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Subject: State of The League Author: Ivy Inquisitior (Week 4 picks) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:45:18 10/05/25 Sun According to Twitter/X The Lambert Tropy and Cup has been restored. I wonder if a Ivy makes a noticeable playoff run will this team finally get this recognition? I'll have to explore The Lambert Ivy topic some time. For the second straight week my picks are 3-3 and 1-1 for Ivy Sprint Football. Bring the total to 12-8 and 3-3 for Ivys CSFL. It doesn't look like Harvard has been challenged. Are they that good or is it "inferior " competition? Either way The Crimson are deserving to be ranked. Against HC they went up 45-3 early in the third quarter.Then they put the game on "cruse control " and allowed Holy Cross make it look somewhat respectable. After having a electrifying performance last week, WR Cam Henry wasn’t a factor. On the positive side he didn’t have to be. Brown four defense tournovers caused a fifth- URI forcing URI to "tournover" The Governor's Cup to The Bears. Coach Perry was holding back tears and the players were celebrating like the they had received The Onslaught Trophy. Their defense is starting to steal the show from their high- octane offense. Columbia's defense is back on point.Their two turn overs kept them in the game. Contrary to last week Their offense was stagnant. Princeton used two QB's to lead the rush attack and three deep grabs by Josh Robinson, Paul Kuhner and Roman Laurio did just enough to stretch the defense when needed. The Tigers hasn't had a smash mouth offense in three years and Two for the defense.Have they adopted a new way to win? Penn QB Liam Obrien showed why I believe he's the best Quaker QB since Alex Torgorsen.O'Brien scored four Touch downs (2 run& two pass),99 rush yards and 16-21 for 147 in the air. Since 2022 I've been posting that O'Brien should be the starter. I'm convinced had Penn made that move in 2022,they've would have won a share of the league championship.To be fair, Penn worked with in Adian Sayin's abilities/limitations. Sayin was good for five yard quick strikes on dig routes and arrow slants,but he didn't look capable of passing vertical or out running a blitzing defense end. Yale's three score loss to Lehigh proves how dominant that team is. Dartmouth offense is great but I can't remember when their defense was so atrocious.Penn's offense line kept pushing The Big Green Defensive Line several yards off the line of scrimmage on running dive plays. Cornell benched Devin Page after throwing two interceptions on his first two passes! Then Garrett Bass-Sulpizio took over the Jameson Wang position by throwing for 225 yards and adding 91 on the ground. The Big Red fought back down 28-6 to 28-21 but five turnovers: 4 interceptions and on downs in the red zone was too mich to overcome. Ivy CSFL Last week I said no offense equals no wins.Penn proved me wrong by winning 15-14 over STAC. Cornell's Louis Stefano passed for 285 yards and two touchdowns in their 34-12 loss to Chestnut Hill. Week 4 Picks: Brown over Bryant. This could be a be a "Bear" trap game. I feel I just embraced my inner Gene Shalit. Penn over Marist.This game will be telling I'd the Quakers are capable being a championship contender like they once were. Harvard over Cornell.The bleeding could commence upon kick off. On the other hand, Cornell has a history of playing up to or down to their competition. Mercer over Princeton Three games in and I can't figure this team out.I should kmow after this game. Lehigh over Columbia. After this game, The same despair as Yale. Columbia's defense is good enough to (at times) hinder Lehigh but it looks nearly impossible to stop them. Yale over Dartmouth.Both of these championship contenders are looking to take out their frustrating losses, but upto this point the Big Green's defense has been a big problem. Ivy CSFL: Army over Penn. The bleeding will commence upon kick off. Cornell has the week off.They time off,extra practice and film study will be helpful. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (How good is Harvard?) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:48:29 10/05/25 Sun We probably won’t know how good this Harvard team is for a few weeks as they play Cornell and Merrimack next. To my eye, Harvard’s passing game is ridiculously good (sans Cooper Barkate) but the running game hasn’t yet impressed. Rotating 6 running backs and deliberately and predictably running the ball throughout each second half might be a reason. Still waiting for top back Isiah Bascon to carry the ball more. In all 3 games, Jaden Craig has led Harvard to dominating early leads, with Coach Aurich then inserting backup Dante Torres to start the second half (2x) or a little later (v. Brown). Despite almost splitting the minutes relatively evenly, Craig has thrown 71 passes compared to Torres at 12. Craig has completed 75% of his throws for 9TD’s (0 INT’s). That’s in roughly 7 quarters. First team dominance? 45-0 by halftime vs Stetson (59-7 final) 41-7 five minutes into 2nd half vs Brown (41-7 final) 38-3 by halftime/59-10 ten minutes into 2nd half vs HC (59-24 final) The starters are up 124-10 in just over 3 halves. As mentioned, Stetson and HC are weak, although Brown’s victory over URI could be meaningful. Maybe Cornell can put up a fight, otherwise, a 5-0 juggernaut will be tested by games @ Princeton, v Penn, v Dartmouth & @ Yale. Of course I’m hoping for the Crimson to run the table and corroborate their apparent strength, more so this year with a chance to show everyone how the this league can compete in the postseason.

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Ivy Patriot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:32:58 10/06/25 Mon Harvard knows better than to sleep on Merrimack. The last time they met the Crimson barely survived. Dartmouth needed a fg at the end to beat Merrimack last year. They will be the best test Harvard has faced so far.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (Merrimack) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:57:50 10/06/25 Mon If Harvard doesn't handle Cornell and Merrimack, then we'll know that there is limited upside. Cornell is 0-3, but was even with Yale (14-14) at the half. Merrimack is 3-3. Just looking at stats, it looks like Merrimack has a stout running attack, averaging 175 yards/game. On the other hand, Merrimack's quarterbacks complete <50% of their passes for about 150 yards/game and 4 INT's. Time of Possession is about 35 to 25 for each of Merrimack and Harvard. Harvard's ball control is likely due to sitting on leads in the second halves. Merrimacks seems to be due to it's reliance on it's running attack: 244 rushes vs 155 passes.

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Tiger69 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:24:19 10/06/25 Mon How are the harvard alums feeling about their Tiger head coach these days?

[> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (Thanks!) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:52:30 10/07/25 Tue Although the core of the team was recruited by Murphy, it seems Aurich is overcoming his educational deficiency - just kidding of course. We'll see how he does when Murphy's influence and recruits have filtered through the system. One could argue that Harvard had the most talent in the league but didn't end up with a clean title last season.

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:21:56 10/16/25 Thu Of course this is probably all just fodder for writers looking for a hot take, but Harvard may find itself with another coach search sooner than it wanted. "Topic: Who's the next Curt Cignetti [Indiana coach hired from then-FCS James Madison]? "With the carousel already very busy and likely to get busier, let's look at some under-the-radar coaches who should be considered for bigger stuff. "Bill Connelly, ESPN: How about Harvard’s Andrew Aurich? He’s in his early 40s, he got his football Ph.D. as a Greg Schiano assistant, he coordinated some dynamite offenses at Princeton in the late-2010s and he’s 12-2 thus far with the Crimson. Harvard ranks fourth in my FCS SP+ rankings after winning its first four games by a combined 145 points." Other names mentioned: Mercer head coach Mike Jacobs, former Holy Cross coach Bob Chesney, current Lehigh/fomer Yale coach Kevin Cahill. (Source: The Athletic "Until Saturday" email newsletter.) IMO this is exceptionally unlikely as he does not have an extensive HC record, but what he has done so far is good and his name is being surfaced in good company, so who knows.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Crimson Carl [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:40:20 10/16/25 Thu I doubt it. Recruiting at Harvard is a cakewalk, and thus they will ALWAYS be competitive versus leaving for greener pastures.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:53:17 10/16/25 Thu In My perspective, at this point Coach Aurich won't get much attention form the Pennsylvania State and Virginia Tech openings. Oklahoma St could he a distant possibility. Andrew Aurich is one of the better upcoming coaches and may get serious consideration from one of the G5 openings. Aurich will have a easier (and more litigate) pathway to a national championship at the 1-AA level than the artificial 12 team 1-A playoff. That might be enough to keep him around. As for the four power conferences they're now paying updawrds to $11 million a year. So that will make them risk adverse towards a great Ivy League coach. We'll see if he lands a G5 job and what he doses at that level. Today Indania reset the market by revising Curt Cignetti's contract to 8 years ,$93 million. Bobby Knight must be vomiting in his grave.Before the decade is over, we may see a $20 million a year coach.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: The days of Ivy coaches being poached in FB and MBB may be over Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:27:05 10/17/25 Fri Reno and Surace had great runs at Yale and Princeton relatively early in their careers (although Surace's first two years were awful). Best I can tell, they never got any interest from the bigger boys. And everyone was expecting Mitch Henderson to leave after taking Princeton to the Sweet 16. He's still here.... Throw in that Ivy coaches don't have much experience in the transfer portal or NIL, and it seems unlikely that Aurich (or McCorkle for that matter) is going anywhere...

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: The days of Ivy coaches being poached in FB and MBB may be over Author: Fear the Quaker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:33:52 10/17/25 Fri For the IVY guys, I think the track to the crazy money is by either starting in the system like Browns coach. He went from Penn to the vikings and worked his way up through the system or Elko at Texas A$M who went from playing at Penn to assistant jobs in the IVY to mid major to the big guys. The last IVY guy I can think of that made the jump was Blackman to Illinois, but unfortunately for him that was in the days of Ohio State or Michigan. Urban Meyer made the trek similarly going from small to big. Dartmouth should win easily tomorrow. Enjoy the weekend.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: If you're talking directly to Head Coach at P4 Conferences, yes Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:54:39 10/17/25 Fri But Teevens became the head coach at Tulane directly from Dartmouth and Kent Austin became the head coach in the CFL directly from Cornell.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: If you're talking directly to Head Coach at P4 Conferences, yes Author: Fear the Quaker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:19:10 10/17/25 Fri My inference from the initial post was bigger football or Bball schools was the subject.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: Tiger69 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:32:15 10/17/25 Fri Aurich deserves better than harvard 😁

[> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:35:38 10/07/25 Tue Cornell claims to have hired an offensive genius. In just three games the Big Red have thrown 9 interceptions and four fumbles. We have thrown 119 times with 68 receptions for an average of only 5.4 yards per completion. Same old crap year after year. Pass over and over, and we are once again 0-3 and probably 0-4 after this weekend. For us Cornell football alums that's not the way we learned how to play football.

[> [> Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (Sagarin) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:29:11 10/08/25 Wed Cornell's losses to Yale and Colgate were expected. Colgate appears to have fared better than it's 3-3 records would indicate (losses to FCS ranked Monmouth and Villanova and a loss at Syracuse). A loss to Albany (1-5) isn't good. 13 Cornell TO's in 3 games? Wow, that's rough. Sagarin (for what it's worth), would have Harvard by around 26 points in Cambridge. Harvard is #2 in FCS at +2.33 turnover margin per game (+7) and Cornell is tied for last at -1.67 (-5). If that evens out or TO's work in Cornell's favor, that changes things dramatically (at least analytically).