Sunday, August 18, 2013

Moment #34: Wildcat Surprise


Tyler Varga


Columbia must have been worried when it saw that Yale had defeated mighty Penn the Saturday before the Lions were set to meet the Elis at Wien Stadium.

But it turned out that Yale’s entire QB corps suffered injuries in the game against the Quakers.

Head Coach Tony Reno had a decision to make.

And shortly before game time, the Lions learned that Reno was actually going to start RB Tyler Varga in the wildcat formation for the entire game.

It was a bold but generally logical move considering the fact that with or without a healthy QB, Varga was really the entire Yale offense anyway.

News of the move spread through the stands before kickoff, making this week seven showdown with the Elis exciting even before it started.

4 comments:

jock/doc said...

Jake,
My recolection of that day was that we did not employ a defense geared to meet the threat of this great runner who could not pass a stop sign!
I await your report of the game; which if I recall , we won because Waller make a great play striping Varga of the ball late in the game. Am I right?

Anonymous said...

Ford@Temple scheduled on ESPN3, 9/14
(sorry if this is old, wrong place)

oldlion said...

Correct.

DOC said...

I think this line summarized the Yale Game best (from Gocolumbialions.com):

Columbia finished with 369 yards passing to Yale's 52, while Yale had 262 yards rushing to Columbia's 60.