The Liberty Cup
Fordham Rams at Columbia Lions: Liberty Cup XI
September 22, 2012
Location: Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium at the Baker Athletics Complex
Kickoff Time: 12:30pm
Gametime Weather Forecast: 77 degrees, sunny
The Spread: Fordham is favored by 3 1/2 points
HOW TO GET TO THE GAME
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TV/RADIO
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Lead Stories
The Lions began the Pete Mangurian era last week with a scrappy win over Marist. Now, they face a tougher test against an athletic scholarship team that is also looking resurgent under new Head Coach Joe Moorhead.
Fordham's offense attack could be a lot less varied this week because of an injury to QB Michael Nebrich. He's out for this game and probably several more. Nebrich was the running QB who could still throw pretty well in the dual QB system that still mostly featured Ryan Higgins under center.
The Lions seem to have posted some good news yesterday when the game notes listed standout DE Seyi Adebayo as a starter even though he had to be helped off the field with an injury last week.
The Liberty Cup games have almost all been very close, and the last five have all come down to the last two to three minutes of the fourth quarter. Last year's 21-14 win by Fordham in Rose Hill was the only game the Rams would win in all of 2011.
Columbia is also trying to win three straight games at home, (albeit stretched over the course of two seasons), for the first time since 2010 and only the third time ever at Wien Stadium.
Columbia's Three Keys to the Game
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1) Protect Brackett and get him on Track
Even if Columbia's defense plays BETTER than it did against Marist, Fordham is likely to score more than nine points. That means the offense has to be more productive. QB Sean Brackett needs more time to throw and his throws need to be more accurate. That should do it.
2) Stop the Run
Ram RB Carlton Koonce absolutely destroyed the Cornell defense last week in the 34-27 Fordham win. Columbia stuffed the run against Marist, but this will be a much taller order. With all of Fordham's passing targets, this game will become just about impossible to win if Koonce has another 150+ yard day.
3) Win the Turnover Battle
The Rams have been overly generous with the football through the first three games of the season and they haven't grabbed many takeaways. The Lions need that trend to continue.
2 comments:
how do you know the Lions are "better conditioned"?
Princeton-Georgetown tonight- mistake prone on both sides. Neither team seemed well coached. Princeton uses option, misdirections, hurry-up offense. Passing was poor. Good freshman runner in Atwater. Strong and big defensive line- may stuff our running game. Next week should be interesting.
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