The NCAA ranked 132 FCS football teams in home attendance for the 2022 season. Here's where Ivy League teams ranked among the 132:
10. Harvard 14,689
55. Cornell 6,878
56. Penn 6,854
64. Yale 6,299
65. Princeton 6,298
81. Columbia 5,088
88. Dartmouth 4,664
93. Brown 4,423
The top three in the FCS:
1. Jackson State 42,680
2. Montana 23,587
3. Southern 19,844
Others of a least a little interest to Dartmouth fans as recent or future opponents:
17. Holy Cross 10,958
31. New Hampshire 9,463
70. Lafayette 5,570
72. Maine 5,524
80. Sacred Heart 5,092
89. Rhode Island 4,618
100. Lehigh 3,886
107. Colgate 3,204
111. Butler 2,917
112. Fordham 2,670
117. Central Connecticut State 2,276
120. Valparaiso 2,147
126. Georgetown 1,667
129. Stetson 1,394
131. Bucknell 1,323
Ivy League percentage of stadium capacity (131 ranked)
85. Harvard - 48.4% (14,689/30,323)
95. Dartmouth - 42.4% (4,664/11,000)
109. Cornell - 31.9% (6,878/21,500)
115. Columbia - 29.9% (5,088/17,000)
123. Brown - 22.1% (4,423/20,000)
124. Princeton - 20.9% (6,298/30,000)
129. Penn - 12.9% (6,854/52,958)
131. Yale - 9.8% (6,299/64,269)
Of local interest:
1. Sacred Heart - 127.3% (5,092/4,000)
12. New Hampshire - 85.9% (9,463/11,015)
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In the era of the transfer portal and COVID Super Seniors, it can be hard to know which players are returning and which are moving on. A story in The Analyst reports that when Dartmouth travels across the state for its opener on Sept. 16 it will find 2022 NCAA all-purpose yardage leader Dylan Laube in the New Hampshire uniform for his senior season.
Laube ran for 1,205 yards and 15 touchdowns, caught 49 passes for 464 yards and two touchdowns, returned 16 kicks for 413 yards and one touchdown and brought back 18 punts for 246 yards and one touchdown last fall. All despite missing the Dartmouth game with an injury.
The speedster is a fun guy to watch – if not to defend – as the Big Green found out in 2021 when he scorched Dartmouth for touchdown runs of 75 and 53 yards. Here are his highlights from last fall:
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The Daily Pennsylvanian has a story HERE about receiver Justin Watson, who caught two passes for 18 yards in the Chiefs' Super Bowl win.
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The Dartmouth has a story headlined Exploring the past, present and future of the Dartmouth snow sculpture; Students, alumni and Hanover residents speak about the triumphs — and the challenges — of building the annual sculpture HERE. The piece includes a picture of this year's scuplture.
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EXTRA POINT
Orange County, Vermont, where we live, has 438 miles of paved roads to 968 miles of dirt roads. I came across that number doing an online search about mud season because the two-plus miles between BGA World Headquarters and our trailhead is already loosening up and it's very early for that. We're still a month away from when the roads usually turn to oatmeal so I'd expect another wave or two of really cold weather to freeze the road back up, but I'm concerned it could get really ugly in a few weeks. One story I read referred to last year's mud season as being of "biblical proportions," and we could be in for even worse this year, but only time will tell.
I better hit the trail while I can still get there. Catch you tomorrow!
