Dartmouth going prime time again
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02/08/2012 - Hanover, NH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dartmouth College football is drawing off the success of the first night game at Memorial Field last season with its 2012 opener against Butler.
The Big Green will host the Bulldogs from the Pioneer Football League at 7 p.m. Sept. 15.
A year ago, Dartmouth installed lights at Memorial Field and played its inaugural game under the lights against Penn on Oct. 1. The game drew 8,117 fans, the second-biggest home crowd of the season.
Dartmouth will play five home games in its 10-game schedule. The lights also will be needed for the Big Green's Homecoming game against Harvard, which has a 5 p.m. kickoff Oct. 27.
The Big Green finished 5-5 under head coach Buddy Teevens last year.
2012 Dartmouth Football Schedule
All Times ET
Saturday, Sept. 15, BUTLER, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22, at Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., TBA
Saturday, Sept. 29, PENN*, Hanover, N.H., 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6, at Yale*, New Haven, Conn., TBA
Saturday, Oct. 13, SACRED HEART, Hanover, N.H., 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20, at Columbia*, at New York, TBA
Saturday, Oct. 27, HARVARD* (Homecoming), Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3, at Cornell*, Ithaca, N.Y., TBA
Saturday, Nov. 10, BROWN*, Hanover, N.H., 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17, at Princeton*, at Princeton, N.J., TBA
* - Ivy League game
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Colts give the ‘D’ its due
The Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain.
They’ll get their first test from the New Orleans Saints this Thursday night. The defending champs had nothing but good things to say about the New Orleans defense this past week, praising their opponents’ pass rush and run-stopping abilities.
"They play very aggressively," head coach Tony Dungy told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They play a lot of man-to-man coverage, and they come after you. They have good pass rushers, and they're going to try to pressure us, I'm sure."
Both center Jeff Saturday and quarterback Peyton Manning gave New Orleans’ front four props, admitting keeping guys like Will Smithand Charles Grant contained would be a tall task for the offensive line.
New Orleans ranked second in total defense during the preseason at a sportsbook, allowing just under 233 yards per game. Last season, the defense finished 11th in the league after giving up 307.3 yards and 20.1 points per contest.
Not so sound on the ground
If Indianapolis' efficient offense has a weakness it has to be its running attack. The Colts one-two-punch of Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai is no longer, leaving the bulk of the carries to Addai, the second-year back out of LSU.
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SportsBooks ready for a shootout
Oddsmakers are preparing for some fireworks this Thursday when the NFL season kicks off. online Sportsbooks have Thursday’s total set at a whopping 52 points, accounting for two of the league’s most explosive offenses.
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