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Brother, can you spare a dime package?Because after No. 18 Fordham properly toasted Penn football’s secondary today, the Quakers are positively begging for something ? anything ? to help shore up the defense’s back four.Rams quarterback Mike Nebrich threw for 566 passing yards against the Red and Blue ? the most in program history.All that yardage didn’t go between the twenties, though, unlike the disturbing plurality of Penn offensive possessions that ended in midrange Jimmy Gammill field goals.The Rams’ drives in points.
Seeking to avoid an 0-4 start for the first time since 2007, the Quakers (0-3) do not get an appealing confidence building opportunity as the heart of the Ivy slate nears, but rather a high powered Rams (5-1) squad that will look to aggressively attack Penn’s defense.
One game into Penn football’s Ivy League schedule and the 2014 season is not off to a good start. In fact, it may be time for the young squad to look toward 2015.
Instead of asking what should be done after Saturday about Penn’s rivalry with Villanova, it is more appropriate to focus on the rest of 2014 and what 41-7 drubbing at the hands of the Wildcats means for the Red and Blue moving forward.
If you were in attendance at Franklin Field today, you probably knew exactly just how Penn football’s game against No. 6 Villanova was going to end up.
The Wildcats, the No. 6 ranked squad in FCS football, scored in just over two minutes and didn't let up for the rest of the game, winning, 41-7, and handing Penn its biggest defeat since Al Bagnoli took over as head coach.
There’s a certain mantra that’s been circulating around Penn football this week. It’s been uttered at every practice and pasted on every sheet of paper at every meeting.
Penn football received a boost on Saturday from junior tight end Ryan Kelly, who made his first career reception in the third quarter. That reception went for a touchdown and now we decided to sit down with Kelly for a few questions ...
There are several aspects of Penn football currently in transition. Despite that, those players showed flashes of brilliance on Saturday, and allow Red and Blue fans to reminisce over the 2012 championship team.
Coming off a disappointing campaign in 2013, one in which a team loaded with veterans dropped its final four games by a combined 48 points, Penn hits the road this weekend to open its season against coach Kerwin Bell’s Jacksonville squad.