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STATS picks up on Dartmouth having scored in every quarter this year. (LINK)From the story:
One of only four unbeaten teams in the FCS, Dartmouth (4-0) has scored in every quarter this season - a sweet 16-for-16 after cornerback Isiah Swann's late interception return for a touchdown helped the Big Green finish off defending Ivy League champion Yale 41-18 Friday night.
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Also from STATS (LINK):The Ivy League doesn't have FBS opponents to put a dent into its nonconference record, but the Ancient Eight has something going with a 15-5 record (.750) outside the league. Columbia, Princeton and Penn finished 3-0 outside the league, while Dartmouth seeks the same mark next Saturday against Sacred Heart in one of the league's final four nonconference games.
•The weekly Sagarin Ratings:
88 Princeton (104)
128 Dartmouth (156)
165 Yale (150)
174 Harvard (175)
182 Penn (184)
188 Cornell (197)
204 Columbia (201)
230 Brown (225)
201 Sacred Heart (199)
214 Holy Cross (210)
235 Georgetown (243)
There are 255 teams with Arkansa-Pine Bluff last.
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The Yale Daily News updates its coverage of the Dartmouth-Yale football game HERE.The Dartmouth has a lengthy look at whether the University of Texas football team is back HERE, and leads its weekend roundup with a couple of paragraphs about the Big Green football team's win over Yale HERE.
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FootballScoop writes about one way the NCAA might rein in the graduate transfer rule that is seeing too many players finishing their careers as grad students with little inclination to continue their studies after football season. From the STORY:The Division I Transfer Working Group announced four proposals, primarily (at least where football’s concerned) one that would force schools to count a graduate transfer’s scholarship against his new school’s count for two years — even if that player has only one year of eligibility remaining.
However, if the graduate transfer successfully completes a graduate degree within his one year on the roster, his scholarship would only count toward the 85-man total for one year.
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John Gagliardi, who won more games than any college football coach in history while going 489-138-11, has died at age 91. Coaching at Division III Saint John's University in Minnesota, he banned tackling in practice long before Dartmouth's Buddy Teevens. From a story on the ESPN site:Gagliardi used an unconventional coaching style that included no tackling in practice or lengthy calisthenics. No whistles or wind sprints. There were no team captains, either, unless you count the honor shared by the seniors. He insisted that his players just call him John, not Coach, at a school that doesn't offer scholarships.
