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Wagner Seahawks (0-4) vs. Columbia Lions (2-1)
October 8, 2022
Kickoff Time: 1pm
Robert K. Kraft Field at Wien Stadium
Game Time Weather Forecast: 58 degrees and sunny
The Line: Columbia is now favored by 26 1/2 points
TV/Radio: The game is available on ESPN+
Leading Story Lines
1) Columbia is coming off a disappointing loss and trying to get empotionally charged up again by playing a non-conference team that's frankly hard to get charged up for.
2) Wagner hasn't won a game since 2019 and is coming off a set of cupcake "buy in" games to Rutgers and Syracuse that ended worse than even most skeptics could have predicted.
3) The Lions face a more mysterious opponent than usual, as Wagner is not easy to figure out after the cupcake games.
3 Columbia Players to Watch
1) QB Joe Green had a rough day vs. Princeton last week and needs to regain his poise on the field Saturday.
2) OL Stew Newblatt leads a veteran crew up front that will be facing Wagner's best player, DE Titus Leo (see below)
3) DE Justin Townsend had that breakout game I expected him to have vs. Princeton last week. Can he keep the momentum going?
3 Wagner Players to Watch
1) DE Titus Leo can be a one-man wrecking crew and he will be focused on rushing Green and taking Columbia's outside running game away.
2) It looks like regular starting QB and Western Michigan transfer Nick Kargman will be out again this week, meaning the starting duties go over to QB Ryan Kraft.
3) RB Rickey Spruill can be a dangerous weapon.
5 comments:
Wagner gave Fordham a battle, so they can't be as bad as the lopsided scores against Rutgers and Syracuse might suggest. Lions can't take anyone for granted if they want to get back on track, especially with a road game next week against a seemingly rejuvenated Penn. I plan to go to that game, having been to Franklin Field only twice before, rather improbably both Lion wins (with Eddie Backus sprinting off the field, game ball in hand, in '76 and the electrifying walk off TD strike against Bagnoli's '96 team).
Agree. I think the line is way off and I hope the Lions are ready to play on Saturday. Losing by 17 to Fordham is far more relevant that getting blown out by Syracuse.
Seems like this opponent at this stage of the season serves no purpose. Wish our OOC schedule was a little stronger .
good second half after a poor second half punctuated by a near death experience when Al called a TO with 40 seconds left in the expectation that we would get the ball back, and Wagner converted and almost tied the score at half time.
Meant poor first half
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