The breaking news yesterday of course was Sammy McCorkle going from acting head coach to interim head coach of the Dartmouth football program, meaning he'll head up the Big Green through the 2023 season. Scroll down for the Dartmouth release posted here yesterday afternoon.
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WMUR television in Manchester had a 30-second report HERE.
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We're three months or so away from the Ivy League releasing the official media poll for the 2023 season that will show us how the pundits think the Big Green will fare under McCorkle. How has the annual poll has compared to the final results in recent years? Here's a look at the last five seasons:
|
Ivy Poll |
2022 |
1st Votes |
Total Pts |
Ivy Finish |
Ivy Record |
|
1 |
Harvard |
8 |
108 |
4 |
4-3 |
|
1 |
Dartmouth |
4 |
108 |
6 |
2-5 |
|
3 |
Princeton |
4 |
105 |
2 |
5-2 |
|
4 |
Yale |
- |
83 |
1 |
6-3 |
|
5 |
Columbia |
- |
67 |
5 |
3-4 |
|
6 |
Penn |
- |
49 |
2 |
5-2 |
|
7 |
Brown |
- |
29 |
8 |
1-6 |
|
8 |
Cornell |
- |
27 |
6 |
2-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Princeton |
8 |
113 |
1 |
6-1 |
|
2 |
Yale |
6 |
104 |
4 |
4-3 |
|
3 |
Dartmouth |
1 |
88 |
1 |
6-1 |
|
4 |
Harvard |
- |
87 |
3 |
5-2 |
|
5 |
Penn |
- |
61 |
6 |
1-6 |
|
6 |
Brown |
- |
52 |
6 |
1-6 |
|
7 |
Columbia |
1 |
44 |
4 |
4-3 |
|
8 |
Cornell |
- |
27 |
6 |
1-6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Yale |
9 |
119 |
1 |
6-1 |
|
2 |
Dartmouth |
2 |
111 |
1 |
6-1 |
|
3 |
Princeton |
4 |
107 |
3 |
5-2 |
|
4 |
Harvard |
1 |
93 |
6 |
2-5 |
|
5 |
Penn |
- |
67 |
4 |
3-4 |
|
6 |
Columbia |
1 |
61 |
6 |
2-5 |
|
7 |
Cornell |
- |
29 |
4 |
3-4 |
|
8 |
Brown |
- |
24 |
8 |
1-6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Yale |
11 |
129 |
4 |
3-4 |
|
2 |
Princeton |
3 |
111 |
1 |
7-0 |
|
3 |
Harvard |
1 |
99 |
3 |
4-3 |
|
4 |
Columbia |
1 |
76 |
4 |
3-4 |
|
4 |
Penn |
1 |
76 |
4 |
3-4 |
|
6 |
Dartmouth |
- |
65 |
2 |
6-1 |
|
7 |
Cornell |
- |
37 |
7 |
2-5 |
|
8 |
Brown |
- |
26 |
8 |
0-7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Princeton |
6 |
120 |
7 |
2-5 |
|
1 |
Harvard |
5 |
120 |
5 |
3-4 |
|
3 |
Penn |
5 |
110 |
4 |
4-3 |
|
4 |
Yale |
- |
71 |
1 |
6-1 |
|
5 |
Dartmouth |
- |
60 |
2 |
5-2 |
|
6 |
Brown |
1 |
57 |
8 |
0-7 |
|
7 |
Columbia |
- |
38 |
2 |
5-2 |
|
8 |
Cornell |
- |
36 |
5 |
3-4 |
What are we to glean from that? Perhaps only that it's easier to pick who is going to finish at the bottom than who will finish at the top. ;-)
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EXTRA POINT
Mrs. BGA read the William Nack's moving 1990 tribute to Secretariat in SI (LINK) that was referenced here on Saturday and asked a question that sounds like a riddle:
Can a horse be a GOAT?
The answer is an unqualified yes. See for yourself with this enhanced look at Secretariat's run in the 1973 Belmont, which saw him win by 31 lengths, more than the astonished announcer could fathom:
