Ivy League Week 1 2011 - pick'ems and discussion thread

[bonarae]

Ivy League fans, are you finally ready for some football???

My picks:
Georgetown at Yale - Georgetown had some luck in beating Lafayette today, but can its luck continue against Yale?
Harvard at Holy Cross - Is this going to be the last game in this storied series? I am not sure of its status after this or next year. (We will replace you with U. San Diego in the future, with a vacancy to be filled up for 2013.) Tough call here, with Holy Cross beating once-ranked Colgate 37-7 today. Should be close.
Columbia at Fordham - OK, Columbia continues to struggle. Fordham was idle today.
Colgate at Dartmouth - forgot it initially, but can Dartmouth with their Preseason All-Americans outlast Colgate's consistent talent?
Lafayette at Penn - Obvious? Lafayette got dominated by NDSU and they lost a close one to Georgetown.
Brown at Stony Brook - Well, technically Stony Brook is in the Northeast, but their competition has leveled up with their membership in the Big South and they played tough at UTEP (however, they were dominated by Buffalo today). Let's see if Brown can compete with the Northeast representative of a "Southern" conference.
Bucknell at Cornell - Hmm. Bucknell has dominated their OOC slate thus far. Can Cornell stop the Bison's winning streak?
Lehigh at Princeton - Lehigh is ranked now (despite their loss against UNH in OT), it will be obvious that they can clearly dominate Princeton.

[Go...gate]

Georgetown 20, Yale 17

Holy Cross 28, Harvard 24

Fordham 27, Columbia 14

Pennsylvania 24, Lafayette 3

Stony Brook 35, Brown 7

Cornell 20, Bucknell 13

Lehigh 34, Princeton 14

Colgate 35, Dartmouth 33

[Ivytalk]

Yale
Holy Cross
Fordham
Penn
Stony Brook
Cornell
Lehigh
Dartmouth

[Pard4Life]

Do you think Dartmouth has a shot to win the league?

[Seawolf97]

This could be a scary game for us. The Bears lead the series 2-1 , hopefully the hometown crowd helps.

[PAllen]

Yale

Holy Cross

Fordham

Pennsylvania

Stony Brook

Cornell

Lehigh

Colgate

[jayhawkdaddy]

Yale U
Holy Cross
Fordham U
Penn
Brown U
Cornell U
Lehigh U
Colgate U

[Ivytalk]

(Responding to Pard4Life; forgot to quote) No, but they'll win their share. If they beat Penn, who knows?

[RichH2]

Dartmouth has lots of returning starters and some depth for 1st time in many years. Good skill position kids on O. Whether they can stay with Y or H hard to say but they will be in the hunt if HC has taught them how to win. Nothing more frustrating than having kids who know how to win but lack the talent. Dartmouth the other side of that equation. Have talent enuf, do they know how to win?

[bulldog10jw]

Yale
Holy Cross
Fordham
Dartmouth - put up or shut up for the Indians
Penn
Brown
Cornell
Lehigh

[Ivytalk]

;)
Yale
Holy Cross
Fordham
Dartmouth - put up or shut up for the Indians
Penn
Brown
Cornell
Lehigh

bulldog: At least you're consistent!

[bulldog10jw]

;)

bulldog: At least you're consistent!

Copy & paste, IT xlolx

[crusader11]

Georgetown, Yale

Holy Cross, Harvard

Fordham, Columbia

Pennsylvania, Lafayette

Stony Brook, Brown

Cornell, Bucknell

Lehigh, Princeton

Colgate, Dartmouth

[alvinkayak6]

Georgetown, Yale 23-35

Holy Cross, Harvard 30-16

Fordham, Columbia 17-14

Pennsylvania, Lafayette Smashy, smashy 28-14

Stony Brook, Brown 28-21

Cornell, Bucknell 20-21

Lehigh, Princeton 34-6

Colgate, Dartmouth 21-24

[alvinkayak6]

Some relevant preseason interviews:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74OhcHV2mv4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkt2kI0cPA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKcktrfzKo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[alvinkayak6]

Ivy League Football has a new thing coming this fall

http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/Inside_Ivy_League_Football_Premieres_Sept._14


PRINCETON, N.J. -- To kickoff the 2011 football season, the Ivy League Office is launching a weekly online radio show, "Inside Ivy League Football," which will premier Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

"Inside Ivy League Football" will take an in-depth look at all the on-field gridiron action and all the news and notes surrounding Ivy football. The 10-episode show will air Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on BlogTalkRadio.com (blogtalkradio.com/insideivyleaguefootball). It will be available on-demand via BlogTalkRadio and IvyLeagueSports.com.

[kDex86]

Georgetown @ Yale
Harvard @ Holy Cross
Columbia @ Fordham
Colgate @ Dartmouth
Lafayette @ Penn
Brown @ Stony Brook
Bucknell @ Cornell
Lehigh @ Princeton

[Bogus Megapardus]

Yale 21 Georgetown 10
Holy Cross 27 Harvard 21
Fordham 24 Columbia 17
Dartmouth 28 Colgate 21
Lehigh 35 Princeton 10
Penn 30 Lafayette 6
Cornell 20 Bucknell 17
Stony Brook 27 Brown 24

[Bogus Megapardus]

Sportsbook for the Ivy openers:

Yale (-16) vs Georgetown

Harvard (pk) at Holy Cross

Fordham (-3.5) vs Columbia

Dartmouth (-2) vs Colgate

Lehigh (-20) at Princeton

Bucknell (pk) at Cornell

Penn (-23) vs Lafayette

Brown (-3) at Stony Brook

[DJOM]

Yale over Georgetown

Harvard over Holy Cross

Fordham over Columbia

Pennsylvania over Lafayette

Brown over Stony Brook

Cornell over Bucknell

PRINCETON over Lehigh---upset of the week

Dartmouth over Colgate

[Bogus Megapardus]

A little movement in the lines today.

Yale (-16) vs Georgetown Yale (-14.5)

Harvard (pk) at Holy Cross Holy Cross (-2.5)

Fordham (-3.5) vs Columbia Fordham (-5)

Dartmouth (-2) vs Colgate Dartmouth (-3.5)

Lehigh (-20) at Princeton Lehigh (-21.5)

Bucknell (pk) at Cornell (pk)

Penn (-23) vs Lafayette Penn (-21.5)

Brown (-3) at Stony Brook Stony Brook (-2.5)

[bonarae]

Were my predictions that bad? xsmhx

Yale 37, Georgetown 27
Holy Cross 30, Harvard 22 :(
Fordham 21, Columbia 14
Dartmouth 37, Colgate 20 - I got it wrong! Dartmouth-Harvard will be a close one, I tell you :(

Four more games in progress. I will post again once all these games are complete.

[bonarae]

Yale 37, Georgetown 27
Holy Cross 30, Harvard 22
Fordham 21, Columbia 14
Dartmouth 37, Colgate 20 - I got it wrong! Dartmouth-Harvard will be a close one, I tell you.
Lafayette 37, Penn 12 - Uh huh, surprise. Lafayette has learned so much from their road trip.
Cornell 24, Bucknell 13 - Wrong again.
Lehigh 34, Princeton 22 - As expected.

My record: 3-5 :(

[Seawolf97]

Don't forget Brown - StonyBrook. Final Brwon 21 SBU 20. Hats off to the Bears they played a tough game . SBU had 150 yards plus in penalities !

[bulldog10jw]

Yale
Holy Cross
Fordham
Dartmouth - put up or shut up for the Indians
Penn
Brown
Cornell
Lehigh

7-1. Not bad. xthumbsupx
I'm sure I'll get worse as the year goes on.

[Go...gate]

Princeton performed about as expected. A lot of work to do but they have some potential, too.