The Lions got the Lions share of the key Ivy League weekly awards announced earlier today.
Senior WR Bryson Canty took offensive player of the week honors, and freshman DL Keller Patterson was name rookie of the week.
We all know about Canty's acrobatics Saturday, but Patterson made an immediate impact in his first college game with a sack. He also shored up the right side of the Columbia D-line after junior starter Owen Thomas went down with an injury.
Patterson was one of the players Head Coach Jon Poppe identified just before the season as a key newcomer who had impressed in training camp.
In other news, Columbia opens up as a 12-point favorite at Georgetown this week after the Hoyas fell to Brown at home 26-14 on Saturday.
(The final line in the Lafayette game was the Leopards at -8)
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For those of you who were not at the game, while we have had some really good players over the year, Canty really stands out when you follow his game from the stands. I really felt like I was watching a special talent when he lined up. While it is only one game, I think he can be a legitimate candidate for OPOY if he stays healthy.
Any news on Thomas? What about Libman, who did not play on Saturday?
Has anyone noticed that when Eldo , in the twilight of his Hall of Fame career, NEVER started FYs! In fact they rarely played. Sophs? Hardly saw the field... Congrats to our new coach! Kellar Patterson too. Use ALL the talent! Best players play! A breath of fresh air, POPPE!
Simply not true but you do you
I saw Libman get into at least one play on Saturday.
I was sitting with Thomas's folks and the preliminary diagnosis was torn MCL. Ugh!
Spot on comment on the Frosh
Agree that the frosh and sophs almost never started under Bags (and Fabish). Even Canty didn’t start his freshman year until the last three games, and then he was all-Ivy first team as a sophomore, lol. And I seriously can’t remember first years starting on defensive, much less being big-impact players in their very first game! The old saw of underclassmen having to “put in their time” definitely seemed to be a non-negotiable for Bags. Poppe, on the other hand, seems to be a bit more open-minded, a bit more flexible, and it’s paying dividends.
Lay off Bags please! In my book he saved Columbia football. He is one of the most influential men in the history of our sport at Columbia. If he hadn’t resurrected the program I don’t know if it would have survived another Mangurian. He is entitled to the utmost respect, as is his staff, including Mark Fabish, for taking a thankless job and turning us around. so stop with the nonse3nse about not playing first years—most coaches don’t, for good reason.
NEW YORK — The accolades continued to flow on Monday for the Columbia football team after its 31-20 upset victory over No. 14/18 Lafayette on Saturday. The Lions were selected as the Stats Perform National FCS Team of the Week and received votes in the latest edition of the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll.
Agree!!
Disagree!
Agree, other than some personal beef, hard to find fault with Bagnoli poz impact on Columbia Football
Have we given enough credit to the OL? I think that this unit isn’t getting the recognition it deserves. Excellent and pretty much error free play—pass pro was good, run blocking was excellent, and very few mistakes or dumb penalties. I was watching Chapman’s play at center—he had an excellent game in particular.. The new OL coach has this group ready to play.
Well said! Love the D line too!
Could have had a Poppe back in 2015, there were plenty out there but instead we took the fake and went with 20-29 Ivy! That saved the program?
Moron
We became solidly middle of the pack under Bagnoli. A big achievement to be sure, but let’s not oversell it or canonize the guy.
The highlight of Bags’ tenure was the 8-2 season. Other than that, we were pretty much in the middle of the Ivies. That’s still a big deal, considering our cellar-dwelling past, but the poster mentioning the 20-29 Ivy record does make a good point. Bags was a good “big first step” coach, but to say he “saved the program” seems hyperbolic. I don’t think the other Ivies would have allowed us to shutter the program, so in all likelihood, we would have just trudged along with 1-9, 2-8, or 3-7 campaigns in perpetuity. I know we were even lower before Bags came in, and I know Mango went 0-10 his last two years. But some of my houseplants could have coached us to a 1-9 or 2-8 season. So the program probably would just have continued as it had since the Ray Tellier days (curious that Ray Ray also had an 8-2 season, which allowed him to stay longer than he should have, but that’s another story). But the other poster makes a good point that it was also possible for us to have gotten someone better than a late-career Bagnoli. Don’t get me wrong, Bags did a good job, but the point is that he didn’t turn out to be the absolute best that we could have hoped for.
Poppe is the real deal. We will contend for the league title this year. Simply incredible!
I gave them the game ball!
Stop talking about the past. Time to move forward.
Poppe may well turn out to the best coach we’ve ever had. Let’s keep things rolling in DC this weekend. Opponents are going to try to take more deep shots against us, so let’s see how we adjust.
Well said!. I like our experience and depth AND play from underclassmen! Looking like a great year one, no?
Ivy Champs!
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