Street and Smith's 2017 Patriot League Preseason Predictions

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Last year's LU-VU game wasn't particularly indicative of Lehigh (and maybe not Villanova). Shafnisky played great from the Penn game on last year (game 3 I believe), but was a liability against VU. There were 2, for certain, easy TD passes that Shaf missed on against VU that would have changed the outcome. Losing to LU should not be a "huge warning signal". I expect a tight game. Hopefully good (i.e. not too hot) weather at Goodman for a good match-up. BTW, are you Nova folks ever going to bring a good crowd to Bethlehem? It's so close, we have awesome tailgating (which as you know, VU decidedly does not) and is a good match-up. Yet, it's always empty on the visitors side. Crowds are good at VU stadium for this game; why not in Bethlehem?

Rhetorical question. Play us in hoops for crowds.

We lose to Lehigh it will be a long CAA season. Lehigh at best is a middle of pack CAA team. Sorry for being brutally frank. We rarely lose recruits to you guys. Our players are slightly better in most positions & in most seasons. It's not impossible just I think it's a bad sign.

You could beat us. Heck Penn did in '15, but me thinks it's a bad omen much like the Penn loss was that year.