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Homecoming Football Preview

By Maxwell Copello | Friday, October 13, 2006

Though the season so far has not been what the Indian faithful were looking for, there are still optimists in the Upper Valley who think that this could be the year that the boys in green turn it around. Though the Homecoming game is usually against either bottom-dwelling Columbia University, or the perennial powerhouse Harvard Crimson, this year there will not be a collar-popping Ivy League team in Hanover, but Worcester Massachusetts’ own, College of the Holy Cross. Holy Cross boasts no Greek life, a gated campus, and a city with 7 colleges, and still no social scene.

Following the annual monumental bonfire and a night of chanting “worst class ever” at the gaggles of ‘10s that stagger drunkenly around in circles, the Crusaders (4-2) will come into Hanover expecting to walk all over the Indians. The Indians (0-4, 0-2 Ivy) will look for their first win this weekend and good support from the student body.

The Crusaders are inexperienced on the offensive front, with sophomores Dominic Randolph and Terrance Gass starting at quarterback and tailback, respectively. Though their spread-out offense will test the Indians’ secondary, the powerful Dartmouth defense expects to shut down the “one-eyed one-horned-flying-purple-people-eaters.”

Dartmouth quarterback Michael Fritz (55-87, 63.2%, 675 yds.) is coming off of another productive game, although the Indian rushing attack is still looking for their breakout game of this season since they are averaging only 87.5 yards per game. The Dartmouth offense will look to build on the explosiveness they showed in the 3rd quarter against Yale, when the Indians brought the score to a close 19-14, but couldn’t close the gap and ended up losing 26-14.

The Dartmouth section of the stadium was uncharacteristically loud during the Yale game, when an unexpected group of freshmen started waving foam tomahawks, urging on their Indians. Despite several nasty comments from surrounding fans, the Indian supporters roared on with chants of “Wah-Hoo-Wah!” following every first down and Dartmouth score. The cheers were only interrupted by abysmal half-time shows put on by both bands that elicited 15 minutes of boos from fans on both sides of the field. To anyone who would like to fight against the lame Big Green nickname, the real Dartmouth supporters can be found high up in the stands with their tomahawks chopping while their chants scare the children away.

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