If Dartmouth loses this game, its Ivy League season is effectively over.But not to worry, according to the prediction in The D:
On the road, Dartmouth picks up the “W,” though a bit too close for comfort. Dartmouth 14, Columbia 13.
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The Columbia Spectator has several stories looking ahead to the game including this one that notes:The Lions have not won a Homecoming game since 2000.
That win came in a 49-21 rout of none other than Dartmouth, and despite all the baggage, there is reason to believe that the inauspicious 11-year streak could finally come to an end this year.The Spec tries a little tired humor here ( ... the latest telecommunications technology to hit Hanover was the telegram) and offers up a little more Homecoming info here.
A well-conceived column about the differences between former Columbia coach Norries Wilson and current coach Pete Mangurian includes this:
For Wilson, defending his team meant guarding information and attacking negative influences, but Mangurian has shown that there is another way. Through his online outlets, he has demonstrated that he can accept criticism about his team—I was absolutely shocked when he retweeted a Spectator column that pointed out flaws—while also calling attention to the great efforts and successes of his team at practice, in the classroom, and in games. Backing up your players and dealing with media and fans are not mutually exclusive.
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From the Ivy League office:The Ivy League announced today that it has suspended Harvard football sophomore defensive back Colton Lynch for the Crimson's Oct. 20 game at Princeton for a helmet-to-helmet hit that resulted in a personal foul during the Oct. 13 Bucknell-Harvard game.
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The great kicking tee story from Yale has grown wheels. It's in so many places that I can't link to them all.