BGA Overtime last night had takes on Noah Trigueros stepping in for an injured Grayson Saunier and leading the Big Green to a win last week, the value of Luke Rives bringing back the opening kickoff n that game, Owen Zalc doing Owen Zalc things, Merrimack going for two after its first TD, scheduling, the Big Green's standing in the Ivy League race, and honoring the 10-0 team of 1996. Check it all out HERE.
And tonight Statler and Waldorf The Optimist and The Pessimist are in the house.
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From Dartmouth social media:
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In advance of Saturday's game at Columbia, Roar Lions podcaster Jake Novak has an audio program headlined, Trying to get a realistic assessment of how strong a contender Columbia might be isn’t easy HERE. (If like me, you'd prefer to scan a written transcript for points of interest that's available.) From the transcript:
It does at least seem, from what we've seen this year, that this would be probably the weakest Dartmouth team Columbia has taken on since maybe 2022. And that was not a very weak Dartmouth team, by the way. But it was still a team and a game that Columbia very much probably should have won in 2022.
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For your scouting report on the Lions, here's a look at highlights from Columbia's win at Penn on Friday night:
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Like a lot of services, Sagarin gives three points to the home team and that being the case, the ratings system has Columbia as a 2-point favorite in its Homecoming game Saturday.
Of note: Jake Novak points out in his podcast that Columbia hasn't won a Homecoming game since 2021.
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Massey predicts a 27-24 Dartmouth win with 60 percent confidence.
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Here are this week's polls:
STATS | W-L* | Pts | Prev* | |
1 | Tarleton State (49) | 7-0 | 1417 | 2 |
2 | Stephen F. Austin (4) | 7-0 | 1331 | 3 |
3 | Montana State (3) | 6-1 | 1285 | 5 |
4 | Youngstown State (1) | 6-2 | 1234 | 6 |
5 | South Dakota State | 5-2 | 1181 | 1 |
6 | North Dakota | 6-2 | 1123 | 11 |
7 | Northern Arizona | 6-2 | 1082 | 8 |
8 | South Dakota | 6-2 | 1049 | 9 |
9 | Austin Peay | 6-2 | 916 | 12 |
10 | Illinois State | 5-2 | 823 | 13 |
11 | LEHIGH | 6-1 | 809 | 4 |
12 | Tennessee Tech | 6-1 | 803 | 15 |
13 | Campbell | 6-1 | 721 | 16 |
14 | Montana | 5-3 | 682 | 7 |
15 | HARVARD | 5-0 | 670 | 17 |
16 | Lamar | 5-2 | 592 | 10 |
17 | Mercer | 6-2 | 544 | 18 |
18 | ETSU | 5-2 | 441 | 20 |
19 | MONMOUTH | 5-2 | 335 | 23 |
20 | UC Davis | 4-3 | 284 | 14 |
21 | Northern Iowa | 3-3 | 266 | 19 |
22 | Weber State | 5-3 | 179 | NR |
23 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4-3 | 118 | NR |
24 | Jackson State | 6-1 | 116 | NR |
25 | Richmond | 5-2 | 106 | NR |
Dropped Out: Idaho State (21), Colgate (22), Morgan State (24), YALE (25) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Abilene Christian (4-4, 3-0 UAC): 86; PRINCETON (4-1, 2-0 Ivy): 62; Idaho State (4-3, 1-3 Big Sky): 57; West Florida (4-2, 2-2 UAC): 45; CORNELL (3-2, 1-1 Ivy): 39; South Carolina State (5-2, 0-0 MEAC): 35; Colgate (4-3, 3-1 Patriot): 18; Houston Christian (4-3, 3-1 Southland): 14; Morgan State (5-2, 0-0 MEAC): 12; Wofford (5-3, 3-2 Southern): 10; Alabama A&M (6-2, 3-1 SWAC): 9; Bryant (5-2, 3-0 CAA) 9; UAlbany (4-3, 2-1 CAA): 5; Rhode Island (4-3, 1-2 CAA): 2 |
FCS Coaches | W-L* | Pts | Prev* | |
1 | Tarleton St. (24) | 7-0 | 648 | 2 |
2 | Stephen F. Austin (2) | 7-0 | 623 | 3 |
3 | Montana St. | 6-1 | 591 | 5 |
4 | Youngstown St. | 6-2 | 567 | 6 |
5 | South Dakota St. | 5-2 | 520 | 1 |
6 | South Dakota | 6-2 | 491 | 9 |
7 | Northern Arizona | 6-2 | 482 | 10 |
8 | North Dakota | 6-2 | 457 | 15 |
9 | Austin Peay | 6-2 | 452 | 11 |
10 | Illinois St. | 5-2 | 396 | 13 |
11 | Tennessee Tech | 6-1 | 380 | 14 |
12 | LEHIGH | 6-1 | 375 | 4 |
13 | Mercer | 6-2 | 305 | 16 |
14 | Montana | 5-3 | 296 | 7 |
15 | Lamar | 5-2 | 288 | 8 |
16 | Campbell | 6-1 | 265 | 18 |
17 | HARVARD | 5-0 | 264 | 17 |
18 | MONMOUTH | 5-2 | 200 | 20 |
19 | Richmond | 5-2 | 152 | 22 |
20 | ETSU | 5-2 | 144 | 24 |
21 | UC Davis | 4-3 | 124 | 12 |
22 | Jackson St. | 6-1 | 108 | NR |
23 | West Florida | 4-2 | 57 | NR |
24 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4-3 | 39 | NR |
25 | South Carolina St. | 5-2 | 37 | NR |
Dropped Out: Colgate (19), Idaho St. (21), YALE (23), Northern Iowa (25) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes: ACU, 26; Northern Iowa, 24; Colgate, 18; Idaho St., 18; PRINCETON, 17; Bryant, 16; UAlbany, 15; YALE, 13; Weber St., 12; CORNELL (N.Y.), 9; Wofford, 9; Morgan St., 5; Alabama A&M, 2; Southeast Missouri St., 2; Central Connecticut St., 1; Delaware St., 1; Marist, 1. |
EXTRA POINT
Coming down the mountain on my hike Sunday afternoon I passed three college-aged women who were on their way up. For the better part of the next five minutes I walked through an invisible cloud of perfume. Or maybe it was just heavy makeup. Whatever, the sweet scent of the evergreen forest and fallen leaves was totally overwhelmed by something manmade, and it just seemed so wrong.
