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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.

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By Mike Tony · Sept. 19, 2013

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.

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.



Football loses to Cornell 38-48 at Franklin Field. It was back and forth until the last few minutes when Cornell blocked a field goal and then got a pick-six in the second half of the fourth quarter.

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.









newly renovated fields - franklin field, vagelos field, rhodes field

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.


newly renovated fields - franklin field, vagelos field, rhodes field

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.





Football loses to Cornell 38-48 at Franklin Field. It was back and forth until the last few minutes when Cornell blocked a field goal and then got a pick-six in the second half of the fourth quarter.

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.





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