YDN Makes it Clear

The Yale Daily News has this piece out today previewing tomorrow's Yale-Columbia game.

You don't have to read between the lines too much to see just how the Elis are approaching this game:

Like a practice.

Here are a few quotes that make that very clear:

“As a secondary, we work on pre- and post-snap reads, making sure we have the right alignment and assignment before making our reads,” safety Foyesade Oluokun ’17 said. “We want to be more confident and execute in games the way we know we can.”

In other words, playing Columbia is a good opportunity to focus on mechanics... you know, since winning isn't ever going to be a problem.

“I always enjoy playing away,” (QB Morgan) Roberts said. “It’s a little more business-oriented, staying in a hotel and that whole deal. Our guys are excited.”

Translation: Beating Columbia is easy, but boring. The only real suspense is whether our hotel rooms will have free cable.

“Columbia is a team that I think is where we were two years ago,” head coach Tony Reno said. “They have a good group of players that haven’t had as much success as they probably could have [had].”

Translation: Look how much better a job I'm doing than Pete Mangurian! Geez, that guy makes everyone look good.