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— Baylor Football (@BUFootball) November 26, 2021
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Average home attendance for Ivy League football teams (Yale listed with and without The Game):
Yale 12,361 (factoring in The Game's attendance of 44,989)
Harvard 10,812
Princeton 7,019 (four games)
Columbia 5,549
Dartmouth 5,480
Penn 4,971
Yale 4,204 (without The Game)
Cornell 4,075
Brown 3,366
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Two familiar Dartmouth opponents are appearing in the NCAA playoffs today. Here's The Analyst preview (LINK):
Sacred Heart (8-3, 6-1 NEC) at Holy Cross (9-2, 6-0 Patriot)
Kickoff – Noon at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts (ESPN+)
Series – Holy Cross leads 2-0
Coaches – Sacred Heart: Mark Nofri (62-46, 11 seasons); Holy Cross: Bob Chesney (24-15, four seasons; 91-40 overall)
3 Players to Watch – Sacred Heart: RB Julius Chestnut (74 carries, 487 yards, 3 TDs), RB Malik Grant (226 carries, 1,288 yards, 9 TDs), LB Kevin Peprah (43 tackles, 2.5 sacks); Holy Cross: QB Matthew Sluka (84 of 154, 1,172 yards, 10 TDs, 4 INTs; 672 rushing yards, 13 TDs), RB Peter Oliver (134 carries, 726 yards, 4 TDs), LB Jacob Dobbs (112 tackles, 8 sacks),
3 Key Factors – 1. Sacred Heart is full go at running back, with Chestnut back after missing seven-plus games and getting more carries over the last three games than Grant, the potential NEC offensive player of the year. Holy Cross counters with the No. 5 rushing defense in the FCS (77.9 ypg). 2. Behind Dobbs and LB Liam Anderson, the host Crusaders are tied for fourth in the FCS with 39 sacks and rank second in dropping quarterbacks for 272 yards in losses. 3. The three teams that beat the Pioneers attacked with the run (237 ypg, 5.5-yard average), which is a strength of Holy Cross’ offense.
Up Next – The winner will play at No. 5 seed Villanova (9-2) in the second round on Dec. 3.
Prediction – Holy Cross 24, Sacred Heart 21
Green Alert Take: It's hard to read that and not imagine how Dartmouth and/or Princeton would do if they were allowed to participate in the playoffs.
Green Alert Take II: It's also hard to reconcile Dartmouth women's rugby being able to play for (and win) the national championship when the football team is prohibited from doing so by the Ivy League presidents.
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EXTRA POINT
We got the '84 VW camper bus parked crosswise in the back of our garage yesterday but it wasn't easy. I'd guess at least 12-to-15 times I had to inch it forward, cut the wheel hard and then inch it back. Then rinse and repeat, again and again, not an easy thing in a four-speed without power steering. One slip with the clutch and the gas pedal and we would have had a new door in the garage. But it's put away for the winter now with dryer sheets tucked around inside in a vain attempt to keep the mice out. And yes, our timing was pretty good given that this is what we awoke to morning:
