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Click here for the Worcester Telegram story about Saturday's game from the Holy Cross perspective.The Dartmouth daily has a recap of the shootout loss.
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With quarterbacks Ernest Evans and Thomas Militello in red shirts and whistled "down" when defenders got close, no kickoffs, no punt returns or extra points, and a running clock, Dartmouth's junior varsity game with Williams yesterday was a hybrid between a game and a scrimmage. The Big Green was driving for the tying touchdown when time ran out and Williams came away with an 18-12 win. Details on BGA Premium.Tonight on BGA Premium –The Optimist and The Pessimist.
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With the Ivy opener Saturday at Penn, check out a story on the Quakers' trouble running the ball in the Daily Pennsylvanian that includes this:For a team that has to win ugly, what with a quarterback that is at his best when he isn’t asked to throw the ball downfield a ton, Penn’s rushing troubles should worry the coaching staff heading into its first Ivy contest against Dartmouth next week.Speaking of Penn, writers on the DP's blog The Buzz have a haiku regarding the Quakers and Big Green.
Back to the Main Line
Back to the old drawing board
Dartmouth's not 'Nova
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This week's Sagarin ratings (with last week in parentheses):
121 Harvard (149)
167 Brown (178)
169 Yale (210)
178 Princeton (191)
185 Penn (169)
191 Dartmouth (186)
202 Cornell (194)
242 Columbia (235
193 Holy Cross (193)
203 Butler (204)
233 Bucknell (220)
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Harvard's WHRB Sports Blog has come back to life and posted its first Ivy League Football Power Rankings of the fall on Sunday, although apparently without including Saturday's games. Go figure. The station sees it this way (with capsules on each team):1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Brown
5. Dartmouth
6. Cornell
7. Yale
8. Columbia
