From the story:
“The problem the Ivy League has is taking a team out of reading period, final exams, winter break and believing that’s the right thing for those students,” Yale athletic director Tom Beckett said. “They’re not going to see that as a possibility.”Green Alert Take: Not only is playing during exams a possibility, it's a reality. As most of you know, Dartmouth's final game happens to be played smack in the middle of finals.
The Register story includes this:
Beckett would like to see the Ivy League partner with a sister conference to play a bowl game sometime before Christmas at a warm weather site (we hear Orlando is nice this time of year.) The idea has generated interest within the Ivy League, but not everyone is on board just yet. Some would rather fight for inclusion in the national playoffs.There's also this from Beckett:
“The feasibility of a bowl game being approved is much greater than getting our champion into the playoffs. I think it would be a great experience and an appropriate ending for the champions of our league and the sister conference that would join us.”Green Alert Take: Just imagine the look on the face of the athletic director and coach from some other league champion when the Ivy League approaches them and says, "Forget playing for a national championship. Come play against us."
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There are Ivy League watchers who think sanctity of The Game is the biggest hurdle to clear for the Ivy League to go on. Interestingly, the league that won't allow teams to play after Thanksgiving is credited with starting the tradition of playing on the holiday. Bloomberg had a story recently about how it all started with The Game. You know, The Game, the season-ender between Yale and . . . wait for it . . . Princeton. Click on the link to read more.
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For those who think the Ivies couldn't compete in the playoffs, consider that Colgate won at New Hampshire in the opening round and on Saturday knocked off No. 5 seed James Madison, 44-38. (LINK) No question, Colgate has grown as a team as this season has gone on, but the Raiders
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A flurry of hires has filled most FBS coaching openings without former Dartmouth assistant Joe Moglia's name being called. Myrtle Beach Online thinks the door is closing on the successful Coastal Carolina coach if he doesn't move soon. From the story:If Moglia is ever going to make a move, it would seem the time is now as he’s 66 years old and has stated he doesn’t plan to be coaching well into his 70s. Along with no postseason possibilities the next two seasons, staying at Coastal Carolina would also mean enduring inevitable setbacks while moving up from the FCS to the FBS level, trying to build a program capable of competing in college football’s top tier.
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Back to Yale. The Yale Daily News has a story under the headline, Alumni hopeful for future of football. More from Yale Athletic Director Tom Beckett:“What (Tim) Murphy has built at Harvard is very impressive and there’s no question he has done a brilliant job, but I also say that it took him a while. (Yale coach Tony) Reno in four years has two winning records and they are back-to-back. So hope springs eternal as Yale looks at Coach Reno.”
