Dazzo Honored

Dartmouth safety Stephen Dazzo was named to the Ivy League honor roll for his play Saturday evening at Harvard. In addition to five tackles and a pass breakup, he returned a lateral 33 yards for a touchdown (which was not mentioned in the Ivy release).

Harvard placekicker Andrew Flesher was the conference's special teams player of the week for hitting 3-of-4 field goals against Dartmouth, including the 23-yard gamewinner with 48 seconds remaining.

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From a Harvard Crimson follow to the Dartmouth game:

Almost half of Harvard’s offensive starters Saturday were former second-teamers thrust into the ring after injuries to starters at running back, wide receiver, tight end, left tackle, right tackle, and center. 

Sometimes, that works out. Sophomore running back, Paul Stanton, for instance, had another impressive outing, accruing 146 yards. But sometimes it does not. When Stanton needed a breather, freshman Bo Ellis was thrown into the game. He only managed one yard on two carries and fumbled a swing pass that turned into a defensive score.

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Teams of interest in The Sports Network weekly FCS poll:

7. Fordham 9-0
8. Maine 8-1
21. Lehigh 6-2
25. New Hampshire 4-4
29. Princeton 6-1
34. Harvard 6-1
43. Sacred Heart 8-2

And in the FCS Coaches poll:

6. Fordham 9-0
9. Maine 8-1
19. Lehigh 6-2
26. New Hampshire 4-4
27. Princeton
29. Harvard

Green Alert Take: I used to vote in the former poll and if you are going to take the responsibility seriously it requires a lot of time cross-checking schedules and results each week to make as informed a guess as possible. Given the similarities in these polls it's hard to believe one doesn't feed off the other and I have a hunch which is which. ;-)

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The Lambert Meadowlands Poll, once billed as determining "eastern supremacy" has the FCS teams ranked this way:

1. Fordham 9-0
2. Maine 8-1
3. Delaware 7-2
4. Towson 8-2
5. Princeton 6-1
7. William & Mary 6-3
8. James Madison 6-3
9. Harvard 6-1
10. New Hampshire 4-4

Green Alert Take: Buffalo (6-2) leads the Bowl Subdivision Lambert rankings followed by Penn State, Boston College, Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse. Wow. Eastern football is in a free fall. I can almost hear a former Brown player now coaching in a gorgeous valley in central Pennsylvania challenging the surprise leader to a postseason game. Joe Paterno? Nope, Bill O'Brien. Don't understand the reference? Here's the story from 1970.

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The Daily Princetonian has a look around the Ivy League that might raise a few eyebrows. From the story (my comments in italics):

The Big Green nearly pulled off what might have been the biggest upset of the Ivy season last weekend . . .

Both teams were 2-1 in the Ivy League. Granted, it would have been an upset given overall records and recent history, but it certainly didn't feel as if it would have been a terribly big one. I suppose that may be how it looked from the outside.

Expect Harvard to roll over Columbia next Saturday on the way to the biggest game it has left on its schedule: a showdown with Penn in Cambridge on Nov. 16.

The Game. Nuff said.

The Lions are all but guaranteed a winless season after losing 53-12 to the Bulldogs on Saturday, as their remaining opponents are Harvard, Cornell and Brown.

On Nov. 16 the Lions visit Cornell, which is 1-6. Columbia then finishes at home against a Brown team it has beaten the last two times they played in Manhattan. Both times Brown brought just two Ivy League losses into the game. Brown has two Ivy League losses. Two years ago Columbia was 0-9 and coming off a 62-41 loss to Cornell and beat Brown, 35-28.

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Lehigh and Lafayette will play the record 150th renewal of their rivalry at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 22, 2014. That's next year. The first tickets went on sale on Nov. 1 and were scooped up fast. An update out of Lehigh reports:

Ticket sales have been very heavy all day on Nov. 1.  All Legends Suite Club, Delta Sky360 Suite, and much of the Premium sections are sold out.

There are some interesting FAQs about the game here. Ticket prices run from $45 to $89 (including fees).

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Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon offered up his vision for the future of the college at Monday's general faculty meeting and the headline in The Dartmouth sums it up succinctly:

Hanlon proposes flat tuition, grad. school expansion

Dartmouth Now coverage includes what we journalist types call a "nut graf":

In his first major address to the faculty, President Phil Hanlon ’77 outlined his vision for Dartmouth’s next decade and previewed his priorities, including increasing the size of the faculty, offering more opportunity for experiential education, expanding Thayer School of Engineering, adding offerings at the Tuck School of Business, and considering creation of a free-standing graduate school.

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It's back to practice today. Check out BGA Premium tonight for full coverage, Coach Buddy Teevens' review of Harvard and assorted updates.