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| Stanchions for the new video scoreboard at Memorial Field went up and work continued on Saturday morning. |
Football doesn't open until Sept. 21.
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Watched a good part of the Holy Cross football game against Towson yesterday on the Patriot League's free video service. Later in the day I had the Bucknell-Marist game going and the Colgate-Albany game going at the same time.Green Alert Take: It's been explained to me why the Ivy League is charging for the league-wide video service and to be honest, it's a very reasonable rate. But, and it's a huge but, no one is going to "just stop by" to catch some Ivy League action the way I did yesterday to check in on the Patriot League games.
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In games featuring future Dartmouth opponents . . .Butler 49, Wittenberg 24
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Butler built a 42-3 lead over Division III power Wittenberg before cruising to the easy win. Quarterback Matt Lancaster completed 13-of-17 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. With the game out of hand, he did not play in the second half. Leading rusher Trae Heater took a seat at the half as well.
Towson 49, Holy Cross 7
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The Crusaders were no match for the Tigers, who were coming off a 33-18 win at Connecticut of the FBS a week earlier. Playing without starting quarterback Steven Elder, the Crusaders were driving to get within a touchdown at halftime when backup Ryan Laughlin was intercepted at the 10 and the Towson safety ran the pick back 90 yards for a touchdown. Freshman tailback Gabe Guild looked good on the video, running for 59 yards on 14 carries. Mike Fess caught six passes for 81 yards for HC.
Bucknell 27, Marist 14
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The Bison jumped out to a 24-7 lead and held Marist to 39 rushing yards while winning their opener. Four-year starting quarterback Brandon Wesley was a very efficient 12-of-16 for 176 yards with two touchdowns. Matt DelMauro, a 5-foot-7 sophomore, looked elusive on video while running 20 times for 83 yards.
Elsewhere in games featuring a couple of former Dartmouth opponents, New Hampshire, which used to make a habit of these things, seemed to be in good position to pick off another FBS upset when it took a 13-0 halftime lead and had a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter only to see Central Michigan roar back with 17 unanswered points to win on a 27-yard field goal with no time left.
Also, Colgate climbed out of a 30-14 hole and had a first down at the Albany 3 in the final minutes but got stonewalled on four consecutive running plays as the Great Danes survived, 37-34.
A couple more games of interest featured two other Patriot League teams. What was expected to be a very good Lafayette team was victimized by someone Dartmouth is all-too-familiar with as Keshaudas Spence gained 168 yards on the ground to help Sacred Heart to a 26-24 win. The Pioneers clinched the game at Lafayette with a 42-yard field goal on the last play.
Trailing by 20 points against Central Connecticut (a future Dartmouth foe), Lehigh scored three touchdowns in the final 10:46 only to miss and extra point and need two overtimes to pull out a 51-44 win.
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It's an off day for the Dartmouth football team, the first of the camp. Check BGA Premium tonight for a column you may find interesting. I hope ;-)