Lehigh Football Nation
August 5th, 2009, 04:32 PM
http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2009/08/patriot-league-media-day.html
You can read my full conference report at College Sporting News, which includes exclusive quotes from the executive director of the Patriot League. In addition to the report I filed there (and the upcoming blog exclusives with junior QB J.B. Clark, senior DT B.J. Benning, and coach Coen) , I wanted to share with you, dear Reader, my impressions of Patriot League media day.
http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/08/05/csn-diary-scholarships-patriot-league-me?blog=5
Patriot League media day probably ought to have been dominated by talk about any number of subjects concerning the upcoming 2009 season: the intra-league parity, once again, of the top five (or six) teams in the conference; the very distinct possibility that Holy Cross quarterback Dom Randolph will shatter nearly every Patriot League passing record by the time he finishes his career as a Crusader; if Colgate quarterback Matt Sullivan can lead the Raiders to a second-straight Patriot League title; or Lafayette’s defense, led by linebacker Mark Leggerio, is rapidly becoming a fearsome, top-rated unit that is perennially one of the top defenses in all of FCS.
But it was Fordham’s table - and head coach Tom Masella - that was getting much more attention than in years past.
Fordham’s announcement in May that they were going to abandon a Patriot League restriction on football scholarships dominated nearly every conversation, whether the TV cameras were rolling or no. Once only talked about in hushed tones, everyone - coaches, players, and the media alike - were talking about the subject that will change the Patriot League football forever one way or another.
Fordham and football scholarships for the Patriot League dominated yesterday's Media Day, and I weigh in with my thoughts.
You can read my full conference report at College Sporting News, which includes exclusive quotes from the executive director of the Patriot League. In addition to the report I filed there (and the upcoming blog exclusives with junior QB J.B. Clark, senior DT B.J. Benning, and coach Coen) , I wanted to share with you, dear Reader, my impressions of Patriot League media day.
http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/08/05/csn-diary-scholarships-patriot-league-me?blog=5
Patriot League media day probably ought to have been dominated by talk about any number of subjects concerning the upcoming 2009 season: the intra-league parity, once again, of the top five (or six) teams in the conference; the very distinct possibility that Holy Cross quarterback Dom Randolph will shatter nearly every Patriot League passing record by the time he finishes his career as a Crusader; if Colgate quarterback Matt Sullivan can lead the Raiders to a second-straight Patriot League title; or Lafayette’s defense, led by linebacker Mark Leggerio, is rapidly becoming a fearsome, top-rated unit that is perennially one of the top defenses in all of FCS.
But it was Fordham’s table - and head coach Tom Masella - that was getting much more attention than in years past.
Fordham’s announcement in May that they were going to abandon a Patriot League restriction on football scholarships dominated nearly every conversation, whether the TV cameras were rolling or no. Once only talked about in hushed tones, everyone - coaches, players, and the media alike - were talking about the subject that will change the Patriot League football forever one way or another.
Fordham and football scholarships for the Patriot League dominated yesterday's Media Day, and I weigh in with my thoughts.