On the Air

After all the lobbying and selling, (who knows how much there was actually, but let's pretend we shopped ourselves around), the Ivy League has made a deal with the NBC Sports Network, (formerly Versus), to continue televising football games on that channel for another two years.

There is going to be some expanded coverage, maybe. NBC has agreed to POSSIBLY cover up to 10 football games this coming fall which is up a bit from previous seasons. There will also be some men's basketball and lacrosse games broadcast in early 2013.

Because of the high amount of Olympic content that will be shown on this same network this summer, the channel will have a bit of a higher profile than it has had in the past by the time the fall rolls around. And right now, a lot of us are watching the NHL playoffs on the network.

But I'm not sure how many markets that don't currently have NBC Sports will get it in time for September.

Princeton's Class

Princeton is usually the first school to formerly introduce its incoming football freshmen, and this year is no exception.

Here is the Tiger class of 2016, courtesy of  "Tiger Blog":

Name	Position	Hometown	High School
Matt Arends	WR/S	Prior Lake, MN	Prior Lake High School
DiAndre Atwater	RB	Duluth, GA	Peachtree Ridge High School
Isaiah Barnes	QB/WR	Freeport, NY	Freeport High School
Nolan Bieck	K	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Saint Thomas Aquinas School
Kedric Bostic, III	QB	Jupiter, FL	Jupiter Christian High School
Britt Colcolough	OL	Memphis, TN	Memphis University School
Alex Dixon	OL	Alpharetta, GA	Mount Pisgah Christian School
Dan Dreher	DT	Westlake, OH	Holy Name High School
Andrew Eherts	OLB	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Senior High School
Nick Fekula	DB	Monongahela, PA	Elizabeth Forward High School
Grayson Fisher	DE	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington High School
Andrew Frisby	CB	Tucson, AZ	Sabino High School
Anthony Gaffney	WR/CB	Columbus, NJ	Taft School
Joe Graen	C	Pittsford, NY	Pittsford Sutherland High School
John Hill	RB/CB	Warren, MI	Detroit Country Day School
Baxter Ingram	ILB	Lebanon, TN	Wilson Central High School
Evan Kappatos	FB	Syosset, NY	Syosset High School
Max Lescano	OLB	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Saint Thomas Aquinas School
Ian McGeary	N	North Brunswick, NJ	North Brunswick High School
Travis McHugh	ATH	Woodside, CA	Bellarmine College Prep
Wes Moon	S	Superior, CO	Monarch High School
Dre' Nelson	RB	Stone Mountain, GA	Greater Atlanta Christian School
Taylor Petty	WR	Newport Beach, CA	Sage Hill High School
Brian Sheng	DT	Jericho, NY	Syosset High School
Matthew Skowron	DE	Cary, NC	Cardinal Gibbons High School
Caleb Slate	OL	Middleburg, FL	Clay High School
Joe Smith	OLB	West Seneca, NY	Saint Francis High School
Chris Smith	RB/S	Pittsburgh, KS	Saint Mary's-Colgan High School
Zach Smith	RB/S	Pittsburgh, KS	Saint Mary's-Colgan High School
Marcus Stroud	DE	Prosper , TX	Prosper High School
Alex Walter	TE	Haddonfield, NJ	Haddonfield Memorial High School
Dylan White	TE	Pittsburgh, PA	Mount Lebanon High School

First, I'm happy to say that none of the recruits I had reported as committing to Columbia are on the Princeton list, (that happens sometimes).

Just a shocking FIVE players come from the New York City-New Jersey area in this group. Usually, New Jersey is much better represented for Princeton. And two of the New York area freshmen come from Syosset HS on Long Island which is FAR from a football powerhouse, (but that school IS famous for having a current 18-year-old senior running for the school board.).

Tiger Head Coach Bob Surace could very well be fired this year if Princeton doesn't at least go 3-7, (I think he needs to go at least 4-6 to keep the job). I'm not sure how much this class will help him do that.