A dominating win

It was Columbia, but the Quakers certainly put up a surprisingly dominant performance up against the Lions, throwing up 59 points on the scoreboard. Here are a few random notes about what I saw.

This is hardly an insight, anyone could figure this out, but the defense, (particularly the front seven) was dominant all day long.

As Columbia coach Norries Wilson warned his team, Naheem Harris and Jay Colabella gave his unit fits all day. But it wasn't just the regulars -- cornerback Greg Ambrogi had three tackles for loss and 11 in total, Josh Neubert had a big hit that forced an interception that ended up in the hands of Mark Washington.

The Quakers, in all, had three sacks, 10 tackles for loss in all, forced three turnovers and allowed the Columbia running backs to take 13 carries for only 33 yards.

Even on the early 90-yard pass to set up Columbia's lone first half score, Craig Hormann was lit up as he threw it, and it took a perfect throw and a basket catch to bring it in. Stopping Austin Knowlin, who caught that pass, was the only real weakness. He seemed like he was generally left in single-coverage (often ending up against safety Jordan Manning) and last year's Rookie of the Year burned Penn for 10 receptions, 188 yards and two touchdowns.

It was good to see the old Joe Sandberg back. He was patient, shifty, fast and powerful. I don't really need to say much more.

Bryan Walker played his role -- he was a fantastic 16-for-21 for two touchdowns and no interceptions. He didn't try to do too much, spread the ball around and let Sandberg do his thing.

It was also good to see Scott Graham in the CN8 booth, gotta miss him since he's left the Phillies' radio broadcast. He was paired with former Eagles and Raiders fullback Jon Ritchie, and he certainly wasn't bad.

My favorite part of the telecast came when Graham laughed, and then explained that in between plays he was watching Lions kicker Jon Rocholl warming up, when he went to kick a ball and fell flat on his ass. Rocholl then went on to get his terrible field goal attempt blocked and returned for a touchdown.

And seriously, how can anyone argue Bagnoli should have pulled back on the reins at the end of the first half? While I admit I stopped watching at halftime, it would have been just as disrespectful for Bagnoli to give up the Lions for dead in the first half. This is Division I football, it's the Ivy League, go play intramurals brother.