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:
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.
Hey!!!
Guess what?
RPI predictions have us beating Cornell!!!
I want what they're smoking.
(Actually, I hope they're right)
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?
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.
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
from other coaches
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