Monday, June 19, 2006

And the Best Samurai Is?

Information on the 2006 Ivy-Samurai Bowl featuring representatives (and coaches) from Princeton and Penn is hard to come by. This much we know: The Princeton-led team knocked off the Penn-led team, 26-7. And while Jay Fiedler was in Hanover for the Dartmouth football golf tournament (suggesting, by the way, that some news regarding his NFL future will be breaking soon) his old rival from Princeton, one Keith Hector Elias, was over in Japan earning the Best Samurai Award in the bowl game according to this link. I'm guessing that the onetime NFL back ran 23 times for 169 yards with a long of 61 yards, but I have to admit my Japanese language ability isn't what it used to be, so that's a guess after looking at these final statistics from the game.

Second-game opponent University of New Hampshire has some thinking to do as it decides whether to go ahead with a planned move to the Colonial Athletic Association for football in several years or to cast its lot with a retooled America East conference according to this story.

For an analysis of Oct. 14 opponent Holy Cross, check out the 13 Yard Line Blog which is taking a look at all of Colgate's Patriot League rivals. This analysis picks Holy Cross sixth in the Patriot and I have no quibble with that. The Crusaders lost a lot on offense and return the bulk of a poor defense. Not a good combination.

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