Fearful Forecast Week Five
HANOVER – I told you I was pretty confident in five of the seven games in the Fearful Forecast last week.
All five came through, and if I really, actually, honestly believed in Brown the Forecast would have been perfect.
Maybe this is the week. Or maybe not.
Princeton (2-2, 1-0 Ivy) at Brown (3-1, 0-1 Ivy)
I admitted I don’t really believe in Brown a sentence or two ago, right? Well, I don’t believe in Princeton, either. Brown 28, Princeton 21
Penn (3-1, 1-0 Ivy) at Columbia (1-3, 0-1 Ivy)
Sure wish we knew if QB1 or QB2 was going to play for Columbia, or if it’s going to be QB3 again. Won’t matter. Penn 28, Columbia 7
Merrimack (3-4, n/a) at Harvard (4-0, 2-0 Ivy)
Harvard looked mortal last week against Cornell. And let’s not forget that two years ago Merrimack took Harvard to overtime. Harvard 24-14
Stonehill (2-4, 1-2 NEC) at Yale (2-2, 1-1 Ivy)
Yale coach Tony Reno might be more eager to get in front of a microphone this week. Yale 42-10
Bucknell (4-3, 1-2 Patriot) at Cornell (0-4, 0-2 Ivy)
The oddsmakers have Cornell as a 2½ point favorite. I think they’ve dipped into a Fishbowl at Level B in Collegetown. Bucknell 21-14
New Hampshire (3-4, 1-2 CAA) at Campbell (2-5, 1-2 CAA)
Is it soup yet? Yup, the Campbell is done. New Hampshire 24-21
Central Connecticut (4-3, 2-0 NEC) at Wagner (1-5, 0-1 NEC)
Two of Wagner’s losses were at Kansas and Central Michigan, so . . . oh, nevermind. Central Connecticut 31-14.
LAST WEEK
This BGA Guy Is A Genius
Predicted: Harvard 42, Cornell 14
Actual: Harvard 34, Cornell 10
Comment: Four points closer than expected.
Predicted: Penn 28, Marist 14
Actual: Penn 28, Marist 9
Comment: Nailed the Quakers’ point total.
Predicted: Lehigh 28, Columbia 10
Actual: Lehigh 31, Columbia 7
Comment: Par for the course.
Predicted: Mercer 31, Princeton 14
Actual: Mercer 38, Princeton 14
Comment: Not bad at all.
Predicted: Rhode Island 28, New Hampshire 24
Actual: Rhode Island 38, New Hampshire 27
Comment: Even more points than I expected.
Predicted: Central Connecticut 35, Robert Morris 28
Actual: Central Connecticut 24, Robert Morris 12
Comment: Bobby Mo had a devil of a time
This BGA Guy is a Dolt
Predicted: Bryant 21, Brown 17
Actual: Brown 29, Bryant 19
Comment: Bryant let Brown off a 12-0 halftime hook.
Last Week: 6-1
Season to Date: 23-8 (.742)
