October 21, 2017
Kickoff Time: 12:30pm
Memorial Field
Game Time Weather Forecast: Sunny and 67 degrees, (no, that's not a typo)
The Line: Dartmouth is favored by 6 1/2 points
TV/Radio: The game is on national TV on the Eleven Sports Network with Bill Spaulding and Matt Goldstein handling the call. That broadcast will also be available on the Ivy League Digital Network and on Eleven Sports' Twitter feed. Columbia will offer an audio feed of the game with Jay Alter and Shawn Fitzgerald '80 doing the call.
Leading Storylines
1) This battle of unbeatens is not only a rare occurrence for Dartmouth and Columbia, it's rare for the entire Ivy League. As the Valley News and Bruce Wood's Big Green Alert pointed out, this will be just the 11th time in Ivy history that two unbeaten teams have met this late in the season. It's a first for Columbia, but Brown and Cornell have never played in such a game. I'm declaring this the biggest Columbia football game since its 1971 battle with Ed Marinaro and Cornell, with the hope of even bigger games to come this season.
2) Both teams are riding a wave of comebacks and resiliency into this game. To that end, the only real surprise would be if this contest ends up being a blowout win for either school.
3) The injury story for both teams appears pretty fluid. Dartmouth may be getting big wildcat QB Jared Gerbino back, but WR Drew Hunnicut appears to be out and CB Danny McManus will probably play with a bad finger. Columbia's CB Denzel Hill is definitely out, and LB Sean White also appears not available. WR Ronald Smith's status is not 100% clear, but he was listed as the starter on the two-deep.
4 comments:
Jake, good prediction that the Dartmouth TE would be a problem for us. In any event, a fantastic win.
the best thing about Heneghan's passing game is his running game. Too bad that the refs did not give him an extra play at the end of the second half like they did at the end of the first half when Dartmouth got a free field goal attempt.
Dartmouth got soo.. many yards of offense in the last minute of both halves, it made the stats look like they played better than they really did in the whole game.
In any case; the LIONS win, theLIONS win!!
Having been rejected by Jake re sharing the drive up and back, I was forced to take the Bentley and my driver.
At any rate, I refused to not attend a game I considered to be the most significant to CU football in the past 50+ years, although I was not confident in the results.
We looked strong in Q1 and matched up very well. We looked amazing in Q2.
But missed and blocked PATs almost came back to haunt us. And then Dartmouth did its usual furious late-game rally. I was comfortable with our chances until a questionable PF call gave them a first down along with an extra 15 yards, which put us in deep trouble. But the miracle happened and I am very proud to have been present. (There were an inordinate amount of Lions in the stands.)
How is it that Dartmouth can rally so strongly and consistently? It seemed as if 2 different teams were playing in H2.
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