The forecast calls for 67 degrees with a 65 percent chance of rain and 14 mph winds at kickoff on Memorial Field today.
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The Yale Football Blog (Yale Football News Written By Former Bulldogs) has a preview of today's Dartmouth-Yale matchup HERE.
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No preview in the local daily but it does have a profile of Owen Zalc, the freshman kicker whose overtime boot clinched last week's win at Penn. Find that story HERE.
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A content provider that would have you believe it knows everything about Ivy League football introduces its look at the Ivy League Power Rankings this way (LINK):
Who is the team to beat at the top of the Ivy League entering Week 6 of the college football schedule? Our power rankings below tell you all you need to know about each team ahead of this week's action.
Here's how this site, which would seem to have a gambling connection, saw the Ivy League finishing prior to Harvard's win over Cornell last night:
1. Harvard Current Record: 3-0 | Projected Record: 10-0
2. Pennsylvania Current Record: 2-1 | Projected Record: 8-2
3. Brown Current Record: 2-1 | Projected Record: 8-2
4. Dartmouth Current Record: 2-1 | Projected Record: 7-3
5. Columbia Current Record: 1-2 | Projected Record: 3-7
6. Yale Current Record: 1-2 | Projected Record: 3-7
7. Princeton Current Record: 2-1 | Projected Record: 3-7
8. Cornell Current Record: 2-1 | Projected Record: 4-6
Green Alert Take: Don't take this with a grain of salt. Get a warehouse full of the stuff.
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In last night's action . . .
Harvard 41, Cornell 23
It was the Charles Deprima show as the Crimson's quarterback showed sprinter's speed running for touchdowns of 58 yards, 42 yards and one yard on his way to 152 rushing yards in just nine carries, an average of 16.9 per. He also tossed touchdown passes of 36, 19 and 17 yards. He was 12-of-19 for 209 yards through the air.
Jameson Wang, the Cornell QB who impressed with his running last year, was limited to 25 net yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns. He actually gained 43 yards but lost 18 on a couple of sacks. He was 21-of-34 for 165 yards throwing the football.
With the victory Harvard coach Tim Murphy tied Yale legend Carm Cozza with his 135th victory in conference play. Murphy's career record in Ivy League games is 135-63. Cozza was 135-84-5.
A crowd of 10,050 turned out at Harvard Stadium.
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EXTRA POINT
Robo, our robotic vacuum cleaner, is hard at work downstairs as these words are being typed. We've learned just how dependent you can become on these things while it has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks so as to not interrupt morning meetings.
I finally brought Robo back off the DL this morning when I decided I've had a few too many battles with tumbleweeds of Golden Retriever fur while it was shelved. Now I have just one thing to say: You go Robo!
