Two More Names + Ivy Power Rankings

The D-III coaching ranks are often a great place to find a good football coach, as Penn found out in 1992 when they hired Al Bagnoli from Union College, (he took that job after turning Columbia down in 1989).

With that in mind, there are a couple more names we should throw into our mix of coaches we should consider to replace Pete Mangurian when he is dismissed in 25 days.


Jim Margraff

Margraff has made Johns Hopkins into a consistent winner and has been on the CU head coaching radar for years. He has the admiration of the many players he coached as an assistant at Columbia under Ray Tellier and he also worked with the first few very good teams at Penn in the 1980's.


Chris Wilkerson

Wilkerson was at Dartmouth for nine seasons before going to the University of Chicago last year. He's made a quick turnaround for the Maroons and he certainly understands coaching in a tough academic, urban environment. He also recruits the NYC area.


IVY POWER RANKINGS


1) Dartmouth

Don't believe the politically correct talk from the Big Green coaching staff. The truth is Dartmouth absolutely cruised to its 27-7 victory over Columbia Saturday.

2) Harvard

So it turns out all Harvard needed was Connor Hempel back at QB to look like a dominant team once more. The epic takedown of Princeton had some other roots as well, including a keen desire for revenge after two straight tough losses to the Tigers.

3) Yale

The Elis seem poised to pounce now that Princeton seems exposed and all Yale needs is to stay at one loss before the big game in Cambridge. The offense is multifaceted and powerful.

4) Princeton

The Tigers crashed down to Earth last weekend, so now the challenge is to try to recover and salvage a solid season.

5) Brown

The Bears are starting to look better and better. Penn will be hard pressed to beat them this weekend.

6) Penn

The Quakers could have been beaten by a lot more against Yale last weekend, but they got a pass. Brown won't be as generous.

7) Cornell

Very few bright spots.

8) Columbia 

Not even in anyone's rear view mirror,