Game 3 — Dartmouth: The good, bad and ugly

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What a game in Hanover tonight, as Penn hustled 90 yards in the final five minutes to take a 22-20 victory out of Dartmouth's hands. And Dartmouth is footing the bill for the Quakers' victory flight back tonight after playing the first game under the lights at Memorial Field.

The Good: Billy Ragone and the the whole offensive unit was unbreakable under pressure this week. As mentioned, Ragone deftly led the Quakers 90 yards on their final possesion to the winning touchdown. Not only that — he threw two TD passes, as the first one to Ryan Mitchell was called back on a questionable holding call. Then receiver Joe Holder came up with a clutch 18-yard catch putting Penn at the 3-yard line with 22 seconds remaining, and Ryan Calvert caught the winning TD.

Ragone led a similar drive at the end of the first half. With the clock ticking down, Penn somehow got the special teams unit on the field and hiked the ball (all within 10 seconds), and Connor Loftus got off a 35-yard field goal. Which leads me to...

The Bad: Penn's place kicking was not in championship mode tonight. Perhaps some of it can be chalked up to the lousy conditions in New Hampshire tonight, but Loftus missed two FGs (one is listed as blocked on the stat-sheet), and his final PAT was blocked as well. Some of the blame rests on the shoulders of the linemen blocking for Loftus, but he needs to get a little more loft in his kicks.

The Ugly: The commercials on Fox College Sports tonight. From the repetitive Bosley hair restoration spots to the Miracle Slipper (you can drop an egg on it!), this was bad marketing at its worst. The sideline interview with Dartmouth's medical school dean was equally entertaining. Fortunately, the bad ads were counterbalanced by a sweet Ivy League football ad narrated by Brown alum Chris Berman, and an awesome Penn ad voiced by John Legend.