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Subject: State of The League Author: Ivy Inquisitor (Week 8 picks) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02:09:11 11/03/24 Sun Up to this point 2024 season hasn’t brought us the topsy- turvy excitement of the prior two seasons.As for Princeton and Yale they’ve exchanged the topsy- turvy for a tailspin. This two recent dynasties are uncharacteristically not In Championship contention. Next Friday if The Tigers can achieve the unthinkable then we might get a little of the 2022 and 2023 fun filled unpredictability. Speaking of unpredictability there’s talk about removing the league’s eight decade play off ban. I’ll defer my thoughts on that for another post. My Weekly picks were atrocious 0-4 and 2-0 for Ivy/CSFL. This brings my total to 22-18 and 8-3 for sprint football. At least my picks weren’t as an off as some during the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. Prognosticators shared their thoughts on what the world be like in a 100 years. Here’s a few gems: “It won’t be unusual for people to live to 150”, “The 1990’s could expand to Union to 60 states reaching into South America”, “There will be no need for a standing Army”, “Law will be simplified to the that the common man won’t need a lawyer, as a result, 2/3 of lawyers will become disposable”, “Postage will be reduced to one cent”, “Denver’s population will surpass NYC”, “ Three hour work day will be a long days work” OK that last one is true for some. I guess we all botch our predictions. Columbia is a Jekyll and Hyde but they utilize it for their good. Friday their offense stagnant like a it was a year ago. However, their stellar defense lead to pathway to victory. Now the Lions are late season champion contenders. Jon Poppe should be the top candidate for Ivy COY. Yale fell short against Columbia. My question to the Bulldogs “Since you’re out of championship contention will you continue to be dangerous in November?”. Penn’s back QB Liam O’Brien is at the moment is looking like he could be the next Alek Torgersen and not Ryan Glover. As I been “Sayin” since 2022 “Let see what you have with Liam O’Biren?”. I understand this is too soon to proclaim but at the moment I feel the same about him as I did with Jameson Wang in 2021. In the sense this emerging back up QB can inject life into the offense and make the team dangerous to their opponents. Harvard simultaneously, used both QB’s in their backfield. Surprisingly it didn’t work. Ironically, it was DePrima’s last game off tackle power QB runs that was the difference. The Crimson should be feeling ethereal bliss and their botch FG snap against Brown may feel obsolete. However, Yale in recent years has spoiled their season. I said a few weeks ago that FG snap might define their season. Dartmouth owned the second and third quarters. Harvard jumped to a fast 10-0 lead. The Big Green had a 27-17 lead entering the final quarter. The second and third quarters their defense was in all the right places. The Big Green defense was efficiently in sync. During the 2rd and 3rd quarters they swarmed the the ball carrier and they it looked like they knew who was the key receiver on any given play. As there were multiple defenders zoning in on the receiver. For a couple of seconds Jackson Proctor’s final 30 yard Hail Mary had me flashing back to the 2021 Dartmouth-Harvard game. This time to no avail to Dartmouth.On the positive side they still can repeat as conference champions. Brown to me looked like they didn’t know how to respond let alone contain Liam O’Brien. However, The Bears do score quickly. That will make them very dangerous for Dartmouth if their season depends on it. Cornell is so unpredictable Yesterday proved that that’s not a bad thing. Who expended them to put 49 points in the quarters and put the 4th on cruise control? Like Brown, The Big Red is dangerous. Not like Brown’s lightning offense but Cornell’s dichotomous play. The winner of the Army-Cornell and Penn-Navy sprint games were to determine the CSFL champion game. As expected, Army won 56-0. (With a rolling 4th quarter clock) and Navy won 31-0. Cornell and Penn will finish their CSFL season next week. Usually, the best is saved for last, not this time. Princeton 3 4th quarter touchdowns made this game looked respectable in the history achieves but not visually. As I think back to what has happened to the Tigers. It had to start against Yale two years. Heading up to that 2022 game , Princeton was successfully defending their Ivy Championship at 8-0. Then Yale happened and Princeton lost again to Penn. There’re fortunate” to be where there’re at because if it wasn’t for Brown’s numerous turnovers they’d be winless in league play. This team has lost its identity that made their dynasty- Their smash mouth play. Last year the defense had it (physically dominant) and the offense did barely (emphasis on barely) enough to help out their top 10 nation’s defense to get to a “respectable” 5-5. Technically, it possible but the real challenge is not to be that infamous 2011 team. It’s very strange to see this powerful team at this dreary level. Dartmouth 42 Princeton 20. By the 4th Dartmouth might save their energy in attempting to keep The Prized Onslaught Trophy. That will enable The Tigers get get one or two late scores to make them look better than they actually are. Is The Sawhorse Dollar still in circulation?? Penn 34 Cornell 21. Will Cornell’s defense have an answer to Liam O’Brien. They should since they’ve been practicing against Jameson Wang for four years now. I still believe their inconsistency will give The Trustees Cup to The Quakers. Harvard 35 Columbia 20 The Lions in most years championship contenders but they always fall short. Brown 27 Yale 24. Since Yale isn’t a contender, that might give Brown the means for an upset. Ivy CSFL: Pennsylvania (5-1)42 Chestnut Hill (4-2) 24 Mansfield (2-5) 35 Cornell (2-4) 24 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Ivy Patriot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:21:39 11/03/24 Sun Dartmouth and Harvard Hail Mary game was in 2019 not 2021 but it sure did feel like Dejas vu. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:14:04 11/03/24 Sun Ivy Patriot: You’re right, thanks for the correction. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (Ivy Title?) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:06:41 11/07/24 Thu Interesting season. At 1-3 each, Yale, Penn and Princeton are unlikely possibilities for the league title. At 3-1, Dartmouth, Harvard and Columbia are likely. Brown and Cornell at 2-2 are probably outliers unless one of them sweeps. Let's start with Cornell and Brown: Cornell: Penn, Dartmouth, @Columbia Brown: @Yale, Columbia, @ Dartmouth Unlikely either Cornell or Brown wins out, and a 4-3 league record won't do it. Note that each plays one-loss Dartmoutn and Columbia twice. A few wins will help Harvard. Columbia: @Harvard, @Brown, Cornell Dartmouth: @Princeton, @Cornell, Brown Harvard: Columbia, @Penn, Yale Saturday's Columbia visit to Harvard is important, but not determinative. Dartmouth, without games against it's co-leaders, seems to have a path to the (co)title. Not to diminish Penn and Yale, but if Harvard beats Columbia Saturday it avoids the current top 4 remaining contenders, which should bode well, although @Penn and The Game are never locks. Prediction: Harvard > Columbia Dartmouth > Princeton would put Dartmouth and Harvard in control at 4-1 with both expected to win out for a 6-1 tie. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: FeartheQuaker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:26:58 11/08/24 Fri Penn 31 Cornell 30 - have to run the ball a bunch or Cornell offense will be too much. Columbia 18 Harvard 12- turn the game into a slugfest for a victory Brown 38 Yale 28- Potential track meet Dartmouth 27 Princeton 16- I do not think Surace & company have an answer this year. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:13:58 11/08/24 Fri I concur with the picks but think Harvard will beat Columbia. The state of the Ivy League is strong, as we are literally the only remaining "real college football" in Division I. The Ivy League is excellent college football played by real "student-athletes". I have been watching the Dion Sanders documentary regarding Colorado football, but when do these kids attend class and actually study anything? Even at the Power conferences the vast majority of these kids will be looking for a "real job" after they either don't get drafted or cut by an NFL team. I guess a bunch of them end up at Enterprise Rental Car, which might be a good gig for a couple of years, but no thank you. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: old Blue; [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:41:27 11/08/24 Fri Gentlemen; regrettably from the outside, looking in ,look for our blue ,Ben Franklin's, cantabs and tigers to win., [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:19:46 11/08/24 Fri Dartmouth 42 Princeton 17 Harvard 34 Columbia 20 Yale 35 Brown 34 Cornell 34 Penn 31 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: M3 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:43:48 11/08/24 Fri Dartmouth beats Princeton- No offensive punch for the Tigers Columbia over Harvard- Huge opportunity for the Lions Yale beats Brown- More talent usually wins Cornell stomps Penn- Big Red has some serious offensive tools, Penn does not [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Grin and Bear it [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:25:36 11/08/24 Fri Harvard over Columbia 24-14 Columbia has a good team. But in a league with no standouts, Harvard is the best. Penn over Cornell 28-17 Penn is having a tough year, but they have some good talent. Cornell is too inconsistent Dart over Princeton 24-20 Dartmouth is, of course, much better, but they enjoy playing on the edge Yale over Brown 36-20 Like all the other teams in the league, Yale will feast on Brown's defense. But it will be interesting to see if Brown tries at least one blitz [ Post a Reply to This Message ]