Did you check out The Optimist and The Pessimist yet on BGA Overtime?
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The Sagarin Ratings service has the Ivy League ranked this way:
1 Harvard 52.32
2 Dartmouth 49.77
3 Yale 49.71
4 Columbia 47.46
5 Penn 46.84
6 Princeton 44.00
7 Brown 41.87
8 Cornell 41.09
Jake Novak down at Columbia's Roar Lions Roar 2024 blog has this week's game as pitching the top two teams in his ranking against each other. His power rankings look like this (LINK):
1 Dartmouth
2 Columbia
3 Harvard
4 Yale
5 Penn
6 Princeton
7 Brown
8 Cornell
Of No. 22 Dartmouth, Jake writes:
The Big Green are now 2-0 without their starting QB playing a down in either game, and they own a 5-0 record. They are #1 until someone knocks them off.
And of Columbia he writes:
The Lions answered some questions about their defense in the win at Penn while the offense showed it's strong in all facets.
And finally, the Massey Ratings service has Dartmouth defeating Columbia, 23-21, with 54 percent confidence. Massey continues to have Dartmouth finishing 9-1 with a loss next week to Harvard, 27-24.
Massey sees Columbia losing its next three against Dartmouth, Yale and Harvard to finish 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the Ivies.
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One of the players Dartmouth will have to contend with Saturday is Columbia running back Joey Giorgi. The Spectator has a story about the fifth-year senior who is second in the Ivy League in rushing this fall with 91.0 yards per game. From the story (LINK):
In his senior year, Giorgi was Wisconsin’s leading high school rusher. The captain’s 2,338 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns through 12 games powered the Black Hawks to the playoffs once again, also earning him all-state honors.
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If you want to create your own early scouting on the Lions, check out the highlights from their win last week over Penn:
