In the all the hullaballoo over the Miami-FIU brawl last week, overlooked was the brawl that broke out after the Holy Cross v. Dartmouth game. After winning the game on an 18 yard field goal, Holy Cross players started dancing on the D at midfield. Understandably, the Dartmouth players were displeased and a melee developed. The two schools proved that they might be Div I-AA in football but they could brawl as well as the D1 schools. While no one brandished a helmet like a battle axe, there were crutches waved about. Police are reviewing the videotape and arrests could be made. Unfortunately we don’t have pics or video of the fight but we do have a photo of Keggy the Keg, greatest unofficial mascot outside of the F&M Fightin’ Amish.
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5 replies on “Odds and Ends: The OTHER college football brawl”
Actually…. — Dartmouth and Holy Cross are both Division 1-AA schools so they are more like welterweight fighters instead of heavyweights.
Holy Cross — Outstanding Holy Cross appearance on the blog (class of ’00 baby!)
I had read a reference to the brawl in the game articles in the Globe and Herald but there wasn’t a big deal made of it.
Just for the record, neither Holy Cross nor Dartmouth are Division III schools, both compete in Division 1-AA in football and Division 1 in all other varsity sports.
I better fix that then — i always associate good academic schools with Div III.
good academic schools — So does that mean Franklin and Marshall should be in D1, maybe the SEC or Big 12?
The F&M Dips — were practically semi-pro.