17 of the 130 FCS teams have a player averaging 100+ rushing yards per game.
— FCS Football (@FCS_STATS) September 27, 2022
16 of the teams have one such player.@DartmouthFTBL has three through two games:
QB Nick Howard, 121.5
RB Zack Bair, 111.5
RB Q Jones, 101
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Dartmouth quarterback Nick Howard (186 yards and two TDs rushing, 120 yards and one TD passing) was named to the Ivy League honor roll this week along with tailback Q Jones (158 yards and one TD rushing, three catches for 31 yards receiving).
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Here are this week's Sagarin Ratings and how they've changed since last week:
155 - Harvard - down 6
160 - Yale - up 15
161 - Dartmouth - down 28
162 - Princeton - down 11
164 - Columbia - up 13
183 - Penn - down 11
197 - Brown - up 3
219 - Cornell - down 30181 - New Hampshire - up 18
213 - Sacred Heart - up 21
242 - Valparaiso - up 6
Sagarin has Dartmouth a 7.5-point favorite over Penn Friday night.
For point of reference, Sagarin had Dartmouth a 19-point favorite at Sacred Heart last week.
Elsewhere, Sagarin sees . . .
Columbia as a 2.5-point favorite at home over Princeton.Yale as a 22.5-point favorite at home over Howard.
Cornell as a 4-point underdog at Colgate.
Holy Cross as a 1.5-point favorite at Harvard.
Brown as a 12-point underdog at Rhode Island.
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This week's national polls:
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Stats Perform |
2022 |
Pts |
Previous |
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1 |
North Dakota State (44) |
3-1 |
1,337 |
1 |
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2 |
South Dakota State |
3-1 |
1,272 |
T-2 |
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3 |
Montana |
4-0 |
1,264 |
T-2 |
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4 |
Montana State |
3-1 |
1,158 |
T-4 |
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5 |
Sacramento |
3-0 |
1,1142 |
7 |
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6 |
Delaware |
4-0 |
1,053 |
8 |
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7 |
Missouri State |
2-2 |
943 |
6 |
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8 |
Weber State |
4-0 |
942 |
12 |
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9 |
Jackson State |
4-0 |
907 |
11 |
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10 |
Holy Cross |
4-0 |
837 |
13 |
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11 |
UIW |
3-1 |
808 |
T-4 |
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12 |
Chattanooga |
3-1 |
753 |
10 |
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13 |
Mercer |
3-1 |
551 |
17 |
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14 |
Villanova |
2-2 |
452 |
9 |
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15 |
UT Martin |
2-2 |
403 |
18 |
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16 |
Samford |
3-1 |
380 |
21 |
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17 |
Richmond |
3-1 |
348 |
22 |
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18 |
William & Mary |
3-1 |
346 |
14 |
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19 |
Southern Illinois |
2-2 |
345 |
24 |
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20 |
Eastern Washington |
1-2 |
344 |
15 |
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21 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
2-2 |
358 |
NR |
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22 |
Austin Peay |
4-1 |
328 |
NR |
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23 |
Elon |
3-1 |
226 |
NR |
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24 |
Southeast Missouri |
3-1 |
171 |
NR |
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25 |
Eastern Kentucky |
2-2 |
154 |
16 |
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Dropped Out: North Dakota (19), Rhode Island (20), Stephen F. Austin (23), North Carolina Central (25) |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): North Carolina Central (4-0) 133; Furman (3-1) 129; Rhode Island (2-2) 115; Stephen F. Austin (2-2) 100; North Dakota (2-2) 82; Fordham (3-1) 42; New Hampshire (3-1) 37; UC Davis (1-3) 31; Kennesaw State (1-2) 29; ETSU (2-2) 20; Idaho (2-2) 11; Monmouth (2-2) 8; Youngstown State (2-1) 3 |
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FCS Coaches Poll |
2022 |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
North Dakota State (24) |
3-1 |
694 |
1 |
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2 |
Montana (4) |
4-0 |
672 |
2 |
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3 |
South Dakota State |
3-1 |
646 |
3 |
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4 |
Montana State |
3-1 |
592 |
T-4 |
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5 |
Sacramento State |
3-0 |
584 |
6 |
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6 |
Delaware |
4-0 |
555 |
8 |
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7 |
Weber State |
4-0 |
498 |
12 |
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8 |
Jackson State |
4-0 |
490 |
11 |
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9 |
Missouri State |
2-2 |
432 |
T-4 |
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10 |
Chattanooga |
3-1 |
431 |
9 |
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11 |
Holy Cross |
4-0 |
408 |
13 |
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12 |
UIW |
3-1 |
375 |
7 |
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13 |
Mercer |
3-1 |
339 |
16 |
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14 |
Stephen F. Austin |
2-2 |
244 |
17 |
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15 |
Villanova |
2-2 |
221 |
10 |
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16 |
Austin Peay |
4-1 |
215 |
23 |
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17 |
UT Martin |
2-2 |
213 |
19 |
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18 |
Eastern Washington |
1-2 |
184 |
15 |
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19 |
Samford |
3-1 |
181 |
22 |
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20 |
Fordham |
3-1 |
175 |
18 |
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21 |
William & Mary |
3-1 |
168 |
14 |
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22 |
Richmond |
3-1 |
155 |
T-24 |
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23 |
Elon |
3-1 |
106 |
NR |
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24 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
2-2 |
78 |
NR |
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25 |
Rhode Island |
2-2 |
71 |
21 |
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Dropped Out: Eastern Kentucky (20), Youngstown State (T-24) |
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Others Receiving Votes: Southern Illinois, 53; Furman, 48; Eastern Kentucky, 47; Youngstown State, 45; North Carolina Central, 43; NEW HAMPSHIRE, 42; Southeast Missouri State, 33; HARVARD, 17; PRINCETON, 11; Davidson, 9; ETSU, 5; Idaho, 5; Tarleton State, 4; Florida A&M, 3; Monmouth (N.J.), 3; Stetson, 2; UC Davis, 2; Kennesaw State, 1 |
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Congratulations to Deputy Athletics Director Richard Whitmore, who received the @Dartmouth Sheila Culbert Distinguished Employee Service Award last week! https://t.co/XIBBPLlSy9
— Dartmouth Athletics (@dartmouthsports) September 26, 2022
Whitmore is the athletic department liaison to the football program. The Sheila Culbert Distinguished Employee Service Award "recognizes a Dartmouth College staff member who has made a difference to the college and to his or her colleagues. demonstrates a commitment to the highest work ethic and exemplary work performance, is both selfless and unwavering in dedication to the institution and is relentless in the pursuit of excellence."
Find a story about the award HERE
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Football Scoop has a story headlined NCAA reportedly considering re-starting clock after incomplete passes. From the story (LINK):
Officials believe an increase in pass plays is what is stretching games longer and longer, and so a proposed solution would be to treat incomplete passes like plays where the ball runs out of bounds -- the clock stops only until the ball is set for play, at which point it runs again, except for in the final two minutes of the first half and the final five minutes of the game.
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EXTRA POINT
Sometimes little things can make your day.
Dartmouth football practice was in The Green House yesterday and before the action started I was sitting on a bench on the facility's entry level trying to find something in my backpack when a movement on the floor to my right caught my eye. At first I thought it was a mouse, but after it disappeared behind a furniture leg and popped out again I saw that it was a gray bird, a little smaller than a sparrow.
I watched the poor thing fly over to a wall-height pane of glass and bang into it beak-first three or four times before settling on an overhang. It tried again before eventually flying out over the field where longsnapper Josh Greene said he spotted it as well.
I spent most of the practice on the upper level of the facility, which offers a terrific view of the action on the field below. Truth be told, I was also keeping an eye out for the bird. It was a longshot, but rifling through a recycling bin I had found a hinged, plastic container that once held grapes and wanted to be prepared in case the little bird came back my way.
I didn't really expect that to happen but toward the end of practice it did, once again crashing several times into the glass before, exhausted, it settled on the floor in an opening between a vent and the glass. I stealthily made my way toward it with the grapes container in hand and was able to place it over the little guy, although I couldn't raise it enough to close the hinged top – now on the bottom – without the bird possibly escaping. I eventually slid a reporter's notebook under the opening, held it tight against the container and carried it outside.
When I pulled the container off the notebook the little bird stood there for a second or two before taking flight. As I watched it fly away a long day had turned into a good one.
