Week 10 Picks

Last Week: 2-1

Overall: 32-7


Dartmouth over Princeton

Dartmouth may be 2-7, but the second half of the season has been more upbeat in Hanover than it's been at any other Ivy school other than Penn. The Big Green have beaten Columbia, played Harvard respectably, beaten Cornell, and scared the daylights out of Brown. They've established Nick Schwieger and Greg Patton as legitimate future stars. And popular coach Buddy Teevens is still popular. Princeton has found a way to salvage its injury-destroyed season with wins at home over Cornell and archrival Yale. It seems like Dartmouth has all the mojo to finish the season with a win at home, Princeton may not have much left after the long trip north.


Penn over Cornell

A Cornell team that I thought would be bad this season has turned out weaker than I expected. The Big Red really hasn't established a lot of young talent to give their fans a fair amount of hope for the immediate future. And all this comes as Cornell's other sports teams, especially basketball and lacrosse, are reaching new heights. It would be a surprise if the Big Red can stay any closer than two scores away from the league champion Quakers who seem to have an easy track to an outright title. Penn's defense got better as it got healthier this season, and it should shut down Bryan Walters, Stepehen Liuzza, etc. Cornell is making the Ivy League's longest road trip today, and the trip back after the game tomorrow will probably feel even longer.


Harvard over Yale

Yale was hoping to use its tough defense to grab a winning season this year. But the Elis defense hasn't been so strong in the second half of the year and that was evident in last week's loss to Princeton. Harvard has few weaknesses, and only fell to Penn because of the Quakers great defense and some poor weather last week. This should be a Crimson beatdown, but the rivalry factor should make it close for the first three quarters at least.