Week 9 Picks

Last Week: 3-0

Overall: 30-6


Brown over Dartmouth

The Bears will look back at this season and probably be disappointed that two extremly close shaves against Harvard and Penn cost them an Ivy title. But I say they have nothing to be ashamed of after losing a few key starters including their standout QB from 2008. Phil Estes has done it again in Providence and his final game of the season at home will be a victory lap. As for Dartmouth, the Big Green have made strides and guys like Charles Bay, Nick Schwieger, and Greg Patton are making 2010 look pretty good in Hanover. But the Bears will probably make Dartmouth look bad Saturday.


Yale over Princeton

Yale's offense seems to have figured something out now and that's bad news for the Tigers who should make this close, but not close enough.


Penn over Harvard

Two or three weeks ago, I would have called this the other way. But after seeing that gutty Penn win over Brown, I am ready to say that the Quakers are just hungrier for a title this year. Harvard will be pumped behind their home crowd, but I think Penn will stuff the Crimson running game and force QB Collier Winters to press with his passes. I just don't think Winters can beat the Quakers if he is forced to throw. Meanwhile, I expect Penn's offense to find a way to score just enough points to win. Obviously, this is a game that could go either way, but Penn has waited since 2003 to win a title, and for those guys, that's an eternity.