Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Ivy Power Rankings



This was mostly a “push” week for the Ivies with the leading title contenders simply treading water. But we still learned some new things…


1)      Dartmouth

Homecoming or no Homecoming, playing a non-Ivy opponent at this stage of the game is a bit of a trap for any team. I’m a big fan of Tom Gilmore at Holy Cross anyway, so any win over his guys is generally nothing to ever be ashamed of in my book. The Big Green are still the team to beat.

2)      Harvard

The Crimson are still hobbled by injuries, but I’m not sure anyone will beat Harvard at home. Now the biggest test of the year so far comes for Harvard as Tim Murphy needs to prove he can win a big one on the road at Princeton this Saturday. We’ll learn a lot about BOTH teams after that one.

3)      Yale

They may be in 4th place in the standings, but Yale is still better than Princeton in my book right now. That offense is just an arsenal that fires every down. The defense is iffy, but can still beat most Ivy opponents.

4)      Princeton

An injured Quinn Epperly didn’t slow Princeton down all that much in last Saturday’s win over Brown. Could it be that the Tigers are better without him? The Crimson will really want revenge over Princeton this Saturday, so the Tigers better have all their weapons firing. But in the end the game will be decided by how well the PU defense plays.

5)      Brown

This just isn’t Brown’s year, but I see a good future for the Bears very soon.

6)      Penn

I’m shocked at just how bad Penn is right now. This is the worst Quaker team since 1991, and still they beat Columbia by 24 points. Penn is due for a very bad beat down against Yale this weekend.

7)      Cornell

The Big Red just may be bad enough to lose to Columbia in 3 ½ weeks, but probably not. The offense is really punchless and the defense is just passable.

8)      Columbia


Why does a coach in his third year with a team not have a viable offensive or defensive line? Because it’s Columbia and the people who would care at every other school don’t care here. 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The difference maker for Harvard will be how QB Scott Hosch plays (presuming Hempel is still not available. I have not done any research on that). Hosch is a turnover machine. Princeton can take the game.

Yale is a 1 trick pony. I'm not impressed.

Big Dawg said...

Hey!!!

Guess what?

RPI predictions have us beating Cornell!!!

I want what they're smoking.

(Actually, I hope they're right)

Seeunt said...

why are we benching, what many oher coaches around the league think to be, our best olineman and replacing him with another frosh for this game?

oldlion said...

Switch on the OL was probably made because the OL in question was flagged for a false start on multiple occasions. Pete probably wants to see what he has for next season.

alawicius said...

Apparently Lawrence was guilty of a number of the false starts (according to Jake). Where did you get the info that other coaches around the league think that he's our best O-lineman?

Allie

Seeunt said...

from other coaches