Another Quakers win, another week of What the Other Side is Saying. This time let's look at the Brown Daily Herald's coverage, as well as that of the Providence Journal.
The Daily Herald just had a simple recap of the game, leading with a quick recap of Penn's overtime woes since 2006. Two interesting stats from the article:
1) If the Quakers had shut out Brown -- and they were a pick six away from doing so -- it would've been the first time Brown failed to score since 1996.
2) Brown running back running back Zach Tronti didn’t touch the ball in the second quarter and got only six handoffs in the final two quarters, yet somehow had 63 yards on 11 carries, making him only the second running back to gain over 60 yards against Penn this season.
That second stat about Brown's limited success running the ball led to two comments on the Pro Jo recap. The two comments astutely called out Bears coach Phil Estes for relying heavily on the pass. Meanwhile, Penn's vaunted rush D did give up 5.7 yards per carry to Tronti, yet he didn't even get a dozen carries. Considering Penn -- usually a run-first team -- focused on its passing game, perhaps if Brown had gone to its rushing game more often it would've compensated for the below-average performance of its Ivy-leading passing attack. Then again, it's easy being a Monday (afternoon) quarterback.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
What sort of turnout was there from a Penn alumni standpoint?
Usually pre-game events are planned with alumns getting together
for drinks and a light meal. Do you know if this happened at
Brown? I would think that efforts were made to reach out to
the solid alum base in the Providence/Boston area.
FOJL
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I was at the game with the band and didn't see any such events, though that doesn't mean they didn't happen. However most times if there is an alumni reception of sorts the band gets fed or at least plays for the alumni. So in all likelihood nothing happened.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Zach: Thank you for the quick reply.... That is quite disappointing.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 am
FOJL,
Indeed, there was a pre-game get together. There was a tent in the parking lot with food and drinks and by a rough guess I'd say there were about 50 people there. I was looking for Bilsky, but in the 10 minutes I was there I didn't see him. I did get a chance to have a nice chat with Alanna Shanahan, who I met for the first time. We talked Penn football for a bit and then about the volleyball team actually. I asked her if Bilsky was there and she said he was there but didn't know where. This was about 30 minutes before kickoff and I had to get back to the press box so I'm not sure if he was there before then, after, or what. But the event did happen.
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I guess there was an event. Interesting story about Bilsky. He was sitting right around the 40- maybe 50-yard line and when I was on the field for the pregame band show he was the very first Penn fan to stand for the playing of the Alma Mater. So say what you will about his management, at least he respects the Penn songs.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Noah - Thank you for the update. Good to know that the events are still going on, although very lightly publicized. Shanahan is a nice gal, despite her having to tow the party line for her heavy-handed boss. Any sign of Uhlhorn by chance?
Zach - Nice sidebar story. I guess he needs to wave the flag
FOJL