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What the other side is saying: Brown

Zach Klitzman

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.

What the other side is saying: Columbia

Zach Klitzman

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.