Out of race, Bagnoli looks to '96

Saturday's 22-9 loss to Princeton virtually guaranteed the Penn football team will not win a third straight Ivy League championship. The Tigers are alone in first place at 5-0 in the Ivies, with Cornell one game behind. Dartmouth, Columbia and the Quakers sit two games back with two to play. Despite losing any real chance at a title, Penn still has to play out the schedule. This Saturday's game at Harvard will be the first meaningless contest for the Quakers as far as the Ivy League championship is concerned since 1992. But coach Al Bagnoli says the team is now focused on beating the Crimson. "We're fine," Bagnoli said. "We were depressed on Sunday, as we should have been. They were a little bit upset at their play, as they should have been. But now you just worry about the next one. You can't get that one back." Penn's goals have now shifted for the final two weekends of the season. "It's important to have the best won-loss record we can have," Bagnoli said. "We're going to try to win two more games, end the season on a positive note, get momentum going into the off-season, and get kids lifting." · Senior wide receiver Miles Macik continues to move up in the Quakers record book. Macik now owns the Ivy League reception mark with 125 catches in his career. It is also still possible for him to break Don Clune's Penn record for career receiving yards. With two games remaining Macik needs 248 yards to pass Clune. Also, junior quarterback Mark DeRosa's 160 yards through the air Saturday vaulted him to second on the Quakers' all-time passing yardage list. His career total of 3,471 yards remains 483 behind Jimmy McGeehan, who threw for 3,954 yards from 1991 to 1993. · With the Ivy crown gone, it's never too early to start thinking about next year. Quakers fans can expect to see some of the team's younger players getting some action in the final two games. "We're going to play some of the kids," Bagnoli said. "It's in our best interest now." Bagnoli will be especially interested in watching some of his inexperienced offensive linemen play. Sophomore Mike Weaver, junior Tom Krol and sophomore Adam Conish have all seen limited time this year but will see more now, according to Bagnoli. Junior receiver Brian Bonanao and sophomore defensive back Mike Ferguson will also be among those getting playing more. "We're not going to radically diminish the time of the guys already out there," Bagnoli said. "We just want to get them in the game and used to varsity competition."