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— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) October 28, 2024
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Unsurprisingly, Q Jones has been named the Ivy League's offensive player of the week after running for 182 yards in the win over Columbia. Defensive lineman Ejike Adele and punter Davis Golick were honorable mention selections. Find a story HERE.
Dartmouth honorees so far this season:
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Oct. 26 Columbia – Running back Q Jones
• Oct. 12 Yale – Quarterback Grayson Saunier
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
None
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Oct. 5 Penn – Kicker Owen Zalc
• Sept. 28 Merrimack – Kicker Owen Zalc
• Sept. 21 Fordham – Defensive back Jordan Washington
Honorable Mentions Selections
• Oct. 26 Columbia – DL Ejike Adele, P Davis Golick
• Oct. 19 Central Connecticut – LB Micah Green, QB Grayson Saunier, QB, DB Jordan Washington
• Oct. 12 Yale – LB Micah Green, K Owen Zalc
• Oct. 5 Penn – QB Jackson Proctor
• Sept. 28 Merrimack – LB Micah Green
• Sept. 21 Fordham – DL Josiah Green, RB Q Jones
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As it turns out, any thought that Dartmouth would move up in the polls a slot or two by staying perfect was premature – and wrong. The Big Green held strong at No. 22 this week in both polls:
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Stats Perform |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
North Dakota State |
8-1 |
1387 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State |
8-0 |
1350 |
2 |
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3 |
South Dakota State |
6-2 |
1290 |
3 |
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4 |
UC Davis |
7-1 |
1196 |
5 |
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5 |
South Dakota |
6-2 |
1175 |
4 |
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6 |
Southeast Missouri State |
8-1 |
1106 |
6 |
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7 |
Tarleton State |
7-1 |
1012 |
8 |
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8 |
Montana |
6-2 |
941 |
9 |
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9 |
UIW |
6-2 |
904 |
10 |
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10 |
Idaho |
6-3 |
860 |
11 |
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11 |
Central Arkansas |
6-2 |
794 |
12 |
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12 |
Mercer |
7-1 |
777 |
14 |
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13 |
Villanova |
6-2 |
708 |
13 |
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14 |
Rhode Island |
7-1 |
705 |
15 |
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15 |
North Dakota |
5-3 |
645 |
7 |
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16 |
Richmond |
6-2 |
566 |
18 |
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17 |
Abilene Christian |
5-3 |
512 |
17 |
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18 |
Chattanooga |
5-3 |
452 |
19 |
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19 |
North Carolina Central |
6-2 |
263 |
20 |
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20 |
Stony Brook |
6-2 |
259 |
NR |
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21 |
Illinois State |
5-3 |
241 |
21 |
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22 |
Dartmouth |
6-0 |
227 |
22 |
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23 |
ETSU |
5-3 |
199 |
23 |
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24 |
William & Mary |
5-3 |
170 |
16 |
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25 |
Tennessee State |
6-2 |
137 |
25 |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): UT Martin (5-3, 2-1 Big South-OVC), 119; Duquesne (5-2, 3-0 NEC), 47; HARVARD (5-1, 2-1 Ivy), 37; Northern Arizona (4-4, 2-2 Big Sky), 27; Jackson State (6-2, 4-0 SWAC), 25; Western Carolina (4-4, 3-1 SoCon), 21; Lamar (5-3, 2-1 Southland), 9; Drake (5-1, 4-0 Pioneer), 8; Stephen F. Austin (5-3, 3-2 Southland), 8; Southern Utah (4-4, 3-1 UAC), 7; Florida A&M (4-3, 2-1 SWAC), 4 |
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FCS Coaches |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
North Dakota State (24) |
8-1 |
648 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State (2) |
8-0 |
620 |
2 |
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3 |
South Dakota State |
6-2 |
602 |
3 |
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4 |
UC Davis |
7-1 |
559 |
5 |
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5 |
South Dakota |
6-2 |
534 |
4 |
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6 |
Southeast Missouri State |
8-1 |
518 |
6 |
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7 |
Tarleton State |
7-1 |
493 |
8 |
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8 |
Montana |
6-2 |
460 |
9 |
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9 |
Central Arkansas |
6-2 |
402 |
10 |
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10 |
UIW |
6-2 |
391 |
11 |
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11 |
Idaho |
6-3 |
356 |
12 |
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12 |
Richmond |
6-2 |
348 |
13 |
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13 |
Villanova |
6-2 |
316 |
14 |
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14 |
Rhode Island |
7-1 |
307 |
16 |
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15 |
North Dakota |
5-3 |
293 |
7 |
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16 |
Mercer |
7-1 |
282 |
17 |
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17 |
Missouri State |
6-2 |
214 |
18 |
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18 |
ACU |
5-3 |
202 |
19 |
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19 |
Illinois State |
5-3 |
180 |
20 |
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20 |
Stony Brook |
6-2 |
141 |
24 |
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21 |
North Carolina Central |
6-2 |
132 |
21 |
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22 |
DARTMOUTH |
6-0 |
106 |
22 |
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23 |
Jackson State |
6-2 |
82 |
23 |
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24 |
William & Mary |
5-3 |
65 |
15 |
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25 |
Chattanooga |
5-3 |
63 |
25 |
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Others Receiving Votes: Duquesne, 34; UT Martin, 31; East Tennessee State, 29; Tennessee State, 20; Florida A&M, 5; Lamar, 4; Butler, 3; Drake, 3; Robert Morris, 3; Northern Arizona, 2; HARVARD, 1; Stephen F. Austin, 1. |
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#22 Dartmouth (6-0) - Last Week: #22In spite of a fourth quarter Columbia rally, Dartmouth holds on to stay undefeated. Q Jones had a monster day, rushing for 182 yards and a score on 19 carries. Three different Big Green defenders snagged interceptions while Grayson Saunier only had five incompletions all afternoon. Dartmouth survived a rough day with penalties and a 250-yard passing day from the Lions to get the win. Still at the front of the Ivy League race, the Big Green will welcome in Harvard this weekend for a big one.
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Flo Football has a piece headlined, The Battle for the Ivy League that goes this way (LINK):
Dartmouth's season so far has been nail biter after nail biter, yet they sit at 6-0 on the season and first in the Ivy League. This week they face a Harvard team that has proven they're capable of competing with the best, being 6-1 themselves and upsetting New Hampshire 28-23 earlier this month. Harvard's only loss on the season was a three point heartbreaker to Brown, a team Dartmouth is set to face on November 23rd. While Dartmouth sits atop the standings, Brown, Columbia, and Harvard all sit at 3-1 and have shown they're capable of winning when it matters. This week's matchup between Dartmouth and Harvard could very well decide who's the Ivy League champion and is certainly not one to miss.
Green Alert Take: Obviously Harvard has played the same number of games as the rest of the Ivies and is at 5-1 while the Crimson, Brown and Columbia are all 2-1 and not 3-1 in the Ivy League.
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EXTRA POINT
I'm in no position to throw stones at FloFootball for a couple of mistakes after having Dartmouth defeating Columbia Saturday by the wrong score until I corrected it about an hour after it went up. (Ouch. Thanks to those who pointed out the mistake.)
One of the nice things about doing BGA online without an editor looking over my shoulder to save me is I can make corrections when I do something dumb like that.
Back in my newspaper days I didn't have that opportunity when a mistake made it into print. I probably shared this story before but this may be new for some of you.
Before returning to Northern New England I was the sports editor of an afternoon daily newspaper in Pennsylvania. I generally was at the desk by 5 or 5:30 a.m., and out the door by 11 a.m. after putting the sports section to bed. I'd then go home, get a nap and close out my day covering a game or writing a column.
I don't remember what he'd done, but on this particular day Fernando Valenzuela was deserving of a six-column, 48-point headline across the top of a page. I wrote the headline, finished putting the section together and headed home for some shut-eye. When I awoke, I grabbed the paper off the front porch, opened to the sports section and shuddered when I saw my headline said Venezuela instead of Valenzuela in big, bold type.
Yup, proofing the pages before heading home I made sure, letter-by-letter that Venezuela was spelled properly, which it was. Once the paper was printed there was nothing I could do about spelling a country right but getting a name wrong. I'm sure some people got a laugh out of it but it was no laughing matter to me when I had to face the managing editor of the newspaper the next day.
So don't look for me to make any cracks about FloFootball's mistakes – which may be corrected by the time you read this.
