Dartmouth continues its domination of the Ivy League special teams player of the week award with senior punter Davis Golick earning that recognition for his performance in the win at Princeton:
From a Dartmouth release (LINK):
Golick was a difference maker in the Big Green's win over the Princeton Tigers, Friday, stealing the show in the fourth quarter by kicking a career long 62-yard punt. The 62-yarder led to a Princeton fumble recovered by the Big Green and was the longest by a Dartmouth punter since Brian Scullin's against Cornell in 2008.
With the score 24-17 in favor of the Big Green, Golic boomed another long punt, knocking this one for 59 yards, landing at the Princeton 2-yard line, leading to a safety to make the score 26-17, the final score.
Named to the honor role for their play in the win over Princeton were defensive lineman Ejike Adele, nickle Lou Lamar and quarterback Grayson Saunier.
There have been eight Ivy League special teams awards this fall and Dartmouth has claimed five of them:
Week One vs. Fordham, DB Jordan Washington
Week Two vs. Merrimack, K Owen Zalc
Week Three vs. Penn, K Owen Zalc
Week Seven vs. Harvard, K Owen Zalc
Week Eight vs. Princeton, P Davis Golick
Dartmouth also has twice won Ivy League offensive player of the week:
Week Four vs. Yale, QB Grayson SaunierThe Big Green is still in search of its first Ivy League defensive player of the week.
Week Six vs. Columbia, RB Q Jones
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Kudos to Cornell sports information (or whatever they call it out there) for not only producing thorough and informative game notes, but having them out early enough to help the media do its job:
Access the Cornell-Dartmouth game notes HERE.
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With last week's win over Princeton, the Dartmouth football team has popped back into the AFCA Coaches Poll at No. 24 and is in the Others Receiving Votes section of the Stats Perform poll.
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FCS Coaches |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
North Dakota State (24) |
9-1 |
648 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State (2) |
10-0 |
622 |
2 |
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3 |
South Dakota State |
8-2 |
598 |
3 |
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4 |
UC Davis |
9-1 |
570 |
4 |
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5 |
South Dakota |
7-2 |
527 |
5 |
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6 |
UIW |
8-2 |
500 |
8 |
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7 |
Richmond |
8-2 |
479 |
9 |
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8 |
Villanova |
8-2 |
433 |
11 |
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9 |
Mercer |
9-1 |
416 |
13 |
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10 |
Idaho |
7-3 |
393 |
12 |
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11 |
Montana |
7-3 |
348 |
7 |
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12 |
Tarleton State |
8-2 |
342 |
14 |
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13 |
Southeast Missouri State |
8-2 |
334 |
6 |
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14 |
Missouri State |
8-2 |
310 |
15 |
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15 |
ACU |
7-3 |
283 |
16 |
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16 |
Illinois State |
7-3 |
270 |
17 |
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17 |
Stony Brook |
8-2 |
251 |
18 |
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18 |
Rhode Island |
8-2 |
239 |
10 |
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19 |
UT Martin |
7-3 |
186 |
22 |
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20 |
Jackson State |
8-2 |
181 |
20 |
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21 |
Duquesne |
7-2 |
146 |
24 |
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22 |
HARVARD |
7-1 |
88 |
25 |
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23 |
South Carolina State |
7-2 |
66 |
NR |
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24 |
DARTMOUTH |
7-1 |
35 |
NR |
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25T |
Butler |
8-2 |
31 |
NR |
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25T |
Chattanooga |
6-4 |
31 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes: Central Arkansas, 29; Drake, 18; William & Mary, 18; Tennessee St., 16; North Carolina Central, 13; North Dakota, 12; Northern Arizona, 7; East Tennessee St., 6; Southeastern Louisiana, 3; Eastern Kentucky, 1. |
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Stats Perform |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
North Dakota State (42) |
9-1 |
1386 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana State (14) |
10-0 |
1354 |
2 |
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3 |
South Dakota State |
8-2 |
1286 |
3 |
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4 |
UC Davis |
9-1 |
1229 |
4 |
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5 |
South Dakota |
7-2 |
1183 |
5 |
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6 |
UIW |
8-2 |
1059 |
8 |
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7 |
Mercer |
9-1 |
1027 |
10 |
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8 |
Idaho |
7-3 |
1014 |
9 |
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9 |
Villanova |
8-2 |
864 |
12 |
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10 |
Montana |
7-3 |
840 |
7 |
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11 |
Richmond |
8-2 |
818 |
13 |
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12 |
Southeast Missouri |
8-2 |
747 |
6 |
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13 |
Tarleton State |
8-2 |
735 |
14 |
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14 |
Abilene Chrstian |
7-3 |
684 |
15 |
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15 |
Rhode Island |
8-2 |
678 |
11 |
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16 |
Stony Brook |
8-2 |
554 |
16 |
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17 |
Illinois State |
7-3 |
500 |
18 |
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18 |
UT Martin |
7-3 |
480 |
19 |
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19 |
Chattanooga |
6-4 |
298 |
23 |
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20 |
HARVARD |
7-1 |
259 |
24 |
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21 |
ETSU |
6-4 |
189 |
NR |
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22 |
Duquesne |
7-2 |
185 |
25 |
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23 |
Jackson State |
8-2 |
145 |
NR |
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24 |
Central Arkansas |
6-4 |
116 |
16 |
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25 |
Northern Arizona |
6-4 |
86 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): South Carolina State (7-2, 3-0 MEAC), 82; Eastern Kentucky (6-4, 4-2 UAC), 59; North Dakota (5-5, 2-4 MVFC), 57; William & Mary (6-4, 4-3 CAA), 55; Drake (7-1, 6-0 Pioneer), 49; Tennessee State (7-3, 4-2 Big South-OVC), 47; North Carolina Central (6-3, 2-1 MEAC), 44; DARTMOUTH (7-1, 4-1 Ivy), 41; Southeastern Louisiana (6-5, 5-1 Southland), 20; New Hampshire (6-4, 4-2 CAA), 10; Southern Utah (5-5, 4-2 UAC), 7; Western Carolina (5-5, 4-2 SoCon), 5 |
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Time to take a look ahead.
Sagarin has Dartmouth as a six-point favorite at Cornell and Harvard as a five-point favorite at Penn.
Massey sees Dartmouth winning 31-24 with 71 percent confidence and Harvard winning by the same score with 67 percent confidence.
The amateur oddsmakers whose spreads have held up nicely against the wise guys this fall have Dartmouth favored by 10 at Cornell and Harvard a six-point favorite at Penn.
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EXTRA POINT
Just about any time I pull up a YouTube video these days I first get a commercial showing some young guy in agony looking at his phone while the narrator informs me it's OK to take a break from sports betting in Vermont.
I get it. Clearly the the algorithm works because as the last entry above shows, I do search for Ivy League football odds on a weekly basis.
Here's what the algorithm doesn't know. I don't need a break from online sports betting because I've never in my life placed a bet. Not one. For that matter, I've never bought a lottery ticket and never will. Money is too hard to come by to throw it away.
