Bucknell highlights from Dartmouth sports information:
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The Columbia Spectator gives a clue what to expect Saturday when Columbia (0-5, 0-2 Ivy League) visits Dartmouth (2-3, 1-1):
The numbers for Columbia (0-5, 0-2 Ivy) have been grim all year, and Saturday was no different. The Lions recorded just four first downs in the game—two passing, one rushing, and one by penalty, while the Quakers had 25. It was also the second game of the season in which the Lions failed to record a third-down conversion, as they went 0-13.
And this . . .
On the season, Columbia has recorded just 50 first downs—an average of 10 per game—ranking last in the Ancient Eight. Penn, which ranks seventh, has 94 first downs. Princeton leads the league with 147 converted first downs—an average of 29.4 per game.
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Nickelback Mike Banaciski gets some pub from his hometown Courier-News in New Jersey for earning Ivy defensive player of the week for his play in the win over Yale on Oct. 12.
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Of interest from the FCS Coaches Poll:
8. FordhamOf interest from The Sports Network Top 25:
14. Maine
15. Lehigh
22. New Hampshire
23. Harvard
35. Princeton
41. Sacred Heart
9. Fordham
11. Maine
15. Lehigh
20. New Hampshire
29. Harvard
41. Princeton
44. Sacred Heart
47. Butler
The Roar Lions power rankings which, surprisingly, see Dartmouth rising one spot this week despite the loss to Bucknell:
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Penn
4. Dartmouth
5. Brown
6. Yale
7. Cornell
8. Columbia
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The Lambert Meadowlands Football Poll is a descendant of the legendary Lambert Trophy, "emblematic of supremacy in the East," which Dartmouth famously won in 1970 over Penn State. Anyway, the Lambert is now awarded at different levels and the second FCS Lambert poll has been released. It looks like this:
1. Fordham 8-0
2T. Towson 7-1
2T Maine 6-1
4. Villanova 4-3
5. Lehigh 6-1
6. Harvard 5-0
7. New Hampshire 3-3
8. James Madison 5-2
9. Delaware 4-1
10. Princeton 4-1
Others Receiving Votes: William & Mary
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And interesting note from the Princeton Football blog:
So dominant became the Tigers at Brown Saturday night that they faced only four third downs while scoring 33 second-half points.
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The Yale Daily News writes about the possibility of NCAA athletes being paid and the Ivy League stance on the issue.
