Brown Bears (1-7) vs. Columbia Lions (3-5)
November 16, 2019
Kickoff Time: 1pm
Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
Game Time Weather Forecast: 39 degrees and sunny
The Line: Columbia is favored by 16 1/2 points
TV/RADIO: The game is being broadcast live on SNY & ESPN+
The Game Last Year: Columbia 42 Brown 20
Leading Story Lines
1) Today, Columbia will honor the senior class which also happens to be the first full recruiting class brought in by Head Coach Al Bagnoli. Calling this a a special group would be an understatement, but let's focus on the key stat: with a career W-L record of 20-18 so far, these seniors need just one more win to become the first graduating class of Columbia Football players to finish with a winning overall varsity record since the class of 1964. That's 55 years for those of your without a calculator. Clinching that feat on Senior Day would be a triumph.
2) On the other side of the field, Brown is looking at what's likely its last chance to win this season. The Bears did knock off Bryant in week one, but they haven't won since and their Ivy losing streak has reached 20 games. Next week, Brown travels to 9-0 Dartmouth where the Bears don't seem like they will challenge the Big Green.
3) On the field, the key matchup is clear: Brown QB E.J. Perry vs. the Columbia defense. Perry has been Mr. Everything for the Bears in a big way, leading the team in passing and rushing yardage week after week. No defense in the league has really stopped him, but lucky for those other teams, the Brown defense hasn't stopped anyone either. Although he did not run like Perry, longtime Columbia fans should think of him as the modern version of Lion great QB John Witkowski '84. Witkowski would light up opposing defenses with stellar passing statistics every week in loss after loss, because Columbia's defense was so weak. Perry's abilities will not only put pressure on the Lion defense to contain him, but also on the Columbia offense to score as much as possible to keep up the pace.
2 comments:
Excuse me, but WTF is going on? I know all the underdogs won on Sat, but that's no excuse. It seems the 2019 Lions are, to put it in layman's terms, split personality.
I'm an ocean removed from all this, but try to follow as I can. I've not seen a game this year. So, what is up (or down) with this team? Strikes me as variation on King Crimson's 21st century schizoid man.
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