Random Ivy notes for 6/2

 

1) Yesterday I talked about how it's only 110 days until football season. Well you know what that means. Time for magazine previews. I picked up my copy of the Sporting News college football preview the other day. The Ivy League got a full page, as did almost all FCS conferences.

According to SN, Harvard will win the Ivy League, but Penn has the best chance of preventing a Harvard three-peat. The magazine especially likes the Penn defense, as the headline of the Ivy section is "Penn defense aims to make Crimson blush" (yeah stupid pun). As such, the Penn @ Harvard game on November 14 is the Ivy game to watch.

(Don't know if I agree that Brendan McNally and Kyle Olson are the top candidates for QB, since Olson is recovering from the triple knee injury, while McNally is a converted safety. Instead, Keiffer Garton looks to be the top gunslinger.)

Penn also has some individual hype. Senior CB Chris Wynn is listed as the top Ivy defensive player, while WR Joe Holder, despite being listed as a sophomore on Penn Athletics, is listed as the top Ivy newcomer. In addition, kicker Andrew Sansom is listed as the first team All-FCS kicker.

In terms of Penn's non-league opponents, Villanova is predicted to finish third in FCS, though second in their CAA division behind Richmond, who SN predicts will be No. 1 in the nation. For the Patriot League teams, Lafayette is predicted fourth (though with the league's top defensive player, LB Mark Leggiero) and Bucknell is predicted sixth (out of seven).

2) The sports twitterati just grew a little larger as now Cornell M. Hoops coach Steve Donahue is on Twitter. I wonder what a Glen Miller twitter account would look like. Something like this? (HT CBB)

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