Ivy League Week 1 2012

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Finally, it's time!

I lost track of my last season's prediction record... so I'm starting another clean slate.

Predictions:
San Diego at Harvard - Crimson too strong for the Toreros.
Marist at Columbia - Won big against overrated Bryant, but lost a close one to Bucknell. Will Columbia come up short?
Princeton at Lehigh - Tigers' woes continue... against Spadola.
Brown at Holy Cross - Harvard's streak of opening against Holy Cross since 2000 ends this year but will resume in 2014. Is Brown ready for opening against the Crusaders?
Yale at Georgetown - when will Georgetown ever play FBS or higher FCS opponents in one or two of their first few games of each season in order to become more competitive in the PL and increase their reputation in football? Given the Hoyas' previous game performances this season, they are quite dangerous. But Yale is a young team, though.
Cornell at Fordham - Fordham lost a close one against Villanova... but can Cornell's offense tear up the Rams' defense like Villanova did against Fordham in the second half?
Penn at Lafayette - Lafayette escaped against W&M... but Penn can be dangerous too.
Butler at Dartmouth - hmm... Butler lost a close game against Western Illinois before opening their home slate with D-III Franklin. But well, Dartmouth lost a lot to graduation...

[bulldog10jw]

San Diego at Harvard
Marist at Columbia
Princeton at Lehigh
Brown at Holy Cross
Cornell at Fordham
Penn at Lafayette
Butler at Dartmouth
Yale at Georgetown

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Over on the other side, some posters commented on my short-sighted analysis. Due to this, and some more analysis of the opponents' previous games, I revised my predictions, shown below:

San Diego at Harvard
Marist at Columbia
Princeton at Lehigh
Brown at Holy Cross
Yale at Georgetown
Cornell at Fordham - not sure, still a toss-up at this time. Fordham beat a bad Lock Haven team and controlled a quite bad Villanova team.
Penn at Lafayette
Butler at Dartmouth

[Ivytalk]

San Diego at Harvard
Marist at Columbia
Princeton at Lehigh
Brown at Holy Cross
Cornell at Fordham
Penn at Lafayette
Butler at Dartmouth
Yale at Georgetown

Agreed on all but Marist and Cornell.