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Realized that I never linked to the stories in Friday's football supplement. They're a good way to keep your mind off what happened on the last play of Saturday's game.

If you're keeping track of predictions this year, mark me one down. I said on Friday's podcast previewing the Villanova game that Kyle Olson would likely not serve as the Quakers punter. I had good reason -- he wasn't on the depth chart at the position at all. Assuming Robert Irvin got the nod at quarterback, which he did, I figures that the coaches would have to be 100 percent sure he was healthy before using their backup somewhere else.

I was wrong. Olson took all six punts for Penn and totaled 230 yards. That's a 38.6-yard average, and he stuck the Wildcats inside their own 20 on half of his punts. Last year, Penn's Anthony Melillo punted just under 2,100 yards for an average of 35.6.

Since the team is not available to the media until the Tuesday after a game, I encourage readers to drop a thought about Saturday's game in the comment box. If you have a question you would like us to ask a coach or player on Tuesday, leave it as well, or send it to scurria@sas.upenn.edu.

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