I'm going to try a new feature on The Buzz this week. Each Monday I'll try to find stories on the football game from the past weekend written by the opposing team's student newspaper (and in the case of the more rural schools the local professional papers as well). Obviously I'm a few days behind, but with Fall Break at Penn earlier this week, The DP only published our own stories today so I didn't think of this idea until now. So sorry the Columbia Spectator stories are a few days old.

First is the standard recap. Interestingly, while we refer to the Lions quarterback as M. A. Olawale, The Spectator uses his first name, Millicent. Also, Lou Miller led the Columbia defense with 10 tackles, 2.5 sacks, and five tackles for a loss, and earned the inaugural John Toner Columbia Football Homecoming Player of the Game award for his efforts.

They also have a sidebar on turnovers, which is similar to my column that ran today, though of course without opinion. (There was no column.)

In addition, since it's already Wednesday, The Spectator has their equivalent of an Ivy notebook. They focus on the fact that just three Ivy teams won, including Penn and Brown who beat League foes Columbia and Princeton, respectively. Of note, it also mentions that Princeton star linebacker Scott Britton suffered a knee injury in the loss and probably will miss the rest of the season. That marks the second Tigers standout -- after running back Jordan Culbreath -- to suffere a season-ending injury.

Tags: columbia, Football, What the other side is saying

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