Norries Wilson

For 12 Columbia football players—12 players who stuck with the team through three head coaches and no winning seasons—this past weekend was bittersweet.

The 12 players stuck together from the very beginning, staying with the program all four years. Over their time, they have a combined record of 9-31 (3-25 Ivy). The record alone, however, is an unfair measure of their importance to the Lions.

It’s hard to believe, but our current football coach was the offensive coordinator at the school which was, until last week, ranked 13th in the nation.

My last column attempted to rally the Columbia community for athletics expansion into the hitherto untouched realm of Ivy League bull riding. To my dismay, which apparently I am alone in, the campaign was ahead of its time.