Friday, November 02, 2018

Getting Picked On?

Hero Sports has Dartmouth-Princeton as its game of the week. Three pickers choose the game this way (LINK):

Princeton 24, Dartmouth 20
Princeton 35, Dartmouth 31
Princeton 24, Dartmouth 21

The piece also includes this by the author, which should invalidate all three picks ;-)
I've watched more Ivy League this season than probably anyone else on the face of the Earth
Jake Novak over at Roar Lions 2018 writes:
I think the Tigers will win it by 4.
From a column picking nation FBS games of interest in the Gainesville Sun down in Florida:
DARTMOUTH AT PRINCETON: OK, so I got sucked in (again) to really caring about this game because I already mentioned the Buddy Teevens factor and that Judd Davis’ son is kicking for Dartmouth and then I was told that ex-Gators Sam McCorkle and Cheston Blackshear are also on the Dartmouth. Also, both teams are undefeated. Definitely worthy of The Picks. Go Big Green. Dartmouth, 27-24. 
FBSchedules has uncovered a couple of new games on the Dartmouth schedule well down the road. For those longing for a return to playing Patriot League opponents, sorry. A state public records request has turned up an Oct. 19, 2024 game against (traditional?) rival Central Connecticut and a rematch in New Britain, Conn. on Oct. 16, 2027.
Emails with links to stories I should mention here are sporadic but occasionally one catches the attention of a lot of people. So it is with a Slate story that mentions a football connection in a story headlined: Tech-Bro Culture Was Written in the Code; How computing pioneers at Dartmouth in the 1960s gave rise to the macho tech culture we see today (LINK)
The local Valley News has a note column in advance of tomorrow's game HERE.
Should have linked earlier this week to another Jay Greenberg column starting with a look at the rivalry aspect of the Dartmouth-Princeton game. (LINK)
Heading to New Jersey shortly. Check BGA Premium tonight for the Dartmouth-Princeton preview as well as the Fearful Forecast.