Football roundup

I've been on vacation for the last couple of weeks, so I'm sorry there haven't been too many updates on The Buzz. So here's a post recapping some of the big football news of the last two weeks. I'm also going to post some basketball updates later.

The Ivy League announced its preseason media football poll, and Harvard is the clear favorite, receiving 10 out of 17 first-place votes. However, right behind them was Penn, receiving four, count 'em four, first-place votes. Brown came in third and received the remaining three first-place votes.

Though Penn does return a talented team, for them to match their preseason expectation, let alone win the league, they'll have to win on the road, as they travel to Providence and Boston (not to mention Hanover). In fact, the team will travel 1, 908 miles just for those three games alone (that's farther than Philadelphia to Denver). You can read some thoughts of Penn coach Al Bagnoli and Harvard coach Tim Murphy about the traveling over at Soft Pretzel Logic.

Some other highlights from Ivy media day include audio with the coaches, the list of games Sirius radio will cover (Penn gets three), and the master list of individual and team preseason honors.

Lastly, you might recall there was a fire at 40th and Spruce two weeks ago. Turns out that Penn football players, including preseason All-American CB Chris Wynn, lost their apartment in the blaze (no one was injured). However, they're already on the road to recovering.