61 Days to the Season Opener
Football at Trinity Pawling
I wrote about the essential need to improve the defensive tackle play this fall at Columbia, and while do so I couldn't help but think about the immediate upgrade the Lions got in 2008 when Owen Fraser '12 joined the team.
And just by coincidence, I happened to drive right past Fraser's high school yesterday. The football field at Trinity Pawling is directly on the road up to the Berkshires summer camp I was visiting.
Fraser burst onto the scene as a freshman and immediately upgraded the Lion run defense. He was big ans fast and determined on ever play. He was named Honorable Mention All Ivy.
Then in the 2009 season opener at Fordham, he was chop blocked on a dirty play and was never the same after that. A terrible stroke of luck for Columbia in every way.
The Lions need that luck to turn around this year with freshman like Niko Padilla and Daren Napier.
3 comments:
One guy you overlooked in mentioning was Alec Davison ... the highest ranked ESPN recruit the Lions have .... granted, he comes at a position that is probably more difficult to break in at than DT, but he should get some kind of mention ...
I agree with you about Alec Davison--outstanding prospect who could help at linebacker sooner rather than later. Another standout prospect is Mark Cieslak, the St. Joseph's Regional captain who is not as big as Davison, but comes from a very good program and made first team All Bergen County and Second Team All-State.
Chop blocking should lead to an immediate ejection and suspension. It is on a par with bounty hunting. And any coach who teaches or condones it should be fired.
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