Check out BGA Overtime for a column headlined Your Mileage May Vary. It's essentially a rebranded version of BGA's old Sunday Six Pack. The posting went up last night. On tap tonight, ready or not, is The Optimist and The Pessimist. As has been the case now for two years, BGA Overtime is open to everyone HERE. Thanks to those who have helped keep that site and this one going!
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If you stopped by this electronic precinct yesterday, you know I prefer video highlight packages where you can actually see a play develop. If you do as well, you are in luck:
Relive Saturday's Granite Bowl win with the complete @ESPNPlus highlights!
— Dartmouth Football (@DartmouthFTBL) September 23, 2025
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Dartmouth tailback DJ Crother has been selected the Ivy League's offensive player of the week after running for 143 yards and three touchdowns in his first game as the Big Green's feature back. Find a story HERE.
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Here are the weekly FCS polls, with the coaches having Dartmouth at 28th. The coaches actually have four Ivy League teams in the Also Receiving Votes category with Brown joining the party along with the Big Green, Harvard and Yale.
FCS Coaches | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota State (25) | 3-0 | 649 | 1 |
2 | South Dakota State (1) | 3-0 | 622 | 2 |
3 | Tarleton State | 5-0 | 598 | 3 |
4 | Montana | 3-0 | 552 | 5 |
5 | Illinois State | 3-1 | 546 | 4 |
6 | Montana State | 2-2 | 525 | T6 |
7 | Rhode Island | 4-0 | 492 | T6 |
8 | UC Davis | 2-1 | 418 | 9 |
9 | Lehigh | 4-0 | 402 | 10 |
10 | Idaho | 2-2 | 381 | 8 |
11 | Tennessee Tech | 3-0 | 370 | T12 |
12 | Southern Illinois | 3-1 | 363 | 11 |
13 | Abilene Christian | 2-2 | 308 | 15 |
14 | Monmouth | 3-1 | 296 | 18 |
T15 | North Dakota | 2-2 | 267 | 17 |
T15 | Northern Arizona | 3-1 | 267 | 19 |
17 | Jackson State | 2-1 | 235 | 16 |
18 | South Dakota | 2-2 | 173 | 21 |
19 | Youngstown State | 3-1 | 149 | 24 |
20 | West Georgia | 4-0 | 142 | NR |
21 | Sacramento State | 2-2 | 128 | 22 |
22 | Villanova | 1-2 | 118 | T12 |
23 | Mercer | 2-1 | 82 | 25 |
24 | UIW | 1-3 | 61 | 14 |
25 | Austin Peay | 2-2 | 52 | 20 |
Dropped Out: New Hampshire (23) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes: Presbyterian, 51; Lamar, 42; DARTMOUTH, 31;Lafayette, 26; Harvard, 16; Southeastern Louisiana, 14; Yale, 13; Furman, 11; New Hampshire, 9; Stephen F. Austin, 9; North Carolina Central, 7; ETSU, 5; Gardner-Webb, 5; UT-Rio Grande Valley, 5; Richmond, 3; Brown, 2; Chattanooga, 2; Eastern Washington, 1; San Diego, 1; South Carolina State, 1. |
Stats Perform | W-L | Pts | Prev | |
1 | North Dakota State | 3-0 | 1,395 | 1 |
2 | South Dakota State | 3-0 | 1,341 | 2 |
3 | Tarleton State | 5-0 | 1,285 | 3 |
4 | Montana State | 2-2 | 1,190 | 4 |
5 | Montana | 3-0 | 1,189 | 5 |
6 | Rhode Island | 4-0 | 1,025 | 7 |
7 | Illinois State | 3-1 | 966 | 6 |
8 | Idaho | 2-2 | 935 | 8 |
9 | UC Davis | 2-1 | 909 | 9 |
10 | Lehigh | 4-0 | 853 | 10 |
11 | Southern Illinois | 3-1 | 789 | 13 |
12 | Abilene Christian | 2-2 | 749 | 14 |
13 | Tennessee Tech | 3-0 | 737 | 12 |
14 | North Dakota | 2-2 | 614 | 16 |
15 | Northern Arizona | 3-1 | 612 | 17 |
16 | Monmouth | 2-1 | 608 | 21 |
17 | South Dakota | 2-2 | 520 | 15 |
18 | West Georgia | 4-0 | 406 | 22 |
19 | Jackson State | 2-1 | 369 | 20 |
20 | Villanova | 1-2 | 288 | 11 |
21 | Sacramento State | 2-2 | 242 | 24 |
22 | Lamar | 2-1 | 233 | 23 |
23 | Austin Peay | 2-2 | 217 | 18 |
24 | Youngstown State | 3-1 | 124 | NR |
25 | Presbyterian | 4-0 | 123 | NR |
Dropped Out of Top 25: UIW (19), New Hampshire (25) | ||||
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Mercer (2-1, 2-0 SoCon): 89; Harvard (1-0): 81; UIW (1-3, 0-1 Southland): 60; Richmond (2-2, 0-1 Patriot): 44; Stephen F. Austin (2-2): 39; ETSU (2-2): 28; Gardner-Webb (2-2): 26; Southeast Missouri (1-3): 19; DARTMOUTH (1-0): 15; New Hampshire (2-2) 15; North Carolina Central (3-2): 7; Yale (1-0): 6 |
Dartmouth fills the last spot on my ballot after a season-opening ranked win over New Hampshire. This team has won a share of the Ivy League in back-to-back years and holds the best non-conference win among all the Ivy League programs.
Dartmouth upset No. 25 New Hampshire with an impressive second-half performance, overcoming an early 10-0 deficit to win 27-20 against the Wildcats. Quarterback Grayson Saunier scored the game-winning touchdown with 2:53 remaining. DJ Crowther led the offense with 143 yards and three rushing touchdowns. The Dartmouth defense also forced two key interceptions, while also holding the Wildcats to only 3.0 yards per carry.
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Jake Novak of the Roar Lions Roar Columbia site has his weekly Ivy Power Ranking:
1 Dartmouth
2 Yale
3 Harvard
4 Brown
5 Penn
6 Columbia
7 Princeton
8 Cornell
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Big changes coming to the Canadian Football League next year. Most notably:
• The field will switch from 110 yards to 100. The width will remain 65 compared to the American 53.3 yards.
• End zones will go from 20 yards to 15, still the most in football.
• Goal posts will move from the goal line to the back of the end zone.
• Changes in the "rouge" rule understood by few American fans. From the CFL release:
"The rouge will no longer include a single point for a missed field goal attempt that goes wide of the goalposts. A point will also not be awarded when a punt or kickoff sails through or rolls out the back, or sides, of an end zone without being touched by a returner.
"If a punt, field goal or kickoff settles in the end zone, and the returner fails to take it out or takes a knee, a single point will still be awarded.
"The change eliminates games being decided by a missed field goal, punt or kickoff through the end zone.
Green Alert Take: All good, I suppose. But I'm going to miss the 55-yard line. ;-)
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EXTRA POINT
The Dartmouth has a story today headlined New Hampshire experiences worst drought in 25 years; Experts say the dry conditions could impact fish populations and cause “dull” fall foliage. (LINK)
Both things are true. After we were in Hanover last week, Mrs. BGA and I drove up the winding road that leads to our old house on the shoulder of Moose Mountain and could see the brook that runs along the road was bone dry. That Certain Nittany Lion '16 has caught native trout in that water and there wasn't a drop to be seen.
As for the foliage, it's absolutely earlier than normal and more muted. That said, with the light hitting the sugar bush next to our Vermont hillside home, the view was still pretty yesterday:
As you can see in this shot the "reds" haven't really turned yet in the sugar bush – or perhaps they are rust colored.
