There's a Chamber of Commerce forecast for the Homecoming game against Harvard today in Hanover with the temperature at the 1:30 p.m. kickoff predicted to be 56 degrees, with zero percent chance of rain, three percent cloud cover and a gentle 3 mph breeze.
(I'll do you a favor and avoid my usual rant about how there can be no such thing as a zero percent chance.)
In addition to video streaming on ESPN+ the game will be carried on NESN+. Dartmouth's audio broadcast will be available HERE.
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The Valley News takes a look at the Dartmouth run game that woke up last week against Columbia and will face another difficult challenge today HERE.
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Last night . . .
Yale 41, Columbia16
Yale quarterback Nolan Grooms completed fewer than half of his passes (16-of-33) but aided by touchdown throws of 64 and 83 yards made them count for a career-high 346 yards and four TDs as the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1) turned a one-score game into a rout with a 17-0 fourth quarter. Grooms also led the Bulldogs with 49 yards rushing, frustrating a Lions defense that allowed the rest of the Yale team to 46 yards on 22 carries. The special teams woes that plagued Columbia against Dartmouth reappeared with the Lions suffering back-to-back punt blocks. Attendance in New York City was 3,551.
Today's Ivy League games . . .
Penn at Brown 12:30 p.m.
Cornell at Princeton 12:30 p.m.
And elsewhere . . .
St. Francis at Sacred Heart Noon
Valparaiso at Dayton 1 p.m.
New Hampshire Bye
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EXTRA POINT
I spent five minutes just now observing a group of turkeys nibbling on red berries that have fallen from several of the ornamental trees outside our bedroom window. Three of the more adventurous turkeys were somehow balanced up in the trees, bobbing up and down on ridiculously thin branches as they nibbled away. Out of curiosity I Googled up what you call a group of turkeys and was surprised to learn it's called a rafter. So I'll start this PAT over:
I spent five minutes just now observing a rafter of turkeys nibbling on red berries . . .
