digamma
Masters Student
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10-12-15 01:02 PM - Post#193050
I know we talk basketball pretty much exclusively here. I also know that Ivy League football is lame because it starts 3 weeks later than everyone else, we don't participate in the playoffs and we play very limited (i.e. Patriot League) non-league schedules.
Still, knowing those things, what Tim Murphy is doing right now is absurd.
-Currently on an 18 game win streak, longest Division I streak in the nation.
-This season outscored opponents 179-40 (and 27 of those points against were after we had gone up 46-0 on Brown). Dartmouth may be the real test of the season in three weeks.
-Won 24 of 25, with the lone loss being in triple OT
-Won 2 Ivy Titles in a row and 3 out of 4. (and 7 since 2001)
-Beaten Yale 8 IN A ROW. And 13 out of 14.
-Have not finished worse than 7-3 since 2000.
It's a pretty remarkable run.
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H78
PhD Student
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Re: Football Interlude
10-14-15 02:11 AM - Post#193179
In response to digamma
Thanks for this, digamma. I wish the Ivy League would allow football to play in the post-season as they allow other sports.
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digamma
Masters Student
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Loc: Minneapolis
Reg: 11-27-11
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11-01-15 03:12 PM - Post#194141
In response to H78
Up to 21 in a row after escaping Friday night with a 14-13 win over Dartmouth. Next up is a resurgent Columbia squad.
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Matthieu Matthieux
Pre-Frosh
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Reg: 11-02-15
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11-02-15 11:32 AM - Post#194184
In response to digamma
Actually, at the time of the original post, the 18-game win-streak was the second longest streak in Division I (Ohio State had 19 straight wins at the time).
However, because of a bye week this week in Ohio State's schedule, the two teams now share the record at 21.
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mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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11-02-15 12:03 PM - Post#194185
In response to Matthieu Matthieux
Harvard is now the consensus No. 1 team in FCS. More impressively, Dartmouth is fourth. And the league as a whole is the second-best conference in FCS.
Even the amazing 2004 season couldn't touch this. Harvard finished 2nd and Penn 14th. If Dartmouth can stay at 4th, it will finish as the third highest ranked team in the Massey composite era, behind this year's Harvard team and the 2004 edition.
http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/arch/compare1aa200 ...
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palestra38
Professor
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11-02-15 02:49 PM - Post#194196
In response to mrjames
Well how about getting your alma mater off its collective arse and agreeing to Ivy participation in the FCS playoff. If Harvard agrees, Yale will go along.
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palestra38
Professor
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Re: Football Interlude
11-02-15 02:50 PM - Post#194197
In response to H78
You do realize that it's Harvard and Yale, not "the Ivies" who are preventing that participation, don't you?
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mrjames
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11-02-15 03:11 PM - Post#194199
In response to palestra38
I wrote about this extensively while in college. I don't think their stance will ever change. I gave up on really caring about Ivy football (or #TheTenGameExhibition, as I call it), because of it.
I also thought the presidents would never ratify an Ivy basketball tournament, but that looks like it will change, so never say never. Getting anything expansionary done in football, though, is a whole different level of difficult.
I'm quick to argue that Harvard and Yale aren't the boogeyman schools blocking everything, but I do agree that they are blocking this one.
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palestra38
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11-02-15 03:56 PM - Post#194204
In response to mrjames
They have always felt that to go to the playoffs would affect the feel of The Game. The closest analogy of course, is Army-Navy and the fact that those teams can go to a Bowl (not that Army ever does) in no way deflects from the appeal of that game. It just makes no sense for the Ivies not to compete for a title they could win. It's the same thing why I have argued for years down here that Penn should restore hockey--who thought for years that Yale could ever win a title, but they did.
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Old Bear
Postdoc
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Reg: 11-23-04
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11-02-15 04:32 PM - Post#194208
In response to palestra38
While I think most of the players and coaches would like to play post season, I'm not sure there are any great reasons to do it. I guess there is an argument to be made about improving recruiting, but I'm not sure there would be much gained. Ivy fan's aren't showing up for regular season games, I don't hear much clamor for post season play, other that a few people on one or two Boards.
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