While most message board posters and emailers understandably lament the end of the Week 10 series with Princeton it's not going to come back.Now it's Brown, so deal with it.To drum up little excitement the game needs a nickname. You know, like the Red River Shootout (Texas-Oklahoma), The Backyard Brawl (Pitt-West Virginia), The Civil War (Oregon-Oregon State), The Rivalry (Lehigh-Lafayette) and my favorite, The Brawl of the Wild (Montana-Montana State).With that in mind the Dartmouth-Brown series should be called The Tussle in honor of a man important to the programs at both schools as well as to the sport of college football.Why? Because College Football Hall of Famer Tuss McLaughry served as head coach at Brown from 1926-1940 and then moved on to Dartmouth from 1941-1954.And because the man called they called Tuss was much more than just a coach.
Consider that, in recognition of his service as the longtime secretary treasurer of the American Football Coaches Association, the AFCA each year presents the Tuss McLaughry Award, which is "given to a distinguished American (or Americans) for the highest distinction in service to others."
Among the winners since the award was instituted in 1964 have been Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Bob Hope, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, The Reverend Billy Graham, Pete Rozelle, Gen. Chuck Yeager and Tom Osborne. The 2019 award went to Hall of Fame broadcaster Verne Lundquist.
So goodby Princeton, hello Brown, and welcome to The Tussle.
Here's your weekly look at the Sagarin Ratings with the movement from last week:
148 - Princeton - Down 9 after a close loss to Yale.
156 - Yale - Up 1 after a narrow win over Princeton.
167 - Harvard - Up 4 after pounding Penn on the road.
176 - Penn - Down 8 after losing to Harvard at home.
186 - Dartmouth - Down 5 after a narrow loss at Cornell.
195 - Columbia - No change after topping Brown in OT.
203 - Cornell - Up 6 after narrow win over Dartmouth.
220 - Brown - Down 4 after OT loss to Columbia.
Sagarin, by the way, has Dartmouth as a 10½-point favorite over Brown.
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This is kind of fun:
With Yale defeating Princeton this weekend, the Ivy League has closed their Circle of Sicko. pic.twitter.com/OINNXpgdmr
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) November 14, 2022
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Yeah, well, it's a fact that Dartmouth football is better than Alabama. Don't believe it? Click HERE.
The Big Green also has the advantage over Notre Dame HERE.
Don't tell anyone but the nearest college football team to Hanover is Plymouth State, and the D-III Panthers kinda, sorta have the edge on Dartmouth HERE.
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Here are the weekly FCS polls:
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Stats Perform |
2022 |
Pts |
Previous |
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1 |
South Dakota State (47) |
10-1 |
1343 |
1 |
|
2 |
Sacramento State (7) |
10-0 |
1297 |
2 |
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3 |
Montana State |
9-1 |
1237 |
3 |
|
4 |
North Dakota State |
8-2 |
1190 |
4 |
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5 |
UIW |
9-1 |
1047 |
6 |
|
6 |
Holy Cross |
10-0 |
1030 |
5 |
|
7 |
Weber State |
8-2 |
996 |
7 |
|
8 |
William & Mary |
9-1 |
989 |
8 |
|
9 |
Samford |
9-1 |
947 |
10 |
|
10 |
Jackson State |
10-0 |
873 |
9 |
|
11 |
Richmond |
8-2 |
786 |
12 |
|
12 |
Furman |
8-2 |
783 |
13 |
|
13 |
Montana |
7-3 |
625 |
16 |
|
14 |
Elon |
8-3 |
566 |
18 |
|
15 |
Chattanooga |
7-3 |
550 |
11 |
|
16 |
North Dakota |
7-3 |
458 |
19 |
|
17 |
Southeast Missouri State |
8-2 |
446 |
20 |
|
18 |
New Hampshire |
7-3 |
426 |
21 |
|
19 |
Mercer |
7-3 |
402 |
14 |
|
20 |
Delaware |
7-3 |
313 |
17 |
|
T-21 |
Fordham |
8-2 |
275 |
23 |
|
T-21 |
Idaho |
6-4 |
275 |
15 |
|
23 |
Souheastern Louisiana |
7-3 |
223 |
25 |
|
24 |
UC Davis |
6-4 |
217 |
NR |
|
25 |
UT Martin |
6-4 |
46 |
NR |
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Dropped Out:Rhode Island (22), Princeton (24) |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Rhode Island (38); Saint Francis (37); Austin Peay (36); Eastern Kentucky (27); PRINCETON (26); Abilene Christian (16); North Carolina Central (7); St. Thomas (6); YALE (6); Florida A&M (5) |
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FCS Coaches Poll |
2022 |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
South Dakota St. (23) |
10-1 |
695 |
1 |
|
2 |
Sacramento St. (5) |
10-0 |
673 |
2 |
|
3 |
Montana St. |
9-1 |
642 |
3 |
|
4 |
North Dakota St. |
8-2 |
602 |
4 |
|
5 |
Jackson St. |
10-0 |
575 |
5 |
|
6 |
Holy Cross |
10-0 |
531 |
6 |
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7 |
UIW |
9-1 |
527 |
7 |
|
8 |
William & Mary |
9-1 |
514 |
8 |
|
9 |
Samford |
9-1 |
496 |
9 |
|
10 |
Weber St. |
8-2 |
462 |
10 |
|
11 |
Richmond |
8-2 |
410 |
13 |
|
12 |
Montana |
7-3 |
375 |
14 |
|
13 |
Furman |
8-2 |
360 |
T-16 |
|
14 |
Fordham |
8-2 |
290 |
18 |
|
15 |
Southeast Missouri St. |
8-2 |
289 |
19 |
|
16 |
Mercer |
7-3 |
275 |
11 |
|
17 |
Chattanooga |
7-3 |
262 |
12 |
|
18 |
Elon |
8-3 |
225 |
21 |
|
19 |
Delaware |
7-3 |
165 |
15 |
|
20 |
New Hampshire |
7-3 |
147 |
25 |
|
21 |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
9-1 |
114 |
23 |
|
22 |
PRINCETON |
8-1 |
86 |
T-16 |
|
23 |
North Dakota |
7-3 |
75 |
NR |
|
24 |
Florida A&M |
8-2 |
67 |
NR |
|
25 |
North Carolina Central |
8-2 |
56 |
NR |
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Dropped Out: Idaho (20), Rhode Island (22), Eastern Kentucky (24 |
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Others Receiving Votes: Austin Peay, 43; Idaho, 27; Rhode Island, 21; UC Davis, 19; UT Martin, 19; St. Francis (Pa.), 18; North Carolina A&T, 13; Southeastern Louisiana, 10; YALE, 9; Davidson, 4; Eastern Kentucky, 4. |
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EXTRA POINT
On the way to my hike yesterday morning there was a fallen tree blocking the road. Fortunately, its trunk wasn't much more than five inches in diameter and I was able to jump out of the car and drag it just enough to get by.
During the hike I found myself thinking about what would have happened if a much larger tree had blown down across the road while I was on my hike. Fortunately in this part of the country every other vehicle is a pickup truck and every other pickup truck seems to have a chainsaw in it, so it might have been fine. But if it wasn't . . .
The trailhead is exactly two miles up a dirt road from my house. If no one came along to saw up the tree or drag it enough that cars could get by, I would have had to continue over the mountain, turn east and circle my way back home. Google maps shows that the shortest distance I would have had to drive to get the two miles home would be 12.5 miles. Welcome to life in Vermont!
