Sometimes 60 minutes just isn’t long enough.

CBS knows it—that’s why it created 60 Minutes II—and Penn and Brown picked up on it as well.

After trailing 14-0 to open their game against Bucknell, the Quakers overcame two missed field goals and a missed PAT as quarterback Pat McDermott hit wideout Gabe Marabella for a 12-yard touchdown to pull Penn even at 22 and force overtime.

In the opening frame of the extra session the two sides traded field goals of more than 40 yards, including a blast from 42 yards out by Penn kicker Evan Nolan, who had been benched before the game for being, well, terrible at kicking.

McDermott capped the Quakers’ side of the second overtime period with a one-yard run, and the defense held on the subsequent Bison possession as Penn snapped Bucknell’s 17-game home non-conference winning streak.

Brown joined in the extra football fun after a late-game Fordham field goal knotted the game at 20. But Bears running back Nick Hartigan tumbled into the endzone from a yard out to give his club a 27-20 lead to open the first overtime period.

The Brown defense yielded just three yards in as many downs on the Rams’ possession and recorded a sack on fourth-and-seven to seal the Bears’ first-ever overtime victory.

The two extra-session wins gave the Ivies a split of their four games against the Patriot League on the weekend and left the season record at .500 (6-6) with just three games left between the two conferences—all coming this weekend.

And with that, let’s get to this weekend’s action:

NO. 25 PENN (3-1) vs. COLUMBIA (0-4)

Columbia may very well be the worst team in the Ivy League. Penn may be the best.

The Quakers haven’t lost an Ivy game since a 28-21 defeat in Cambridge in 2001. The last time Penn lost a league game at home people were too busy worrying about Y2K to notice.

Since none of this information is directly relevant to this particular contest, here’s some pertinent analysis to keep in mind.

They’re playing Columbia.

There are only three guarantees in Ivy League football: Postseason participation will always be banned, athletic scholarships will never be allowed and Columbia will always suck.

Even if the Lions can slow down Penn wide receiver Dan Castles, who had 12 receptions for 132 yards last weekend, the Quaker air attack shouldn’t miss a beat as McDermott connected with eight different receivers at least twice last weekend. Running back Sam Mathews has been a disappointment for Penn so far this season, but don’t be surprised if he has a breakout 100-yard, two-touchdown performance in this one.

Speaking of touchdowns, Columbia’s abysmal offense doesn’t score many. And that’s a problem, because Penn’s defense is ranked eighth in the nation in terms of points allowed.

The Quakers will defend their home turf with ease, beating the Lions by three or four touchdowns.

PRINCETON (3-1) vs. BROWN (3-1)

The similarities in this game are eerie.

Princeton’s only loss of the season came last weekend after Colgate launched a furious second-half comeback to erase a double-digit deficit before holding on for victory. Brown’s sole defeat came at the hands of Harvard, which dug out of a 21-point second-half hole to win 35-34.

Both squads boast balanced offensive attacks, splitting up about 400 yards of total offense per game almost equally between the air and ground games.

They each score at about the same clip (29 points per game for Brown and 28 for Princeton), while giving up roughly three touchdowns a game on defense.

In fact, the only tangible difference between the two teams is that the Tigers don’t have Nick Hartigan.

The Brown running back should once again eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark and pick up three scores along the way. Road wins are always tough in the Ivy League, but a workhorse like Hartigan can make them a whole lot easier.

The Bears knock Princeton from the ranks of the Ivy undefeated by three points, leaving Harvard and Penn as the lone undefeated teams in league play.

IVY-PATRIOT SHOWDOWNS

YALE (3-1) vs. No. 18 LEHIGH (4-1)

The only signs of life the Bulldogs have shown this season came in their desperate rally to beat then-No. 11 Colgate in week three. Maybe it takes a fancy number in front of a team name in order to pique Yale’s interest. Aside from that, it’s also important to remember that Lehigh has its two toughest Patriot League games (Bucknell and Colgate) coming up in the two weeks following its meeting with the Bulldogs.

The Mountain Hawks defense hasn’t been exposed to an offense as talented as Yale’s this season. Look for quarterback Alvin Cowan finally to have a breakout game and lead the Bulldogs to a 31-28 victory.

CORNELL (1-3) vs. No. 20 COLGATE (3-2)

Not that past results are ever indicative of future performance, but earlier this season, in consecutive weeks, Yale fell to Cornell and then proceeded to knock off Colgate. Add to that the fact that Colgate hasn’t won a road game this season, and you might be thinking Big Red upset.

But that thinking would be wrong. Raider running back Jamaal Branch will manage to break 100 yards against a stingy Cornell ‘D’ and Colgate will win by two touchdowns.

DARTMOUTH (0-4) vs. HOLY CROSS (0-5)

To the best of my knowledge, neither side has forfeited yet, so here’s my analysis. Dartmouth is bad. Holy Cross is incredibly awful. The Big Green will win. The Crusaders and those Hanover fans appreciative of good football will most definitely lose.

—Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu.