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...Bison carry a 17-game home non-conference winning streak into this one. The two teams have split the last four meetings, and neither side has won by more than 10 points in a decade. Both teams suffered their only defeat at the hands of Villanova as Penn and Bucknell rallied for two fourth quarter touchdowns before ultimately falling short by three and six, respectively...
...Bison offense has exploded over the past two weeks against I-AA lightweights Columbia and Georgetown. Penn will offer a much tougher test and should hold Bucknell to the type of output it had against Cornell and Villanova to open the season...
Speaking of Penn, the Quakers need to find some offense, quickly. Through three-and-a-half quarters against Villanova last weekend, Penn had recorded just 113 yards of total offense. I don’t care how good the Quaker ‘D’ is, if quarterback Pat McDermott continues to go 10-for-30 with only 140 yards passing, Penn just isn’t going to win football games. It’s that simple...
...Quakers’ defense did about all it could against Villanova, and for Penn to be successful against Dartmouth it will have to try to ground the Big Green passing attack, which likes to spread the ball around...
...Penn lost 16-13 to No. 11 Villanova on Saturday, while its kicker, Evan Nolan, missed three field goals in the contest. To be fair, two of them were blocked. To be more fair, the two that were blocked came from 21 and 23 yards. As a point of reference here, a PAT is kicked from about 20 yards away and how many PATs have you seen blocked in your lifetime...