Monday, September 24, 2012

Gearing Up For Ivy Opener

The Dartmouth has a story on the Big Green's last-second win over Holy Cross.

The Worcester Telegram's game story is here.

Next on tap is the Ivy League opener at home against Penn on Saturday in a game to be broadcast nationally on the NBC Sports Network. To learn more about Penn . . .

The Daily Pennsylvanian game story has this subhead: Wildcats passing game too much for Quakers' secondary.

Regarding the switch from starting quarterback Billy Ragone to Andrew Holland in the second half, the story includes this:

“There is no quarterback controversy,” Penn coach Al Bagnoli insisted after the game. “(Ragone) bruised his collarbone last week. I didn’t want to get him too many hits.”

Also from the story:

Senior defensive back Sebastian Jaskowski believes the tough non-conference schedule is a net positive for Penn. 
“It’s really going to prepare us for next week when maybe their receivers aren’t as good, maybe their quarterback isn’t as good,” he said. “It really prepares us for the Ivy League season.”

The DP has a column under the headline, Penn football outcoached in loss to Villanova. From the story:

With Ivy League play starting at Dartmouth next weekend, the Red and Blue have to play with more heart and the coaches have to come in with a more balanced game plan.
The DP's blog, The Buzz, offers up the Good, the Bad & the Ugly from the loss to 'Nova.
This week's Sagarin Ratings with last week's in parentheses:

118 (123) - Harvard
169 (160) - Brown
173 (185) - Dartmouth
177 (206) - Cornell
187 (170) - Penn
202 (177) - Yale
212 (205) - Princeton
218 (215) - Columbia

194 (190) - Holy Cross
226 (230) - Sacred Heart
230 (229) - Butler