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Last year, Columbia hit the .500 mark for the first time since 1996. Repeating that feat will require improvement from the running game, which averaged only 44.1 yards per game last year. Senior quarterback Craig Hormann is back and has weapons in sophomore wideout Austin Knowlin and tight ends Troy Evangelist and Jamal Russell. The defense, tops in the Ivies in scoring defense last season with a unique 3-5-3 alignment, must replace five starters...
...Junior quarterback Nathan Ford threw for 1,417 yards in his first year as a starter, and four of the top five receivers from last season return. Also back is senior running back Luke Siwula, a second team All-Ivy pick who rushed for 885 yards in 2006. The defense returns 10 starters from an average 2006 unit but loses its most heralded player, second team All-Ivy tackle Jonathan Lucas. Honorable mention All-Ivy picks Ryan Blessing and Tim Bax lead the linebackers and secondary, respectively...
...offense is in desperate need of an overhaul after scoring just 14.7 points per game and ranking last or next to last in the Ivies in every major statistical category last year. Senior Tom Bennewitz has taken over starting quarterback duties after the departure of leading passer and rusher Mike Fritz. Two All-Ivy cornerbacks return in Chris Blanco and John Manning from a unit ranked fourth in pass defense last year, and nine starters return from the league’s worst scoring defense...
Player To Watch: Liam O'Hagan, senior quarterback. The Crimson desperately needs O’Hagan to return to his form of late...
Player To Watch: Robert Irvin, junior quarterback. Irvin will be the focal point in new coordinator Bill Schmitz’s spread attack...