Yesterday's virtual Ivy Media Day was interesting enough, especially since we saw and heard from all the new coaches in the league. It is definitely a new era not only for Columbia for so many other other Ivy football programs.
The main questions we all have about the Lions for the coming were of course not answered in that forum, but my own sources and some now-public information have yielded some updates:
1) QB 1 at least going into camp will be sophomore Chase Goodwin, who did at least make brief appearances in five games last year.
All I can say definitively about this is that if Goodwin got any time last year considering how far down the depth chart he was to begin 2023, he must have been impressive to both the former and now current coaching staff.
2) There was a special ZOOM for the players with Coach Poppe last night and some of the emotional aspects of life at Columbia during this tumultuous year were at least mentioned. Please, let's not forget what the players have been subjected to during this time and how for the most part, they have risen well above the level of conduct too many of the faculty and their fellow students have exhibited.
3) Not related to the team THIS year, but interesting was yesterday's announced commitment from 6-6, 240-pound TE Cameron Kossmann from Marquette HS in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield.
Just six days ago, he was the subject of this glowing piece in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Kossmann had offers from Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Navy, Army, Eastern Illinois, Northern Indiana, Kent State,Temple, Missouri State, Tenn-Martin, Western Illinois, and Ball State.
He'll be the first Marquette grad to come to Columbia Football.
This is another recruiting coup for Head Coach Jon Poppe.
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