First, the news has now been confirmed that Yale captain and defensive standout Kyle Mullen is off the team and out of school at this time. The reason given was "personal reasons." This development will affect the Ivy football race, but it's far from a season-killer for the Elis.
Second, I've known about this good news for several months but just haven't gotten around to posting about it. So, now the Valley News up by Dartmouth beats me to it with an article about former Columbia Head Coach Larry McElreavy snagging an assistant coaching job with Joe Moglia at Coastal Carolina.
This completes McElreavy's very long quest to get back into college coaching, and it's satisfying to see his redemption come to fruition. As many of you know, I have long advocated for McElreavy to get this chance. I hope this leads to a true full-time and paid position.
Now back to the second half of Columbia's top 10 questions for this season:
Mike Hinton
5) Will the Defensive Line Step Up?
A pleasant surprise for Head Coach Al Bagnoli in his first season at Columbia was how dominant the Lion defensive line turned out to be.
But since 2015, Columbia sack totals have eroded each year. But as Columbia's win totals kept going up each of those years, who really cared?
It's time to care.
With the graduations of Lord Hyeamang and Connor Heeb, the Lion defensive line needs to step it up just to keep pace with last year's numbers.Senior co-captain Mike Hinton, and Juniors Arman Samouk and Daniel DiLorenzi will likely be the biggest cogs in the effort. Sophomore Cooper Wilson has excellent speed off the edge and needs to build on a good freshman season. Fellow sophomore Andrew Nichols is a major talent who needs to see the field this year.
The list goes on, but with real strength in the linebacking and secondary corps, the D-line could help give Columbia a truly dominant defense.
TOMORROW: Question #4
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