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Georgetown at Colgate When: Saturday, October 27, Noon Where: Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, NY TV/Streaming: Patriot League Network/Stadium on Facebook Georgetown Hoyas The Georgetown University football team plays its final road game of the season when it travels to Hamilton, New York to take on Colgate in a matchup of the final two unbeaten teams.
It’s a situation that neither the Georgetown Hoyas or the Lehigh Mountain Hawks usually find themselves in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks, at 1-5 with a resounding 43-14 conference loss last week, desperately need a win against Georgetown to avoid a second consecutive losing record and to stay alive in the Patriot League title.
Last year, on a beautiful, hot, late October day, a 2-5 Lehigh football team traveled to the Bronx to take on a 2-6 football team, the Fordham Rams. To a Patriot League outsider, this game might have seemed like nothing much to get excited about. But the Mountain Hawks, with a 2-0 conference record and.
The Lehigh football team lost to the Princeton football team 66-7 at Powers Field in Princeton, New Jersey. The Mountain Hawk defense yielded 773 yards of offense to the Tigers – a Princeton record – allowing starting QB John Lovett to rush for 111 yards and pass for 288 more, making him responsible for 4.
In Princeton’s game notes, their game with Lehigh is billed as a “local rivalry”. It is true that the campuses of Princeton University and Lehigh University are reasonably close to one another, separated by about an hour and a half by car. And though Princeton and Lehigh have never shared a conference, this will be.
“We’ll fix it.” That was the overriding message coming out of the Lehigh postgame press conference at Penn this Saturday. It came out of the mouth of head coach Andy Coen, and also, in so many words, from starting QB Brad Mayes and the current leader in tackles on defense, LB Mark Walker. And it.
It was a battle in the first half between Lehigh and Penn. The Quakers were leading, 13-10, and senior QB Brad Mayes were getting the ball back after the second half kickoff. In most years, that’s when the Lehigh football team would be ready to engage in a shootout, perhaps dueling touchdown for touchdown. Instead,.
Here is my upset-laden take on the top 5 FCS football games of the week with video highlights from Week 3. Towson upended one of the early powers in the CAA, Villanova, by scoring 35 straight points against a team that only yielded 26 points in their first two games combined; Western Illinois knocked off.
The Lehigh football has been in some pretty big time FCS-level atmospheres before. In the FCS playoffs, Lehigh has been to Delaware, Northern Iowa, Towson, and North Dakota State. During the regular season, they’ve also played at Liberty, the Yale Bowl, and James Madison. They also routinely play their big Rivals Lafayette to sellout crowds.
For much of FCS Nation, a game against an FBS opponent is an annual expectation. For a significant number of FCS schools, however, games against FBS opponents are not something that happens every year. Such is the case of Lehigh, who hasn’t scheduled a game against an FBS opponent in fifteen years. This weekend, the.
Here is my take on the top 5 games of the week with video highlights from Week 2. Eastern Washington survived a test on the road against Northern Arizona, Maine blocked a field goal on the very last play to preserve FCS’s sixth upset over an FBS team in 2018, and South Dakota State defended.
The last two Villanova/Lehigh games featured a lot of offensive sparks. In a twist, the 2018 edition of this regional rivalry featured a lot of defense on both sides – until a back-breaking 3rd quarter from the perpective of the Mountain Hawks. Down 20-3, as Villanova’s defense stopped the Mountain Hawk offense drive after drive.
Colgate at New Hampshire When: Saturday, September 8th, 6:00 PM EDT Where: Wildcat Stadium, Durham, NH TV/Streaming Coverage: NBC Sports Boston (regional) (stream, subscription required) Colgate (1-0, 1-0 Patriot, last week W 24-17 vs. Holy Cross) Colgate plays away from home for the first time in 2018 with a renewal of the series against No. 20 New Hampshire. The.
The campuses of Lehigh and Villanova are only separated by about an hour by car – an easy drive up I-476. The wording in the Lehigh football game notes calls their game against No. 12-ranked Villanova a matchup of “regional rivals”. Though the Wildcats’ game notes didn’t return the labeling favor to the Mountain Hawks.
Holy Cross at Colgate When: Saturday, September 1st, 1:00 PM EDT Where: Andy Kerr Stadium, Hamilton, NY TV/Streaming Coverage: Stadium (online stream) Holy Cross: CSJ’s 2018 Preview Capsule The Bob Chesney era begins at Holy Cross, and it couldn’t start out in a more important or challenging way than a trip against the preseason Patriot League favorite in.
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks secured a win over their bitter Rivals Lafayette, won a share of the Patriot League Championship, and won the league’s autoqualifier for the FCS playoffs, putting them in the postseason for the second straight season. Sounds like a terrific year? Not exactly. The St. Francis (PA) Red Flash had started out.
There he was on the sidelines of practice, Walter Payton award nominee and unquestioned feature back of the Mountain Hawks, senior RB Dominick Bragalone, on one knee. Understandably, he was not on the field as much for practice with the Lehigh offense or Lehigh special teams. That’s because head coach Andy Coen needs his legs.
On a cool Tuesday morning, the Lehigh defense was having a lot of fun at football practice. For Lehigh fans, 2017 was a year to forget on the defensive end, a year replete with a multitude of big play touchdowns, big gashes of rushing yardage and some agonizing losses. But attending Lehigh’s practice today it.
College Sports Journal announces their 2018 Fearless Prediction for the Order of finish of the Patriot League. As co-champions of the Patriot League last season, the Colgate Raiders missed out on an at-large bid to the playoffs, but return most of the team that finished with a 7-4 record and are picked to win the.
Colgate Raiders Location: Hamilton, NY Coach: Dan Hunt (26-21) Stadium: And Kerr Stadium (Capacity: 10,221) CSJ Projections: 1st: Patriot 5th: New York 38th: FCS 157th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The Raiders dominated every team on their Patriot League conference schedule – except Lehigh, who eked out a narrow victory in Hamilton. It was enough.
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Location: Bethlehem, PA Coach: Andy Coen (82-56) Stadium: Murray Goodman Stadium (Capacity: 16,000) CSJ Projections: 2nd: Patriot 5th: Pennsylvania 54th: FCS 176th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: After a near-disastrous 0-5 start, the Mountain Hawks pulled things together to manage a 5-1 conference record and win their second consecutive Patriot League title.
The 2017 Lehigh football season was one of the stranger ones in Mountain Hawk history. Starting in the FCS Top 25, losing five consecutive games to start 0-5, consummating an improbable win at Colgate, and then winning just enough through the league – including beating Lafayette in the 153rd meeting of “The Rivalry” – to.
Holy Cross Crusaders Location: Worcester, MA Coach: Bob Chesney (0-0) Stadium: Fitton Field (Capacity: 23,000) CSJ Projections: 3th: Patriot 4th: Massachusetts 70th: FCS 199th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: It was supposed to be a crowning achievement year for a veteran Holy Cross team, but despite some near-epic wins, the wheels came off in.
Center Valley, PA. – Via teleconference, the Patriot League announced their preseason coaches’ poll and preseason all-Conference team today. By a significant margin, co-Patriot League champions Colgate was favored to win the Patriot League, gathering 11 of a possible 14 first-place votes. Lehigh, who shared top Patriot League Championship honors with Colgate in 2017 and.
Fordham Rams Location: Bronx, NY Coach: Joe Conlin (0-0) Stadium: Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000) CSJ Projections: 4th: Patriot 9th: New York 85th: FCS 215th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: A season filled with high hopes and a possible FCS Playoff bid crashed and burned early, after an early loss to Lafayette doomed the Rams.
Bucknell Bison Location: Lewisburg, PA Coach: Joe Susan (37-51) Stadium: Christy Matthewson-Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 13,100) CSJ Projections: 5th: Patriot 9th: Pennsylvania 94th: FCS 224th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: Though Joe Susan’s Bison were able to engineer some dramatic Patriot League wins, a winning season eluded them with a 5-6 record that was oh-so-close.
Lafayette Leopards Location: Easton, PA Coach: John Garrett (3-8) 2nd Season at Lafayette Stadium: Fisher Field at Fisher Stadium (Capacity: 13,132) CSJ Projections: 6th: Patriot 10th: Pennsylvania 109th: FCS 239th: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: A fantastic defense kept them in a lot of games, but an anemic and error-prone offense saw Garrett’s first Leopard.
Georgetown Hoyas Location: Georgetown, DC Coach: Rob Sgarlata (11-33) Stadium: D.B. Milne (Capacity: 5,000) CSJ Projections: 7th: Patriot League 2nd: District of Columbia 112th: FCS 242nd: Division I 2017 In A Sentence: The good news was that the Hoyas had a defense that could keep them in games – yielding only 12 points to Bucknell.
Here’s the final FCS Playoff projected bracket from College Sports Journal. In the FCS playoffs, there are 10 conferences that get autobids, the Big Sky, Big South, CAA, Northeast, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Patriot League, Pioneer Football League, Southern, and Southland Conferences. Two conferences, the SWAC and MEAC, choose to send their champions to the.
With a week to go, here’s the latest projected bracket from College Sports Journal. This year, we are picking a bracket based on staff picks, Sagarin Ratings, the FCS Coaches’ Poll, and some special sauce to determine who we think will be in the playoff field, who is seeded, who is in, who is out..
With two weeks to go, here’s the latest projected bracket from College Sports Journal. This year, we are picking a bracket based on staff picks, Sagarin Ratings, the FCS Coaches’ Poll, and some special sauce to determine who we think will be in the playoff field, who is seeded, who is in, who is out..
It’s that time of year again! This year, we are picking a bracket based on staff picks, Sagarin Ratings, the FCS Coaches’ Poll, and some special sauce to determine who we think will be in the playoff field, who is seeded, who is in, who is out. In the FCS playoffs, there are 10 conferences.
Top 10 Twitter Highlights No. 10. The No. 22/RV Northern Arizona football team scored 35 unanswered points after falling behind 7-0 to extend its current winning streak to five consecutive games as it rolled to a 45-31 victory over UC Davis in Big Sky Conference action on Saturday at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. The five-game.
CSJ’s Predicted Order of finish: 1. Fordham 2. Lehigh 3. Colgate 4. Holy Cross 5. Bucknell 6. Georgetown 7. Lafayette Fordham Fearless Prediction: The Rams have tremendous weapons at quarterback and running back returning, and have something even more important: a home game versus their closest competitors, Lehigh. That’s because the last time the Rams.
In the Patriot League, FCS watchers are quite aware of the star players that hope to deliver their teams championships, like Holy Cross QB Peter Pujals, Fordham RB Chase Edmonds, and Lehigh WR Troy Pelletier. But the game of football is not won by superstars alone – they are won with guys who become breakout.
INDIANAPOLIS—The field of 24 teams competing for the 2016 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee. The top eight national seeds will host winners from the first-round match-ups. Five-time defending national champion North Dakota State (10-1) tops the bracket as the number one seed after tying.
To close out the FCS Playoff projection brackets, Kent Schmidt and Chuck Burton will post their final sample brackets. Tune in tomorrow to ESPNU at 11:00AM Eastern to see how close they got! NOTE: Home team in CAPS in the brackets. Conference Champions Autobid Winners: Big Sky: North Dakota Big South: Charleston Southern CAA:.
Here is the College Sports Journal’s Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 10/25/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Lehigh 6-2, 3-0 This week: Lehigh 46, Holy Cross 14 After falling behind 7-0, Lehigh went to work, scoring the next 46 points behind a tremendous offensive and defensive effort. QB Brad Mayes.
Here is the College Sports Journal’s Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 10/18/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Lehigh 5-2, 2-0 This week: Lehigh 35, Georgetown 3 Though a 14-3 game at half, Lehigh scored on their first three possessions in the second half and shut the Hoyas out as well on.
Here is the College Sports Journal’s Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 10/11/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (1) Lehigh 4-2, 1-0 This week: Lehigh 45, Colgate 31 Down 17-7 at the close of the first half, the Mountain Hawks didn’t panic. QB Nick Shafnisky would find WR Gatlin Casey for.
Five players including Chase Edmonds from Fordham, Corey Avery from Sam Houston State, Taryn Christon from South Dakota State, Montrell Pardue, and William Will from Dayton have been selected as the College Sports Journal All-Stars for the week ending October 9th, 2016 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The honorees are listed here with.
At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our first Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 10/4/2016. (Last week’s ranking in parenthesis.) 1. (3) Lehigh 3-2, 0-0 This week: Lehigh 63, Yale 35 In a surprise, it wasn’t QB Nick Shafnisky at the helm for that Mountain Hawks, but backup QB Brad Mayes leading Lehigh.
At College Sports Journal, we proudly present our first Patriot League Power Rankings for the week of 9/27/2016. 1. Colgate 1-2, 0-0 (Nationally ranked #25, FCS Coaches’ Poll) This week: No. 7 Richmond 38, No. 25 Colgate 31 A furious Raider comeback against the nationally-ranked Spiders fell just short in Colgate’s 38-31 loss to Richmond, making the.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see Eastern Washington’s star wideout Cooper Kupp as one of the best receivers at the FCS level, or dominating Sam Houston State defensive end P.J. Hall as a great pass rusher. It seems, in fact, that all anyone talks about in the FCS preseason is the painfully obvious..
Colgate Raiders Head Coach: Dan Hunt, 3rd season (14-12) Biggest Strength in 2016: Most teams break out in Year 3 of a new head coach, but Dan Hunt’s Raiders decided to break out after a 2-4 start and fired off seven straight wins, knocking out a Patriot League title contender (Lehigh) and three nationally-ranked teams.
Fordham Rams Head Coach: Andrew Breiner, 1st season (0-0) Biggest Strength in 2016: When the “Battering Ram” offense of Joe Moorhead was firing on all cylinders last season, Fordham’s multiple no-huddle offense was awfully difficult to stop. Eight times last season, Fordham scored more than 35 points in a game; eight times, they came out.
Here at CSJ, we are previewing the upcoming 2016 season, and we are counting up from 7 to 1 as to who we think how the Patriot League football season will shake itself out. Last season, Colgate overcame an 0-3 start and won seven of their next eight regular season games, including a shock 31-29 win.
Holy Cross Crusaders Head Coach: Tom Gilmore, 12th season (66-69) Biggest strength in 2016: Battlers until the end of the season, Holy Cross navigated a strange schedule to finish above .500, but more importantly winning four of their last five games. After losing a closer-than-it-looked 31-14 loss to Colgate in Week 3, Tom Gilmore’s team.
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Head Coach: Andy Coen, 10th season (68-46) Biggest strength in 2016: Last season, the Mountain Hawk offense went from an above-average unit to the type of scary offensive force that Lehigh fans love and expect. Averaging over 30 points per game in their last five contests of last season, with an impressive.
Bucknell Bison Head Coach: Joe Susan, 7th season (28-38, 38-38 overall) Biggest strength in 2016: Though the Bison disappointed in 2015, you can’t hang that on the backs of the defense, who was ranked 12th in the nation in scoring defense and 6th in red zone defense, holding high-flying offense like Colgate, Fordham and Lehigh.
