Penn 34 Columbia 14
Why Penn Won
The Penn defense forced Columbia into several mistakes, while the offense made none of their own on the way to an easy Quaker victory. Forced turnovers were a big key to the Penn win.
Why Columbia Lost
The Lion offense was inconsistent and often forced. The defense was generally strong, but could not make the big plays the Lions needed to change the momentum.
Key Turning Points
With Penn leading 3-0 late in the 1st quarter, the Lion defense stopped the Quakers on 4th down to take over at the CU 29. With time for just one more play in the 1st quarter, Columbia opted for a screen pass that QB Joe Green threw right into the hands of Penn DL Micah Morris who took the interception in for a TD. The Lions never really recovered after that.
Columbia Positives
Not one, but two CU wide receivers J.J. Jenkins and Bryson Canty finished with more than 100 yards receiving.
Columbia Negatives
The Lion offense seems more than sluggish. It routinely cannot execute certain plays, like screen passes, that the coaches continue to call. Green is also forcing too many of his passes into coverage. The defense is also allowing receivers to sneak into the middle of the field on delayed patterns for big gains.
Columbia MVP
Jenkins had 7 catches for 162 yards, most of which came before "garbage time." He joins the list of many Lion weapons on an offense that is simply not equal to the sum of its parts.
17 comments:
It is painful to admit, but our people did not come ready to play.
This was clearly evident, witness the 51 comments to the prior posting.
We all know what Coach Teevens will be talking up this week. There should be no doubt that his troops will, despite the long trip, come ready to play on Saturday.
It could not have been stated better. For us, this is an “inflection point”.
I wish I was confident we will see a repeat of last year’s stunning masterpiece in Hanover.
Should we see a Princeton 2.0, or a Penn 2.0, or a Yale from last year, we have every reason to be concerned and even more disappointed than we are now.
A loss would represent a very serious step backward, and most likely would be the start of a death spiral.
Go Lions!
What do the other parents like you think about the coaching?
Why would parent opinion matter?
It might just be me, but OC Fabish needs to go bye bye. But, he is Bagnoli’s boy so that will never happen. Maybe time they both go.
Was being tongue in cheek. It is pretty apparent that many posters are parents of players
Wow! Anonymous with a stunner!
Oh gotcha. I just assumed it was all alumni on the blog. Bad assumption
I admired Bagnoli’s game management when he used to coach Penn against us. I didn’t know he was joined at the hip with Fabish.
What gives? Do they share one brain, and Fabish has lost his, leaving Al with only his own half?
And why should Lion players.and fans babe
to suffer for that?
Why should
We are too predictable. We need to shake things up a bit. And now it’s at least fair to ask whether we should consider moving on from Bagnoli. I’ve been ready for a new OC for a few years now.
One of the only positives from Saturday was the performance of J. J. Jenkins.
He made some big-time catches, and he didn’t get rattled or seem intimidated.
On the other side of the ball, I thought Valentas had a good game and made a lot of tackles.
For those considering moving on from Bagnoli - be very careful what you wish for.....
Al gave us credibility but part of the deal with a coach of Al’s age is that he acts more as a CEO than a hands off coach. He had a great DC in Paul Ferraro; now we have a rookie in Stovall, who did a good job as the LBs and STs coach. He will grow into the job, but there are growing pains. As far as Fabish, I just don't know if it is the game planning or the personnel. All I know is that the results haven’t been there. What I do see is that the OL has not gotten the job done on pass pro. The Penn QB had all day and Green was under constant pressure.
Well, let’s see how we perform next year when bags leaves this offseason.
Thank you for sharing the perspective from a parent of a player. Much appreciated!
7 turnovers in 2 league games. Erase those and it’s reasonable to believe 0 and 2 becomes 2 and 0. With that result many of our stated concerns here revert to the academic. “Ifs and Buts” as they say - and so I second most of analysis posted. Except one, our punting. I’ll join those who were spoiled by Drew’s machine-like consistency punting the past 3 seasons. But in those season we never had more than 4 50+ Yard punts in any single season. In 2022 we already have 4 50+ yarders in 1/2 a season. The 3 shanks at Penn led to exactly 3 points as the defense stiffened on the other 2. Punts 4 and 5 were each 46 net with one “Penn-ing” them at the 1 yard line. Against Princeton the “distance” punter averaged 48.2 gross / 46.4 net on 5 kicks and the “target” punter put both his efforts inside the 15.
And our “distance” kid leads the Ivy in average in league games and is second in all games.
Can you tell I was a kicker?
Agree that pass pro and pass rush have been at best, spotty and sometimes downright bad. Green is a pocket passer, not particularly fleet of foot, and when his timing is disrupted he has struggled
to make plays. Conversely, our lack of pressure made the Penn QB look like Sid Luckman! Agree that we don't target the TE much. Is it play calling or execution ?
Coach Al Bagnoli still our best hope for recruiting and wins- hope he stays around to see a title.
Are u saying alumni are involved in recommending recruits?
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