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Bell is QB 1
Count me clueless as to why Columbia would send out this week's game notes and two-deeps to Lafayette before posting it on the CU site for its own fans... but thanks to Lafayette for making them available here.
Okay, let's get to the answers to our top questions regarding the lineup:
Caden Bell is listed as the starting QB.
On the offensive line, the surprise starter at center is Mark Chapman, with last year's starter Andrew Pruske not listed on the two-deep at all. I'm guessing this is because of an injury, or the info is not accurate (as we sometimes see with two-deeps).
The other starters are Luke Painton as expected at LT, Zach Mills as expected at RG, sophomore Noah Jordan at RT, and junior John Iannuzzi at LG. Freshman Ahmari Owens notably makes the two-deep backing up Jordan at RT.
Senior Dominic Busby gets the start at TE.
The starting WR's offer no surprises with Bryson Canty, Marcus Libman, and J.J. Jenkins getting the nods. The real drama was the battle for the WR backup slots, and they went to sophomores Edan Stagg and Jordan Kelly, and senior Wills Meyer.
The deep and talented D-line starting slots go to Justin Townsend, Patrick Passalacqua, Ben Corniello, and Quentin Autry. Sophomore Joshua Powell and Owen Thomas cracked the two-deep as backups. Fans of the still-big-but-slimmed-down John Martin will be happy to see the junior on the two-deep at DL as well.
C.J. Brown and Anthony Roussos made the starting lineup as expected at linebacker, but Rocco Milia is a bit of a surprise as third starting LB. Freshman Charlie Newton is the only frosh on the defensive two-deep backing up Milia.
The starting secondary sports go pretty much as expected to seniors Seth Parker and Carter MccFadden, junior Aaron Brebnor, and junior Hayden McDonald.
Freshman Hugo Merry gets the start at placekicker and senior William Hughes stays on as the starting punter after turning around CU's punting game late last season. McFadden is listed as the starting kickoff and punt returner.
As always. I advise everyone to take the info from all two-deeps from all schools with a big grain of salt. They are often intentionally inaccurate. But lately, I have noticed less chicanery going on with Columbia's two-deeps compared to years ago.
Just for the Record
There are some mistakes to correct in the game notes, (hopefully some of these will be fixed when they are posted on the CU website), but two I wanted to clear up here:
-The correct spelling for our sophomore wide receiver wearing #13 is EDAN Stagg
-Columbia last played at Fisher Stadium in 2009, not 2007. That was a 24-21 loss to the Leopards marked by some very tough penalty calls against the Lions and the season-ending injury for star linebacker Alex Gross '11.
-Also I think Lafayette made more than three total trips to the red zone in 2002. :)
2 comments:
I remember that game—lots of home cooking; tough venue for visiting teams. Announcers are terrible homers-so is there a way to watch on ESPN while listening to a KCR audio feed?
I love Green as the QB...HOWEVER...I think that since he is coming off an injured shoulder? Bell certainly closed well and deserves the start. Now let's hope that we open up the offense! I am so sick and tired of clock control emphasis and safe short passes.TIME TO OPEN THE OFFENSE!
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