Well, no.
The bottom line is that all Ivy League teams are allowed the same number of preseason practices. They simply schedule them differently because the schools have different academic calendars.
Cornell begins classes next Tuesday. Yale next Wednesday. Dartmouth doesn't start classes until Sept. 15.
The Big Green needs fewer days to squeeze in the allotted practices because the delay in starting classes means it can hold double sessions (Sept. 1, Sept. 3, Sept. 5, Sept. 8, Sept. 10). The start of classes means Yale can't hold doubles, and therefore the Bulldogs therefore need more days to get in the full allotment of practices.
Got it?
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Critics of the Big Green's non-conference schedule might disagree but the New Haven Register's Portal 31 blog (LINK) has a short look at Dartmouth that includes this thought:It’s also worth noting, the Big Green have a challenging non-conference schedule with Central (Connecticut State), New Hampshire and Holy Cross.
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Jake Novak over at the Roar Lions blog has posted a link to a study by the Mode blog of where every Division I football player in the country comes from, and where players from each school call home. You can sort by school and/or position among others. It's a great time waster. (LINK)
Not surprisingly, the Ivy League has five of the 10 teams that are most geographically diverse. Here's the top 10:
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Dartmouth
4. Army
5. Notre Dame
6. Navy
6. Georgetown
8 Holy Cross
9. Columbia
10. Yale
And here's a map I pulled up clicking through to Dartmouth hometowns. (You can even filter it down by position if you go back to the original link.)
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Week Two opponent New Hampshire has a fun video from its media day. Check it out:The Wildcats hold their end-of-camp Blue-White game tomorrow.
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It's starting. From the Baltimore Sun (LINK):With a new program announced Tuesday by Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, athletes in all of the school’s sports will be able to return with their scholarships intact as long as they left the university in good academic and social standing.
Another component of the “The Maryland Way Guarantee” will allow athletes who are unable to continue their college careers because of injury to remain on scholarship, as can those who left teams because of family emergencies or for other reasons.
The program, which will go into effect in November, makes Maryland among the first Division I schools in the country to give what Anderson called a “lifetime” scholarship to its athletes.
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Former jayvee quarterback Ed Lucas and Kyle Hendricks are already in the big leagues. Former Dartmouth shortstop Joe Sclafani is closing in on it. He's batting .329 in 51 games with the Houston Astros Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City. Always a hitter, he's batting .291 overall in 268 minor league games. Find his stats HERE.For a story about Sclafani's value as a utility player, click HERE.
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The Cornell 2014 preview was posted on BGA Premium last evening. Harvard will go up tonight and Penn tomorrow.Two things. First, the email alerts will be coming, promise. There are people still sending along addresses and I'm trying to get that whole list pulled together.
Second, thanks again to those graduates from the Class of 2014 (and their parents, who recognize a good graduation gift when I tell them about one ;-) who have signed up for this fall. It's a great way to keep up on how former teammates and friends are doing and get a daily look at what's happening in the program. (End commercial announcement ;-)
