Roar Lions 2025 Podcast: Ivy Power Rankings & Weekend Wrap Up

 

To read and hear my Ivy Power Rankings and a roundup of the other Ivy League teams' performances, check out the podcast here. 

Shaky Saturday

 

Columbia 19 Georgetown 10

Read and listen to my full review of today's Columbia win over Georgetown here. 

Let's Try this again...

 

My official game preview podcast and write-up can be found here. 

Remember: you can subscribe to my Substack for free if you like, though paid subscriptions are appreciated. 

Getting Ready for Game 2

 

Inwood, New York

Coming off some quiet days for Rosh Hashanah, today’s Roar Lions 2025 Podcast will include the first of two Georgetown game previews, the fans’ guide to going to a Columbia Football home game, and my picks for week 5.

Ivy Power Rankings

 

You can catch my Ivy Football rankings and my commentary podcast here. 

False Start

 

Lafayette 38 Columbia 14

For my complete write-up and podcast on this game, click here. 

Entrance Exam

 

You can read and hear my preview for Columbia's season opener at Lafayette here. 

Enjoy! 

Week 4 Picks

 

I went 2-0 straight up and 2-0 against the spread last week to bring my season totals to 8-0 SU (1.000) and 6-2 ATS (.750)

Now, the games I have to pick get much more numerous and it also gets harder.

I’ll go through a list of eight games for this weekend in this podcast.

BREAKING: Columbia Two-Deeps Released

 

Weston Covey

The CU Athletic Department has just released the two-deeps and full game notes for the season opener at Lafayette, and there are indeed some surprises.

One of those surprises is a big one that completely flew under my radar until just this week… and I still didn’t know the full extent of it until just now.

Yeah, it has to do with the man in the picture above.

I’ll go through the highlights and more in this podcast.

Meanwhile, Lafayette has released it’s weekly game preview video which contains some mistakes about Columbia’s personnel but no egregious errors.

Ivy League 2025 Preview with Bruce Wood!

 

Bruce Wood of BGA and BGA Overtime was my guest for this one-hour plus podcast looking back at the last 40 years of Ivy Football, but also including our look at what to expect from Dartmouth, Columbia, and the rest of the league this year.

Bruce and I agree, the talent level in the league this year is off the charts, and it should be a fun season!

(I apologize for the somewhat tin-like quality of the audio, but iPhones get annoying when the phone recordings go over 60 minutes. Believe me, this was worth going over 60 minutes to do)

Columbia Football 2025: High Expectations, Deep Hunger

 

Chase Goodwin

My extensive preview and analysis of Columbia Football 2025 focuses on the bigger and granular pictures for a program that I’ve been watching closely for almost 40 years.

The rundown for this podcast:

1. Overview of the program

2. Lessons from 2024

3. The Jon Poppe experience

4. Stars and prospects

5. Position group analysis

6. Focus on the schedule

7. If/Then

2025 Ivy League Football Predictions: Beware Yale; it's got Something to Prove

 Dante Reno

Yale is my pick to win the Ivy League this season, based on all the usual looks at personnel, coaching staff, etc.

But it’s also based on how things turned out for the team last year and the motivation that will provide this season.

And then there’s a major elephant in the room when it comes to the QB position.

I explain it all in this podcast.

Weekend Roundup: Stiff Competition

 

Kente Edwards

Columbia’s three out-of-conference opponents were all in action Saturday, and I have a brief look at those results.

Also in this podcast, I’ll set lay out what you can expect for the next few days on this space as we gear up for the season opener this coming Friday night. My podcast schedule will include one very pleasant surprise.

2025 Ivy Football Predictions: Dartmouth Defines Consistency

 

Chris Corbo

I’m picking Dartmouth for second this season despite the loss of a massive number of All Ivy players to graduations and transfers.

I explain why in this podcast.

And, as always, for the best info on Dartmouth and a lot about the rest of the league make sure to check out Bruce Wood’s BGA blog and SUBSCRIBE to his BGA Overtime site!

Oh, and FORGIVE me for leaving out standout Dartmouth kicker Owen Zalc from the podcast audio! He is the best kicker in the Ivies and can be the difference between some wins and losses for the Big Green. 

Ivy League Football 2025 Predictions: Harvard's Real Tests will be Delayed, but Defining

 

Andrew Aurich

I’m a big time outlier here, but I’m picking Harvard to come in 4th in the Ivies for 2025.

I explain in this podcast.

Week 3 Picks

 

After another 3-0 record of straight up picks and a 2-1 against the spread record last weekend, my totals for this year so far at 6-0 SU and 4-2 ATS.

In this podcast, I have only two games to choose from this weekend before the Ivy slate begins and the plate gets bigger.

Interview with Erik Greenberg Anjou, Director of "8: Ivy League Football & America"

 

In honor of the new re-packaging efforts for the great film 8: Ivy League Football & America, and of course the impending start of the season, I spoke with filmmaker Erik Greenberg Anjou about the film, and all that’s changed in the Ivies since the movie first came out in 2007.

Naturally, one of the biggest changes in the league is the ascendance of Columbia as a winning program. But our conversation talks about so much more.

Enjoy!

2025 Ivy League Football Predictions: Penn's Absence is Present

 

Liam O’Brien

When you think about Penn Football these days, the things that are missing from the program stand out more than what’s still there….

Does that not make sense to you?

I will explain in this podcast, as I pick the Quakers to come in 5th in the Ivies this year.

2025 Ivy League Bottom-Up Predictions: Tiger Tribulations

 

Blaine Hippa

Time now for my pick for 6th in the Ivies this year, and I must say that it’s not easy to pick a program like Princeton to repeat as a 6th place tem after finishing in that slot last year.

But I’ll explain why and more in this podcast.

2025 Ivy Football Bottom-Up Predictions: Brown

 

This is NOT new starting QB James Murphy!

My pick for 7th in the Ivies this year is Brown.

That may be a gloomy outlook. but someone at the Brown Football office either has a sense of humor or is just really careless because this is the picture you see when click on new starting QB James Murphy’s roster page.

But that’s all the laughs I have to offer when I break down the challenges facing the Bears this season in this podcast.