Week Seven of the Ivy League season marks the first time Dartmouth has not had anyone chosen even to the conference's weekly honor roll. Without benefit of seeing the game film, my nominees would have been wide receiver Ky’Dric Fisher with a career-high five catches for 51 yards – including four that brought first downs – and Zyion Freer-Brown, who matched his career high with 12 tackles for the second week in a row.
Not surprisingly, Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig's was named the Ivy League offensive player of the week. (LINK)
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BGA Overtime went up last night with a few thoughts and observations coming out of the Harvard game (LINK). The Optimist and The Pessimist will be stopping by the site tonight. It will be interesting to get their take.
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Dartmouth is still getting some love in the FCS Coaches Poll:
FCS Coaches | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota St. (25) | 9-0 | 625 | 1 |
2 | Montana | 9-0 | 598 | 3 |
3 | Montana St. | 7-2 | 567 | 4 |
4 | Lehigh | 9-0 | 521 | 7 |
5 | Tennessee Tech | 9-0 | 488 | 8 |
6 | Monmouth (N.J.) | 8-1 | 485 | 9 |
7 | Tarleton St. | 9-1 | 474 | 2 |
8 | Villanova | 6-2 | 417 | 11 |
9 | South Dakota St. | 7-2 | 389 | 5 |
T10 | Mercer | 7-1 | 378 | 13 |
T10 | Rhode Island | 7-2 | 378 | 12 |
12 | UC Davis | 6-2 | 367 | 6 |
13 | HARVARD | 7-0 | 310 | 15 |
14 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7-2 | 298 | 16 |
15 | North Dakota | 6-3 | 263 | 10 |
16 | Southern Illinois | 6-3 | 243 | 17 |
17 | Illinois St. | 6-3 | 240 | 18 |
18 | Lamar | 7-2 | 173 | 14 |
19 | Jackson St. | 6-2 | 157 | 20 |
20 | ACU | 5-4 | 156 | 25 |
21 | Stephen F. Austin | 7-2 | 148 | 23 |
22 | Youngstown St. | 5-4 | 120 | 19 |
23 | Presbyterian | 8-1 | 115 | 22 |
24 | Western Carolina | 6-3 | 51 | NR |
25 | South Dakota | 6-4 | 36 | NR |
Dropped Out: None | ||||
Others Receiving Votes: Lafayette, 29; West Georgia, 27; Alabama St., 12; Sacramento St., 12; Northern Arizona, 10; UT Rio Grande Valley, 10; DARTMOUTH, 8; Gardner-Webb, 7; North Carolina Central, 4; Austin Peay, 3; South Carolina St., 2; YALE, 2; Central Connecticut St., 1; Delaware St., 1. |
Stats Perform | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota State | 9-0 | 1400 | 1 |
2 | Montana | 9-0 | 1336 | 3 |
3 | Montana State | 7-2 | 1289 | T4 |
4 | Lehigh | 9-0 | 1183 | 7 |
5 | Tennessee Tech | 9-0 | 1141 | 9 |
6 | Tarleton State | 9-1 | 1118 | 2 |
7 | Monmouth | 8-1 | 1062 | 10 |
8 | South Dakota State | 7-2 | 879 | T4 |
9 | HARVARD | 7-0 | 854 | 12 |
10 | Villanova | 6-2 | 798 | 11 |
11 | UC Davis | 6-2 | 794 | 6 |
12 | Mercer | 7-1 | 759 | 15 |
13 | North Dakota | 6-3 | 758 | 8 |
14 | Rhode Island | 7-2 | 728 | 13 |
15 | Southern Illinois | 6-3 | 580 | 16 |
16 | Illinois State | 6-3 | 552 | 17 |
17 | Stephen F. Austin | 7-2 | 463 | 20 |
18 | Abilene Christian | 5-4 | 459 | 24 |
19 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7-2 | 441 | 21 |
20 | Lamar | 7-2 | 317 | 14 |
21 | Youngstown State | 5-4 | 303 | 18 |
22 | South Dakota | 6-4 | 259 | NR |
23 | Jackson State | 6-2 | 212 | 23 |
24 | Western Carolina | 6-3 | 174 | NR |
25 | Presbyterian | 8-1 | 113 | 25 |
Dropped Out of Top 25: Northern Arizona (19), Austin Peay (22) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Northern Arizona (5-4, 2-3 Big Sky), 70; Alabama State (6-2, 4-1 SWAC), 48; Delaware State (6-3, 2-0 MEAC), 23; Austin Peay (5-4, 3-3 UAC), 19; West Georgia (6-3, 3-3 UAC), 18; Lafayette (6-3, 4-0 Patriot), 15; YALE (5-2, 3-1 Ivy), 8; Sacramento State (5-4, 3-2 Big Sky), 7; New Hampshire (5-4, 3-2 CAA), 6 |
• WR Blake Betette, 5-1, 185, Richard Northeast HS/South Carolina
• LB JJ Bolz, 6-2, 220, Bishop Verot HS/Florida
• DB Taiga Briskey, 6-1, 180, West Boca Raton HS/Florida
• DB David Brown III, 6-1, 162, Cypress Woods HS/Texas
• QB Jack Cannon, 6-2, 210, Holmdel HS/New Jersey
• OL Tim Church, 6-5, 300, Buckingham Browne & Nichols/Massachusetts
• LB/WR George Duggins, 6-3, 200, Mona Shores HS/ Michigan
• DL August Dupree, 6-3, 215/Folson HS/California
• DE/TE Quinn Enguita, 6-4, 215, Bishop Verot HS/Florida.
• WR Kareem Fisher, 6-2, 180, St. Vincent Pallotti/Maryland
• RB/DB Jacob Henry, 5-11, 190, Maumelle HS/Arkansas
• S Kiyanté Ingram, 6-0, 195, McEachem HS/Georgia
• LB Gavin King, 6-4, 230, Loyola Academy/Illinois
• DL/TE Will Maloof, 6-5, 210, St. Peter's Prep/New Jersey
• WR George Loop, 5-11, 170, Isidore Newman/Louisiana
• LB Parker Maiers, 6-1, 220, Brebeuf Jesuit HS/Indianapolis
• OL Brody McLeod, 6-4, 280, Ponte Vedra HS/Florida
• OL Mikey McMahon, 6-4, 290, Bergen Catholic HS/New Jersey
• OL Jake Namnum, 6-2, 292, St. Josephs Prep/Pennsylvania
• K/P Tanner Pidwell, 6-2, 175, Park City HS/Utah
• OL Nick Schenkel, 6-4, 270, Liberty HS/Pennsylvania
• DL Roman Sosnovyy, 6-3, 245, Lyons Township HS/Illinois
Green Alert Take: It could get a little confusing next year with Dartmouth having wide receivers named Ky'Dric Fisher and Kareem Fisher. And how many times do you think Nick Schenkel's name will be confused with that of Nico Schwikal, the current Dartmouth linebacker?
Something to Prove (Ivy): Harvard is rolling at 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Ivy League. Yale and Penn are tied for second place, but Yale won the head-to-head meeting 35-13, so the best-case scenario for the new (but old) kid on the block to gain multiple playoff bids is for the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1) to win out and claim the automatic bid in a two-team tie for first place with Harvard, and the Crimson remaining unbeaten until that final rivalry game. They will probably have done enough by then to secure an at-large bid.
Green Alert Take: Amazing how things can change in one week. Beat Harvard and Dartmouth is in the driver's seat for the postseason. Lose to Harvard and the drum is beating for a Yale team the Big Green defeated.
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EXTRA POINT
For at least the 25th year in a row we had no trick-or-treaters at our house. It's completely understandable, of course. There's just not enough bang for the buck for kids to hit up houses spread far apart on dirt roads.
But as we do each year, we had candy ready – just in case. The pick this year was peanut M&M's because, well, because if you are going to lay in candy knowing there weren't going to be any trick-or-treaters you might as well lay in something you like.
So we had two bags of the M&M's that each contained four little "fun size" bags.
Let me ask you, how many times have you put together a child's toy or a bookcase or something else and when you finish the package was missing that last nut or bolt? Frustrating, right?
Last night we opened the bag containing the four "fun size" bags and nope, there weren't four bags of M&M's. Nor were there three. There were five. He shoots, he scores!
It doesn't make up for those missing nuts and bolts, but it did make me smile.