Check It Out

Harvard highlights from Dartmouth Sports Publicity:



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For the football program story I freelanced on Dartmouth safety Garrett Waggoner, click here.

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Cornell's game notes for Saturday have been posted here. The notes remind us that the game is being carried on the NBC Sports Network with Randy Moss (no, not that one) and former Princeton and NFL lineman Ross Tucker on the call. Becasue it is

Dazzo Honored

Dartmouth safety Stephen Dazzo was named to the Ivy League honor roll for his play Saturday evening at Harvard. In addition to five tackles and a pass breakup, he returned a lateral 33 yards for a touchdown (which was not mentioned in the Ivy release).

Harvard placekicker Andrew Flesher was the conference's special teams player of the week for hitting 3-of-4 field goals against Dartmouth,

Looking Back At Harvard, Ahead To Cornell

The Dartmouth recaps Saturday's loss to Harvard and also features a Q&A with linebacker Will McNamara centered around his two interception returns for a touchdown a week ago.

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The Harvard Crimson has a game story and a sidebar that begins with the success of the Harvard run game Saturday night.

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The major Boston newspapers still cover Harvard football and had stories about Saturday's game in

Ferrum Falls to North Carolina WesleyanDifficult Season Continues

At the beginning of the season, I predicted that Ferrum would finish fourth, and would have a record of 7-3. Better not quit my day job! ( I also predicted that NCW would go 0-10...ugh) After the defeat at the hands of NCW, Ferrum is assured of a less than .500 season, and will have a difficult time putting another notch in the win column this season. The Bishops soundly defeated the Panthers yesterday 33-16, but were leading at one time 33-0.
The train seems to have left the track for Ferrum, and with LaGrange and CNU left to close out the season, It is hard to imagine that things will get much better this year. As for yesterday, its appears that the offense and the defense both struggled. I again was not in a position to watch the game, but it seems that North Carolina Wesleyan was well prepared for the game, and Ferrum was just not effective.

I am disappointed that overall, Ferrum is not the contender I hoped they would be. I am hoping for a good turnout at the game the next two Saturdays. I would mean a lot to get a win, and a good crowd can help this.

Saturday Roundup

A look at how Dartmouth opponents fared on Saturday . . .

Brown 27, Penn 0
Story and stats
Sprint champion John Spooney had TD runs of 93 and 94 yards in the first half for Brown. That the Bears' talented offense scored that many points isn't a surprise. That they shut out Penn – even with quarterback Billy Ragone not playing – is a shocker.

Princeton 53, Cornell 20
Story and stats
You knew the

There's A Party Goin' On Right Here . . .

Editor's Note: As with all night games, there will be just one BGA Premium story tonight (but two tomorrow). Also, I will be writing on the drive home tonight while Mrs. BGA handles the wheel ;-) If we are out of Boston by 9 I should be back home and able to post tonight's story by midnight Eastern. If we are a little later . . . the story will be a little later.

Boston is going to be nuts today

Crimson Insights

From the Harvard Crimson looking ahead to Saturday evening's Ivy League showdown between Harvard and Dartmouth:
“I think you’re going to learn just how resilient we are,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Our kids have a tremendous amount of pride. Some years you lose a tough game like this, and you’ve got a maybe average opponent. We don’t have that luxury.”
Curious about Harvard's defensive