BROWN
Sept. 19 vs. Bryant
Sept. 26 vs. Harvard
Oct. 3 at Rhode Island
Oct. 10 at Holy Cross
Oct. 17 at Princeton
Oct. 24 vs. Cornell
Oct. 31 vs. Penn
Nov. 7 at Yale
Nov. 14 vs. Columbia
Nov. 21 at Dartmouth
COLUMBIA
Sept. 19 at Lehigh
Sept. 26 at Georgetown
Oct. 3 vs. Princeton
Oct. 10 vs. Central Connecticut
Oct. 17 at Penn
Oct. 24 vs. Dartmouth
Oct. 31 vs. Yale
Nov. 7 at Harvard
Nov. 14 at Brown
Nov. 21 vs. Cornell
CORNELL
Sept. 19 vs. Marist
Sept. 26 vs. Yale
Oct. 3 at Bucknell
Oct. 10 vs. Harvard
Oct. 17 at Colgate
Oct. 24 at Brown
Oct. 31 at Princeton
Nov. 7 vs. Penn
Nov. 14 vs. Dartmouth
Nov. 21 at Columbia
DARTMOUTH
Sept. 19 vs. New Haven
Sept. 26 at Towson
Oct. 3 vs. Penn
Oct. 10 at Yale
Oct. 17 vs. Marist
Oct. 24 at Columbia
Oct. 31 vs. Harvard
Nov. 7 at Princeton
Nov. 14 at Cornell
Nov. 21 vs. Brown
HARVARD
Sept. 19 vs. Georgetown
Sept. 26 at Brown
Oct. 3 vs. Holy Cross
Oct. 10 at Cornell
Oct. 17 at Lafayette
Oct. 24 vs. Princeton
Oct. 31 at Dartmouth
Nov. 7 vs. Columbia
Nov. 14 at Penn
Nov. 21 vs. Yale
PENN
Sept. 19 vs. Bucknell
Sept. 26 vs. Lafayette
Oct. 3 at Dartmouth
Oct. 10 vs. Sacred Heart
Oct. 17 vs. Columbia
Oct. 24 vs. Yale
Oct. 31 at Brown
Nov. 7 at Cornell
Nov. 14 vs. Harvard
Nov. 21 at Princeton
PRINCETON
Sept. 19 at VMI
Sept. 26 vs. Bucknell
Oct. 3 at Columbia
Oct. 10 at Army
Oct. 17 vs. Brown
Oct. 24 at Harvard
Oct. 31 vs. Cornell
Nov. 7 vs. Dartmouth
Nov. 14 at Yale
Nov. 21 vs. Penn
YALE
Sept. 19 at Holy Cross
Sept. 26 at Cornell
Oct. 3 vs. Lehigh
Oct. 10 vs. Dartmouth
Oct. 17 vs. Richmond
Oct. 24 at Penn
Oct. 31 at Columbia
Nov. 7 vs. Brown
Nov. 14 vs. Princeton
Nov. 21 at Harvard
A few observations . . .
Some folks don't realize it but with eight teams the Ivy League plays seven league games, which means some teams will have four conference games at home and three on the road, while others have three at home and four on the road. Here's this year's breakdown
Four home Ivy League games: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton
Three home Ivy League games: Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Yale
Penn has just three home Ivy League games but six home games in total. The Quakers play a whopping five of their first six games at Franklin Field, a span interrupted only by an Oct. 3 trip to Dartmouth.
When was the last time an Ivy League school played two military opponents in a single year? Princeton opens at home against Virginia Military Institute and plays Oct. 10 at Army.
For a few years early in Buddy Teevens' second stint at Dartmouth the Big Green had its five longest road trips in the same year. In order they were at Colgate, at Penn, at Columbia, at Cornell and at Princeton. Fortunately, that changed over time but this year's road schedule is almost as brutal with games at Towson (Baltimore area), at Columbia, and at Princeton and Cornell in consecutive weeks. The only easy drive is to Yale on Oct. 10 and that's still 190 miles.
Ivy League non-conference opponents:
Patriot League – 13 games
CAA – 3 games
Northeast – 3 games
Pioneer – 2 games
Big South – 1 game
Northeast-10 – 1 game
Independent – 1 game
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Before you spend too much time mulling over those schedules and making travel arrangements, consider this headline on a CBS Sports story (LINK):Alabama football: At least five players have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus
Players have begun to return to campus ahead of voluntary workoutsAnd this one (LINK) . . .
Three Oklahoma State players test positive for coronavirus, freshmen told not to report to campusAnd another (LINK) . . .
Two Marshall players, one staffer test positive for COVID-19
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EXTRA POINTAfter walking Griff the Wonder Dog early this morning I turned on the TV to get a few headlines. I then spun over to ESPN where I watched part of an inning of Korean baseball and got a good chuckle. Instead of empty stands or realistic cardboard fan cutouts that I saw the last time I happened across a game, this is a screen grab of what I saw:
Here's a blow-up of part of that picture:
To quote the great Adrian Monk, here's the thing: Together with the quiet buzz of crowd noise added to the broadcast, it worked. Really. Not only wasn't I bothered by the non-traditional fans and fake sound, I kind of liked it. Strange times, I know.
