candidates across the country for the 2013 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
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The NFF Awards Committee will select up to 16 recipients, and the results will be announced via a national press release on Thursday, October 31. Each recipient will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship, and they will vie as finalists for the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy. Each member of the 2013 National Scholar-Athlete Class will also travel to New York City to be honored Dec. 10 during the 56th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria.Six Ivy Leaguers are among the candidates representing every school except Princeton and Penn. Find an Ivy League release here.
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Penn's game notes for Saturday's game at Franklin Field are available here.
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The Daily Pennsylvanian writes that the Penn defensive line, a question area to begin the season, has come into its own. From the story:... (T)he Red and Blue have little to worry about on their defensive line, a big reason for Penn’s No. 2 rank in the Ivy League in sacks.
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Speaking of Penn, if you are going to the game you absolutely, positively do not want to miss the "Greatest Ivy Tailgate," being hosted by the Dartmouth football parents. Check your Friends of Dartmouth Football email for details. Did I mention you don't want to miss this one?
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Here are this week's picks by The Sports Network, which correctly tapped Holy Cross to knock off Dartmouth last week and is batting .767 this fall:- Penn over Dartmouth
- Princeton over Columbia
- Harvard over Holy Cross
- Cornell over Colgate
- Rhode Island over Brown
- Cal Poly over Yale
- Lafayette over Bucknell
- Butler over Stetson
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A BGA reader has shared a note that the documentary, "Hank: Five Years From the Brink," about Treasure Secretary Hank Paulson '68, has a Dartmouth football mention in the early going.
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Women's rugby has become Harvard's 42nd varsity sport as detailed in the Harvard Crimson.
An article in The Daily Princetonian takes issue with the accuracy of how Harvard portrays the scope of its athletic program.
