Columbia Lions (2-0) at Princeton Tigers (2-0)
September 30, 2017
Kickoff Time: 12:30pm
Princeton Stadium
Game Time Weather Forecast: 64 degrees and cloudy
The Line: Princeton is favored by 15 points
TV/Radio: The game will be televised on the Eleven Sports Network USA available on many cable systems. Their broadcast will be simulcast on the Ivy League Digital Network. Bill Spaulding has the play-by-play and former Yale great Jack Ford the color commentary. The game is also available on audio only on the Columbia Athletics feed with Jay Alter on the call. WKCR will also broadcast the game, but it may only be available on the WKCR internet feed.
Leading Storylines
1) Neither team has really played a very good team, or at least a team that had a competitive offense and defense. While Columbia has faced two decent defenses, Princeton has yet to be tested by a defense while playing without their best all-around player, QB/RB/WR John Lovett. Lovett will be out again for this game.
2) The Lions strength is in their talented receiving corps and a big Tiger question mark is their secondary.
3) Princeton's best strength is its offensive line; it's the best in the Ivies. The Columbia defense will have to find a way to overcome that.
4) This game has all the makings of a statement game for the Lions, who would like to prove they belong in any discussion of the Ivy's top teams. The Tigers want to prove they haven't missed much of a beat without Lovett and all the graduations on defense. They're also trying to prove they can be a #1 team two years in a row, something they haven't quite pulled off in the Bob Surace era.
7 comments:
We made our statement. Bagnoli's masterpiece game. And the team's.
After innumerable classic Columbia screw-ups, we had the ultimate moxie to actually pull it out. Good to see Princeton lose their cool even more.
OH, HOW SWEET IT IS !!!!
Speechless in Hong Kong! Amazing call on 3rd and 11 with 1:12 to go to put Smith in slant for Hill to hit as blitz came
I am only now regaining my composure
Go Lions!!!! fuckin hell......3-0 !?!
How do you commit 13 penalties for 139 yds, yield 6 sacks and a crucial end zone
interception, miss an easy field goal, and still beat Princeton on their home field ?
Its simple: grab 3 interceptions , strip a fumble near the goal line, pass for 400 yards, and convert crucial 3rd downs all day long !
Some how some way the kind of game we used to give away became ours, and now its time
that we party like its 1998 !
Very proud to be a Columbian today.
And I think its only going to get better....
There will be a replay Midnight ET,tonight, same channel
Argh. Well done, Lions. You earned it.
Princeton will now have to focus on trying to win the Big 3 and get a Bonfire, as the title hopes are no more.
And what's with 42-10 Harvard over Fordham???? What happened to the Rams??
Big Dawg; Were you celebrating too much after our win? It was YALE and not H who beat Fordham like a rug!!
I was at Baker when we broke the streak against P; but I cannot think of a more exciting win for us since then!!
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