Two weeks ago, Columbia football found itself on the wrong side of a second-half comeback, allowing Yale to score 23 unanswered points en route to a 37-30 loss for the Light Blue.

Ben Mathiasmeier has never been the biggest player on the field.

Six weeks into the season, Columbia football appeared poised to make a run at the Ivy League title.

On Tuesday, Columbia men’s basketball will take the court for the first time in 612 days, when it travels to the Bronx to face off against Fordham University in the Lions’ season opener.

Columbia football head coach Al Bagnoli knew that Harvard would come out with a vengeance against his fourth-place squad.

Going into last Saturday’s game against Yale, Columbia football hoped to stay on the tail of undefeated Princeton, the current frontrunner to win the Ivy League. Instead, the Light Blue fell to a tie for fourth in the Ancient Eight, allowing the Bulldogs to score 23 straight points in a 37-30 road loss.

Holding a 23-14 lead over Yale with just over 12 minutes remaining in the third quarter, Columbia liked its chances of keeping its name in the race for the Ivy League title.

Entering the game as 17.5-point underdogs, according to numerous sportsbooks including the Action Network, Columbia football spoiled Dartmouth’s Fall Family Weekend on national television last Friday, shutting the Big Green out 19-0 for its first loss of the season.

Fresh off a booming 38-21 win against then-No. 23 University of New Hampshire, the Dartmouth football team was riding high heading into Friday night’s matchup against Columbia.

Trailing against Penn in overtime 31-28, quarterback Anders Hill, CC ’18, launched a line drive to wide receiver Josh Wainwright, CC ’20. Finding a hole in the flustered Quaker secondary, Wainwright, parked at the front of the end zone, brought down Hill’s pass for the score—and the win.