Surprise, surprise. The Optimist and The Pessimist showed up last night on BGA Overtime. If you've never met the two old friends – think Statler and Waldorf – give 'em a visit HERE.
O-P is the fifth story out of the opening week of the season to appear on the Overtime site and for some reason I don't really understand there's no paywall this year. So enjoy. ;-)
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Did you miss the Fordham game or would you like to relive it? Here are highlights posted by Dartmouth:
Took care of business at home
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) September 24, 2024
Presented by @LedyardBank #TheWoods #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/AkbSlXyxB5
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Here are the Sagarin Division I national rankings. The service has Dartmouth as a 10½-point favorite over Merrimack this week.
131 - Yale
149 - Harvard
159 - Dartmouth
179 - Penn
185 - Brown
192 - Columbia
199 - Princeton
227 - Cornell223 - Fordham
230 - Merrimack
243 - Central Connecticut
For context, here are Sagarin's top three teams in DI and bottom three teams in the division:
1 - Texas
2 - Georgia
3 - Alabama261 - Marist
262 - Stetson
263 - Mississippi Valley State
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What does it say that the Ivy League is a week into its season – and is starting Ivy League play Saturday – and the conference's football record book has not been updated to even include last year's champions? Find a PDF HERE.
Green Alert Take: If you wonder why I don't link to the Ivy League weekly football preview, take a look at what was posted HERE before the opening weekend of the season. Now do me a favor and look at what the Patriot League put up on its site before its first week of play HERE.
Green Alert Take II: I suppose it's possible the Ivy League has more info posted somewhere, but if that's the case, I can't find it.
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Dartmouth grad transfer Shane Cokes continues to be popular with the media out in Boulder:
🦬 DL @ShaneCokes addressed the media today ahead of CU’s trip to Orlando this weekend to matchup with UCF.
— Mat Smith (@RealMatSmith) September 24, 2024
Cokes talks about earning a L on his jersey and what that means to him, DL depth, how they get better slowing down mobile QBs like they will see this weekend and more. pic.twitter.com/fT09mBsyow
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Today's Sign of the Apocalypse is a really big one. Here's the headline: It Was Only a Matter of Time: UNLV QB Quits Because His NIL Deal Falls Through. The quarterback in question is Matthew Sluka, who headed to Las Vegas after a standout career at old friend Holy Cross and had helped UNLV get out to a 3-0 start. Read the story HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
The leaves are turning, we traded out the screens in our sun room for glass yesterday, and as I write this a fuel oil truck is pulling into our driveway. I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to shelve my flip flops for another year.