Fordham At Lehigh: The Game Thread

[Lehigh Football Nation]

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2012/09/game-preview-fordham-at-lehigh-9292012.html

Breakout game? Or letdown game?

Full breakdown and fearless prediction will most likely come tonight.

[RichH2]

1st things 1 st, agree excellent Hard cider. Reisterers from LI only better I've had.
Will be a tough game.They are bigger and faster, ala Liberty,but they have tasted victory. O pedestrian other than Koonce. D better than in past yrs but has not been tested yet other than Cornell's first game. A real trap,if we come out flat.

[Fordham]

Funny Rich, from my vantage point our O is actually pretty special but it's the D that is pedestrian at best.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh's offense is poised for a break out performance. This could finally be the week it happens. Spadola is going to leave his mark imo.

Under Coen Lehigh has always shown the ability to improve as the season goes on. The pieces are there but the offensive consistency still needs to be found. Fordham is a big hurdle to potentially big things. A win over the Rams and the Hawks COULD very easily be 8-0 heading into the bye. The Rams are formidable but Lehigh, overall, is better.

[ngineer]

Current forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with high of 68--perfect, so long as the winds lay low. It appears we'll be sneaking between two systems with some rain Friday, but ending very late and then some showers on Sunday. That said, key will be stopping the vaunted Ram running game. With our experienced secondary, I think the LBs can concentrate on run support first. With this being the first "league game" from a mental standpoint, I don't think there will be any problem of a letdown from last week. Fordham has too good a record to let the happen.

[Fordhamanhattan]

If I was an Engineer,oops Mountain Hawk as opposed to the Hawks they have at Penn State, I would watch Brian Wetzel and Sam Ajala.

[CFBfan]

"A real tap game": one of the most over used terms ever! this is NOT a trap game for LU not even close

[Engineer86]

"A real tap game": one of the most over used terms ever! this is NOT a trap game for LU not even close

Every game at Lehigh is a tap game the only question is what is on tap?

[CFBfan]

sorry...meant TRAP game (but then you knew that)

[van]

Lehigh's offense is poised for a break out performance. This could finally be the week it happens. Spadola is going to leave his mark imo.

Under Coen Lehigh has always shown the ability to improve as the season goes on. The pieces are there but the offensive consistency still needs to be found. Fordham is a big hurdle to potentially big things. A win over the Rams and the Hawks COULD very easily be 8-0 heading into the bye. The Rams are formidable but Lehigh, overall, is better.

Hope you are right Owl, still waiting for that break out performance.

[Engineer86]

sorry...meant TRAP game (but then you knew that)

Yep, but I think we are both correct

[RichH2]

Funny Rich, from my vantage point our O is actually pretty special but it's the D that is pedestrian at best.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Disregarding Lock Haven, FU has shown some toughness vs Nova and edged Nell and Col. Run up some nice rushing stats. Not much else. D did pretty well limiting Matthews in Nell's 1st game. Otherwise they have not faced a good offense yet. Still FU big and fast and much much improved over last yr. Biggest thing is HC teaching team how to win.

[Pard4Life]

Lehigh's offense is poised for a break out performance. This could finally be the week it happens. Spadola is going to leave his mark imo.

Under Coen Lehigh has always shown the ability to improve as the season goes on. The pieces are there but the offensive consistency still needs to be found. Fordham is a big hurdle to potentially big things. A win over the Rams and the Hawks COULD very easily be 8-0 heading into the bye. The Rams are formidable but Lehigh, overall, is better.

Maybe... Fordham gave up yards to pass-happy Cornell... but Colvin has to be able to get the ball to Spadola first.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Looking at the game notes, I noticed #12 Nebrich isn't even listed on the roster, though he is listed on the Fordham website. I know he's not playing against Lehigh, and he might be done for the year with that ligament tear, but is he off the team completely?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Game breakdown and fearless prediction!

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2012/09/game-5-breakdown-fordham-at-lehigh.html

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Closing in on game time! I'm confident about this one assuming Lehigh doesn't turn the ball over. Koonce will get some yards but, overall, the LU run defense will hold down the fort. The rams kicker is very good so they'll score between the 20s.

[RichH2]

Key for today. 100 for 60 for Lehigh

[Bogus Megapardus]

Rams up 7-0 early in the 1st quarter.

[Pard4Life]

Is this on TV anywhere? Like Phila?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

14-0? What's going on?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

TD Lehigh!! Sherman from about 20 yards out!

FU 14 LU 7 3:50 1Q

[Pard4Life]

14-7

[Pard4Life]

Live stats since Lehigh's 1990s website is hard to navigate: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/lehigh.portal#

[Pard4Life]

Fumble?

[Pard4Life]

Lehigh's in game tracker is the worst pile of crap I've ever seen....

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

TD Colvin!

14-14!

[RichH2]

Tied. D blitzed out the door. Ryan wants ball he'd better stop dropping it.

[Pard4Life]

A short field will do that, and Lehigh can score...

[Pard4Life]

End of the 1st... 14-14...

Colvin 3-6 16 yards, Sherman 6 carries 42 yards, Barkett 28 yards

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh's defense forces a 3 and out...

How did the Rams get a 14-0 lead?

[Pard4Life]

Higgins 7-9 for 86 yards... Koonce 10, 39yards

[Pard4Life]

Game tracker is A LITTLE SLOW! Probably relies on telefax to update...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham with a blatant horse collar on Spadola but no call...

[Pard4Life]

IT's still the end of the first on game tracker...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh with a FG after a good drive.

17-14 Lehigh

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh's OL looks real good.

[Pard4Life]

And Lehigh's game tracker has stopped working... typical Lehigh POS...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh moving the ball again. Inside the 20...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

TD Lehigh!!

24-17 Hawks, 3:52 2Q

[Fordham]

24-14 Lehigh. 24 unanswered points. Our D cannot stop them. Our only hope is to keep moving the ball and possibly scoring and getting luck.

Deep pass to Lehigh 12 as I wrote that.

[Fordham]

TD Fordham!!!

24 - 20

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Takes Fordham two plays to respond. looked like a block in the back on the TD...

Lehigh 24 Frodham 21 2:43 2Q

[Fordham]

we absolutely need to keep them from scoring here and go into the 1/2 close.

PAT good.

24 - 21 Lehigh.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

The crowd looks pretty good. Away side about a 1/3 filled.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh was driving and Colvin gets picked...ugh

[Fordham]

Big pick. Some pts here would be huge

[Fordham]

Lehigh run D stuffing Koonce all day. Higgins playing well - it'll rest on his shoulders to keep us in this thing.

[Fordham]

big sack v. Higgins. He has to get that ball away there.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh with a big sack!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh 24 Fordham 21 Half

[Pard4Life]

Time? Field position? Ball?

[Pard4Life]

Lehigh 24 Fordham 21 Half

OK NM...

[Pard4Life]

Impressions??

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Impressions??

I have no idea how Lehigh got down 14-0. From what I saw the LU offense looked very good. The OL was completely controlling the line of scrimmage. Spadola is having a very good game. The Fordham QB looks very good. I think Lehigh has more balance on offense which should help them in the second half.

[Pard4Life]

If game thread was working, I could tell you!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I don't want this game coming down to a FG. The Fordham kicker has a tremendous leg!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh has 296 total yards; Fordham 236

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh will start deep in their on territory to begin the second half...

Lehigh can't afford turnovers!!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Colvin to Haggins for about 50 yards...

[Pard4Life]

If anything, it should be fun to see LC's secondary vs. FU and LU.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham stops Lehigh on 4th and 3. Colvin had Kurfis open and just missed him.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Wow. This is shaping up to be a good game!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham with a 3rd and long....Lehigh defense needs to make a stop...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh defense holds. Time to put together a good drive!

[Pard4Life]

Wow. This is shaping up to be a good game!

And WE CAN't WATCH LISTEN OR FOLLOW!!! BECAUSE LEHIGH has no communications infrastructure.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Colvin to Sherman for about 70 yards down to the Ram 5.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Colvin to Sherman for about 70 yards down to the Ram 5.

Barket scores two plays later!!

31-21, Lehigh, 9:32 3Q

[Pard4Life]

Was the Sherman pass a quick dump?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Was the Sherman pass a quick dump?

Nah, he was about 15 yards down field...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham moving the ball...at the LU 25

botched snap, back to the 35...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham FG kicker short from 51 yards. Hawks can really put the hammer down on this drive.

[Pard4Life]

I feel like that neighborhood kid back in 1925 who is too short to see over the fence to catch the action with respect to following this game...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh with a curios QB draw on 3rd and 6. Hopefully Divers can pin 'em deep.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham moving the ball....to the Lehigh 40...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Bianchi should have had a pick...big 3rd down..

Fordham forced to use a TO..dare i saw crowd noise?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham with a huge 3rd and 16 conversion to the Lehigh 5...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh defense tightens, forces a short FG.

Lehigh 31 Fordham 24 1:54 3Q

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh again with bad field position' starting inside the 10. Should have taken a knee

[Pard4Life]

Fordham winning doesn't do a thing for the PL standings... ugh.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Spadola can't hang on to a perfect bomb for Colvin...

Lehigh to punt...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Koonce with big run up the middle to close out the 3Q.

End of 3, Lehigh 31 Fordham 24, Rams at midfield

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh defense was on the field quite a bit the last part of the 3rd quarter. The offense needs to put together one more TD drive.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh keeps blitzing on 3rd and long and the Rams are converting...down to the Hawk 35

Another 3rd and long coming...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

First down Rams at the 20...this is getting ridiculous...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordhams QB is very solid...down to the 11...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

TD Fordham. Lehigh can't stop their QB. They get pressure and he runs away from it.

31-31 11:42 4Q, Lehigh is in trouble...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I have no idea how many 3rd 10+ yard conversions Fordham has but it seems like 100..

[Pard4Life]

I have no idea how many 3rd 10+ yard conversions Fordham has but it seems like 100..

They killed us with that in 2007... sounds like FU is back.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Good job, Fordham. We need to know that Lehigh is beatable.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Colvin misses Spadola on what would have been a big play...3rd and 10....defense can't go back on the field...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

#44 for Frodham saves a huge play with a great open field tackle of Barket...Lehigh to punt

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Fordham converts 3rd and short around midfield...about 9 minutes left...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Andrews drops a sure pick 6....

Fordham inside the Lehigh 40...this is not going to end well...Lehigh's luck might be running out...

Another 3rd and long coming up...Lehgh's defense holds!! Need to put together a winning drive!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh with a big first down, Colvin to Haggins, under 6 minutes left...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Frodham holds, Rams will have a chance to win it...
Huge penalty on Fordham, Lehigh keeps the ball.

[Pard4Life]

Frodham holds, Rams will have a chance to win it...
Huge penalty on Fordham, Lehigh keeps the ball.

SON OF A....

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh should run on 3rd and 2!!

[bulldog10jw]

SON OF A....

GUN ?

[Bogus Megapardus]

Let's go Rams!

[Pard4Life]

Oh wait I forgot... Fordham doesn't beat Lehigh... just doesn't happen.... why get worried Pard4Life... why worry?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh punted...video froze...

This is shaping up to a game winning FG by the FU kicker...

[Pard4Life]

Let's go Rams!

I never knew a Leopard could change his avatar spots so readily...

[Pard4Life]

Lehigh punted...video froze...

This is shaping up to a game winning FG by the FU kicker...

I told you... your on-demand and game tracker services are TERRIBLE!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Listening to the game live on www.wfuv.org

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lehigh running clock down - time out at 18 seconds to set up Lehigh field goal. Tied at 31

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh hasn't made a big FG in years....

[Pard4Life]

Listening to the game live on www.wfuv.org

LIFE SAVER BOGIE! Forgot about that station... it's great...

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh at the 5!!

[Pard4Life]

Listening to the game live on www.wfuv.org

Soooo.... 3 seconds?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Holy moly!! Cmon Perry!!

[Pard4Life]

Lehigh hasn't made a big FG in years....

Harvard 2002??

[Bogus Megapardus]

Colvin throws on 3rd, complete at 5 yard line.

5 seconds left. FG unit out for Lehigh.

Fordham time out to ice kicker.

[Pard4Life]

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[Bogus Megapardus]

22 yard FG is good. Lehigh 34 Fordham 31.

Final.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

It's goood!! Lehigh wins! Great win for the Hawks!! Fordham is a very good team!

[Pard4Life]

Bleeech.... whatever... it was an XP...

[Pard4Life]

It's goood!! Lehigh wins! Great win for the Hawks!! Fordham is a very good team!

OR maybe you're just not very good.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

OR maybe you're just not very good.

Nope. If you watched their QB and skill guys you would have seen. Lehigh's defense stepped up when they had to. Lehigh's defense must have came up with a huge stop with 3 minutes or so left...

[kdinva]

Gutsy win for Lehigh, great effort by Fordham......I'll probably vote Lehigh between 8-11 tomorrow.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Great game, Fordham. Lehigh is beatable. And the Rams finally are back!

[Pard4Life]

Nope. If you watched their QB and skill guys you would have seen. Lehigh's defense stepped up when they had to. Lehigh's defense must have came up with a huge stop with 3 minutes or so left...

I would like to have seen, but your media options are terrible and you are not on TV in your own area... last week's tough win likely played a role in the final quarter today.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Great game, Fordham. Lehigh is beatable. And the Rams finally are back!

They are but it's going to take a darn good team to take them out. The offense is showing signs of big play potential and the defense steps up when needed.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I would like to have seen, but your media options are terrible and you are not on TV in your own area... last week's tough win likely played a role in the final quarter today.

Truth. Had to tune into Fordham's excellent radio station on the internet to get this game. Lehigh makes in frustratingly difficult to follow the Engineers.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

The last time I remember Lehigh making a really big FG was against Fordham in 2002. Douglas his about 48 yarder in OT.

Absolute congrats to the Rams. You are a very good team, especially on offense, and will notch a few PL wins this year.

[Pard4Life]

The last time I remember Lehigh making a really big FG was against Fordham in 2002. Douglas his about 48 yarder in OT.

Absolute congrats to the Rams. You are a very good team, especially on offense, and will notch a few PL wins this year.

Oh right... I remember WATCHING it on TV....

[Pard4Life]

Truth. Had to tune into Fordham's excellent radio station on the internet to get this game. Lehigh makes in frustratingly difficult to follow the Engineers.

Utterly forgot about their radio... I went to their site earlier trying to get live stats, but it sent me to Lehigh's site... didn't think of their radio option.

[Fordham]

Tough loss but Lehigh did exactly what great teams do - they win in the clutch. Int'l grounding call absolutely crushed us to start that last drive. 2nd & 21 from the 1yd line very tough to convert and the resulting field position really put Lehigh in great position to march down for the FG. Congrats Engineers, very tough fought win.

Hope we can rebound.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Utterly forgot about their radio... I went to their site earlier trying to get live stats, but it sent me to Lehigh's site... didn't think of their radio option.

That's what I did as well - then for some reason I remembered about WFUV at Fordham. Got to hear the last few minutes of the game, with the announcers calling essentially what it will sound like when the Pards beat those Beige Weenies in #148.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh's got Columbia, @ Georgetown and Bucknell before their bye. Needless to say, 8-0 is within reach. This offense is going to explode on someone.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Hope we can rebound.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. Fordham already has rebounded. The Rams simply need to play just as they did this afternoon, and they'll do very well through the PL schedule. Enough for Cincinnati? Perhaps not. But Fordham will be just fine.

[Bogus Megapardus]

This offense is going to explode on someone.

Literally, I hope. Then the Pards can sweep up the entrails on November 17.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Literally, I hope. Then the Pards can sweep up the entrails on November 17.

Spadola, Haggins and Sherman had big games. Still no TD's for Ryan though. This offense isn't quite as good as last year because it can't find consistency but it's still very good.

[RichH2]

Yup, Lehigh is beatable. But no one has done it yet. Thank God for FU radio. LU does make it hard to get game. And when you do presentation not great.

Again great clutch plays. By O and D. Still left lots of plays on the field . Lots of drops. Thought Andrews had INT for a TD had to hold on. Knew FU would be better, surprised how good they are. Like Gate they will score on anyone. Really blitzed our D early. Mike some great clutch plays but still inconsistent. One day they will play a consistent game on O. Just hope it is this year.

[Southsider]

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

You really didn't mean that...........................did you?

[RichH2]

P4L really doen't like us . We keep beating the crap out of his little Pards. Altho ,I expect this yr will be a battle.

[Southsider]

P4L really doen't like us . We keep beating the crap out of his little Pards. Altho ,I expect this yr will be a battle.

Now, tell me something I don't know! Makes wins like this that much sweeter. But, I will take the high road. Go Spotted Pussies!!

[van]

Nope. If you watched their QB and skill guys you would have seen. Lehigh's defense stepped up when they had to. Lehigh's defense must have came up with a huge stop with 3 minutes or so left...

Was very impressed with Fordham QB, very accurate throws. Except for the glaring mistakes on offense by Rams (2 snaps past QB and some dumb penalties), they probably win this one.

[LehighU11]

Another nail biter, but this season is creating more exciting games than last year. Hopefully we stay on the winning side. Secondary was shaky all game and left way too many Fordham receivers wide open. Surprised we didn't tighten up the coverage since their running game wasn't as strong as anticipated.

Colvin looked good in the first half, except for the interception, with Spadola playing uncharacteristically flat. That reversed in the 2nd half with a number of balls thrown behind receivers. Still can't put together 4 solid quarters.

Attendance: 9291, edging out last year's Holy Cross game by less than 75. Largest non-Lafayette crowd in past 5 seasons.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Another nail biter, but this season is creating more exciting games than last year. Hopefully we stay on the winning side. Secondary was shaky all game and left way too many Fordham receivers wide open. Surprised we didn't tighten up the coverage since their running game wasn't as strong as anticipated.

Colvin looked good in the first half, except for the interception, with Spadola playing uncharacteristically flat. That reversed in the 2nd half with a number of balls thrown behind receivers. Still can't put together 4 solid quarters.

Attendance: 9291, edging out last year's Holy Cross game by less than 75. Largest non-Lafayette crowd in past 5 seasons.

The Fordham QB did a great job extending the play. Lehigh's front 7 got good pressure on him all game yet 9/10 times he would step out and find an open receiver down the field. Trying to cover for more than 4 or 5 seconds is very difficult. Fordham is, imo, easily the best team Lehigh has faced.

Hopefully Lehigh can come out and put Columbia to bed early next week.

The injury bug, for now, seems to have left which should help to build consistency. There's been very few, if any, Hawk players helped off the field these last 3 games.

[RichH2]

Mike still gets scatterarmed but not as much. Heck, if Andrews and Bianchi snag those balls different game. FU Qb was outstanding. He lit up our secondary. All in all did a good job on Koonve. He had some ru.s but we held him well under 4 yds per.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Mike still gets scatterarmed but not as much. Heck, if Andrews and Bianchi snag those balls different game. FU Qb was outstanding. He lit up our secondary. All in all did a good job on Koonve. He had some ru.s but we held him well under 4 yds per.

Colvin has been better than I think some would have believed. His decision making overall is solid and he's obviously a great athlete. He's by no means Lum but he's still a very solid FCS QB. The one thing he's better at than Lum is avoiding the forced pass. Lum for as great as he was threw some real head scratching picks. Colvin has only had a couple of them through 5 games.

[LehighU11]

Colvin has been better than I think some would have believed. His decision making overall is solid and he's obviously a great athlete. He's by no means Lum but he's still a very solid FCS QB. The one thing he's better at than Lum is avoiding the forced pass. Lum for as great as he was threw some real head scratching picks. Colvin has only had a couple of them through 5 games.

I agree with you on Colvin. He has exceeded my expectations coming into the season. We all knew he could run, but he had shown a good arm and has made some great, crisp passes. There was one completion today to Fernandez-Soto that he threaded the needle on, under pressure. If Cecchini allows him to pass the ball more, I think we will see some better results.

[Engineer86]

I agree with you on Colvin. He has exceeded my expectations coming into the season. We all knew he could run, but he had shown a good arm and has made some great, crisp passes. There was one completion today to Fernandez-Soto that he threaded the needle on, under pressure. If Cecchini allows him to pass the ball more, I think we will see some better results.

He is what I expected after the B&W game. Today he continued to miss open receivers. The offense is still to inconsistent and as the weeks go on and we see who beats who, it continues to add up that LU is not a strong team as much as I would prefer otherwise, I am just not seeing it. The record is more a reflection of who we played rather than performance.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

He is what I expected after the B&W game. Today he continued to miss open receivers. The offense is still to inconsistent and as the weeks go on and we see who beats who, it continues to add up that LU is not a strong team as much as I would prefer otherwise, I am just not seeing it. The record is more a reflection of who we played rather than performance.

He just lacks consistency and a bit of confidence. It seems like once he makes a bad pass it takes 3 or 4 to get it going again. He doesn't have the "short term memory" yet that many QB's have. Lum was very good at bouncing back from interceptions and/or poor decisions.

I think this team is still pretty darn good. In fact, I think they have more potential than the 2010 squad. Every week they're taking the other teams best shot and surviving. MU and Fordham will be winning teams by the end of the year. Princeton and Liberty, I think, will prove to respectable as well.

[PJ McJorma]

Enough miscues from Fordham to not pull off the upset. Rams need to get ready for Georgetown. Biggest non-lafayette crowd in 5 years....Patriot League football is headed in the right direction. Expect packed Jack Coffey field next week versus G'Twn. Higgins has every chance to be one of Fordham's best Patriot League QB's.

[RichH2]

Agree with all. We are not yet a consistent team but a more talented one.Mike surely a better athlete than Chris, not as good a QB. He is improving every week. I am hoping we get to see BB for a period or more next week. OL was much better this week.
Just saw Pards lost to RMU. Must go and yank P4L's chain as he did to us all afternoon. Please join me.

[ngineer]

Got in a short while ago. Was there at Goodman for today's very entertaining game. Positives: Lehigh came out flat (maybe from the big win last week) and got smacked in the face. We came roaring back and had them on the ropes. Offense looked terrific for the last 22 minutes of the first half running and passing. Spadola, though, dropped two passes. Defense way too soft in secondary. Receivers wide open, but some of that was due to Fordham QB having way too much time to find secondary receivers. Seems to me we may have been too focused on stopping Koonce and they took advantage of the play-action passing. Nice to see Sodeke do some nice runs and catches. Giving Sherman and Barket more backup. Sherman being used on short yardage a mistake. Not a shoulders-down runner, too straight up style. Need to use Barket who never goes in reverse. Colvin played very solid game, along with nice runs. Had close to 6 dropped or he's 30-40 for 400 yards. Great kicking game for the second week in a row. Divers' punting was excellent close to 45 ave. and a great pooch punt. Peery gets the big confidence builder. His leg is greatly improved strength-wise. Hitting two FGs today should really help him going forward. Great crowd today and good noise which may have impacted FU's offense resulting in some botched snaps and false starts. Fordham is greatly improved from last year. Some very good skill guys and speed. I think Moorhead had a pretty good game plan and has FU playing hard. I got the sense last year that FU gave up when we got up on them. Not this year. They fought to the end.
Now, Lehigh cannot let up with "lowly" Columbia next week. Coen only has to point to RMU's win over Laughyette and ask the team, "Is that going to be you?"

[Southsider]

I also think LU offense more effective when in a hurry up mode. Additionally, while thrilled with the outcome, I though the winning drive could have been managed better. After the completion to the 5, there was time to run a play and take a knee in the center on the field.

[van]

I also think LU offense more effective when in a hurry up mode. Additionally, while thrilled with the outcome, I though the winning drive could have been managed better. After the completion to the 5, there was time to run a play and take a knee in the center on the field.

Agree, but coach certainly showed confidence in Peery by letting the clock run down. Also, Rams OL was very good, probably the best we have faced by quite a margin. Not sure how they only put up 20 on Columbia and lost to Nova. Maybe just a matter of time before they get that winning tradition and attitude back.

[RichH2]

I would not be surprised if Rams preseason pick next yr. A lock if Higgins wasn't a senior.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

My recap:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2012/09/lehigh-34-fordham-31-final.html

Fordham is a very, very good football team that will win more games this year if they play the way they did yesterday in big stretches. If they clean up some of their key mistakes, watch out. I was especially impressed with their OC, who really came up with a great gameplan against us.

People called our schedule cupcakes. Liberty, Fordham and Monmouth were absolutely not cupcakes. Fordham could have been the best of them all.

[Pard4Life]

My recap:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2012/09/lehigh-34-fordham-31-final.html

Fordham is a very, very good football team that will win more games this year if they play the way they did yesterday in big stretches. If they clean up some of their key mistakes, watch out. I was especially impressed with their OC, who really came up with a great gameplan against us.

People called our schedule cupcakes. Liberty, Fordham and Monmouth were absolutely not cupcakes. Fordham could have been the best of them all.

When we were calling your schedule cupcakes, we were not referring to Liberty... and we all play Fordham so that's a wash.

[Pard4Life]

I too, am worried about Fordham... but their games "don't count." It was clear coaching was the issue. FU always had the talent.

[RichH2]

Agree P4L, Fu has been bigger and faster the last 2yrs. Now they actually have coaching. Their D no longer resembles a chinses fire drill. Higgins extremely accurate passer. Koonce is a tiny flitting waterbug, hard to find and harder to tackle. We did a decent job containing him and he still got over 100 and FU lit up our 2ndary.

[Pard4Life]

Agree P4L, Fu has been bigger and faster the last 2yrs. Now they actually have coaching. Their D no longer resembles a chinses fire drill. Higgins extremely accurate passer. Koonce is a tiny flitting waterbug, hard to find and harder to tackle. We did a decent job containing him and he still got over 100 and FU lit up our 2ndary.

Their Jermaine Pugh? xeyebrowx

[RichH2]

Yup.

[ngineer]

Their Jermaine Pugh? xeyebrowx

Actually, I campare him more to Ron Jean. Stronger than Pugh, thought quicker than Jean. Very shifty. We really did a good job shutting him down, which is part of the reason we had gaps in our secondary. I think we committed out LBs to more run support that dropping into passing defense than usual.

[heath]

Too much b1tching about media coverage.Maybe thats done on purpose???????Can't vote against what you don't see.BUT its seems to always be the inferior ones(shi*ty team$) that complain and whine the most.Did not see Bobby Morris-Pussy game on TV either:(So much for the undefeated teams playing in NOV. PL fans live in such a small cubical.Thanks for the comedy,keep making excuses and whining-especially Lafayette xbowx

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Game winning FG


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nub0TyvhS4M

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Post Game


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IN37eiYuCxc

[JimboCBA72]

My recap:

http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2012/09/lehigh-34-fordham-31-final.html

Fordham is a very, very good football team that will win more games this year if they play the way they did yesterday in big stretches. If they clean up some of their key mistakes, watch out. I was especially impressed with their OC, who really came up with a great gameplan against us.

People called our schedule cupcakes. Liberty, Fordham and Monmouth were absolutely not cupcakes. Fordham could have been the best of them all.
Our HC Joe Moorhead calls all the plays. Essentially acts as OC

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Our HC Joe Moorhead calls all the plays. Essentially acts as OC

Thanks for explaining. I thought maybe that was the case, but I wasn't certain. I thought you had a QB coach that might do that.