College Sports Journal Patriot League Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Last week was a mixed one for the Patriot League. Georgetown overwhelmed a Division III team 69-0, while Fordham topped Bryant by double digits. The...
College Sports Journal Big South Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Conference play is still a couple of weeks away, but the teams of the Big South take on some interesting challenges out-of-conference this week, including...
College Sports Journal Ivy League Previews: Week of 9/21/2019
Finally the wait is over - the Ivy League awakens from their annual football slumber and rejoins the college football universe almost a full month...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Modestly More Relevant 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 9/14/2019
Last week, we shook the dust off our first laughable attempt at picking an FCS Playoff field, and this week, we make another laughable attempt...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 9/14/2019
It was a week of high-profile Top 25 clashes in FCS this week, as the marquee games of the week pitted Delaware vs. North Dakota...
Maier Dissects Lehigh Defense En Route To a 41-13 Win For UC Davis
UC Davis QB Jake Maier had a tremendous evening in the Aggies’ home opener in UC Davis Health Stadium, going 38-for-49 passing for 389 yards...
College Sports Journal Northeast Conference Previews: Week of 9/14/2019
Things pretty much played out as expected when the teams of the NEC stepped up in class, losing some games against tough competition. It was...
College Sports Journal Patriot League Previews: Week of 9/14/2019
Last week, Holy Cross stunned many with their 13-10 upset of New Hampshire, the Patriot League's first win over a CAA school this season. This...
For The First Time Since 1977, Lehigh Is Invited Back to UC Davis To Play a Football Game
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-2) make a trip to Davis, California to take on the UC Davis Aggies (1-1). It's a game that promises to...
FCS Playoffs ‘Til I Die: Your Near-Meaningless 2019 FCS Playoff Projection, Week of 9/7/2019
There truly is a never-ending search for content, a fact I was reminded of when I was politely and earnestly asked this week about coming...
The Week That Was: Highlights of the Five Top FCS Games, Week Ending 9/7/2019
Most years, it’s FCS teams stunning FBS teams, but this week, it was non-scholarship FCS and sub-Division-I teams stunning FCS squads instead. In their home...
Villanova’s Packed Home Opener A Happy One for Wildcat Fans, Win 38-10 over Lehigh
The Villanova Wildcats (2-0) surged to a 17-3 halftime lead over Lehigh, and ultimately cruised to a 38-10 win on Saturday evening on the Main...
College Sports Journal Northeast Conference Previews: Week of 9/7/2019
Wagner, who came within a blown defensive penalty from having a chance to beat FBS UConn, isn't the only NEC team chomping at the bit...
College Sports Journal Pioneer Football League Previews: Week of 9/7/2019
Davidson's narrow win against Georgetown last week was a really nice win for the Pioneer, who went 2-4 in their games last week. This week...
College Sports Journal Patriot League Previews: Week of 9/7/2019
0-2 Colgate, who lost two extremely challenging games to Villanova and FBS Air Force to start the season, earn a well-deserved bye week, while the...
Villanova Looks To Extend Dominance over Patriot League Foes As They Welcome Lehigh
30. 33. 38. 35. 26. 35. 31. No, that’s not a high school locker combination, or a quarterback audible. Those are the point totals Villanova...
2019 College Sports Journal Conference Previews: Ivy League
Last season was one for the ages in the Ivy League, with Princeton going 10-0. It was the fourth outright Ivy League title in Princeton...
Highlights: CSJ FCS Top Five Games and Recap of Week 1
Week One saw quite a few Power 5 FBS teams celebrate wins against powerful FCS teams as if they had won a bowl game. Only...
Lehigh Wins The Internet, But Loses The Football Game to St. Francis (PA), 14-13
We live in a strange world where people consume things in bites. People consume bites like video clips quickly, and sometimes they love them enough...
QUICK RECAP: St. Francis (PA) Gets Revenge For Last Year, Hold On to Win 14-13
It was a game a defensive coordinator could love, and it resulted in a thrilling victory for St. Francis (PA) and an agonizing loss for...
College Sports Journal Patriot League Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
Colgate, who hosted Villanova in Week 0, continues their Theater of Pain tour this week as they travel out to Air Force to take on...
College Sports Journal Big South Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
The PFL starts their 2019 journeys this week with the most diverse out-of-conference slate in all fo the FCS. Butler takes on the defending...
College Sports Journal Pioneer Football Conference Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
The PFL starts their 2019 journeys this week with the most diverse out-of-conference slate in all fo the FCS. Butler takes on the defending FCS...
New Look St. Francis (PA) and Lehigh Look To Start 2019 With A Win
Last season, St. Francis (PA) and Lehigh faced off at the exact same time of year (Saturday, Labor Day weekend) at the exact same weekend....
College Sports Journal Northeast Conference Game Previews: Week of 8/31/2019
The NEC starts their 2019 football season as road warriors with the exception of Merrimack, who is not a full NEC member but is competing...
Five Takeaways from Lehigh Football’s 2019 Season-Opener Two Deep
Lehigh has just released their game notes for their 2019 Week 1 tilt against St. Francis (PA), and it's our first look at Lehigh's starting...
One Week Away, Lehigh Finishes Preseason Prep for 2019 Football Season
Much of preseason practice for a football involves building the skills, plays and toughness that’s required for the full grind of a full season. For...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Arizona Wildcats
Arizona Wildcats Location: Tuscon, AZ Coach: Kevin Sumlin (5-7@Ariz., 91-50 overall) 1st Season Stadium: Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 55,675) CSJ Projections: 9th: Pac 12 (5th: South)...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Arkansas Razorbacks
There were a lot of "firsts" for the Razorbacks that Arkansas fans would rather forget in Year One of Chad Morris' rebuild of the Razorbacks. ...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Purdue Boilermakers
A very up and down year in Jeff Brohm's second season at West Lafayette featured the good (their upset win over Iowa, their season-ending win...
College Sports Journal Conference Previews: Patriot League
The 2018 Patriot League football produced two tiers of teams. The first tier was Colgate, who had the best defense in FCS, gave a bowl...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Boston College Eagles
Football seasons aren't supposed to end on an "incomplete", but that's how the season of the 7-5 Eagles ended when play was suspended thanks to...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Princeton Tigers
10-0 Princeton had a year to remember in 2018, clinching the fourth outright Ivy League title in program history, and the first since 1995. It...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Louisville Cardinals
It was bad. After two wins against teams they were expected to beat, Indiana State and Western Kentucky, the Cardinals would lose all of their...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Maryland Terrapins
After an 4-3 start, interim head coach Matt Canada was not offered the full time position at Maryland, and Mike Locksley, who worked under Nick Saban...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Colgate Raiders
When your only losses are to a bowl-bound Army team and the eventual FCS National Champions in Fargo, that's the very definition of a great...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Yale Bulldogs
A wild 5-5 year saw Yale beat both Mercer of the SoCon and an FCS Playoff semifinalist in Maine, but lose a wild game in...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The final season for legendary Yellow Jacket head coach Paul Johnson was a good one - a 7-5 season and a bowl invite. The offseason...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Illinois Fighting Illini
A case could be made that under Lovie Smith there was some improvement in Champaign thanks to the Fighting Illini's 4-8 record. A closer look...
College Sports Journal 2019 Division I Football Conference Preview: Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference welcomes two new members in 2019 in LIU and Merrimack, two teams that should bring some juice to the league in future...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Duquesne Dukes
Things looked grim after an early-season defeat to Bryant left the Dukes at 3-3. But Jerry Schmitt's team would win their next five games to...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Navy Midshipmen
It was another disappointing year for the Midshipmen with a 3-10 record and their third consecutive loss to archrival Navy. It's their worst record since...
Five Questions Lehigh Must Answer In Training Camp
Youth. Questions. Fifth. Those are three words that haven't normally been associated with Lehigh at the start of preseason training camp in August....
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Colorado State Rams
The bowl year of 2017 seemed like a distant memory as the Rams crashed to a 3-9 season. Losses to FCS Illinois State, Hawai'i and...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Harvard Crimson
A season that seemed like it was going off the rails in October was righted in November, with a three game winning streak and a...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Oregon State Beavers
Most of the Beavers' 2018 season was downright ugly, with a plethora of double digit blowout losses in a dismal 2-10 campaign. Their lone bright...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Penn Quakers
The Quakers remained in the upper echelon of the Ivy League with a 6-4 record and a perfect 3-0 out-of-conference record. They couldn't get over...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Kansas Jayhawks
Few teams have had as eventful twelve months as the hapless Jayhawks. Despite wins over Rutgers, Central Michigan and conference member TCU in 2018, a...
2019 NCAA Division I College Football Team Previews: Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Some folks thought head coach Chris Ash might be let go after a painful 1-11 season, their lone win coming on opening weekend against Texas...
Young Lehigh Squad Eager To Prove Patriot League Voters Wrong This Season
"Over 40% of our team are first-year players," Gilmore said. "And we're excited to see what some of these freshman can do to enhance our...