Micah Green
1. Dartmouth
The Big Green are now 2-0 without their starting QB playing a down in either game, and they own a 5-0 record. They are #1 until someone knocks them off.
2. Columbia
The Lions answered some questions about their defense in the win at Penn while the offense showed it's strong in all facets.
3. Harvard
The Crimson defense is a little suspect, but Harvard has seemed like the better team on the field in every game.
4. Yale
The Bulldogs are gearing up for a strong stretch run.
5. Penn
The Quakers are mostly the victims of a tough schedule against three very good teams so far.
6. Princeton
The Tigers have some weapons that are maturing, but this isn't their year.
7. Brown
The brutal loss at Princeton once again exposed the Bear defense and also showed the offense can sometimes be sloppy.
8. Cornell
The Big Red offense is impressive, but that's about it.
37 comments:
Columbia should never have lost to Georgetown—classic trap game. Dartmouth has dodged some bullets; Harvard is very deep; Yale is always dangerous. Tough to choose between top 4 teams. I actually thought that Columbia should have put Penn away earlier in the game.
Hard to fathom a team going 7-0 in league play. If someone does, they will have certainly earned the title.
Dartmouth opponents with just 2 turnovers in 5 games. Their defense allows a fairly high completion % and is marginal on 3rd down, while our offense has made a living in the short passing game - particularly on 3rd down. Our O vs their D favors us. They don't have a great punter, we are better there and at PK. Should win Specials. Green qb legitimate dual threat. And, the 5th yr wr can play. I see Dartmouth trying really hard to establish the run, using qb but relying on Jones. Expect some play action shots and plenty rpo. Stovall is where we win this game. Sto is the best kept secret in fcs. I don't see Dartmouth scoring much, or at least not what they're used to. The matchups favor us, and I think the kids feed off the elecrtic atmosphere Saturday. Road games are difficult, and I just don't believe Green is expecting our boys are for real. I expect it to be close thru 3, but have this Columbia 30- 17. Roar, Lions, Roar
Not sure about the PK advantage. Dartmouth kicker was a freshman All American last year. He's 26 out of 33 in his career with a long of 50. He had three blocked last year and one this year so of the kicks he's gotten off he's 26 of 29.
Understood. Merry can match that.
Remember, Lions lost 2 years ago because of missed 29 yard fg with under 2 minutes to go. Terrible ending to a great game
Saw Merry punish himself on the sideline after 1st miss of the season.. Will make him even better in this one! We have had some great place kickers in the last ten years, no?
How about the LBs too! Roussos having an All Ivy year!
Poppe and his coaching crew very good at rotating players in and out. HOWEVER, I would prefer that the signals coming in were done QUICKER. Seems that, especially on D, we aren't set, players are looking to the side line WAY TOO LONG.. Expect Dartmouth to have picked that up and will use a lot of Hurry Up and catch us daydreaming.
"we are better . . . at PK" That's a bold claim.
Right now we have the best QB in the league, the best WR, a terrific OL and depth at all of the skill positions. I think we take too long to send in plays to the offense (we had to burn a TO at Penn). On defense I like what we did at Penn to stifle its RB and to neutralize the long pass. Dartmouth will try to work the sidelines in the 8-10 yard range.
Merry has missed 1 time this year, Dartmouth has missed 3, including one inside 30. We have 0 PK blocked. Green = 2. We've kicked it OB 0 times, The Woods did it twice. Both 50% TB. Merry with an elite on side kick last week. Where are we worse in the kick game?
We talkin about kickers?
I think Lions rout Indians
QB no. Wang is 1 and gets 0 help from his defense. Craig is 2. Both overall more productive. We still haven't proven we can throw deep accurately.
I think generally the Lions seem to match up well with D- even when they are not as talented. I predict a close game. Think Lions pull it out, something like 20-17 (Merry makes 43 yarder in last minute to send crowd home happy)
Agree, and I’m of the opinion that we’ll put up a lot of points. As in 30+.
I love this Lion team and everything about it. Assuming good weather and a large enthusiastic Homecoming crowd, my prediction is that Columbia will defeat Dartmouth by at 17 points.
Key to the game may be whether Dartmouth can stop Columbia's potent passing game without committing too many defensive interference penalties. Hopefully, the refs don't let Darthmouth maul our wide receivers.
this comment is superb
We can and have been able to throw deep. How many TDs from our back up in the fade? Goodwin is even more accurate! I think that some of you are too used to the Control the Clock 5 yarders that were featured in prior years.. Hence the term " Bubble Screen"
Asshat
Looks like you struck a nerve with a Fabulist (aka a Fabulost) with that one. I had to laugh on Saturday when Penn, trailing by 9 in the fourth quarter, took the same tack with their little five-yard out passes and runs, burning clock like it was no one’s business. So glad we’re done with a similar “death by a thousand cuts” offense. Looks like it’ll also be the undoing of Daniel Jones and Daboll.
Person above has a point. We haven't been great deep. WRs have had to make incredible adjustments and catches on deep balls. We missed long vs Wagner and underthrew Canty Saturday. He made a great catch. Good news is Seitu has mid range and short game dialed in, which we've nailed accurately.
I just finished reading in todays' on-line version of the Columbia Daily Spectator a great sports article entitled "This Place is Special" written by Spec staff writer Aidan Hassan. It is a wonderful article on our standout sophomore quarterback Chase Goodwin. I recommend it highly to every Columbia Football Fan.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Pump the brakes on best QB and WR please. Have not seen the typical elite teams yet
We almost got by without someone mentioning Fabish.
Why do we keep rehashing Columbia's Ivy League football horrible history. There is nothing to learn from it. We just sucked. It is time to let go. We can't change the past. We may be witnessing the start of a bright and promising future.
We need to emulate Columbia's wonderful and inspiring basketball team. No one rehashes or cares what things were like before Meg Griffin.
Maybe because no one refers to her immediate predecessor as a “coaching giant”?
3 great articles on FB in today's Spec: Goodwin, Terry and Poppe. Can't say the student media is ignoring them. Well done!
By the way, many of us love Columbia WBB. Megan, her coaching staff, the players are incredible and have brought much joy to campus, alums, the community. But honestly, until Coach Griffith arrived and did her turnaround and put Lion WBB on the map, very few people actually cared about WBB. It's a growing sport. Football has been around well, for quite a while; long tradition. And a disappointment for many of us who have cared about the football program for a long time. Just saying -- because I'm not one of the posters who keeps bringing up previous coaching. I'm living in the present and loving the whole package from the Poppe-coached team. See you at Homecoming! And I'll jump over to those additional articles on Goodwin, Terry and Poppe coming off the great Giorgi story.
Spec stories are great. In Goodwin and Terry we have fine character student-athletes. In Poppe we have a head coach who is intensely dedicated and treats his players like family. The culture of FB at Columbia is in good hands. We're dreaming of special things like Ivy League championships now. Lets show up Saturday and give this team the support they deserve !
We have really benefited from the "super seniors" who sat out last spring to return this year. Good experienced players and leaders having a big impact. Does anyone know if other Ivy schools have similar numbers of 5th year guys who are having same type of an impact?
Special shout out to a few of the 5th years who are not starters but see plenty of game time; coaches know how to rotate guys to keep players fresh. Also a shout out to the several first years who are starting to make contributions on the field—the DL, the DB and the LB whose names escape me.
Excellent point about fifth years' impact on the field. Their support for the program should also loom large in recruiting, particularly in an era where top players have other options and program loyalty is often seen as a quaint relic. See you Saturday. Go Lions!
Love the First Years seeing the field. Best man up !
Strong kicking game very relevant in close match ups! U GOOOOOOO!
Will go 4-4 on FGs Saturday 26-20!
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