Some hoops, some pigskin

Scout.com reported today that 6-foot-5 Washington D.C. native Max Kenyi, who had been a Penn recruiting target, will head to Harvard.

"He believes in himself and his staff and their ability and they want to be a winner. They don't want to be the team that's known for not winning the Ivy League. They've got an opportunity and that's why they're getting kids you wouldn't expect to be on their campus. I think coach has approached it like they're a high-major program and they're going to recruit it that way," Kenyi's high-school coach told Scout.

With so many swingmen on Penn's roster, I wouldn't get too broken up about this, although I can't say how highly he was regarded by the coaching staff.

On to football, where on Tuesday I wrote about how backup quarterback Bryan Walker's predicament illustrates just how tough it is to be a Division I football player.

Here's his chance to make it all irrelevant.

Walker got a healthy number of snaps in Weeks 1 and 2, and they were mostly a function of Robert Irvin's struggles. But I think that if the same thing happens tomorrow Irvin might get the hook quicker than expected, or at least see fewer snaps overall. This is Dartmouth, not Villanova.

Injuries have hit both Yale and Brown this week. The Bears learned that they'll be without running back Dereck Knight, who had come up big this year, and Yale will have to carry on without All-Ivy defensive end Larry Abare, who tore a knee ligament in last week's game. Both would be eligible to take a medical year off and come back next year -- Abare for two more because he is a junior -- if they have season-ending surgery.

Check back with The Buzz for live coverage of tomorrow's game from our crew up in Hanover.