tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230512872009-12-11T09:50:18.269-05:00For full coverage of Dartmouth Football click on <a href="http://www.biggreenalert.com/">BigGreenAlert.com</a>Bruce Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123537178633481554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23051287.post-4513960443141530312009-12-11T08:51:00.005-05:002009-12-11T09:50:18.277-05:00

Another relatively quiet day on the news front.A defensive back from Hillsborough High School in New Jersey is headed Dartmouth's way according to a Courier News blog. Highly regarded in Central Jersey coming into his senior season, Mike Banaciski broke his leg during a summer camp. He then reinjured the leg trying to come back and was lost for the year.Loyola High School in Los Angeles has been

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With Alabama gearing up for the national championship game early next month, someone who is most definitely not a Crimson Tide fan has a blog post that Dartmouth fans might find of interest. According to the post, Alabama has won seven national championship, not the 12 it claims. One the writer disputes: 1925, which the Crimson Tide says it shared with a certain Ivy League team. Here's the blog

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A quick blog before the snow and whipping wind knock the Internet radio transmitter on the mountain behind us out of service ...Penn defensive coordinator Ray Priore, who led one of the best defenses he's had in his 23 years with the Quakers, is one of four finalists for the National Coordinator of the Year Award presented by FootballScoop.com. To view information on the finalists and/or vote,

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An emailer yesterday questioned what was wrong with the stats above. Because they are based on per-game averages, and that requires playing in 75 percent of the Ivy League season, the answer is nothing.Dartmouth sophomore Nick Schwieger was recognized by the NCAA as the Ivy League's leading rusher with 78.2 yards per game because he appeared in eight of Dartmouth's full complement of 10 games (80

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Given that Ivy League teams played wildly different non-conference schedules, statistical comparisons between Ivy teams can be dubious. To see how Dartmouth fared statistically in Ivy League games only, click here.There are 34 former Dartmouth players and/or coaches who have pages on Wikipedia. Some are no surprise (Jay Fiedler, Reggie Williams and Buddy Teevens) while others like Myron E. Witham

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It was Villanova 46, UNH 7 in an NCAA Quarterfinal game played in a heavy snowstorm. Nova scored on the first New Hampshire play from scrimmage (think about that) and then things got worse. A couple of factoids from Allen Lessels story in the Manchester Union Leader:There was 6:25 left in the third quarter when UNH picked up its initial first down of the game.Villanova had 344 rushing yards. UNH?

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An oldie but goodie. ...Several weeks back this blog had an item about former Dartmouth placekicker Erik Hinterbichler '06. For an interesting 2002 New York Times profile of Hinterbichler, click here. From the story:Hinterbichler was recently named a first-team all-American place-kicker by USA Today and a second-team kicker by Student Sports magazine, a prominent high school publication. But he

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The Sun Chronicle has a story featuring younger brothers of Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger. Sophomore tailback Zack Schwieger figures to be a key player for Bishop Feehan High School in Saturday's Massachusetts Division 3 championship game at Gillette Stadium. Ted Schwieger, a senior tailback, will miss the game with an ankle injury. From the story:Football is meaningful in the Schwieger

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From the New York TimesHofstra University is announcing Thursday that it will drop its football program, a nod to the fiscal challenges facing Football Championship Series programs.Hofstra becomes the second Colonial Athletic Association program to drop football in the past week; Northeastern University dropped its program in late November because of the financial commitment with little reward

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The story I freelanced on safety-turned-coach Kyle Cavanaugh has been posted on the Dartmouth website. It's hard to imagine anyone having worse luck with injuries than Cavanaugh had, and harder yet to imagine anyone handling such disappointments with more grace and class.Speaking of injuries, former Dartmouth and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Reggie Williams gets a mention in a Pittsburgh-Post

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From a Boston Globe story:Powered by sophomore running back Zack Schweiger, the (Bishop Feehan) Shamrocks defeated Dighton-Rehoboth, 42-13, last night in a Division 3 semifinal at Taunton High.Feehan will meet Marblehead Saturday at Gillette Stadium for a chance at its sixth Super Bowl trophy since 2000.The brother of Dartmouth running back Nick Schweiger, the Ivy League’s leading rusher, Zach

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Dartmouth sophomore Shawn Abuhoff has been named to the New England Football Writers Football Championship Subdivision all-star team as a return specialist. The only sophomore so honored, Abuhoff was 18th in the nation in kickoff returns this fall and in the top 20 in punt returns most of the season despite lingering injuries that slowed him as the year went on. He averaged 25.2 yards on kickoff

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Lots of coaching links this morning, but first a few notes.Another honor has rolled in for junior Tanner Scott. The All-Ivy League wide receiver is one of 10 Dartmouth student-athletes named to the Academic All-Ivy team for the fall. An economics major who walked on to the Dartmouth team, Scott led Dartmouth with 45 catches for 510 yards and three touchdowns this fall.The Coschocton Tribune in

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Steven Stafford, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound defensive end from Evangelical Christian School in Tennesee and the D2-A lineman of the year has committed to Dartmouth according to the Commercial Appeal. The Mr. Football Winner had 69 tackles 13 sacks and six forced fumbles in 10 games this fall according to the story.Stafford has been chosen to the Blue team for the Dec. 12 AutoZone Liberty Bowl High

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Dartmouth tailback Nick Schwieger being named to the All-Ivy League first team is the subject of a brief story in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle. The wording of the story sounds a little familiar ;-)The official Dartmouth sports information site is carrying the story I freelanced for the final game program about the seniors who stuck it out on the field for all four years. Find that story

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The University of New Hampshire (10-2) opened the NCAA playoffs with a 49-13 win at No. 8 McNesse State (9-2) Saturday. Allen Lessels writes in the Manchester Union Leader about a dominating performance by UNH, which will have a rematch at Villanova Saturday in the quarterfinals.UNH squeaked out a 28-24 win on Oct. 10 for the only loss on Nova's ledger this fall.It's always interesting to see how

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The names of two line recruits reported to be coming to Dartmouth have surfaced.Brett Kana, a 6-foot-4, 276-pound offensive/defensive tackle from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, N.H., has told WMUR TV in Manchester he is headed Hanover way. His MaxPreps profile has little information but several photos. Kana was a member of the New Hampshire Division II all-state first team. (link) Kana

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To see what the Ivy League is missing, click here for the College Sporting News bracket and overview of the NCAA playoffs. Please do not forget that Penn, which is not allowed to go the the playoffs by Ivy League decree, dropped a 14-3 decision to No. 2 Villanova in the opening game of the year. Nova had just one touchdown from scrimmage in that game. Villanova and Holy Cross play tomorrow. Also

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The final Gridiron Power Index of the regular season is out. Think of the GPI as sort of a BCS standings of the next level down, combining the various rankings – computer and human – into one. Here's what it shows (125 teams total):20. Penn40. Harvard53. Brown68. Columbia79. Yale88. Princeton100. Dartmouth106. CornellCurrent and future opponents:8. UNH30. Holy Cross39. Colgate77. Butler113.

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In case you missed it, here's a TV report about Harvard-Yale that shows the failed punt fake:It took some time to make the web, but the official Ivy League release on the All-Ivy selections has been posted here. This list includes the school year of the nominees, helpful as you look ahead to next year and who is returning what.In case you weren't counting (and count me among that group, pun

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CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEARBuddy Farnham, BrownJake Lewko, PennROOKIE OF THE YEARTreavor Scales, HarvardFIRST TEAM OFFENSEOL -- Mark Callahan, BrownOL -- Paul Jasinowki, Brown*OL -- Jeff Adams, ColumbiaOL -- Ben Sessions, HarvardOL -- James Williams, Harvard*OL -- Joe D'Orazio, Penn*QB -- Kyle Newhall-Caballero, BrownRB -- Nick Schwieger, DartmouthRB -- Gino Gordon, HarvardWR -- Buddy Farnham, BrownWR

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All-Ivy is in. Here's a brief glimpse at Dartmouth's picks:First TeamTB Nick SchwiegerSecond TeamS Peter PidermannDB Shawn AbuhoffHonorable MentionOT Alex TothWR Tanner ScottTE John GallagherPK Foley Schmidt

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In case you were out of town – as I was – the word came down at Sunday's banquet that Buddy Teevens would be back next fall as Dartmouth football coach. It probably wasn't the best-kept secret around that he would be back, but it was kept quiet until the breakup banquet. A quote from acting athletic director Bob Ceplikas in today's Valley News:"It was a telling moment. You had to see the reaction

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On the road and in a hurry, so check in tonight. In the meantime ...The Daily Dartmouth on Saturday's game.The University of New Hampshire was seeded No. 10 and will travel to McNeese State in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. (link) Holy Cross will travel to No. 2 Villanova, which last year had its way with Patriot League champion Colgate. (link)Northeastern drops its football program. The

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Princeton fires football coach Roger Hughes after a big rivalry win over Yale and an impressive road win over Dartmouth. Seems as if the decision must have been made before last two games. Story. Ironically, Princeton's official news release on Saturday's game included this:Despite the tough start to the season, the win clinches Princeton a share of fourth place in the Ivy League and gives the

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