If Only . . .

Thank goodness Silly Season is almost over and the games are on the horizon because this is getting ridiculous.

Most anyone in the know will tell you Ivy League football is better than the rest of the country is willing to accept. To be sure, having 20 players in NFL camps should count for something.

But the College Sports Madness site has gone a little overboard.

According to CSM, the Ivy League has the top three FCS recruits in the country this year and no fewer than six of the top 15. Ranked as the top three are:

1. Princeton defensive lineman Kurt Holuba
2. Harvard offensive lineman Larry Allen Jr.
3. Brown quarterback TJ Linta

CSM has 158 players on its top 150 FCS recruits and fully 28 of them are headed to the Ivy League. None, zero, zilch, not one is from the Patriot League, which is now giving out football scholarships. That ought to have you wondering if nothing else does . . .

Here's how the Ivy League stacks up in the CSM Top 150 (158 ;-) although your mileage may vary:

Yale 8
Cornell 6
Harvard 5
Princeton 4
Brown 2
Penn 2
Columbia 1
Dartmouth 1

The lone Dartmouth player on the list is defensive back Jarius Brown.

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College Sports Madness, in case you are still reading, has Princeton ranked No. 27 nationally and Harvard at No. 42.

Of Princeton it writes:

Barring any major surprises, this is a team that will be favored in every game they play. It is far too early to talk about undefeated seasons, but everything is shaping up early for a perfect 10-0.  (LINK) 

Of Harvard is writes:

This team has veteran talent at almost every position. The only question is really in the receiving corps and perhaps on the leg strength of Flesher. Harvard should be favored in every game except for the showdown at Princeton October 25 that will likely decide the Ivy title.  (LINK)

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The Ivy League preseason media phone call with the football coaches is tomorrow. Check here for the media poll and a few tidbits from the call.

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That Certain '14 is beginning her final week as a ranger at Colorado National Monument before returning east to spend the fall student teaching through the Dartmouth Teacher Education Program. I liked yesterday's update of her blog. (LINK)