A notes column spun out of Dartmouth's win over Merrimack Saturday is now on BGA Overtime. Tonight The Optimist and The Pessimist will be stopping by the site. Click the green football to check out the notes column. The full selection of BGA Overtime stories can be found HERE.
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In what should be a surprise to absolutely no one, Dartmouth sophomore Owen Zalc has been named the Ivy League's special teams player of the week while Micah Green was selected to the honor roll.
Zalc's 32-yard field goal with three seconds left gave the Big Green a 16-14 come-from-behind win over Merrimack. He finished his day's work with three field goals, including one of a career-long 50 yards.
In addition to the Ivy honor, Zalc was an honorable mention selection for the StatsPerform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week.
Green had a team-high nine tackles for Dartmouth.
Find an Ivy League release HERE, a Dartmouth release HERE and Stats Perform release HERE.
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Against Merrimack last week Dartmouth faced a quarterback making just his second career start. This week it will go up against the quarterback who last week broke the record for the most completions in the long history of University of Pennsylvania football. Aidan Sayin, who already held the school's single-season completion record of 278, ran his career total to 665 in last week's win over Colgate. The previous Penn record of 651 was set by Gavin Hoffman in 2001. Find a story HERE.
For context, Dalyn Williams '16 holds the Big Green record of 620, followed by Brian Mann '02 with 560 and Jay Fiedler '94 with 456 (before freshman eligibility).
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Dartmouth is among "others receiving votes" in the two prominent FCS national polls. Joining the Big Green in that recognition is upstart Brown:
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Stats Perform |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
South Dakota State (38) |
3-1 |
1378 |
1 |
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2 |
North Dakota State (10) |
4-1 |
1337 |
2 |
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3 |
Montana State (8) |
5-0 |
1312 |
3 |
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4 |
South Dakota |
3-1 |
1210 |
5 |
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5 |
Central Arkansas |
4-1 |
1097 |
7 |
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6 |
Villanova |
4-1 |
1065 |
6 |
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7 |
North Dakota |
4-1 |
1024 |
9 |
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8 |
Montana |
4-1 |
980 |
8 |
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9 |
UC Davis |
4-1 |
961 |
14 |
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10 |
Idaho |
3-2 |
930 |
4 |
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11 |
Mercer |
5-0 |
836 |
12 |
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12 |
William & Mary |
4-1 |
833 |
11 |
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13 |
Southeast Missouri State |
4-1 |
730 |
13 |
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14 |
Tarleton State |
4-1 |
642 |
16 |
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15 |
UIW |
2-2 |
609 |
15 |
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16 |
Abilene Christian |
3-2 |
462 |
20 |
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17 |
Sacramento State |
2-3 |
453 |
10 |
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18 |
Illinois State |
3-2 |
314 |
18 |
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19 |
Southern Illinois |
2-3 |
293 |
17 |
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20 |
Rhode Island |
3-1 |
230 |
22 |
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21 |
New Hampshire |
3-1 |
208 |
24 |
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22 |
McNeese |
4-2 |
204 |
NR |
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23 |
ETSU |
3-2 |
200 |
NR |
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24 |
Lamar |
3-2 |
160 |
19 |
|
25 |
Northern Arizona |
3-2 |
132 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Richmond (3-2, 1-0 CAA), 107; Northern Iowa (2-2, 0-0 MVFC), 83; Chattanooga (1-3, 0-1 SoCon), 62; Stony Brook (4-1, 1-0 CAA), 55; Florida A&M (2-2, 0-0 SWAC), 53; Monmouth (3-2, 1-0 CAA), 41; Wofford (2-2, 0-1 SoCon), 40; Lafayette (2-2, 0-0 Patriot), 28; North Carolina Central (3-2, 1-0 MEAC), 28; Weber State (2-3, 1-0 Big Sky), 22; Western Carolina (1-3, 0-0 SoCon), 18; Nicholls (1-3, 0-0 Southland), 17; Duquesne (2-2, 0-0 NEC), 16; Southern Utah (2-3, 1-0 UAC), 10; BROWN (2-0, 1-0 IVY), 3; DARTMOUTH (2-0, 0-0 IVY), 2; UT Martin (2-3, 0-1 Big South-OVC), 2 |
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FCS Coaches |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
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1 |
South Dakota State (21) |
3-1 |
620 |
1 |
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2 |
North Dakota State (3) |
4-1 |
598 |
2 |
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3 |
Montana State (1) |
5-0 |
575 |
3 |
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4 |
South Dakota |
3-1 |
546 |
5 |
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5 |
Villanova |
4-1 |
508 |
6 |
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6 |
North Dakota |
4-1 |
481 |
8 |
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7 |
Central Arkansas |
4-1 |
475 |
7 |
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8 |
UC Davis |
4-1 |
434 |
11 |
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9 |
Montana |
4-1 |
425 |
9 |
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10 |
William & Mary |
4-1 |
388 |
12 |
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11 |
Mercer |
5-0 |
356 |
13 |
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12 |
Idaho |
3-2 |
354 |
4 |
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13 |
Southeast Missouri State |
4-1 |
320 |
14 |
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14 |
Tarleton State |
4-1 |
315 |
16 |
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15 |
UIW |
2-2 |
229 |
18 |
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16 |
New Hampshire |
3-1 |
194 |
20 |
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17 |
ACU |
3-2 |
160 |
22 |
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18 |
Northern Iowa |
2-2 |
150 |
19 |
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19 |
Illinois State |
3-2 |
143 |
15 |
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20 |
Sacramento State |
2-3 |
139 |
10 |
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21 |
Richmond |
3-2 |
134 |
23t |
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22 |
Florida A&M |
2-2 |
109 |
21 |
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23 |
Southern Illinois |
2-3 |
102 |
17 |
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24 |
McNeese |
4-2 |
72 |
NR |
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25 |
Rhode Island |
3-1 |
50 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes: Stony Brook, 28; Missouri St., 27; Lafayette, 24; East Tennessee St., 22; Northern Arizona, 22; Chattanooga, 21; Monmouth (N.J.), 18; Lamar, 17; North Carolina Central, 13; Duquesne, 12; Butler, 9; DARTMOUTH, 5; Jackson St., 4; Western Carolina, 4; BROWN, 3; Drake, 3; Murray St., 3; Nicholls, 3; Bucknell, 2; Dayton, 2; Weber St., 2; Wofford, 2; Alabama A&M, 1; UAlbany, 1. |
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In another Sign of the Apocalypse, undefeated Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons defeated winless Ellsworth Community College Saturday in Kansas by a 99-0 score. Find a story about the National Junior College Athletic Association game HERE.
For the record, Hutchinson did not take its foot off the gas. The quarter scores: 24-35-14-26–99.
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EXTRA POINT
Driving to Merrimack and back on I-89 there were places along the highway where the foliage looked to be approaching peak, and there were places where there was almost no color yet. For those coming to Saturday's game against Penn, here are the current conditions from the VisitNH.gov site for our region. (LINK):
Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region: 15 – 25% Color Change
New shades of orange and maroon leaves have graced hillsides in the region, while forests still primarily shimmer with unchanged green leaves. We have not heard report of widespread change at this point, but stay tuned for latest updates. This week, more trees have taken on foliage in the western part of the region from Springfield through Lebanon. The summit of Mount Sunapee is showing very soft blushes of color in the forests, but not the deep colors we can expect to see in the coming weeks. The royal blue waters of Lake Sunapee are beautiful framed in any season, so be sure to save time for a visit this weekend.
And yes, they do take this stuff seriously in the north country.
