While the Ivies watch, the Big Ten announced that it will begin play on Oct. 24. (LINK)
That despite what's happening around the country including . . .
• Arkansas State postponing its game with Central Arkansas.
• LSU coach Ed Orgeron saying most, but not all, of his players have had Covid and three or four players currently “have Covid.”
• The Commonwealth Cup game between Virginia and Virginia Tech, slated for Sept. 19, has been postponed at Tech’s request.
• Houston’s game Memphis slated for Friday has been postponed.
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Not that the Ivy League would be involved, but per STATS, “The NCAA Division I Council is expected to vote during a virtual meeting on the FCS championship committee's proposal, which is backed by the Division I Football Oversight Committee.” (LINK)
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The Columbia marching band voted to disband after 116 years. (LINK)
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US News top 25 national schools (LINK):
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Columbia
4. Yale
8. Pennsylvania
13. Dartmouth
14. Brown
18. Cornell
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EXTRA POINT
Called it a day well east of Des Moines and should be in Illinois today. Mrs. BGA is collecting license plates since we crossed into Nebraska and has seen 35. My money is on seeing 48 ;-)
After spending a night at a free Wildlife Management Area campsite in Nebraska we were in a very nice park last night. We bent our own rule by paying to camp, but $7 wasn't much and "check-in" consisted of filling out an envelope and dropping it into an "iron ranger" collection box. There was just one other camper spending the night. Here's our home on the road at our little campground last night:
