Here's how TSN sees the race:
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Dartmouth
4. Yale
5. Penn
6. Brown
7. Cornell
8. Columbia
The only difference from the ranking that came out of media day is switching Yale and Penn. The media had the Quakers fourth and the Bulldogs fifth.
TSN has offensive lineman Scotty Whitmore, defensive linemen Evan Chrustic and Cody Fulleton, and corner Vernon Harris on its preseason All-Ivy League team.
The "kicker" from the Dartmouth capsule is hard to argue with:
Penn has frustrated the Big Green while their program has turned around, so a win over the Quakers to open the Ivy schedule is imperative.Green Alert Take: There are a lot of media outlets that don't have much of a clue about the Ivy League but TSN isn't one of them. Executive editor Craig Haley covered Princeton and the Ivies as a newspaper beat writer when I was covering Dartmouth for our local daily.
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It doesn't happen often but occasionally an accepted recruit changes his mind and lands elsewhere. Such was the case with Jerry Uwaezuoke, a defensive tackle who would be a junior on Memorial Field today but instead is in the starting lineup at Tulsa. Ditto for kicker Wyatt Schmidt, who was expected to be starting his first Dartmouth camp but instead is at USC.The 6-foot-2, 295-pound Uwaezuoke was originally part of a Dartmouth recruiting class, switched to Tulsa, and then seemed headed to Hanover after all before ending up at Tulsa. He started the last two games for the Hurricanes a year ago as a redshirt freshman and is listed as a starter for their opener against Tulane. Find his Tulsa bio HERE.
Schmidt, the brother of former Dartmouth standout Foley Schmidt, gave up his spot in the Big Green recruiting class to give big-time football a chance. He's listed third on the USC depth chart. Find his USC bio HERE.
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Just in time, opponent previews wrapped up on BGA Premium last night with a look at New Hampshire. Researching the Wildcats, I was reminded about this history of FBS upsets that UNH pulled off:2004 UNH 35, Rutgers 24
2006 UNH 34, Northwestern 17
2007 UNH 48, Marshall 35
2008 UNH 28, Army 10
2009 UNH 23, Ball State 16
UNH opens the season looking for another FBS skin Saturday night when it plays at Toledo.
