Novelist and Dartmouth graduate Brad Parks '96 (who started the then-independent Sports Weekly as an undergrad) penned a terrific cover story about Big Green coach Buddy Teevens for the September/October Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Read the story HERE.
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While Dartmouth's preseason is just nearing the halfway point the Big Green's non-conference opponents are opening up this weekend and the offshore wise guys are chiming in. Here's what they've got:Week 1 opponent Georgetown at Marist is a pick ‘em
Week 2 opponent Holy Cross is an 11.5-point underdog to Colgate
Week 5 opponent Sacred Heart is a 6.5-point favorite over Lafayette
Green Alert Take: Given what has happened in the courts will the phrase "offshore wise guys" soon be defunct? Too bad if it is ;-)
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STATS has a list of the longest current FCS playoff streaks:New Hampshire - 14
North Dakota State - 8
Sam Houston State - 7
South Dakota State - 6
Jacksonville State - 5
Curious about Patriot League appearances in the FCS playoffs? Here's the total number of appearances for each school and their last appearance:
Bucknell - 0, N/A
Colgate - 10, 2015
Fordham - 5, 2015
Georgetown - 0, N/A
Holy Cross - 2, 2009
Lafayette - 4, 2013
Lehigh - 10, 2017
Curious about Ivy League appearances in the FCS playoffs? Here's the number of appearances for each school:
Brown - 0
Columbia - 0
Cornell - 0
Dartmouth - 0
Harvard - 0
Penn - 0
Princeton - 0
Yale - 0
And here are the Sagarin Ratings heading into Week 1 (Or Ivy Week Minus 2):
Yale 152
Princeton 164
Harvard 176
Penn 194
Dartmouth 200
Columbia 201
Cornell 219
Brown 231
Holy Cross 211
Sacred Heart 225
Georgetown 239
A total of 255 Division I teams are rated with (surprise) Alabama No. 1 and Davidson bringing up the rear.
