Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Tuesday News Day

While we await the All-Ivy League teams here are highlights from Dartmouth-Brown:


Dartmouth defensive end Niko Lalos was named the Ivy League defensive player of the week for the second time in three weeks. (LINK)
Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens is one of STATS 15 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS Coach of the Year and corner Isiah Swann is one of 26 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award as the FCS defensive player of the year. Find a Dartmouth release HERE.

Other Ivy Leaguers up for STATS awards are Yale quarterback Kurt Rawlings, one of 26 finalists for the Walter Payton Award as the FCS offensive player of the year, and Cornell linebacker Jake Stebbins, one of 20 players up for the Jerry Rice Award as the outstanding freshman. Find the full list of STATS finalists HERE.
Craig Haley, who heads up the STATS coverage of the FCS, also posts the his FCS Power Poll for Athlon and here's how that looks:

1. North Dakota State
2. James Madison
3. Weber State
4. Sacramento State
5. Montana State
6. Montana
7. Northern Iowa
8. Central Arkansas
9. Villanova
10. South Dakota State
11. Austin Peay
12. Wofford
13. Southeast Missouri
14. Nicholls
15. Monmouth
16. Furman
17. DARTMOUTH
18. Kennesaw State
19. Illinois State
20. North Dakota
21. Albany
22. Towson
23. Southeastern Louisiana
24. Central Connecticut
25. Florida A&M
Just Missing: North Carolina A&T (8-3, 6-2 MEAC); Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley); YALE (9-1, 5-1 Ivy)
FCS COACHES POLL:

1
North Dakota St. (26)
650
1
2James Madison
624
2
3Sacramento St.
596
4
4Weber St.
567
7
5Montana St
545
8
6Northern Iowa
451
10
7Central Arkansas
448
11
8Montana
441
3
9Kennesaw St
421
9
10Villanova
401
14
11Monmouth (N.J.)
391
12
12South Dakota St.
356
5
13Southeast Missouri St.
327
16
14Illinois St.
322
6
15Wofford
317
17
16Furman
281
15
17Austin Peay
248
19
18Central Connecticut St.
246
18
19Nicholls
172
23
20DARTMOUTH
139
21
21Florida A&M
117
13
22North Carolina A&T
94
24
23YALE
72
25t
24Southeastern Louisiana
47
22
25Southern Illinois
38
25t
Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota, 37; Albany, 30; Towson, 23; San Diego, 10; Alcorn St., 9; Eastern Washington, 9; PRINCETON, 7; South Carolina St., 6; UT Martin, 5; Holy Cross, 3.
And if there wasn't enough excitement in Providence Saturday, check out highlights from The Game (and no, nothing about the protest made it):