Football Supplement | Buchta: Ray Priore was the right man at the right time for Penn football
It turned out that Penn football didn’t need a new vision; it needed to remember why it had been the Ivy League’s dominant program for more than 20 years.
It turned out that Penn football didn’t need a new vision; it needed to remember why it had been the Ivy League’s dominant program for more than 20 years.
One more. That’s the phrase that was written across the shoulders on the Penn football team’s 2015 Ivy League Champion t-shirts last year.
Football Supplement Position by Position The FBS season may be underway, but for the Ivy League, we have yet to kick off.
In 2015, Penn football’s coaches had the guts to start three true freshmen in its defensive backfield — and their brashness brought home an Ivy League championship.
One more. That’s the phrase that was written across the shoulders on the Penn football team’s 2015 Ivy League Champion t-shirts last year.
Football Supplement Position by Position The FBS season may be underway, but for the Ivy League, we have yet to kick off.
After an impressive 2015 season in which Penn football only allowed 12 sacks all year, the Quakers' offensive line faces a new challenge.
Halfbacks Brian Schoenauer and Tre Solomon specialize in one thing: Title runs.
One-third. That’s what will be important to keep in mind this fall: Penn football may have won the Ivy League title last season in an unexpected comeback, but they only won a third of it.
Tommy Rothman, Sports Editor, Daily Pennsylvanian: You recently committed to Penn.
After falling just short of their first league title since 2010, Penn sprint football returns much of its starting defense from 2015.
Outside of those involved with Penn sprint football, not many expected the Quakers to be players in the CSFL title race. Yet, come late October, there they were.
“Safety School! Safety School! Safety School!” The year is 2007. I am a brazen and beautifully snarky middle school student sitting with a group of 10 friends at Jadwin Gym for a Princeton-Penn men’s basketball game.
“Mike isn’t even here tonight — he’s president of an a cappella group — he’s gotta audition people, he’s doing that and he can throw the ball 60 yards.” Sometimes your quarterback has to miss practice because of injury.
Chaz Augustini is still playing varsity football at a Division 1 school. But this year, it's a bit different. Augustini, a wide receiver, will have an entirely new setting when he lines up for the Quakers this Saturday.
Most students on campus last Friday stayed cooped up in an air-conditioned room, shying away from the unbearable Philadelphia heat. The Penn cross country teams did not.
A trip to Nebraska is an intriguing prospect. It’s hard to know what to expect — there’s really not a whole lot there. Except for an NCAA powerhouse in men’s soccer, that is.
On Saturday, the Quakers looked to their past to get ready for their future. In a final tune up before the season, the sprint football team held its annual alumni game, as the team took on recent graduates of the program.
There are nine days until Penn football kicks off its 2016 campaign. That’s 22 days after the first college football game of the season. Sports buffs out there will know that the first game, a matchup between Cal and Hawaii on August 26 in Sydney, Australia, is in the FBS division whereas the Quakers' first game against Lehigh on September 17 at 5 p.m.
A week into the year, it's time to say definitively who is good and who is not. What has impressed you most so far from Penn Athletics?