It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the middle of the season. (Be sure to check out IL’s Midseason All-Americans.) Who would have guessed that last week’s three Big Ten road underdogs would end up in first place in the Big Ten? That Maryland and Hopkins would lose at home to .500 ball clubs? The thing that makes sports so great is that anything can happen, and that is why they play the games. It sets up another exciting weekend of action, and D-Fly & Dixie are here to get you ready.

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This week’s guest is Dartmouth senior standout, attackman Colin McGill. McGill and the Big Green have been turning heads this season and it’s time to give them their flowers. Ahead of the big game vs. Princeton, the guys talk about Dartmouth’s terrific 7-1 start, the culture change in Hanover, getting a validating win at Penn, Malvern Prep lacrosse, moving up the Big Green all-time scoring list, who makes the best rack of lamb in New Hampshire and much, much more.

WEEKEND PREVIEW
Five Top 20 matchups to highlight this week’s schedule, and the start times are noon, noon, noon, noon and 1 p.m. So don’t plan any yard work during that noon to 3 p.m. window on Saturday.

SATURDAY
No. 5 North Carolina (7-1) at No. 9 Army (7-1), noon, ESPN+
A big game, slightly soured by Army’s loss last week. Army is in dire need of a quality win.

No. 4 Princeton (5-2, 1-1 Ivy) at No. 18 Dartmouth (7-1, 1-0), noon, ESPN+
Princeton has won nine straight in this series, including a 15-5 win last season in the Garden State.

No. 11 Duke (8-2) at No. 7 Notre Dame (4-2), noon, ESPNU
Coming off a bye week, the Fighting Irish welcome Duke to Arlotta Stadium. Duke is looking to bounce back from its head-scratching loss to Denver. ND has won six straight in the series with ND beating Duke twice in each of the last three years.

No. 6 Penn State (6-2, 0-1 B1G) at No. 2 Maryland (7-1, 0-1), noon, Big Ten Network
The Border War between two teams that just do not like each other. Historically, Maryland has dominated this rivalry.

No. 14 Johns Hopkins (6-3, 0-1 B1G) at No. 19 Michigan (5-4, 1-0), 1 p.m.
Hopkins has had a lot of success against Michigan, winning 11-of-13 matchups all time against Michigan, but the Wolverines got a leg up last year 10-7 in the B1G Tournament. JHU won the regular season matchup, 15-11.

In this week’s garden-themed Give & Go, the guys talk about spring landscaping, flowers, the unwanted wrath of the home owners’ association and more.

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