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Subject: Re: State of The League Author: John Harvard (How good is Harvard?) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:48:29 10/05/25 Sun In reply to: Ivy Inquisitior 's message, "State of The League" on 01:45:18 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. [ 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: 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 😁