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(11/18/96 10:00am)
To the Editor: In recent years, several other student newspapers have adopted similar strategies. When I was an editor of The Chronicle, the daily student paper at Duke University, we developed a monthly "In this corner? In that corner" section that served the same function. Implicit in these types of editorial presentations, however, is a responsibility on the part of the editorial staff not normally present for regular columns. Regular columns merely represent the opinions of their authors, who are typically given the freedom to write on any topic they choose -- and, of course, to argue any side of a story. While Stephen Thompson's piece, "Always spare the chair," represented a thoughtful discussion of one side of the issue, the community was done little service by College sophomore John Mamoun's truly sophomoric judgements as to who is and is not a "high-quality human being." Hopefully future editions of "Both Sides" will be better paired in terms of the quality of insight. Scott Halpern Medicine '00 To the Editor: In his guest column "Execute Sled's murderers," John Mamoun claimed execution is the best punishment for those who kill someone of significantly more societal worth ("Execute Sled's murderers," DP, 11/14/96). Mamoun attached "worth to society" to "quality as a human being." In judging quality as a human being, he appears to disregard someone's willingness to kill another person, while considering level of education as definitively good. This view not only makes acceptable an educated person's murder of an uneducated person of high moral fiber, but seems to encourage it. Mamoun then asks "What if a high-quality human being destroys another high-quality human being?" A high-quality human being does not destroy another human being. Doesn't Mamoun know his commandments? Paul Smith College '99
(03/21/96 10:00am)
The resignation of AlumniThe resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeThe resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeChairperson Sam MaitinThe resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeChairperson Sam Maitinspeaks volumes aboutThe resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeChairperson Sam Maitinspeaks volumes abouteditorial independence forThe resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeChairperson Sam Maitinspeaks volumes abouteditorial independence forcampus publications.The resignation of AlumniPublications CommitteeChairperson Sam Maitinspeaks volumes abouteditorial independence forcampus publications.___________________________ The whispers have gotten louder since Lyle's departure, and may have come to a crescendo this month, with the resignation of Sam Maitin, chairperson of the Alumni Publications Committee. Maitin's announcement follows resignations by History Professor Michael Zuckerman and Communications Professor Emeritus Robert Shayon, similarly influential committee members. All three men, respected for their contributions to their fields and knowledgeable about journalism, pleaded with University President Judith Rodin and General Alumni Society President Elsie Sterling Howard to allow a group of alumni who are professional journalists to share oversight of the Gazette with administrators. But the same administrators, unwilling to risk offending wealthy alumni by letting the magazine's staff continue to have free rein over what is printed, refused the committee's offer. Undoubtedly, Shayon, Zuckerman and Maitin felt they had to do something -- anything -- to show the University community what's really going on in Development and Alumni Relations. We applaud their decisions, and hope they will not be silent if prior review continues, despite a lack of official involvement in the governing of campus publications.
(12/14/95 10:00am)
But to this member of The Pennsylvania Gazette's outside board of professional advisors for over 20 years, Tony Lyle was a close incarnation of of Josiah Bounderby, the prosperous manufacturer in Hard Times. He was, as Dickens described him, a "bully of humility," who intimidated his acquaintances by claiming he came from such base stock and unspeakable poverty that it was a mark of his achievement that he had climbed so high in life.(It turned out he actually had impeccable middle-class roots.) Tony was a certifiable "bully of integrity," who intimidated his colleagues by his unwillingness to compromise his principles in the interest of getting along. His fixation was that The Pennsylvania Gazette was, first and foremost, a quality magazine -- to be judged by the same standards as, say, The New Yorker or Harper's -- and not as the neutered, neutral puff sheet that many in the University administration wished the magazine to be. The mission of the magazine as Lyle saw it (and as the many administrations he served for over 30 years also put it) was to be "an objective reporter on the University of Pennsylvania." Tony took that charge quite literally, but it turned out that successive Penn administrations thought the magazine was really only another instrument to raise enough big bucks from the alumni so that Penn officials (with the exception of its magazine editors) could be the highest paid in the United States. Indeed, the administrations almost invariably wanted the magazine to include a column from the then-current Penn president in every issue -- a potential avenue for self-aggrandizement and puffery which Tony resisted as best he could, on the grounds that the inclusion of such an official voice (and undoubtedly a ghost written one at that) would turn the magazine into a house organ. Penn presidents like Sheldon Hackney reluctantly backed off when the "bully of integrity" refused to cave in and run their columns. Current president Judith Rodin, though, was more successful. By this time, the "bully" was approaching his 60th year. His resolution had been ground down by an unfavorable performance report from an alumni relations poohbah which came, ironically, in 1995 -- the same year his magazine had been chosen by the editors of Newsweek and collegial publications as the winner of the Sibley Award, given to honor the best alumni magazine in the country! Penn's Gazette better than Harvard's? Better than Princeton's? Unthinkable. Penn is rarely voted best of anything. But this encomium, unfortunately, did not ameliorate Tony's unfavorable performance rating. Tony, in short. was being shown the door. The "bully of integrity" had run into the bullies of bureaucracy. Perhaps the flunking grade was awarded because of Tony Lyle's many other integrity hang-ups. He believed, for example, that any reader who sent the Gazette a letter deserved to have it published -- no matter how crackpot that letter was. As a consequence, the magazine's Letters column was one of its liveliest features -- Trustees were attacked, "water buffaloes" celebrated, politically incorrect opinions aired. In short, no view, no matter how provocative, went unpublished. Tony even ran letters from indignant alumni who threatened to write the University out of their wills because some article or letter had aroused their ire. The Serrano exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art -- with its "Piss Christ" photograph --was a particular b_te noir. Of course, despite the irate ranter or two, most of recipients loved the Gazette -- and the university that sponsored it -- precisely for its candor. Constantly short-funded by the administration, the magazine had to appeal to its 80,000 alumni readers (who get the Gazette for free) for donations to keep its quality up. And the alumni mailed in as much as $200,000 after each appeal to show their support for the magazine whose undeniable integrity reminded them of the best things about their Penn experience. But that is all history. The bad news is that the Gazette has now embarked on a search for another editor, preferably tamer than the last one. The good news is that the "bully of integrity" has parachuted safely back to Earth.
(10/13/95 9:00am)
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(04/14/95 9:00am)
Last spring, the Penn men's tennis teams lost to both Brown and Yale 5-2. This weekend the Red and Blue hope to avenge the defeat as they prepare to host the Elis and Bears at Lott Tennis Courts. Both Brown and Yale finished ahead of Penn last year in the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association standings. This year, Brown has earned a reputation for being talented, but spotty. "They're going to try and overpower us," Penn coach Gene Miller said. "They try to put you away quickly, so they can be dangerous." Penn has already beaten Yale this year, squeaking by with a 4-3 victory in the fall. That contest was a dogfight, with Penn down 3-2 at one point and freshman David Graziani locked in a third-set tiebreaker. Graziani outlasted his opponent, and the Quakers won the next match to seal the victory. There is no love lost between the two teams. Yale has a tendency to take a hard-nosed approach to competition. "When you play against Ivies, the teams are usually courteous," captain Neil Aaronson said. "Not Yale." The Quakers intend to play solid tennis and concentrate on putting away their opponents quickly and quietly. Taking care of business is the priority for Penn, not maintaining a rivalry. "We have to do our talking with our rackets," Miller said. It is a particularly critical point in the season for Penn. After succumbing last weekend to Eastern powerhouses Dartmouth and Harvard, the Quakers needs to win their remaining contests to keep their hopes of qualifying for the NCAA tournament alive.
(04/12/95 9:00am)
As the last glimpse of sunlight slipped behind the West Philadelphia horizon yesterday, Mike Shannon fired his helmet across Bower Field. Meanwhile, the expletives muttered under Tim Henwood's breath echoed through the blustery April air. Frustration abounded for the Penn baseball team. And rightly so. The Quakers had just been swept by lowly Lehigh on their home field. They have now lost five in a row and six of their last seven, dropping their record to a measly 11-15. Ah, just weeks ago this was a season with such promise. Penn lost just two every-day starters and has its entire starting rotation back from the 1994 squad that was one game away from winning the Ivy League championship. This 1995 season was going to be a celebration of coach Bob Seddon's 25th anniversary at the Quakers' helm. This 1995 season was going to cap Penn's dominance in the major sports, possibly making the Quakers the first Ivy school in history to sweep the football, basketball and baseball crowns in the same academic year. The expectations have not been met. Not even close. Thus far, the Quakers have resembled the keystone cops more than Ivy League champions. In their last four contests, the Red and Blue have committed a whopping 13 errors. There was the booted ground ball with two out in the seventh inning and the game knotted at 2 that cost Penn the first game at Yale this past weekend. Three more miscues helped eradicate a 4-1 Penn lead in the nightcap. Yesterday, it was a ground ball between the legs that sparked a Lehigh rally in game one, giving the Engineers a 3-2 win. That error was one of three in the game, to only four Quakers hits. That's one way to neutralize solid veteran pitching. Don't worry, though. Physical miscues are not the only faux pas made by the Quakers. Penn has not played heads-up baseball of late, either. In yesterday's second game, Lehigh took control of a tied game in the top of the seventh without getting a hit. After a leadoff walk, the Penn catcher instructed his pitcher to try to make a play at second on a sacrifice bunt. Everybody was safe. With runners on first and second with nobody out, a pickoff attempt at second base sailed into center field. A sacrifice fly and suicide squeeze later, and the Quakers trailed 5-3, a lead they would never make up. But they could have. Stupidity erased a rare piece of good fortune for the Quakers. Penn's leadoff batter in the bottom of the seventh flared a single into right field. After reaching first base, he rounded the bag (possibly hoping to get a better view of the lovely AT & T building across the Schuylkill) and, believe it or not, the throw from the Lehigh right fielder nabbed him while he was trying to scurry back to first. So much for that all-important leadoff man. A baserunning mistake had cost Penn a run in the bottom of the sixth as well. Miscues like these have cost Penn almost all 15 games it has lost this season. Make no mistake about it though, this ball club does have talent. Right now, the team is lacking something else. What that is -- whether it's confidence, chemistry, desire or heart -- is hard to tell. That is not my judgement to make. The Quakers will make that judgement for themselves and everybody else when they travel to Ithaca for four games against Gehrig Division-rival Cornell this weekend. Penn trails the Big Red and Princeton by only one game in the standings. So, despite all the troubles and unfulfilled expectations, the sun has not entirely set on Penn's season. But shadows are lurking. Jed Walentas is a College junior from New York and Sports Editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
(04/06/95 9:00am)
Guest Column At Penn, a staggering percentage of the campus population is Asian American; undoubtedly, our presence is both substantial and diverse. We occupy all facets of the University -- from the English seminars to the Biology lecture halls, from the dance troupes to the cultural groups. Implicit in our diversity is the belief in choice -- that is, we regard choice as imperative to the shaping of our identity; we can choose to live on the (Asian Hall) in the high rises or the fraternity houses, choose to write for the Penn Review or Mosaic. This is essential to both our identities as individuals and as Asian Americans. However, choice implies freedom, a freedom to shape our identity and in many ways, control it. But the irony to all this is that our identities are not a product of choices but of non-choices; that our identities evolved from a continual process of negating, not affirming the issues that surround us. What is Asian American? In playwright Frank Chin's words, Asian American is not Asian nor white American, but distinctly (and uniquely) Asian American. But for Chin and many like him, Asian American is a result of denying what you are, or more accurately, what you are presumed to be -- neither a "yellow white" nor a foreigner, neither half of each nor more of one. And being Asian American is a product of non-choices -- the non-choice of being the model minority, the non-choice of being obscured in the analects of American history, the non-choice of being seen by many as possessing an Asian sensibility that denies me the absolute right to claim myself a red-blooded American. Asian Americans, our choices are not choices; they are a result of the processes that have made us invisible, that have made us turn away from truly defining ourselves. There is nothing profitable in holding on to a sensibility that has yet to be truly created; right now it is only profitable to reject what it is not. Understand the power of this negation -- that we have all but denied ourselves out of existence. Understand, too, that the non-choices make us react, but not create. We are invisible on our classroom syllabuses, invisible when we stroll down Locust Walk, invisible in our school paper because, from the moment we where born,we're given non-choices that were said to define us. We say we are neither Bruce Lee nor Charlie Chan, neither assimilated Americans nor foreign sojourners. But then, who are we? The power of non-choice was never felt more harshly for me than this past summer. Working as a reporter intern for the New York Daily News, I was given the assignment of the Chinatown serial rapist. The victim was a six-year old child of Cantonese immigrants and my editor sent me out everyday for five days after the rape to talk to the family. They where hoping I might get the girl to speak about the experience and recount her side of the story. On my last day, I rode the dimly-lit graffitied elevator up eleven flights and knocked on the same gray-blue metal door of the victim's apartment. Not surprisingly, no one answered. But standing in that hallway I noticed something for the first time -- there was not another reporter in sight since the story died down a week ago. And here I has, knocking tirelessly at a door I knew would never open. The realization hit me. It didn't make sense but then again, it made all the sense in the world. It was because I was Chinese American and, to my editors, if being Chinese meant anything in the Chinatown community, it meant I could get my foot in the door and have the family do for me what no white, black or Latino reporter could. Because of the color of my skin and the shape of my eyes I was given the non-choice of possessing some continuous link with Asian-ness -- that their faith in my success was somehow linked to my "foreignness." Never mind that I barely spoke Mandarin and the family spoke Cantonese -- I had been all but erased in my editor's desire for a "scoop." My reaction, of course, was to reject this provincialism -- in my repudiation, I affirmed my Asian- American identity. In the course of this, however, I realized that my Asian-American identity was constantly a product of my rejections; it didn't work the other way around. My Asian-American identity was a result of what I was not -- not what I am. There are those of you who will disagree with me, who say they know and understand what Asian American is, who have worked hard at defining and shaping it. To you I ask, "How do you account for our asymtotic existence inherent in our cultural groupings, always touching but never blending into each other? How do you account for the need of sovereignty within Korean-American, Chinese-American, Filipino- American communities and so forth if our greater identity is to be Asian American?" Why is the word "Asian American," so problematic to define? In my last few weeks at Penn, I am left to wonder what will happens upon graduation, when large percentage on campus suddenly find themselves reduced to three percent -- just three percent of the entire population in the U.S. What power do we have to transcend these diffused numbers? In our quest to stop others from defining us, will we continually forget to define ourselves?
(12/15/94 10:00am)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Even Fran Dunphy, the reserved Quakers coach with a temperament as steady as his star guard's poise, was blunt after the Penn men's basketball team went to Crisler Arena and beat No. 25 Michigan 62-60 Tuesday night. Not that Dunphy wasn't entitled. After all, Jerome Allen's leaner on national television with 4.4 seconds left may have an impact on the program well beyond Allen's Penn career. "This is as good as it gets, quite honestly. It's a name team, a nationally recognized team with some very good players. A team that will get better as the years go on, with a terrific coach, and a real class act," Dunphy said. "I'm happy to have come here and to have come away with a victory. It means a great deal to our program." With five seniors on the Penn roster, all starters, the exposure was critical to getting a new top-notch recruiting class. Requests for admissions applications likely exploded yesterday. And when Dunphy goes on his recruiting trip this weekend, Penn may just have some name recognition. Allen's shot was "a 10-foot, one-handed, hook-shot leaner," according to teammate Tim Krug. Nothing special, other than it saved a game Michigan had stormed back to tie at 60 on a Jimmy King layup with 15 seconds left. Penn had led by 21 points in the first half. King, one of the original Fab Five members, scored 12 points, while the other remaining member, Ray Jackson, got into foul trouble and scored only six points in 32 minutes. Michigan coach Steve Fisher benched King for the first five minutes of the second half out of frustration with the Wolverines' play, which resulted in a Penn 41-28 halftime lead. "It wasn't just Jimmy, but Jimmy is a senior and he's been here for a long time," Fisher said. "I didn't think several of them were giving the type of effort that you have to have if you're going to win." Fisher said he is still searching for a clutch shooter to replace former Fab Fivers Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose, who have left for the NBA. Penn (4-1) stormed out to a 24-5 lead behind a shooting clinic from its guards. While Allen (3-for-11 shooting, 6 points) struggled from the field for most of the night, Scott Kegler and Matt Maloney canned three-pointers repeatedly with wide open looks at the basket. Maloney shot 6 for 12 from the field, including four three-pointers. He and forward Eric Moore were the game's leading scorers with 18 points each. Moore was a perfect 10 for 10 from the charity stripe. Kegler was 5 of 12 from behind the three-point line, scoring 15 points. The other senior starter, Shawn Trice, returned to his native Michigan and had 11 rebounds. His clutch steal late in the game, when each possession swung the emotion like a pendulum, was crucial. During its afternoon walk-through, the Michigan coaching staff expressed concern about giving Penn's perimeter players open looks at the basket. The Quakers took advantage. The only other time Allen had seen Penn shoot this well was in practice, he said. Meanwhile, the shooting woes that have plagued the Wolverines all season haunted them again. Michigan (4-4) shot 1 for 11 from three-point range in the first half, and shot just 22 of 61 from the field in the game. "We became disjointed, tried too hard one-on-one to get it back, and you can't do that. Frustration set in big time," Fisher said. As the time ticked away, the Penn bench was celebrating. Cedric Laster and Jamie Lyren, two players who figure to receive playing time next year, joined in the cheerleading. The Quaker mascot danced to the Michigan band, and then was taunted by a student section that came alive late after being silenced for much of the contest. Michigan had not lost to an Ivy team since a 91-82 setback to Princeton 23 seasons ago. When time expired, after a last-second shot by Maurice Taylor missed its mark, the Quakers stormed the court. Allen walked over to Dick Vitale, the loud ESPN broadcaster with the huge assortment of cliches. A few feet away, Jackson had collapsed and was rolling face down on the floor by the ESPN courtside booth in disbelief. Vitale had visited Penn's shoot-around earlier in the day to give the Quakers inspiration. "One of the things he talked about was don't let anybody ever talk you out of your dreams," Kegler said. "And if you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. And I think that was our whole mentality during the game."
(12/15/94 10:00am)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Penn runs the play countless times in practice. When the Quakers reach game time, it seems like an everyday routine. Jerome Allen lifts a closed fist at halfcourt. He penetrates, the defense collapses, then Allen finds fellow guards Matt Maloney or Scott Kegler spotting up for an open three-pointer. But after Penn had burned Michigan all night with that same play, the Wolverines were not going to let it happen with the game on the line. With the game tied at 60 and 15.3 seconds remaining, Allen brought the ball to midcourt. He didn't have to raise a closed fist -- everyone in Crisler Arena already knew what was coming. But this time, when Allen drove into the lane, the Michigan defenders stayed close to their men. So Allen took the shot himself. After struggling all night, Allen made the game winner. The eight-foot leaner over Jimmy King with 4.4 seconds left gave Penn the 62-60 victory. "I was struggling all night," Allen said. "To actually do something that was positive gave me a good feeling inside. I persevered through tough times." Those tough times almost cost Penn the game. Allen, the Quakers' leading scorer entering Tuesday night, connected on just two of his 10 prior shots. The 80-percent free-throw shooter also missed his one attempt from the charity stripe. His inbounds passes were stolen. He got called for a charging foul. To make matters worse, Allen also turned the ball over five times. The senior captain's troubles did not take place only on the offensive end of the floor. With Penn clinging to a four-point lead with just 55.5 seconds remaining, King took a long three-point attempt. The shot hit the rim and bounced out of the basket. But Allen had fouled King, who went to the line for three shots. After King hit two free throws, Michigan still trailed by two points. The Wolverines again called King's number. He penetrated past Allen and hit the tying layup high off the glass to tie the game at 60. Every mistake Allen made during the first 39 minutes, 55.6 seconds of the game was forgotten with his final shot. "He didn't have a particularly good game," Penn coach Fran Dunphy said. "But as usual, when those kinds of big shots needed to be taken and made, a kid like him will do it. I'm very thankful that he did." But Allen almost didn't make the shot. As he twisted and turned through the lane and guided the ball toward the basket, not everyone was convinced it was going in. "I didn't think it had a chance of going in," Kegler said. "He turned around, and I didn't think he thought it was going in." Even Allen couldn't explain what he did. "I really can't say what kind of shot it was," he said. "Jump shot? Half hook? Did I throw it up behind my head?" In the end, it doesn't really matter how it went in. All that counts is that it did go in.
(12/01/94 10:00am)
Last season, for the first time in coach Randy Ayers' four years at the helm of the Ohio State men's basketball team, the Buckeyes did not qualify for a postseason tournament. And that was the good news for Ayers, whose squad plays Penn Saturday at the Palestra. Bigger problems loomed in the immediate future of this once proud basketball institution. In May, Ayers' prized incoming freshman, Damon Flint, was ruled ineligible to play for the Buckeyes after at least 17 NCAA violations were tied to his recruitment. The 6-foot-5 swingman has since enrolled at Cincinnati and OSU has been placed on probation. From there, the trouble just got worse. After two transfers and three dismissals, the Buckeyes will now have to struggle to repeat last season's success. And last season did not exactly go OSU's way, as the Buckeyes finished with a 13-16 record, their first losing season in 17 years. While other teams were dancing in the NCAA tournament, OSU received its second major blow. Charles Macon, a 6-7 forward and former Indiana Mr. Basketball, pleaded guilty to theft, drunken driving and marijuana possession. While serving a one-year suspension from the team, Macon failed out of the university. In April, Gerald Eaker, who led the team with 36 blocked shots last season, got in trouble with his teammates. His scholarship was lifted after he shot out the tire of a car owned by Antonio Watson. He left OSU after this incident. The month for Ayers, however, was just beginning. Rickey Dudley, one of the few big men on the Buckeyes was charged with drunken driving. After he failed to pay his $300 in fines and $69 in court costs, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Dudley paid these dues and returned to play tight end for the football team, and should be joining the hoops squad in the near future. Throughout these months, junior guard Greg Simpson was involved with an array of incidents. First he was arrested for drunken driving, then an assault charge was dropped and finally he was the get-away driver involved in the team shooting incident. As if these charges and problems were not enough, he was recently involved in a fight with a former girlfriend. And as the Buckeyes' days in courts mounted, the few remaining stars fled before the situation got worse. Derek Anderson, who led Ohio State against Penn last season with 23 points and some amazing heroics, transferred to Kentucky. Following this lead, Nate Wilbourne left for South Carolina. After all these defections and dismissals, OSU returns only 10 percent of its scoring, 11 percent of its rebounding and 12 percent of its assists. Last year's success may be hard for the Buckeyes to repeat
(11/21/94 10:00am)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Mark DeRosa was in pain all week. After tearing ligaments in his thumb on his throwing hand, he was unable to throw a football until Thursday. But even after that carefully guarded performance, the coaches were not sure he was ready for Saturday. He didn't have the zip he usually has on his passes. He couldn't throw a tight spiral. And he was in extreme pain. He just wasn't himself. But Saturday meant too much. It was for a second consecutive perfect season. It was a Division I-AA record 21 straight wins. It was the last game in the seniors' careers. "It hurt," DeRosa admitted after the Quakers' 18-14 win Saturday over Cornell. "The decision was up to me of whether I could throw the ball, and I figured I had to at least go and find out. You're so caught up in the emotion of the game, you don't have time to let things bother you." DeRosa refused to let his thumb or the cast bother him Saturday. Even though he is having his right thumb operated on 8 a.m. today, he just wouldn't give in to the pain. Every time he went to the sideline, coach Al Bagnoli asked him about his thumb, but DeRosa would not come out of this game. "He's a tough kid to get a straight answer out of," Bagnoli said. "He kept saying, 'Feels great.' " Bagnoli made sure backup Steve Teodecki stayed ready on the sideline. And as Teodecki watched, DeRosa stenciled his name into the annals of Penn history as he threw for 360 yards, the most ever for a Red and Blue passer. DeRosa took every blitz, every knockdown and every sack Cornell could muster. And for more than 45 minutes, it appeared as if Bagnoli was making a mistake. In Penn's first series, DeRosa threw a slow pass behind Leo Congeni that was intercepted by Chris Hanson. His passes were continually batted down on the line. He missed Miles Macik open in the end zone. The passes were overthrown, underthrown and intercepted. And when he did complete passes, it just wasn't the same. DeRosa lofted passes he used to be able to bullet into his receivers. He found Felix Rouse behind the Big Red defense, but Rouse had to stop and wait for the ball -- a sure touchdown was turned into just a long completion. But DeRosa just kept coming. Regardless of the hits, he stayed in the pocket as long as he could. And finally, in that final period, he found his old high school teammate. Mark Fabish ran a post pattern, beat Andrew Slocum, and high-stepped into the end zone. "In high school, we always ran the post route," DeRosa said. "He's probably the fastest kid on the team. He can get behind anyone. We needed a big play to ignite us." And after DeRosa found Congeni to convert the the extra point, Penn found itself down by just three points with 14 minutes, 17 seconds remaining. After stalling six times in Cornell territory, the Quakers finally put an end to the drought. But the high-school connection was not done. With 4:20 left, Penn got the ball back with one last chance to win the game. After DeRosa was sacked, the Quakers faced a seemingly impossible third and 19. Fabish was supposed to cut across the middle. He was supposed to set up a short fourth-down play. But when Fabish saw the middle was clogged, he decided to run deep. "He made a beautiful read," DeRosa said. "I was looking for him across the middle. When I saw him take off, there was no hesitation. I had to go to him." After holding the ball for as long as he could, DeRosa finally let it go. As Fabish tucked it away, he landed on the one-yard line. The pain it took DeRosa to throw that pass wasn't even noticeable. The memory of the crushing blow delivered just one play earlier was forgotten. For a moment, DeRosa forgot he was wearing a cast on his hand. He ran down the field, and was too winded even to call the next play. Nothing was going to stop DeRosa. He called the play. The Quakers eventually fought their way into the end zone to take the lead for good. And Mark DeRosa didn't feel the pain.
(11/16/94 10:00am)
When he came into football camp this fall, Dana Lyons didn't know if he would play. He hoped he could fit into the defensive backfield somewhere, but with three starters returning, there was not much room. The only opening was at free safety, where all-Ivy player Jim Magallanes used to reside. But at a mere 160 pounds and a natural cornerback, Lyons does not appear big enough to play safety. How is a 160-pound defensive back supposed to tackle 200-pound fullbacks? How is he supposed to knock down mammoth tight ends? "That was the thing everybody was concerned about," Penn coach Al Bagnoli recalls. "At 160 pounds, was he going to be that consummate safety who comes in there and knocks down the 210-pound halfback? Could he run the alley and make a play?" Lyons has heard this before. His size kept major colleges away when he was in high school. But he always believed in himself. Even after sitting on the bench nearly the entire 1993 campaign, he knew he was good enough to play. He never had a doubt. "Even though I am undersized, I always had confidence in my abilities," he says. "I'm not afraid to stick my head in there, even though I'm a little bit overmatched sometimes." Lyons has rarely been overmatched this year. Bagnoli knows he is not going to deliver devastating tackles like all-Ivy sensations Michael Turner and Pat Goodwillie. But when a tackle has to be made, Lyons will be there. It is his responsibility to stop big plays. But more importantly, it is his responsibility to make defensive adjustments on the field. "He's done a great job," Turner says. "He stepped into the position and has done a great job making the calls. That's really important because he's running the show on the field. He's basically the coach in the backfield." This success does not come easy. Lyons spends hours watching films, making sure he knows everything the opposition might throw at the nation's top-ranked defense. "Once I get the field, I don't want anything to surprise me, to shock me. I don't think you can ever be too prepared," he says. That preparation has paid off. In the season-opener against Lafayette, however, he still felt nervous. He never really felt comfortable in Penn's star-studded defense. But then with Dartmouth on the Penn 14-yard line and marching late in the first half of the first league contest, Lyons intercepted Ren Riley's pass. After that play, he finally felt like he belonged. "I didn't feel like I had an identity with the defense," Lyons says. "After the interception, I really felt like I could make an impact. I just finally felt comfortable out there." And as he grew into his new position, Lyons began to get noticed. Against Brown, he made a diving interception grab on the Brown 23-yard line to set up a Penn score. Then at Franklin Field the following week, he upended Yale's 6-foot-3, 220-pound running back, Keith Price, on a key third-and-one play. "A couple of our guys bounced off Price and pushed him back a little bit," defensive coordinator Mike Toop remembers. "Dana was the one who came up and took him down for a two-yard loss." "He broke a few tackles," Lyons says. "I was there. It was the play I had to make." That's what makes Lyons the ultimate safety. He possesses the speed and coverage ability of a top cornerback, but is still strong enough to make the big tackles. Beyond the physical tools, Lyons has proven he has mastered the mental aspect of playing the most important position in Penn's top-ranked 5-2 defense. "He's done a great job," strong safety Nick Morris says. "He doesn't get caught up in the game and he doesn't bite on fakes. Nobody's hit a big play on us, and a lot of that is a tribute to his play." And as the Quakers prepare for their final game of 1994, Lyons has found a home at free safety.
(11/07/94 10:00am)
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the first series of the second half, Penn starting quarterback Mark DeRosa was stepped on by the Princeton defense, literally. After lying on the grass for seemingly an eternity, he was carried to the sideline. There was no sign of the man who would eventually lead the Quakers to a 33-19 victory over the Tigers. Backup Steve Teodecki came in and tried to stall, but all eyes were still watching DeRosa writhing in pain on the trainer's tables. As they tended to his ankle, the play on the field was at a standstill. But after jogging with a severe limp on the Penn sideline, DeRosa returned to lead the Quaker offense with 16 minutes, 42 seconds remaining in the contest. And from there, as Yale upset Cornell 24-14 in New Haven, 21,985 spectators watched the Quakers clinch at least a share of the Ivy League title behind the strong arm and agile feet of Mark DeRosa. "It was a definite lift just to know Mark was okay, but it was more of a lift when he came out and completed his first pass," Penn wide receiver Miles Macik said of DeRosa's return. "It's not to say we don't have confidence in Steve Teodecki, because we do. But right now, Mark's our man and he's doing a great job back there. We were really excited when he came back in." When he had to, DeRosa (18 for 30, 243 yards, 3 touchdowns) had little difficulty finding his receivers. On a long third down, the red-shirt freshman bulleted the ball into Macik's all-American hands for a first down. Then he hit Leo Congeni crossing over the middle. To put Penn up by a two-touchdown margin, he lofted it up to Macik once again for a 23-yard touchdown strike and a 26-12 lead with only 9:26 remaining. Just 23 seconds later, DeRosa scrambled and pump faked before connecting with Macik (9 catches for 102 yards, 2 TDs) high-stepping for yet another 23-yard touchdown, putting the game out of reach and guaranteeing the Quakers their second consecutive Ivy title. "We went into the game with such high hopes and great expectations," Princeton wide receiver Marc Ross said. "Now, we're a part of Penn getting the championship. We tried to deter them from getting that. It makes it hard to take." The first half, however, was not as flawless as Penn would have liked. After floundering around and looking quite inept on its first possession of the game, Penn came back to score on two consecutive drives. The first, featuring numerous DeRosa bootlegs and quick passes, resulted in a 30-yard Andy Glockner field goal. After holding the Tigers, Mark Fabish returned the ensuing punt 30 yards to set up a seemingly effortless 28-yard drive in Penn's very next four plays. The Quakers took advantage of a pass interference penalty called against Princeton's Jimmy Archie at the two-yard line to set up a DeRosa short-arm pass to Warren Rosborough for a touchdown. But after the extra point went wide, Princeton came back with trick plays and a little luck to score two unanswered touchdowns and take the lead temporarily. The Tigers' craftiness came in the form of option runs, play-action passes and numerous Marc Ross reverses. The second score was set up when Fabish fumbled a punt at the Penn 16-yard line. But even then, the Tigers should have known the game was not going their way. Brian Buckman's first extra point sailed wide left. Then his next conversion attempt was blocked by Michael Juliano, and Kevin Allen returned the ball 84 yards to cut Princeton's lead to 12-11. And then with only 3:01 showing on the clock in the first half, running back Terrance Stokes (31 carries for 110 yards, 1 TD) and Macik propelled Penn on a 60-yard drive, capped off by a Stokes 13-yard run and a two-point conversion to take a 19-12 lead into the intermission. "They spread the ball around well," Princeton coach Steve Tosches said. "We tried to put as much pressure on the quarterback as we possibly could. DeRosa made some great plays. He really rose to the occasion today." But when the Quakers took over after halftime, DeRosa was trampled during the second play, and left the game for most of the remainder of the third period. The Tigers, however, were unable to capitalize on their good fortune. Their one scoring opportunity, a 19-yard field goal attempt, was blocked by Juliano once again. And then before Princeton knew it, DeRosa was back in leading the Penn offense. From there, the Quakers marched to their 19th consecutive victory, one shy of the Division I-AA record. When the final gun sounded, although the goal posts remained standing, Penn was crowned Ivy League champion for the second straight season.
(11/07/94 10:00am)
He doesn't get to play much. He probably only sees the field three or four plays a game. So when Michael Juliano does get out there, he makes sure his efforts count. Saturday, this seldom-used defensive end was the catalyst that turned the game in Penn's favor. After Princeton marched for its second touchdown to go up 12-9 as the game neared halftime, the latest a Penn opponent has had a lead this year, Juliano came out to attempt to block the extra point. As Juliano came out onto the field, he looked around. He looked at safety Nick Morris and Jamie Daniels. They were stunned, in disbelief. No one could comprehend that the Tigers, in just over 23 minutes, had scored more points than any previous Quaker opponent had in an entire game. Juliano saw the team was down. The senior screamed at his teammates to get them into the game. But when that did not work, he picked his play up. As Princeton's Brian Buckman attempted the extra point, Juliano leapt through the air and sent the pigskin back towards the Tiger end zone. Kevin Allen scooped up the loose ball, and Juliano turned and looked at senior co-captain Michael Turner. They both knew no one was going to catch the speedy cornerback. And as the realization of what Juliano had just done sunk in, he jumped into Turner's arms. "It feels great to be a part of the team," Juliano said. "Usually I come in when it's 40-0, but this time I helped the team win. I don't mind if all I do is block kicks, because it's an important part of the team." Saturday, it proved to be an extremely important part of the game. Instead of being down by four points, suddenly the Quakers were within one. Suddenly, even though Penn was losing, the Quakers had the momentum. Juliano, who blocked a key extra point against Dartmouth and preserved Penn's shutout over Brown with a blocked field-goal attempt, has proved to be very valuable. Even coach Al Bagnoli admitted he was moving up the depth chart with his inspired performances. "Mike Juliano had a great game," the usually reserved coach said. "There's one of those unsung kids you never hear about. He had a great game. He's proved to be very, very valuable for us." But Juliano, never the raven for attention, gave all the credit to his teammates. "It was all the push by the front guys," Juliano said. "They crushed the center and all I have to do is jump. Really, it is pretty easy. I just look at the kicker and only think about him." At least Juliano makes it look pretty easy. In the third quarter, he did it again. He blocked a 19-yard field-goal attempt, protecting Penn's touchdown lead. As the ball went off his head and sailed wide right, the Quakers seemed to be rejuvenated. But even this stellar performance seemed to go unnoticed. Juliano didn't get to go to the press conference with his more celebrated teammates. In the locker room, however, his teammates know how important he was. Not one player passes him without patting him on the head. Not one player walks by him without yelling out his name. Defensive coordinator Mike Toop smokes a well-earned victory cigar, but he knows it was Juliano who lit it for him. And as Miles Macik and Mark DeRosa answered questions during the press conference, Juliano did his job and headed for the showers, just glad to be a part of the team. Just glad to contribute.
(11/03/94 10:00am)
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Marc Ross does not envision himself blocking for Terrance Stokes or catching a pass from Mark DeRosa, although he does think about what might have been had he come to Penn. Ross sits in a dimly lit classroom at Princeton University, listening to a monotonous lecture about the sociology of poverty. The increase in inequality means those tails in the income distribution are spreading out. So that means a lot of people in the lower part of the distribution are being pushed into poverty.? There are students in the front of the class intently taking notes. A couple others in the rear drop their heads. And as students shuffle papers, the professor concludes her Tuesday lecture. Just 94 hours, 30 minutes until Pennsylvania meets Princeton at Palmer Stadium. Ross came close to spending his time in Stiteler and Steinberg-Dietrich Halls, rather than at Old Nassau. His family lives just 15 minutes from the Penn campus, in suburban Sharon Hills. "I wanted to get away a little bit," Ross says. "Princeton's an hour away from my home, and that's close enough that I could go home on holidays and weekends." But this is not your local-student-who-can't-do-anything-wrong story. Ross came in as an unknown defensive player, and struggled academically. His grades turned around, and so did he -- from defense to offense. Ross is now a senior. He has had an up-and-down season. A huge game against Cornell gave him the spotlight, and the failure to break a punt return in the waning moments of a loss to Columbia weighs heavily upon him. "I talked to him after the game and I told him the game can't be boiled down to one play," says Bill Jordan, Ross' roommate and teammate. "But that's a player. A player wants the burden on his shoulders. He wants to put the team on his shoulders and take them for a ride. He has to realize there were a lot of other opportunities missed in that game." Jordan stands just inside the entrance to the Princeton locker room. He looks at the horseshoe stadium, with the track bordering the natural turf. He remembers the summers he and Ross spent running on the track. Ross is fast -- a state finalist in the 200 meters. "We'd come after dinner," Jordan says. "I wouldn't want to come and run my 40-yard dashes and 200s. He'd be there, 'Let's go!' cussing me out. 'Get out of bed, let's go.' He was the one who made me go out there and run." One day Jordan tried to catch Ross. He ended up throwing up in the tunnel. Ross continued running with another feisty little receiver named Michael Lerch. The since-graduated Lerch tackled ex-Penn quarterback Jim McGeehan on the final play two year's ago. It was Penn's last loss. Princeton went on to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth, and Penn rebounded for an undefeated season and outright championship in 1993. Ross regrets never winning the title outright. "There's nothing like winning something all your own," he says. There is no regret about selecting Princeton, though. And when Ross lines up at wide receiver and as a punt returner for Princeton Saturday, there will be no thought of what might have been had he been dressed in Red and Blue. "I don't regret coming to Princeton, but I always think about how my life would have been different if I would have went to Penn -- the friends I would have met, the football experience," Ross says. "I pictured how I would have fit in with the team. If I would have stayed at receiver, if I would have been a running back or defensive back. How I would have fit in."
(11/01/94 10:00am)
It was just a routine trap block up the middle. The running back, Terrance Stokes, took the handoff and ran right up the gut of the defense. Matt Tonelli, just a sophomore at the time, playing in his first varsity game, delivered a devastating block out of the tight end position. And although Stokes only gained about two yards on the play, it would be impossible to tell that from Tonelli's reaction. "Matt absolutely flattened the kid," Penn tight ends coach Brian Bowers recalls. "Matt had no concept of what was gained. He just got up, raised his arms in the air -- so proud of his block. When we watched the film, we all saw it and laughed because it was just a two-yard gain and you have this kid on the field going crazy." That is how Tonelli plays. His coaches may have thought at the time he was just an overexcitable kid playing in his first game. His teammates may have not understood what was going on. But Tonelli was just being himself, playing with the emotion of a child on a shopping spree at Toys 'R' Us. "He's always the most emotional guy on the field," fellow tight end Warren Rosborough says. "Whenever Miles Macik scores a touchdown, he is always the first to hug him and go crazy." But even with such displays of enthusiasm on the field, some how, some way, this charismatic leader seems to get lost in the shuffle behind all the great Penn football players. At the end of practice, his name does not even get announced in front of all of his teammates. "It gets kind of upsetting," Tonelli says of the lack of attention. "I mean, they just kind of forget about you. But all that matters is that the quarterback doesn't forget you." And although Tonelli relishes the spotlight and making the big catch, his fundamental responsibility as the starting tight end is blocking. In an offensive alignment that rarely utilizes a fullback, the Quakers rely heavily on the tight ends to trigger the ground attack. "His primary responsibility is the running game," Bowers says. "We tell them, 'You have to be able to block or you're not going to be able to play tight end.' In our program, our running game is based on our tight ends, so you better be able to block or you're not going to see the field." Ironically, it was Tonelli's desire to catch the ball that attracted him to Penn. To hear him describe it, "There's nothing better than getting the ball and hearing the crowd go wild." But as a high schooler from Gilberts, Ill., raised primarilly on basketball, he had heard very little about the Quakers. Once he visited the campus and met Al Bagnoli's staff, he was sold. "I saw there were a lot of possibilities," Tonelli says of his decision to attend Pennsylvania. "They made me feel at home, and I knew they used the tight end a lot." But Tonelli's relationship with the Penn coaching staff has not always gone the way he originally expected it. On the road trip against Dartmouth earlier this season, after arriving late in the evening, his roommate, Brian Higgins, still vividly recalls how Tonelli earned the pair extra running after practice. Since they both were thirsty, they headed to the vending machine down the hall. However, when they found it was broken, they headed downstairs to the hotel lobby in order to find something to drink. Naturally, upon seeing the hotel bar, they headed in and ordered their Cokes? "We looked up and saw ESPN SportsCenter, so we decided to sit down and watch it," Higgins recalls in a humorous light. "Matt said, 'Let's sit down and watch this.' I told him I wasn't sure about it, but he said it would be alright. A few minutes later, all the coaches walked in. Coach Bagnoli came right over. We got nailed drinking Cokes on a Thursday night on the road." Although the coaches may have gotten on Tonelli's case that September night in Hanover, they have rarely had reason to criticize his play on the field. "I think he has the ability to do it all," Bowers gloats. "He's definitely athletic enough for this league, by far. I think we have a good one."
(10/24/94 9:00am)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown's offense tried desperately to score. The Bears tried play-action passes. They attempted reverses. They pulled guards and tackles on their sweeps. Brown even attempted to go deep. But each time, with calculated precision, Penn stopped the Bears as suddenly, and with as much force, as a demolition ball. The tone for the game was set early. After an unexpected reverse on the opening kickoff, the Bears already had the ball on their 46-yard line. But then Kevin Allen swatted away a deep bomb. Then Tom McGarrity slammed Marquis Jessie to the ground on a pitch. And after Paul Fichiera was stopped after gaining just a few yards, Brown coach Mark Whipple called in the punter. "Every game, we want to hold a team to three-and-out," Penn nose guard Chris Johnson said. "As the season's gone on, we've gained some momentum. We just come out ready to play week in and week out." But Saturday was not just another game. It was something special. It was a unique performance during Penn's current 17-game winning streak. Saturday, the Quakers pitched their first shutout since Oct. 24, 1992, when they overwhelmed these same Bears, 38-0. "Is it really?" coach Al Bagnoli asked after his third shutout at the helm for Penn. "You guys have all the trivia. That will be a trivia answer someday." Actually, the yardage Brown gained in the first half was trivial. The Quakers held the Bears to only four yards in the first quarter, and only 45 in the half. After that initial possession, Brown found itself down 7-0, and already Whipple, who suffered his first shutout as a head coach, felt the need to go to the air. But that may have not been the best answer for the Bears. On the few attempts when Brown quarterback Jason McCullough was able to avoid the constant Quaker pressure, his receivers either were blanketed by the Penn defensive backs, or they dropped routine passes. In fact, the Bears never even made it past midfield until after halftime, when the contest was already well out of reach. Coming out down by 24 points, even Whipple admitted he never thought Brown had a chance to come back. The Penn pressure was just too intense. Senior co-captain Michael Turner recorded two sacks and just barely missed many others. McCullough was sent scrambling on countless plays. "The key was the defensive linemen and the linebackers," senior safety Nick Morris said. "They really put a lot of pressure on the quarterback. He didn't have any time." But even when McCullough (9 for 28, 112 yards) did manage a crisp and accurate throw, it was most likely dropped. Fichiera dropped multiple passes. Brown tight end Tom Hornsby dropped a pass. Charlie Buckley dropped a sure touchdown pass. And when Buckley finally seemed to catch a pass for a score, he realized he was substantially out of the back of the end zone. "They have a lot of weapons," Goodwillie said. "They can make a big play out of any play they run. We were fortunate that they didn't have a whole lot of big plays against us. That really was the story of the game." No, the story of the game was the Quaker defense. Even when it appeared as if Brown was finally going to get on the scoreboard with a 32-yard field goal, the Bears' hopes were soundly rejected as Michael Juliano leapt into the air and sent the ball back toward the Brown end zone. That was the story of the game.
(10/24/94 9:00am)
Football blanks Bears, 24-0 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If only the script had opened differently, said Brown coach Mark Whipple, his Bears may have upset the Penn football team. But the Quakers capitalized on their opportunities early and waltzed to a 24-0 victory Saturday at Brown Stadium. The Quakers (5-0, 3-0 Ivy League) keep pace with Cornell, which also improved to 3-0 in the league by coming from behind to beat Dartmouth, 17-14. The game could have been a scene from any of the Bears' Ivy League losses. Despite improvement, Brown (3-3, 0-3) does not have the talent yet to contend for an Ivy title. It also does not have the confidence to play with its opponents once it gets behind. "Our kids were ready to play, but we haven't played in many big games," Whipple said. "We built this thing up big. Their nervousness and inexperience showed." First-year coach Whipple, who served as an assistant to Penn coach Al Bagnoli at Union, has installed a "whip-lash" offense at Brown. It averaged 52.5 points per game last year at New Haven, where Whipple spent six seasons, but was little match for Penn. Dropped passes and mental errors plagued Brown again, just like two weeks ago when the Bears had a chance to take a 17-10 lead late in the third quarter against Princeton. In that situation, Trevor Yankoff dropped a pass in the end zone and Brown collapsed, falling 31-10. The Penn defense frustrated the Bears during the first few series, allowing only 45 total yards in the first half. The Quakers pitched their first shutout during their current 17-game winning streak, which ties them with idle Auburn for the longest in Division I. Penn has blanked the Bears in four of the last eight meetings. Penn sacked Brown quarterback Jason McCullough (9 for 28, 128 yards) three times. And when the Quakers weren't sacking McCullough, they were hurrying him. Brown has allowed 29 sacks this season. Late in the first quarter, senior Chris Johnson hit McCullough as the quarterback released a pass. The ball fluttered in the air and junior Dana Lyons came up with the interception. Three plays later, sophomore quarterback Mark DeRosa (14 for 23, 163 yards, 1 TD) lofted a 16-yard touchdown pass to junior Miles Macik, who reached around safety Karl Lozanne for the score. That staked the Quakers to a two-touchdown lead with 2 minutes, 14 seconds remaining in the first quarter, and tied Macik with Don Clune for the school record for touchdowns in a career with 17. It also destroyed any remaining confidence the Bears had. "We had to make a big play early in the game to maybe stun them a little bit, and then play good defense," Whipple said. "They took us out of it early with the two first touchdowns, and that's what good teams do." Penn started the scoring 3:58 into the game when senior Terrance Stokes took the last of three straight handoffs and punched the ball in the end zone. Stokes left the game just before halftime with a mild concussion, but said he could have played in the second half had the game been closer. The Quakers opened up a 21-0 lead when Stokes took a fourth-and-one handoff from the Brown 3 through the right side of the line and into the end zone 9:10 before intermission. Stokes touched the ball each time during the four-play drive, which was set up when sophomore Mark Fabish returned a punt 41 yards to the Brown 12. Senior Andy Glockner added a 39-yard field goal five seconds before halftime, which gave the Quakers the 24-0 final margin of victory. The Penn defense was on the field the majority of the second half, but Brown was unable to score. Senior Michael Juliano blocked a Bob Warden field-goal attempt in the third quarter that preserved the shutout. Juliano also blocked a critical extra point at Dartmouth to preserve a Penn victory in Week 2. Brown running back Marquis Jessie returned to the Bears lineup sooner than expected after missing two games following surgery for a mild hernia. Jessie rushed for 64 yards on 18 carries, and was contained well except for one 30-yard scamper after Brown's confidence was shaken. "They can make a big play out of any play they run," senior Pat Goodwillie said. "We were fortunate that they really didn't have a whole lot of big plays against us. That really was the story of the game for us."
(10/24/94 9:00am)
Football blanks Bears, 24-0 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If only the script had opened differently, said Brown coach Mark Whipple, his Bears may have upset the Penn football team. But the Quakers capitalized on their opportunities early and waltzed to a 24-0 victory Saturday at Brown Stadium. The Quakers (5-0, 3-0 Ivy League) keep pace with Cornell, which also improved to 3-0 in the league by coming from behind to beat Dartmouth, 17-14. The game could have been a scene from any of the Bears' Ivy League losses. Despite improvement, Brown (3-3, 0-3) does not have the talent yet to contend for an Ivy title. It also does not have the confidence to play with its opponents once it gets behind. "Our kids were ready to play, but we haven't played in many big games," Whipple said. "We built this thing up big. Their nervousness and inexperience showed." First-year coach Whipple, who served as an assistant to Penn coach Al Bagnoli at Union, has installed a "whip-lash" offense at Brown. It averaged 52.5 points per game last year at New Haven, where Whipple spent six seasons, but was little match for Penn. Dropped passes and mental errors plagued Brown again, just like two weeks ago when the Bears had a chance to take a 17-10 lead late in the third quarter against Princeton. In that situation, Trevor Yankoff dropped a pass in the end zone and Brown collapsed, falling 31-10. The Penn defense frustrated the Bears during the first few series, allowing only 45 total yards in the first half. The Quakers pitched their first shutout during their current 17-game winning streak, which ties them with idle Auburn for the longest in Division I. Penn has blanked the Bears in four of the last eight meetings. Penn sacked Brown quarterback Jason McCullough (9 for 28, 128 yards) three times. And when the Quakers weren't sacking McCullough, they were hurrying him. Brown has allowed 29 sacks this season. Late in the first quarter, senior Chris Johnson hit McCullough as the quarterback released a pass. The ball fluttered in the air and junior Dana Lyons came up with the interception. Three plays later, sophomore quarterback Mark DeRosa (14 for 23, 163 yards, 1 TD) lofted a 16-yard touchdown pass to junior Miles Macik, who reached around safety Karl Lozanne for the score. That staked the Quakers to a two-touchdown lead with 2 minutes, 14 seconds remaining in the first quarter, and tied Macik with Don Clune for the school record for touchdowns in a career with 17. It also destroyed any remaining confidence the Bears had. "We had to make a big play early in the game to maybe stun them a little bit, and then play good defense," Whipple said. "They took us out of it early with the two first touchdowns, and that's what good teams do." Penn started the scoring 3:58 into the game when senior Terrance Stokes took the last of three straight handoffs and punched the ball in the end zone. Stokes left the game just before halftime with a mild concussion, but said he could have played in the second half had the game been closer. The Quakers opened up a 21-0 lead when Stokes took a fourth-and-one handoff from the Brown 3 through the right side of the line and into the end zone 9:10 before intermission. Stokes touched the ball each time during the four-play drive, which was set up when sophomore Mark Fabish returned a punt 41 yards to the Brown 12. Senior Andy Glockner added a 39-yard field goal five seconds before halftime, which gave the Quakers the 24-0 final margin of victory. The Penn defense was on the field the majority of the second half, but Brown was unable to score. Senior Michael Juliano blocked a Bob Warden field-goal attempt in the third quarter that preserved the shutout. Juliano also blocked a critical extra point at Dartmouth to preserve a Penn victory in Week 2. Brown running back Marquis Jessie returned to the Bears lineup sooner than expected after missing two games following surgery for a mild hernia. Jessie rushed for 64 yards on 18 carries, and was contained well except for one 30-yard scamper after Brown's confidence was shaken. "They can make a big play out of any play they run," senior Pat Goodwillie said. "We were fortunate that they really didn't have a whole lot of big plays against us. That really was the story of the game for us."
(10/20/94 9:00am)
The Pennsylvania Quakers football team wins. It is that simple. After the dynasty in the 1980s, when the Quakers won five consecutive Ivy League titles, coach Al Bagnoli has brought back that winning attitude. Bagnoli's squads, which have only lost only three games during his two-plus years at the helm, believe they are invincible. They come out expecting to win every single contest. Why shouldn't they? They have not lost a game since 1992. So when the Quakers marched onto the turf of Franklin Field Saturday to face the traditionally hapless Columbia Lions, why should they have expected anything less than another victory? These are the same Lions, after all, who hold the Division I record for consecutive losses. "Winning is an attitude," Columbia safety Jim Hudnall said. "They have an attitude. You can see it when they walk on the field. They expect to win." But what transpired Saturday was nothing short of a miracle. The Lions came out fired and ready to knock off the defending league champions. The Quakers calmly went through the motions, with little, if any, emotion. The Lions ripped through the field on their first possession to take an early 3-0 lead. The Quakers calmly came back and tied the game. "We weren't really that concerned," senior running back Terrance Stokes said about the halftime attitude in the Penn locker room. "We weren't concerned about losing.?We figured things would eventually go our way." So the second half was not the same as the first half. The Quaker defense once again shut down the opposition. The defense, which starts eight seniors and three juniors, knows how to win games. Those 11 men realize when the offense has only put three points on the scoreboard by halftime, it is up to them to control the game. Just like in every other game, the defense once again saved the game. As the intensity picked up, the Quakers only allowed the Lions past midfield once in the second half. But even this outstanding performance was not enough to ignite the dormant Penn offense. However, the Quakers did get close enough to the Columbia end zone to connect on four field goals. Every time Penn faced a long third down, Mark DeRosa found the sure hands of all-American wide receiver Miles Macik. After one seemingly perfect third-down conversion, Columbia linebacker Jim Lill grabbed his helmet in disbelief. Then Bagnoli looked to his sure-footed kicker -- Andy Glockner. Once again, an experienced senior came through in the clutch. "They play with a tremendous amount of intensity," Holy Cross coach Peter Vaas said last week. "That comes from having been exposed to success in the past. When you have success, success breeds success." And when you lose, that losing attitude snowballs. So down by six midway through the fourth quarter, the Lions should have known what was coming -- another 'L.' But the Lions had a chance on a fourth-and-long situation. But then again, this is Columbia. "I think you have to learn to win in these types of games," Bagnoli said. "We've been through plenty of close games with 17-14 and 34-30 scores, and that's something that just evolves. I give the Columbia team credit, but it just takes a little time to be able to win in those tight situations." And that is what Saturday's game eventually came down to -- the Quakers know how to win, the Lions just do not. Joshua Friedman is a College senior from Beverly Hills, Calif., and sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.