Football
Penn football begins its quest for another Ivy title
For the first time since its season-ending victory over Cornell that clinched the Ivy League title outright, the Quakers (0-0) return to the field this weekend as they welcome in-state rival Lafayette to Franklin Field.
Penn football's fight for four
Fifth-year senior quarterback Billy Ragone has done everything during his Penn career. And he’s one of three Quakers going after their fourth Ivy title ring.Tony | Not so fast, my friend
Sure, expect another Ivy title come late November. But keep your eye on the thin line between sure thing and shocker, especially for a team that played down to its level of competition last season.Ivy teams at a glance
How are all of the Ivy teams looking heading into the 2013 season. We take a look in our Ivy Outlook.
Penn's defensive backs are oldies AND goodies
One year ago, around the time this very issue came out, the Red and Blue’s defensive backs were labeled as question marks. This year, the narrative has made a 180 degree turn. Once maligned, Penn’s defensive backfield is now viewed as one of the team’s biggest strengths.
Penn football's young D-line Cope-ing with inexperience
Brandon Copeland, along with fellow linemen C.J Mooney and Taylor Brown, graduated, turning one of Penn’s top strengths into a definitive question mark as 2013 begins. But the new crew is brimming with confidence.Young backs carrying the load for Penn football
To the average football fan, such a play doesn’t get the heart racing too fast, but for coach Al Bagnoli, a run up the middle for a few yards is his lifeblood.30 Second with junior linebacker Dan Davis
We asked Dan Davis about the pursuit of a fourth title, his musical choices, and what his secret talent is.Roundtable: What we learned from Media Day
What our editors took away from Media Day.
Watching Penn football's blind side
Suddenly protecting lefty fifth-year senior quarterback Billy Ragone’s blind side now falls to … we’ll see.30 seconds with Penn football's Sam Chwarzynski
We caught up with fifth-year senior Sam Chwarzynski at Media Day Monday about his pursuit of a fourth outright Ivy championship in his Penn football career.
A long road from Rhodes to Franklin for Max Kurtzman
The Penn football team looks spruced up in its new white uniforms as the players gather for its annual team picture, and despite it being his first go-round for football’s Media Day, junior Max Kurtzman fits right in.
Nine months in the life of Billy Ragone
Fifth-year senior quarterback Billy Ragone walks us through the last nine months of his life, from his gruesome ankle injury of the fourth quarter of Penn’s Ivy title share-clinching win over Harvard on Nov. 10 through Monday’s Media Day scrum.
Media Day welcomes Penn football back
The first words Penn coach Al Bagnoli uttered at Monday morning’s annual Media Day served as a sobering reminder that in Ivy football, the worst way to finish on top is to start there.
Tony | Does Marsh leave behind a quagmire for Penn football?
Thursday morning, we confirmed that former Penn running back Lyle Marsh will miss the 2013 season due to academic issues. So what is a Quakers’ running attack without Lyle Marsh missing?
Tony | Penn football is in best of hands with Ragone
As Billy Ragone’s Penn football career reaches its conclusion in 2013, he’ll give the Quakers a far greater chance of winning their fourth Ivy crown in five years than any other quarterback in the conference.Roundtable: Will Penn win the Ivy League in 2013?
After upsetting Harvard last season, the Quakers are in yet another dog fight to take the throne this year.
Penn football still watching the throne
Penn football begins the year as the preseason favorites to earn an unprecedented fourth Ivy title in five years. But this year, the Quakers won’t be sneaking up on anyone, as they return much of last year’s squad.