The Crusaders will seek to match the 1998-2001 Lehigh squads as a second Patriot program to win four straight league championships, and they have a chance to become the first to claim four outright titles in a row.
And this:
Holy Cross has defeated 11 straight Patriot League opponents by a combined a 413-140.
Green Alert Take: Honestly, can anyone out there tell me they'd rather see Dartmouth roll against another overmatched Pioneer Football League team than go head-to-head with a traditional rival that, like Dartmouth, is at the top of its game? I didn't think so.
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Spotted on Twitter:
OK, I looked around and couldn't find any explanation for this thing other than the headline, The Most Hostile College Fanbase in Every State. It's not just football since Alaska is included and it doesn't have a college football team at any level.
Green Alert Take: While it's nice to see Dartmouth getting the nod in New Hampshire that loses a lot of credibility when DIII Castleton State is recognized in Vermont. Clearly whoever did this has never seen a basketball game at the University of Vermont or spent any time in Leede Arena or, unfortunately, at Thompson Arena in the last couple of decades.
Green Alert Take II: With apologies to Derek Kyler, Pitt over Penn State? Once again, I don't think so.
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Speaking of Leede Arena, the fellow who does somewhat tongue-in-cheek looks at football stadiums (Ivy League HERE) has now turned his attention to basketball arenas in the Ancient Eight. It's not as detailed or as funny but the comment on what Harvard's Lavietes Pavilion looks like from above is a keeper.
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EXTRA POINT
For a lunch meeting yesterday in Hanover I drove 25 or so miles south on I-91, across the Ledyard Bridge and up West Wheelock into town, went two blocks through lunch-hour traffic on Main Street and turned into a municipal parking lot on South Street. Here's the wild thing. Not one time in all that driving did I touch the brakes of my electric car.
I was "one-pedal" driving, something I'm able to do because the car has "regenerative braking." For those of you who don't have an EV, how can I explain what that's like?
OK, this is a little out there but bear with me.
If you are of a certain age you may have had a dynamo light generator on your bicycle when you were a kid. When it got dark you'd push a lever down and the generator would now rub up against the tire of your bike, sending juice that would light up your headlight. The faster you went, the brighter the light.
Regenerative braking works the same way. Letting the "gas" pedal up essentially engages the generator, slowing you down while sending juice to the car's battery pack. And like that little wheel rubbing against your bicycle tire, you can actually feel the engine slowing the car down.
Don't worry. It's not as if when you take your foot off the "gas" it's like standing on the brakes (which you can still do if necessary). But it does a pretty good job of smoothly stopping you. So good, in fact, that the first time I let That Certain Dartmouth '14 drive our EV and explained how taking her foot off the "gas" would stop the car she ended up at a complete stop about 30 feet from the intersection.
So yeah, there's a bit of a learning curve. But trust me. You can get the hang of it in 10 minutes.
There's really only one downside. As the dealer explained to us, when you have an EV there are no oil changes and many fewer parts than a regular car, so maintenance is minimal. The one surprising thing they've discovered that requires service from time to time? The brakes. It turns out they can get a little dusty and rusty from lack of use.
(For a better explanation of one-pedal driving, CLICK HERE.)
