RMac, Streaks And Schedules

Ryan McManus is Dartmouth's male athlete of the week. CLICK HERE to see an interview with him and volleyball player Paige Caridi, the female athlete of the week.

McManus' highlights can be viewed HERE after a 30-second commercial.

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10 longest current losing streaks in the FCS:

1. Austin Peay - 18
T2. Columbia - 15
T2. Savannah State - 15
4. Nicholls State - 13
5.  Rhode Island - 10
T6. Penn - 8
T6. Robert Morris - 8
T8. Davidson - 6
T8. Lehigh - 6
T8. Weber State - 6

Toughest schedule in the nation to date:*
3. Penn
5. Cornell
20. Columbia
44. Dartmouth
98. Princeton
101. Harvard
105. Brown
117. Yale

27. Holy Cross
37. New Hampshire
93. Central Connecticut

Toughest schedule in the nation remaining (from hardest to easiest):*
55. Yale
58. Columbia
58. Princeton
80. Penn
95. Harvard
108. Dartmouth
116. Brown
119. Cornell

Toughest cumulative schedule in the nation (hardest to easiest):*
15. Penn
23. Columbia
75. Cornell
86. Dartmouth
92. Princeton
103. Yale
112. Harvard
123. Brown

* 123 ranked. Based records. Source: NCAA

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Massey Ratings, which did not distinguish itself in Dartmouth's win over Yale last week, gives the Big Green a 74 percent chance of beating Holy Cross Saturday and projects a 28-20 win.

Here is the percentage chance of Dartmouth winning its remaining games according to Massey, followed by the projected score:

• at Columbia, 98 percent, W 37-7
• Harvard, 37 percent, L 28-24
• at Cornell, 86 percent, W 30-14
• Brown, 80 percent, W 26-14
• at Princeton, 51 percent, W 31-30

Massey's current predictions for Ivy League teams:

1. Harvard 7-0, 10-0
2. Dartmouth 6-1, 8-2
3. Yale 5-2, 8-2
4. Princeton 4-3, 5-5
5. Penn 3-4, 3-7,
6. Brown 2-5, 4-6
7. Cornell 1-6, 1-9
8. Columbia 0-8, 0-10

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The Columbia Spectator has a story regarding the Columbia quarterback situation under the headline, Pressure not Nottingham's undoing. (LINK)

The story of the apparent departure of the Stanford transfer even make the New York Daily News. (LINK)

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FCS players who want to test themselves against a higher level of competition have another option with Monmouth, which last Saturday overwhelmed Columbia, adding FBS games against Central Michigan next year and at Kent State in 2016. Monmouth didn't field a football team until 1993.

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