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In football, as in life, timing is everything. At no point was this more evident than in the first quarter of Penn’s 37-9 victory over Princeton Saturday at Franklin Field.
The late-game heroics that have kept Penn in contention for a share of the Ivy League title came a little bit earlier against the Tigers.
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Penn football legend Adolph “Beep Beep” Bellizeare may have been known for his fancy footwork on the field, but his rushing yards are far from his greatest legacy at Penn.
Playing football with the same group of guys for four years has a funny way of strengthening camaraderie. For three Class of 2012 Quakers, the ties go back even further.
The official box score reads, “Temperature: 47, Wind: 10-15, Weather: rainy, cold.”
If that told the whole story, the 2011 Quakers would still be undefeated in the Ivy League.
After a 6-0 loss to Brown on Saturday that ended an 18-game Ivy League winning streak, it was clear: this team was not made to go undefeated in league play for the third straight year.
RECAP: Brown ends Penn’s 18-game Ivy win streak
On a rainy Saturday afternoon at Brown, the Quakers lost their first Ivy game in two years in an ugly 6-0 affair.
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Facing a dominant Brown team on the road, the Penn football team might be slapped with the ‘underdog’ tag in an Ivy League matchup for the first time since its 2009 title run. But don’t count the Quakers among those who see this pivotal game that way.
On Nov. 19, just before the Quakers kick off their final home game of the season against Cornell, a statue of the man they call “Concrete Charlie” will be unveiled.
As solid as Penn’s offense looked in Saturday’s fourth quarter against Yale and in all of its late-game comebacks, I’m worried about the defense giving up big plays.
Despite being down 20-10 at one point, the Quakers rallied back to win their 18th straight Ivy game, 37-25.
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For the second time in as many seasons, The Columbia Spectator implored the school’s athletic administrators to fire football coach Norries Wilson.
THE BUZZ: Columbia Spectator calls for firing of coach Norries Wilson
What Billy Ragone proved Saturday — what he continues to prove each time he conducts these last-minute heroics — is that he is a winner.
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