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Penn Football Vs. Columbia

With dual-threat quarterback Alek Torgersen back for more in 2015, along with a healthy and reloaded supporting cast, Penn football’s offense could once again be among the Ivy League’s best. After finishing sixth in the Ancient Eight in points per game in 2014, Torgersen and the Penn offense will enter their first season under the direction of Offensive Coordinator John Reagan, who spent the last four years in the same role at Kansas (2014) and Rice (2011-2013). Reagan, a former three-year starter on the offensive line at Syracuse who has coached the college game since 1994, is seeking a quick turnaround for an offense that was young last season but enters 2015 with experience and poise. Reagan and Torgersen did not wait long to get to work, spending time together throughout the spring and part of the summer.


Brandon Copeland is heading to the Motor City. Following a standout performance at the NFL Veteran Combine in Arizona, the former star Penn football defensive end signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions late last week.

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By Tom Nowlan · July 8, 2015

This fall, Penn football will have to reschedule its plans to throw Hail Marys in order to make time for... Hail Marys. As many Philadelphians are aware, the Pope is scheduled to visit the City of Brotherly Love over the weekend of Sept 26-27th.

The first team captain in the Ray Priore era of Penn football may not have the speed or stature of a typical Division I athlete, but that doesn’t matter. He’s got enough heart and toughness for someone 10 times his size.


On Friday, Penn football named four-year-old cancer patient Vhito DeCaprio as its first team captain for the 2015 season.

The first team captain in the Ray Priore era of Penn football may not have the speed or stature of a typical Division I athlete, but that doesn’t matter. He’s got enough heart and toughness for someone 10 times his size.


A three-time first team All-Ivy selection, former Penn defensive end Brandon Copeland has signed with the Detroit Lions

Brandon Copeland is heading to the Motor City. Following a standout performance at the NFL Veteran Combine in Arizona, the former star Penn football defensive end signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions late last week.




Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli was officially introduced as head coach of Columbia's football program at a press conference in New York on Tuesday.

Columbia's hiring of long-time Penn football coach Al Bagnoli to be its new head football coach sent shock waves through Penn Athletics, but it also came with strong support at Columbia. New Columbia Athletic Director Peter Pilling announced Bagnoli as his new coach two weeks ago and the Columbia Spectator caught up with alums to weigh in on the hiring. 2013 Columbia grad and quarterback Sean Brackett was positive that Bagnoli could turn things around for the Lions' lackluster program, which hasn't won a game since 2012. “Whenever you play a team coached by Bagnoli, you know they’re going to be smart, tough, both physically and mentally," Brackett said to the Spectator.



Penn football defeats Columbia 21-7

It's official: Al Bagnoli is going to Columbia. After the Columbia Spectator reported on Sunday that Penn football's all-time winningest coach had agreed to take the reins of the Lions' football program, Columbia's athletic department officially confirmed Monday that Bagnoli had been chosen as the Light Blue's next head coach. "Over the past decadeColumbia Athletics has built a new winning tradition, enhancing the collegiate experience for thousands of student-athletes and our campus community," Columbia President Lee C.




Penn football defeats Columbia 21-7

Long-time Penn football coach Al Bagnoli retired at the end of the 2014 season, ending his 23-year tenure as the winningest coach in Penn history. But he may not be done just yet. Bagnoli, 62, had spoken about moving into a role within the Penn Athletics administration after retirement, but, according to Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer, he is in talks to take over as Columbia’s head coach.




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Marshall at Rice

When head coach Ray Priore took over Penn Football at the beginning of December, it gave him the opportunity to look internally at the program he’s been coaching at for the past 28 years. Late last week, Priore announced the hiring of offensive coordinator John Reagan, who had previously worked in the same role at Kansas and Rice.







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