BGA: In Case You Were Wondering

Yesterday's look at the Dartmouth-Holy Cross rivalry since coach Buddy Teevens returned to Hanover in 2005 got me wondering about the Big Green's record against all opponents. Listed in order of most-played series are teams Dartmouth has played and the record against them:

124

Harvard 48-71-5

104

Cornell 62-41-1

Yale 44-54-6

100

Princeton 51-45-4

Brown 62-32-4

Columbia 70-20-1

Penn 38-48-2

Holy Cross 40-37-4

New Hampshire 19-19-2

Amherst 24-3-3

Vermont 24-1-3

Colgate 7-18-1

Norwich 26-0

Williams 20-4-2

Massachusetts 20-3-1

Boston University 9-1

Bowdoin 9-0-1

Syracuse 6-3-1

Bates 8-0

Maine 7-1

Wesleyan 5-3

Army 1-6

Bucknell 5-2

Sacred Heart 5-2

William & Mary 1-6

MIT 5-1

Fordham 4-1

Hobart 5-0

Navy 0-4-1

Springfield 5-0

Allegheny 4-0

Colby 4-0

Middlebury 4-0

Stanford 0-4

Stevens Tech 2-1-1

Boston College 2-1

Georgetown 2-1

Penn State 2-1

Saint Lawrence 3-0

Butler 2-0

Carlisle 0-2

Central Connecticut 2-0

Chicago 1-1

Coast Guard 1-1

Davidson 2-0

Georgia 1-1

McGill 2-0

Notre Dame 0-2

West Virginia 1-0-1

Buffalo 1-0

Dickinson 1-0

Franklin & Marshall 0-1

Hampden-Sydney 1-0

Marist 1-0

Miami (Ohio) 1-0

Michigan 0-1

Northwestern 0-1

Rutgers 1-0

Sewanee 1-0

Stetson 1-0

Union 1-0

Valparaiso 1-0

Virginia 1-0

Virginia Tech 1-0

Washington 1-0

And here are all the opponents Dartmouth has faced sorted alphabetically:

Opponent/Record	Last
Allegheny 4-0	1930
Amherst 24-3-3	1941
Army 1-6	1983
Bates 8-0	1938
Boston College 2-1	1959
Boston University 9-1	1989
Bowdoin 9-0-1	1911
Brown 62-32-4	2021
Bucknell 5-2	2013
Butler 2-0	2013
Carlisle 0-2	1913
Central Connecticut 2-0	2015
Chicago 1-1	1933
Colby 4-0	1923
Colgate 7-18-1	2019
Columbia 70-20-1	2021
Cornell 62-41-1	2021
Davidson 2-0	1998
Dickinson 1-0	1938
Fordham 4-1	1997
Franklin & Marshall 0-1	1940
Georgetown 2-1	2018
Georgia 1-1	1941
Hampden-Sydney 1-0	1939
Harvard 48-71-5	2021
Hobart 5-0	1929
Holy Cross 40-37-4	2018
Jacksonville 1-0	2019
Lafayette 6-2	1999
Lebanon Valley 2-0	1931
Lehigh 2-5	1999
Maine 7-1	1998
Marist 1-0	2019
Massachusetts 20-3-1	1981
McGill 2-0	1924
Miami 1-0	1942
Michigan 0-1	1950
Middlebury 4-0	1922
Navy 0-4-1	1986
New Hampshire 19-19-2	2021
Northwestern 0-1	1928
Norwich 26-0	1941
Notre Dame 0-2	1945
Penn 38-48-2	2021
Penn State 2-1	1920
Princeton 51-45-4	2021
Rutgers 1-0	1952
Sacred Heart 5-2	2021
Saint Lawrence 3-0	1940
Sewanee 1-0	1940
Springfield 5-0	1937
Stanford 0-4	1939
Stetson 1-0	2017
Stevens Tech 2-1-1	1891
Syracuse 6-3-1	1951
Valparaiso 1-0	2021
Vermont 24-1-3	1936
Virginia 1-0	1934
Virginia Tech 1-0	1926
Washington 1-0	1920
Wesleyan 5-3	1904
West Virginia 1-0-1	1917
William & Mary 1-6	1983
Williams 20-4-2	1914
Yale 44-54-6	2021

And for grins, here are Dartmouth's all-time opponents sorted by how long it has been since they last played:

Opponent/Record	Last
Stevens Tech 2-1-1	1891
Wesleyan 5-3	1904
Bowdoin 9-0-1	1911
Carlisle 0-2	1913
Williams 20-4-2	1914
West Virginia 1-0-1	1917
Penn State 2-1	1920
Washington 1-0	1920
Middlebury 4-0	1922
Colby 4-0	1923
McGill 2-0	1924
Virginia Tech 1-0	1926
Northwestern 0-1	1928
Hobart 5-0	1929
Allegheny 4-0	1930
Lebanon Valley 2-0	1931
Chicago 1-1	1933
Virginia 1-0	1934
Vermont 24-1-3	1936
Springfield 5-0	1937
Bates 8-0	1938
Dickinson 1-0	1938
Hampden-Sydney 1-0	1939
Stanford 0-4	1939
Franklin & Marshall 0-1	1940
Saint Lawrence 3-0	1940
Sewanee 1-0	1940
Amherst 24-3-3	1941
Georgia 1-1	1941
Norwich 26-0	1941
Miami 1-0	1942
Notre Dame 0-2	1945
Michigan 0-1	1950
Syracuse 6-3-1	1951
Rutgers 1-0	1952
Boston College 2-1	1959
Massachusetts 20-3-1	1981
Army 1-6	1983
William & Mary 1-6	1983
Navy 0-4-1	1986
Boston University 9-1	1989
Fordham 4-1	1997
Davidson 2-0	1998
Maine 7-1	1998
Lafayette 6-2	1999
Lehigh 2-5	1999
Bucknell 5-2	2013
Butler 2-0	2013
Central Connecticut 2-0	2015
Stetson 1-0	2017
Georgetown 2-1	2018
Holy Cross 40-37-4	2018
Colgate 7-18-1	2019
Jacksonville 1-0	2019
Marist 1-0	2019
Brown 62-32-4	2021
Columbia 70-20-1	2021
Cornell 62-41-1	2021
Harvard 48-71-5	2021
New Hampshire 19-19-2	2021
Penn 38-48-2	2021
Princeton 51-45-4	2021
Sacred Heart 5-2	2021
Valparaiso 1-0	2021
Yale 44-54-6	2021

Spun out of the huge impact 6-foot-10 forward Paul Atkinson has had for the Notre Dame basketball team after grad transferring from Yale, the New York Times has a story noting "the canceled 2020-21 season and league policies have led to a talent exodus for Ivy League basketball." From that story (LINK):

Patrick Tapé, who is starting for San Francisco this season as the Dons make their first N.C.A.A. tournament appearance since 1998, is Columbia’s career leader in field-goal percentage. He played last season at Duke before transferring to San Francisco. The former Columbia point guard Mike Smith helped Michigan reach a regional final last season. Jimmy Boeheim is playing for his father, Jim, at Syracuse after leaving Cornell. Ohio State gained Seth Towns, and Seton Hall welcomed Bryce Aiken last season. Each played at Harvard.

But the most talent, arguably, has been drained from Yale. Baylor started Makai Mason at guard in 2019 in his final season of eligibility, center Jordan Bruner played his final year at Alabama last season and Atkinson was an Ivy League Player of the Year in 2020.

The story could also have mentioned how Dartmouth alum Chris Knight started for Loyola in the NCAA's yesterday and teamed with Princeton alum Ryan Schwieger this winter for the Ramblers. And that Courtney Banghart's nationally ranked North Carolina team got a boost from Princeton grad Carlie Littlefield.

Green Alert Take: Earth to Ivy League presidents, earth to Ivy League presidents, you have a problem.

I would be remiss if I didn't share one of the most memorable of the terrific ESPN commercials featuring John Clayton, who passed away yesterday (LINK):

EXTRA POINT
The mud-season saga continues.

As noted here previously, it is 1.4 miles from our Vermont hillside home to the West Newbury post office. But not for the foreseeable future. Until the mud dries up and the road is graded it will be an 8.4-mile round trip.

Yesterday Mrs. BGA and I risked the short drive to the post office in her four-wheel drive car and risked is the operative word. If it wasn't downhill where the ruts began, the car might still be there. We got to a point of no return and plowed ahead. Yup plowed.

Fortunately, when we go the other way to the post office (and town) we have just a quarter mile or so of dirt road (mostly alongside our field) and because there's full sun and wind blowing across that part of our road it doesn't turn into oatmeal like the problematic sections.

Saturday, March 19, 2022

In Case You Were Wondering