Friday, November 12, 2021

Getting Ready to Run with the Bears


I hope they paid the electric bills for this likely very busy scoreboard tomorrow



Brown Bears (2-6) vs. Columbia Lions (5-3)

Kickoff: 1:05 PM


Gametime Weather Forecast: 58 degrees and showers

The Line: Columbia is favored by 10 1/2 points

TV/Radio: The Game is available on ESPN+




Leading Storylines

1) Whenever Brown plays, (with the strange exception of the Penn game two weeks ago), a shootout ensues. Unless the weather slows things down, this seems like it could be a very high scoring game... and a lot of fun.

2) Columbia needs one more win to clinch its third winning season in four years. The Lions would love to do it in their last home game. 

3) Brown QB E.J. Perry is campaigning for a shot at the NFL. A good game in NYC wouldn't hurt those chances. 


3 Columbia Players to Watch

QB Joe Green will have his best chance yet to have an explosive game against the porous Brown defense.

RB Ryan Young may be the go-to guy on a rain soaked field as he was vs. Yale two weeks ago. 

LB Cam Dillon may get most of the tough job to try to contain Perry.


3 Brown Players to Watch

QB EJ Perry is a human highlight reel and one of the best QB's in recent Ivy history. If the Bears had a .500-level defense, this team would be 8-0 or 7-1 right now. 

WR Wes Rockett is the aptly-named favorite target for Perry

LB Jason Medeiros is the best defender on a very weak defense


7 comments:

oldlion said...

Will we see McCombs? Our pass defense without him was awful against Harvard.

robert g pelletreau said...

Looks to me that we will run the ball, control the clock.... PLEASE average more than 5 yards a pass!

Steve Johnson said...

No way. When do we control the clock? Fabish snaps the ball with 23 seconds on the play clock every time .

The offense has been terrible this year.

oldlion said...

Fabish called a good game after the rain delay. He managed the clock very well. Let’s give him some credit for taking shots down the field.

PKNIGHT said...

On first down why not run Miller EVERY time! Heh Heh Heh... Can you imagine next year if you throw the ball north as opposed to east/west! UTILIZE A TALENTED QB

oldlion said...

Not sure who will be our MYP but Ryan Young gets my vote—an unsung hero who runs hard and makes tough catches. Who would have thought that a 5’9” 230 pound RB could run that fast.

Throwback to the ‘70’s said...

Sad day for Columbia Football, the death of Dr. Gerald Klingon, CC’42.
A brilliant neurologist, huge supporter of the program.
He would often show up at Thursday practices.