Marist, for what it's worth, was picked sixth in the 12-team PFL. If Bucknell is going to have a decent year this is a game the Bison have to win, and they should.
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Thanks to the Ivy League office for posting a list of Ivy grads in the NFL this fall after the final cuts:
Active
- Kevin Boothe, Cornell - New York Giants (8th Season)
- Desmond Bryant, Harvard - Cleveland Browns (5th Season)
- Mike Catapano, Princeton - Kansas City Chiefs (1st Season)
- Zak DeOssie, Brown - New York Giants (7th Season)
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard - Tennessee Titans (9th Season)
- Kyle Juszczyk, Harvard - Baltimore Ravens (1st Season)
- Josh Martin, Columbia - Kansas City Chiefs (1st Season)
- Greg Van Roten, Penn - Green Bay Packers (2nd Season)
Practice Squad
- Brandon Copeland, Penn - Baltimore Ravens (1st Season)
- Kevin Murphy, Harvard - Minnesota Vikings (2nd Season)
- Bryan Walters, Cornell - Seattle Seahawks (4th Season)
Physically Unable to Perform
- JC Tretter, Cornell - Green Bay Packers (1st Season)
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Speaking of the NFL, former Dartmouth and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Reggie Williams has to be one proud papa with son Kellen Williams a 6-foot-1, 225-pound linebacker for the Commodores. Find his bio here.
The young Williams had five tackles last year and is on the second line of the depth chart this fall. The Anchor of Gold blog wrote in its preseason look at Vandy:
Williams joined the team as an under-the-radar prospect in 2011 and logged scout time before emerging for some low-pressure snaps in 2012. He's the son of 14-year NFL veteran Reggie Williams, and while he's not a stud athlete he is a hard worker who has a good understanding of the game. He will have the chance to expand his role for the 'Dores this fall, but he'll have to fend off some young and talented players to get there first.
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The Wall Street Journal writes that former Princeton quarterback-turned-Dallas Cowboy head coach Jason Garrett, "Is Using Geometry Quizzes to Kick-Start Their Offense." Find the story here.
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Went to watch the last welcome-to-Dartmouth performance by the H-Croo yesterday afternoon in front of Robinson Hall. H-Croo are the smiling first faces incoming freshmen see when they come off the bus for their DOC trips. You can read about them here.
That Certain '14 is one of the costumed H-Cross whackos who dress in wild costumes, dye their hair, sing songs, put on one of the more intriguing safety talks you'll ever hear, tuck the "Tripees" in at Leverone Field House on their first night in town and wake them in the morning for the start of their freshman adventure. She's hoarse, tired and totally worn out but right in the middle of things, which is where she likes to be. Read about trips here.
Being a Croo members completes the triple crown for That Certain '14 who went "psycho hiking," on her own trip as a freshman, and then last year led the same kind of trip. Also known as Hiking 4, it involves hiking an average of 10 miles a day in the White Mountains – with most peaks over the tree line – and spending the nights under tarps or in shelters.
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Back to practice No. 11 or 12 this morning, depending on exactly what the second half of the last two-a-day was called. There will be a full story on BGA Premium after the session as well as news on what the afternoon plan might be.
