Mid-Monday Mix: Old-fashioned rear-end kicking

What is a new-era rear-end kicking? That's the real question I have after this Saturday's blowout loss in Penn football's opener.

"Spanked at the Frank" is what my colleague Brian Kotloff called the 37-12 drubbing, which coach Al Bagnoli described as the above title. Jennifer Scuteri recaps the action, which seemed to go from mediocre, to bad, to worse as the evening wore on. But hey, if you were there, you can tell everyone you saw the first blocked PAT returned for a 2-point conversion in 13 years! My man Ethan Alter also says we shouldn't blame Bagnoli for the loss, even though he tried to shoulder the blame in the post-game presser.

Rundown:

I guess they're not invincible. Women's soccer finally lost (and finally gave up a goal...or three), dropping a 3-2 contest to George Mason Sunday. The Quakers did pull of a nice 1-0 win over James Madison on Friday, but, as coach Darren Ambrose put it, “There was no edge to us. We were just not alive,” on Sunday.
Men's soccer was able to stay out of the loss column this weekend, tying Georgetown in a thriller Friday and beating Villanova Sunday, thanks to two goals from sophomore Stephen Baker.
One game into their Ivy season, Penn field hockey has matched their win total from last year. The Quakers took down last year's runner up, Cornell, with a 1-0 win at Franklin Field this weekend. As an aside, I'll note that our field hockey beat, Mike Wisniewski, called the win after seeing a double rainbow over Franklin Field at Thursday's practice.
CSFL co-champ Sprint football must be losing it's edge. They only beat Princeton 34-0.
After two tournament losses, Penn volleyball returned to the Palestra to host the Penn Invitational and won the thing. They did drop one match to William and Mary.

Weekend win: The honor this week goes to Emily Corcoran. The frosh scored her first collegiate goal in field hockey's upset. Talk about big time.

Multimedia: I will probably regret it, but here's a video recap of Penn football vs. Lafayette narrated by yours truly. I'm no Noah Rosenstein, but what can you do?

Extra Extra: Here's a photo gallery from sophomore skimmer with some crazy photos of hot-air balloons. Why not?