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Post by Sons of Vaval on Sept 18, 2018 15:47:31 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 18, 2018 16:13:51 GMT -5
Some stats from Dartmouth/Georgetown: D QG Derek Kyler (Soph, 6'0", 180) completed 15 of 21 passes (1 int) for 177 yards. The Dartmouth runners gained a net 260 yards in 46 attempts. Leading rusher was Rashaad Cooper (Senior, 5'11" 215) with 117 yards in 16 carries. Big Green had 9 players catch passes - led by Drew Hunnicut (Senior, 6'1" 195) with 4 catches for 122 yards - long of 35 yards - and 1 TD D had no need to attempt any field goals. Last year they had 2 vs HC (42 yds and 35 yds)
Last year HC had more first downs, both more rushing and more passing. The game was lost by a missed PAT in overtime (26-27) and HC had its one FG attempt blocked. We should see a big improvement there.
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Post by breezy on Sept 18, 2018 16:48:38 GMT -5
Re: tight end, Mike Pizziketti (6-8, 289) was listed as a tight end last year as a freshman but is now listed at "OL". He has not seen any game action this season to date. Re: Mike Pizziketti. Yup. That change was made either during the spring or at the start of camp in August.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 18, 2018 16:50:20 GMT -5
WOW !! The video to end all videos SPECTACULAR !! /video/1
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 18, 2018 17:03:35 GMT -5
Freaking awesome.....love those pressure cooker kicking drills - the game becomes a piece of cake! You pigskin diehards: I may be wrong......but I think you got the right guy.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 18, 2018 18:04:28 GMT -5
Great video!!!
At the end when Wade and Clifford are walking off together, Wade's jersey numerals look to be a good four inches above Clifford's. On the roster, Clifford is listed as 6", and Wade at 6' 2".
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Post by joe on Sept 18, 2018 19:48:34 GMT -5
Finally someone who makes the videos gets football.
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Post by breezy on Sept 18, 2018 20:16:19 GMT -5
At least one uncommitted HC offeree has re-tweeted it.
Update: at least two uncommitted HC offerees have re-tweeted it.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 18, 2018 20:23:51 GMT -5
This win over Yale may be yielding benefits well beyond the W-L record.
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Post by gks on Sept 19, 2018 6:40:11 GMT -5
There is no doubt that HC Football has upped its game in the social media department. Probably safe to say Coach Gilmore was not into twitter, etc. as Coach Chesney and his staff are.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 19, 2018 15:31:43 GMT -5
Worcester School Day
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 19, 2018 17:01:05 GMT -5
That should help to bring in a loud and enthusiastic crowd. Now all HC has to do is to BEAT DARTMOUTH!
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Post by DFW HOYA on Sept 19, 2018 23:05:16 GMT -5
Dartmouth held Georgetown to three first-downs. That may be an all-time low for GU. The record is 1 vs. Rochester in 1976.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 20, 2018 6:25:57 GMT -5
Ouch!
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 21, 2018 11:00:41 GMT -5
Dartmouth refers to this game as "Its first 'road test' of the season." Clearly, Georgetown was not much a challenge for them...even with some young players making their debut and with some veterans not playing.
From the Dartmouth Big Green website:
By: Rick Bender
DARTMOUTH (1-0) at HOLY CROSS (1-2) Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 | 1:05 PM Fitton Field | Worcester, Mass.
Coming off a 41-0 thumping of Georgetown in the season opener at Memorial Field, Dartmouth will try its hand on the road at another Patriot League team in Holy Cross. The Crusaders are coming off a 31-28 overtime victory over Yale after falling behind the Bulldogs, 21-0. It is unlikely that Holy Cross has forgotten last year's defeat at the hands of the Big Green, a 27-26 overtime affair. The Crusaders tied the game with three seconds left in regulation, but Jeremiah Douchee blocked the extra-point attempt to force overtime. Dartmouth scored a touchdown for a seven-point lead, and when Holy Cross matched that touchdown, its two-point conversion try was foiled by Jake Moen and Danny McManus to give the Green the one-point win.
Last week, Dartmouth had a considerably easier time dispatching of the Hoyas than the Crusaders did of Yale with the Big Green's first season-opening shutout in 42 years. The defense was the big star, yielding a measly 112 yards (only 40 on the ground) while forcing four turnovers. One of the picks came courtesy of junior CB Isiah Swann, who was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, though it was more of an award for the entire team's effort. No less than 29 players recorded at least one tackle, which doesn't include senior DE Jackson Perry who twice hurried the quarterback and preserved the shutout with a block on a 39-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter. Sophomore safety Niko Mermigas had the Big Green's other interception, while sophomore DL Jackson Yost forced a fumble and freshman DB John Pupel and junior DL T.J. Simpson each recovered a loose ball.
The offense churned quite nicely under sophomore QB Derek Kyler, making not only his first collegiate start, but playing in his first varsity game. He completed 15-of-21 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown, plus ran for a 5-yard score that gave the Green a 20-0 advantage at the intermission. Senior RB Rashaad Cooper set the tone early with a 51-yard gallop and finished the day with 112 yards — his first career 100-yard game — on 16 carries with a touchdown. As a team, Dartmouth amassed 260 yards on the ground with four TDs. A receiving corps that was without starters Hunter Hagdorn and Drew Estrada was led by senior WR Drew Hunnicutt with four grabs for 102 yards and a 31-yard grab in the end zone. Junior TE Connor Rempel also had four catches to help keep the ball moving in his first varsity game.
Special teams were mostly exactly that — special — with freshman PK Connor Davis proving his worth quickly by drilling field goals on each of the first two possessions. He also converted all five PATs and was even given a shot at a 51-yard attempt, but that fell just short. The return game was just as good with senior Dylan Mellor returning four punts a total of 80 yards, including runs of 44 and 34 yards. The only opportunity to return a kickoff came at the start of the second half, which sophomore Niko Mermigas brought back 39 yards. The punting numbers look a little short, but junior Davis Brief twice punted with a short field from Hoya territory, dropping both inside the 20, as Georgetown did not return any of the four punts.
Scouting the Crusaders Holy Cross has made a habit of falling behind by big margins early before the offense makes its mark. In fact, the Crusaders have yet to score in the first 26 minutes of a game. That formula finally worked for them last week after falling behind Yale after less than 10 minutes, 21-0, only to rally for two fourth-quarter touchdowns and a field goal in overtime to knock off the defending Ivy League champs, 31-28.Geoff Wade came off the bench against the Bulldogs to quarterback the offense facing that 21-0 deficit and proceeded to complete 17-of-28 passes for 242 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also ended up being the Crusaders' leading rusher picking up 70 yards on just 11 carries with a touchdown. Not surprisingly, Wade is listed as the starter this week, replacing Emmett Clifford who started the first three contests.
While the rushing game has averaged over 150 yards a game, Holy Cross has picked up just 3.5 yards per carry. Miles Alexander and Domenic Cozier share the load, combining for 300 yards on 66 carries (4.5 per rush) with a touchdown apiece. Blaise Bell has been the preferred receiving target with team highs of 13 catches and 123 yards. Overall the passing game has been possession-oriented as the top three receivers all average less than 10 yards per catch. When the Crusaders do go long, look for Spencer Gilliam (3 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD) to be on the receiving end.
The defense is led by linebacker Ryan Brady whose 40 tackles are nearly double that of any of his teammates. Nine of those stops have gone for a loss, and he ranks sixth and ninth among FCS defenders on a per-game basis (13.3 tackles and 2.3 TFL). Free safety Chris Riley has the team's lone interception, but overall the defense has allowed its opponents to gain nearly 470 yards per game.
Place kicker Derek Ng has been solid, converting all eight PATs while drilling 2-for-3 field goals with a long of 45 yards, that being the game-winnner against Yale. Cody Wilkinson averages 39 yards on 16 punts, seven of which have ended inside the 20, though Ng has also punted eight times. Dartmouth needs to take care on special teams — Holy Cross has blocked two kicks and had a successful onside kick late in the first half last week.
Bob Chesney is in his first year as the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross in 2018. The 28th head coach in the history of the program, he has posted a winning record in each of his eight seasons as a collegiate head coach (23-9 in three years at Salve Regina and 44-16 in five years at Assumption). During his eight seasons at the helm of the two Division III programs, Chesney coached 94 all-conference selections and 12 All-Americans.
Shutout! Dartmouth began the season with a convincing 41-0 thrashing of Georgetown at Memorial Field, the first shutout on opening day since a 20-0 victory over Penn 42 years ago. It was also the Big Green's second shutout in their last four games having beaten Cornell last year, 10-0, and the largest margin of victory in a shutout since a 56-0 thrashing of Columbia in 2013. Coach Teevens has overseen eight shutouts during his 18-plus campaigns at Dartmouth, including the last season that featured two shutouts — 1990.
Opening Day Historically, the Big Green have been quite successful in the first action of the year. Following the 41-0 victory over Georgetown, they have an overall record of 92-42-3, which includes a 49-game winning streak from 1895 to 1943. During the streak, Dartmouth outscored its opposition by a total of 1,562-52 with 39 shutouts. The Green also won 13 straight from 1960-72, and with the 41-0 win over Georgetown this season, currently are on a nine-game streak of success. Under Coach Teevens, Dartmouth is now 11-8 on opening day.
11 Straight Non-League Wins Dartmouth extended his streak of victories over teams from outside the Ivy League to 11 with the 41-0 win over the Hoyas on Sept. 15, the longest such streak since for Dartmouth since the Ivy League formed in 1956. Over the last 100 years, the Green have had only two other streaks as long versus teams that didn't become members of the Ancient Eight — 11 during the 1934-36 seasons and 26 from 1922-28.
Swann Ivy Defensive POTW Junior Isiah Swann picked up some early hardware when the Ivy League named him the Defensive Player of the Week following the season-opening 41-0 shutout win over Georgetown. The cornerback didn't post gaudy numbers, but came up with the first interception of the season with a difficult over-the-shoulder deflection and grab, plus broke up two other passes and had a pair of tackles to earn the honor for the second time in his career.
100-Yard Performances Dartmouth had a pair of players top the century mark against Georgetown with senior RB Rashaad Cooper galloping for 112 yards on 16 carries and senior WR Drew Hunnicutt catching four passes for 102 yards. It was the first 100-yard game for Cooper and third for Hunnicutt, with each finding the end zone once. The last receiver to get to 100 was Hunter Hagdorn, who hit the number on the nose against Columbia last year, while QB Jared Gerbino not only topped 100, but 200 on the ground in last year's season finale against Princeton (202).
Defense Denies While Swann won the Ivy Defensive Player of the Week honor, the entire defense was playing well as an entire unit, yielding just three first downs and 112 total yards. Only five times since the 1970 season has an opponent had fewer yards (including last year's season opener, while the three first downs are the fewest in that span; the record is zero set in 1962 against Penn. Breaking it down, the Hoyas had just 40 rushing yards, the fourth straight game an opponent had less than 55 yards on the ground. And the 72 passing yards mark just the fourth time this millennium the opposition failed to amass 75 yards through the air.
Kyler Makes His Case Sophomore QB Derek Kyler got the starting nod behind center for the season opener with junior Jared Gerbino unavailable with an injury, and he made the most of his opportunity in his first career varsity action, completing his first six passes before finishing the game 15-of-21 for 177 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown toss. That TD gave the Big Green at least one scoring strike in their last 12 games, the second-longest streak in program history (16 straight over the 2000-02 seasons). Kyler also ran four times for 22 yards with a 5-yard jaunt into the end zone for his first career points. Dartmouth had another player reach the end zone for the first time in sophomore RB Caylin Parker who sprinted 31 yards early in the fourth quarter for the final touchdown of the day.
1,200th Game The win over Georgetown was the 1,200th game in the history of Dartmouth football, giving the Green a record of 698-456-46, which is a winning percentage of .601. Two more victories and Dartmouth will join an exclusive group of five other FCS teams with 700 wins, four of which are Ivy League squads — Yale (902), Harvard (869), Penn (850), Princeton (822) and North Dakota State (710). Other teams closing in on 700 are Lehigh (692) and Delaware (691).
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Post by hcpride on Sept 21, 2018 11:37:09 GMT -5
"Scouting the Crusaders Holy Cross has made a habit of falling behind by big margins early before the offense makes its mark. In fact, the Crusaders have yet to score in the first 26 minutes of a game. "
I am certain that tightening the D and scoring early were points of emphasis for Coach Chesney this week.
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Post by lou on Sept 21, 2018 11:49:48 GMT -5
First suggestion ... after winning the coin toss, choose to receive
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 21, 2018 11:53:56 GMT -5
Dartmouth is going to have to wait at least three games to notch that 700th win
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 21, 2018 12:22:21 GMT -5
HC has 629 wins, 525 losses and 54 ties. It would be nice to make Dartmouth #630 on Saturday.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 21, 2018 13:37:05 GMT -5
Hopefully we can significantly lower the 470 yds against average this week. That is an ugly stat, even considering the strong opponents, though BC was the only school out of our league.(610 yds against)
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 21, 2018 22:45:49 GMT -5
I will be there on Saturday as the Big Green hired this wildcat to cover the gane for them
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 22, 2018 8:03:37 GMT -5
I will be there on Saturday as the Big Green hired this wildcat to cover the gane for them Great--we love your work. You may want to hang out near the Dartmouth goal line as the Crusaders will be crossing it regularly.
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