Interesting Angles On Penn Game

Penn's game notes are up for Saturday's gully washer game at Franklin Field. The notes remind even those of us who have been to all of the eight consecutive Penn wins over Dartmouth in Philadelphia and may have forgotten that the last two went to overtime.

The 2010 game finished with Penn winning in overtime, 35-28. In 2013 it was Penn 37, Dartmouth 31 in four overtimes, the longest game in Ivy League history.

And yes, that's right. This will be just the second Dartmouth visit to Philly since 2010. Three of the last four meetings between the teams have been in Hanover because the Ivy League schedule was adjusted to even out longer and shorter trips for several schools – including Dartmouth.

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A Daily Pennsylvanian writer predicts that Dartmouth will win the Ivy League. It's a little unusual for a school newspaper to provide bulletin board material for its own team, but check out how the story ends:

I fully expect the Big Green to come to Franklin Field and avenge their 2013 defeat, just as they stomped out the Quakers’ Ivy hopes at a rain-soaked Memorial Field in 2014. And while Harvard will have few, if any, real tests before its Oct. 30 matchup with Dartmouth, the Big Green will be battle-tested, facing Penn and Yale before traveling up to Cambridge, Mass.

When the tale of the 2015 Ivy season is told, people will talk about Penn and Columbia beginning to rise. But they won’t be able to get far without talking about a senior-laden Dartmouth squad that is now ready for its moment in the sun.

The DP also has a game preview that includes this from first-year head coach Ray Priore on defending Dartmouth quarterback Dalyn Williams:

“You have to be patient. Everyone has to control rush lanes, and I think what we did not do a year ago that we have to do (Saturday) is contain him especially on the critical downs.”

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The Dartmouth school newspaper has a one-one-one interview with Big Green receiver Victor Williams HERE that you'll find interesting.

Williams, by the way, was the New England Football Writers' Association Division I Gold Helmet Award winner for last week when he caught 11 passes for 178 yards. (LINK) For what it's worth, I will be the Gold Helmet selector for this week and that's always reason for angst at the DIII level because there are so many players who put up such eye-opening numbers.

Here are Victor Williams highlights from Sacred Heart: