1)
Dartmouth
Nobody wanted to go to The Bowl and take on Yale after that
super start for the Elis. But the Big Green had to do it and they won. Even
when Yale was relatively bad, Dartmouth used to have trouble in that building.
But not anymore. Holding the Elis under 35 points is actually a good sign for
the defense. And the offense is multi-faceted to a decent degree.
2)
Harvard
Still undefeated, but it’s starting to look like Harvard
really is feeling the pain of injury losses for the first time in a very long
time. Usually the Crimson are just too deep to notice.
3)
Yale
Will all the air go out of the Eli bubble after the loss to
the Big Green? Probably not, but Colgate will present a serious challenge this
Saturday.
4)
Princeton
The Tigers defense is simply not up to snuff. If they had to
play Dartmouth now, they’d give up 30+ points for sure.
5)
Brown
The Bears are finding scrappy ways to win. They have a much
better shot against the Tigers this Saturday than they did just two weeks ago.
6)
Penn
Can it be that the Quakers are simply a bad team? It sure
looks like it, but they’ll get their first win this weekend and try to salvage
the season.
7)
Cornell
A deceptively respectable score against Havard might fool
some people, but the Big Red have very few weapons.
8)
Columbia
The effort the Lions showed briefly vs. Princeton
disappeared at Monmouth. Wheels are well off the bus already.
2 comments:
I have to agree with you on the power shift from Harvard. They are without Hempel at QB and that hurts them. The first half against Cornell was brutal. 2 INTs and a fumble. The Crimson should have scored 40+ in that one.
Dartmouth looks poised but there is still room for a spoiler loss. That seems to be the way the Ivy goes. Kudos to them if they win out.
Loved Brown's gut check 2OT win but feel bad about Holy Cross who are not as bad as their record.
Penn just has the wrong first half schedule this year. Still plenty of time left to even things out.
Also Colgate showed some serious resilience against Princeton. They gave up an opening kickoff for a TD and had to climb back all game. They held the Pton passing game in check but their run D is decent not stellar. I think they will have problems with Varga and 'gate's plodding run attack is not equipped for a shootout. Game advantage Yale this week but not by much.
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