Dartmouth video coordinator Jack Moore calls the quick postings that have been linked to on BGA Daily this spring #WOODSVISION. Wonder what these little videos are all about? He kindly provided this explanation:
Big Sky: 19
Southland: 15
CAA: 14
Southern: 13
SWAC: 10
MEAC: 9
Missouri Valley: 9
Ohio Valley: 9
Big South: 7
Patriot: 5
Northeast: 4
IVY: 0
To be fair, the Pioneer Football League also should have a goose egg after its name. What's the deal?
Because Ivy and Pioneer teams don't offer scholarships, wins over Ivy and PFL schools would not count toward bowl eligibility so big-time schools aren't exactly lining up to play them.
Dartmouth does have Army on its schedule in 2024, but that's an anomaly.
Green Alert Take: Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens is on record since the turnaround of the Big Green program as saying he'd like to give his teams the same opportunity teams from the Northeast Conference and Patriot League teams have. If what some other conferences claim is true and that generous Ivy League financial aid – given to all qualified students, athlete or not – is really the equivalent of athletic scholarships in all but name has the time come for the NCAA to change its policy and allow Ivy games to count toward FBS bowl eligibility?
Green Alert Take II: I'm pretty sure of three things. One, the majority of Ivy League players would be excited at the chance to prove themselves against the next level. Two, they'd give a very good accounting of themselves. And three, it wouldn't exactly hurt recruiting. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Green Alert Take II: Be sure to read TigerBlog's paean to Courtney Banghart on her time at Princeton and move to North Carolina. Take it from someone who knows her well, everything he writes about the former Dartmouth standout and assistant coach rings true.
Green Alert Take III: To those who still rue that Banghart ended up as head coach at Princeton and not at Dartmouth, please know that she wouldn't have put down permanent roots here, either. Since her days as an all-world soccer and basketball player at New Hampshire's Souhegan High School she's always been someone eager to challenge herself and it should be absolutely no surprise she's taken on the challenge of trying to win at the national level.
"With recruiting officially in full swing, we wanted to put potential recruits in the shoes of our players. With a brand new GoPro, and a chest mount, #WOODSVISION was an immediate hit amongst our guys at practice. They respond really well to the camera, and it definitely brought out some entertaining personalities! The best way to show the energy that our players and coaches bring every day is to literally put the camera in the middle of the action, and this small shock proof beast of a camera worked out perfectly."Check out the catalogue of current and future #WOODSVISION videos here.
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STATS has a listing of the 114 games FCS teams will play against FBS teams this fall. By conference it looks this way:Big Sky: 19
Southland: 15
CAA: 14
Southern: 13
SWAC: 10
MEAC: 9
Missouri Valley: 9
Ohio Valley: 9
Big South: 7
Patriot: 5
Northeast: 4
IVY: 0
To be fair, the Pioneer Football League also should have a goose egg after its name. What's the deal?
Because Ivy and Pioneer teams don't offer scholarships, wins over Ivy and PFL schools would not count toward bowl eligibility so big-time schools aren't exactly lining up to play them.
Dartmouth does have Army on its schedule in 2024, but that's an anomaly.
Green Alert Take: Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens is on record since the turnaround of the Big Green program as saying he'd like to give his teams the same opportunity teams from the Northeast Conference and Patriot League teams have. If what some other conferences claim is true and that generous Ivy League financial aid – given to all qualified students, athlete or not – is really the equivalent of athletic scholarships in all but name has the time come for the NCAA to change its policy and allow Ivy games to count toward FBS bowl eligibility?
Green Alert Take II: I'm pretty sure of three things. One, the majority of Ivy League players would be excited at the chance to prove themselves against the next level. Two, they'd give a very good accounting of themselves. And three, it wouldn't exactly hurt recruiting. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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After Dartmouth women's lacrosse helped the school avoid getting shut out in Ivy League championships this year by beating Yale to earn a share of the title with Princeton I read this on the always entertaining TigerBlog regarding the Tigers winning their 10th title of the year:If you're looking for a really good measure of sustained athletic success, it's this: Princeton has now reached double figures in Ivy championships in 26 different academic years. Harvard has done it 10 times. No other Ivy team has ever done it.Green Alert Take: TB is very good at promoting Princeton athletics and he writes something similar every year. Every single time I marvel at how successful Princeton is at combining excellence in the classroom with excellence in the athletic arena.
Green Alert Take II: Be sure to read TigerBlog's paean to Courtney Banghart on her time at Princeton and move to North Carolina. Take it from someone who knows her well, everything he writes about the former Dartmouth standout and assistant coach rings true.
Green Alert Take III: To those who still rue that Banghart ended up as head coach at Princeton and not at Dartmouth, please know that she wouldn't have put down permanent roots here, either. Since her days as an all-world soccer and basketball player at New Hampshire's Souhegan High School she's always been someone eager to challenge herself and it should be absolutely no surprise she's taken on the challenge of trying to win at the national level.
