The 1961 Lions
Columbia just released this hype video to announce that the Lions will be wearing throwback jerseys to honor the 1961 Ivy champs at Homecoming this weekend vs. Penn.
Incidentally it was vs. Penn in '61 that the Lions clinched the Ivy title at Baker Field.
The last time Columbia used throwback unis was in 2004, when they wore uniforms similar to the 1934 Rose Bowl champs to honor Columbia's 250th anniversary celebrations vs. Penn at Homecoming.
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And for something completely different... for the author: please check the Columbia section of the basketball forum and tell us if anything comparable is being used in FB.
Who will be the next head coach when al bagnoli retires? Ferraro??
Wow! Glad to hear talk of elevating Paul Ferraro! Let's keep that ball rolling!
Ty Lenhart, elected one of four captains in the pre-season, has quit the team. I'll leave that where it lies.
But I would very much like to heap praise on John Foreback, a senior QB who, if I'm correct, has never played a down during his tenure, yet he remains on the team.
Maybe Foreback should have been elected one of the four captains.
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
Foreback did play at the end of game in 2019.
Errata:
I made a few statistical errors above.
Foreback made a few plays in two games. He has never been in the mix of potential starting QBs, yet he perseveres.
A captain must first be a leader, and a leader never quits: he/she inspires his/her teammates never to quit.
Notwithstanding a few statistical errors, I believe made my point: John Foreback is my kind of captain, my kind of leader, my kind of hero.
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
With all due respect, we should respect Lenhart’s decision and Al’s comment that the parting was on good terms. While it is easy to criticize the decision to abandon a captaincy, we don’t know the circumstances and should just leave this one alone.
It's either him or Fabish
No one should be critical of Mr. Lenhart. For those of us who are not recent graduates, we have no idea how intensely competitive and rigorous the Columbia academic environment has become. For those of us who have not played in the last decade, we really cannot appreciate the time commitment Football now demands. Furthermore, for those who played, it may well have been in an era when a 250 pound lineman was deemed “big”. The players are bigger, stronger and faster. Sunday’s never felt good, but they are likely much worse now.
We have every right to expect competency and loyalty from coaches and administrators. They get paid to represent the school, not so, players.
If one of the coordinators, or even an assistant, left for a better opportunity, or even for personal reasons, would that be seen as “quitting”?
We should never forget these are “Student Athletes”. We should be cheering them on, rooting for them when
they are playing and when they are off the field.
Mr. Lenhart is indeed a leader. He has not publicly maligned the program, the coaches, or the school. He has simply moved on.
I would hire him any day of the week. He earned my admiration before and has done nothing to diminish my regard for him,
I share your basic message/reaction. If i were hiring young talent, i would hire the person who put team first and never quit.
If the reason for leaving is to secure playing time somewhere else, I wish him luck, but it would be Forebeck that I would seek to hire
We really should not impose a “double standard”.
In 1979, following back to back losses to Princeton and Yale, by at least 30 points, the late, Bill Campbell, decided he did not want to coach anymore. No one was firing him. To the contrary, both the school President, William McGill, and the Athletic Director, Al Paul, publicly urged him to stay on as Head Coach. Nevertheless, he took a job at J. Walter Thompson.
He eventually came to Apple, and when Apple refused to agree to spin off Claris, the division he headed, he left Apple, taking several key people with him.
This is a man whose name is synonymous with “being a great leader”. And, rightly so.
Without question, Mr. Forebeck deserves kudos and should be admired and lauded. But so too, should we not chastise Mr. Lenhart. It should not be “a one or the other”.
Each in their own way has exhibited traits that should make us want to have their ilk in our lifeboat.
I like your comments, 'Throwback'
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