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The Brown Daily Herald has a preview story with this headline:Football hosts Big Green on Senior DayThe first part of the headline is correct. As for the second part, Dartmouth (4-4, 3-2 Ivy League) still has hopes for a conference title but Brown's third loss last week at Yale eliminated the Bears (5-3, 2-3 Ivy) from the race with Princeton sitting at 5-0 with just two games remaining.
The matchup showcases top Ivy talent but hopes of a conference title are dim for both sides
From the Daily Herald story:
(Brown quarterback Patrick) Donnelly was impressed with the “big defensive line, strong linebackers and good secondary” that make up (Brown's) opposition.
“They don’t have any weaknesses that jump out on film,” he added.
The Dartmouth has a preview here.
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The Massey rating service gives Dartmouth a 37 percent chance of winning Saturday with Brown at 63 percent. That may not sound as if the Big Green has a very good shot but according to Massey it is the most even of the Ivy League contests. The next most-even game? Princeton-Yale, which it hardly has even ;-)
Here's how Massey sees the other Week 9 games:
Princeton 82 percent chance of beating Yale (18 percent)
Harvard 83 percent chance of beating Penn (17 percent)
Cornell 88 percent chance of beating Columbia (12 percent)
For what it's worth, here's the Massey national rating for the Ivies and Dartmouth opponents:
111 Princeton
128 Harvard
183 Yale
187 Brown
197 Penn
214 Dartmouth
335 Cornell
465 Columbia
237 Bucknell
252 Holy Cross
286 Butler
