As the final whistle blew at Franklin Field last Saturday, the scoreboard reflected a result not seen since 2013: a Penn football home victory over Dartmouth. It was a watershed win for the Quakers, one that gave them a 1-0 start to Ivy League play, and one which Penn senior linebacker John Lista called “season-defining.”“Not just for us, but for the whole program’s history,” Lista added.
Green Alert: It's a measure of how much respect Dartmouth football has earned that a victory over the Big Green is now a "watershed win," and "season-defining."
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Here are this week's Sagarin Ratings with last week's rating in parentheses.
97 Harvard (110)
159 Yale (136)
166 Dartmouth (147)
170 Penn (188)
180 Princeton (180)
189 Brown (203)
213 Columbia (206)
240 Cornell (222)
175 New Hampshire
219 Central Connecticut
246 Fordham
Dartmouth is favored by 1½ points per Sagarin.
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The Massey Ratings have Yale defeating Dartmouth, 31-28, with 55 percent confidence.
Green Alert Take: For perspective, Massey saw Dartmouth winning at Penn last week, 27-24, with 58 percent confidence. Sagarin also had Dartmouth as a three-point favorite.
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| From Folarin the Great Instagram |
Missed this disappointing news almost a month ago about former Ivy League defensive player of the year Flo Oriomlade '17, so I'll share it here in case you did as well. This is from a Calgary Herald story (LINK):
He may not be leading the team in sacks or tackles, but defensive tackle Folarin ‘Flo’ Orimolade is a mega beast for the Stampeders.
Or was until his season ended with an Achilles injury in the Labour Day Rematch.
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EXTRA POINT
I left my car outside last night because the forecast called for a drenching rain. Unless you live on a dirt road, you simply have no idea how dirty your car can get driving through thick clouds of dust during this drought. It seems no matter how often I clear it, my rear windshield is just about always caked with dust, the only visibility being through the protractor-shaped area cleared by the wiper.
How bad is the drought in here in Orange Country and around the state? From a Vermont Public story today headlined Hauling water and hoping for rain: Upper Valley farmers cope with extreme drought (LINK):
The federal government has already granted a disaster declaration for Orange and Windsor counties, and the state of Vermont recently requested a declaration for the entire state, which could bring some financial relief for farmers.
