Patriot League Pick 'em - Week 8

[carney2]

There wasn’t much to get excited about in Week 7.

Week 8 – October 19, 2013

FORDHAM @ Yale

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth

Patriot League vs. OOC:

AAC 1-0
CAA 3-5
Ivy 6-7
Mountain West 0-1
NEC 4-5
Pioneer 2-1

Most Impressive Win of the Week:

HOLY CROSS 51, BUCKNELL 27 – This is by default. I still don’t think that anyone should be giving up 27 points to Bucknell.

Most Disappointing Loss of the Week:

Stony Brook 27, COLGATE 3 – No McCarney + a few other first teamers out, but 3 points?!

Standings (Fordham counts):

Fordham 7-0, 1-0
Holy Cross 3-4, 1-0
Lafayette 1-4, 1-0
Colgate 1-5, 0-0
Lehigh 5-1, 0-1
Georgetown 1-5, 0-1
Bucknell 1-4, 0-2

[Lehigh Football Nation]

An interesting sidebar for this week is: unless Lafayette AND Bucknell shock the world, the PL will have a losing record to the Ivies for the first time in a while, I think.

[Pard4Life]

Thought we had a losing record vs IL last year or 2011.

Bucknell defense obviously broken. Something not right there. I don't get how Bucknell scored 27 with the same QB as the LC. I mean, they were bad! Many times worse than Frankosaurus.

Lehigh can take another week off.

Lafayette might as well too. Another no chance game because of our retarded system.

HC romps hapless Gate. Sader87s can score apparently.

Yale-Rams less intriguing. Rams should roll regardless but by how much? A good proxy for the IL-PL pending disparity theory.

Dartmouth - Bucknell the most intriguing game of the week??

[Ivytalk]

Fordham
Holy Cross
Lehigh
Harvard
Dartmouth

[carney2]

Lafayette might as well too. Another no chance game because of our retarded system.

The "system," retarded or otherwise, will have little to do with this. The talent disparity will be everything.

[carney2]

FORDHAM @ Yale – At 3-1, Eli has been better than expected, but they can’t cope with this.

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS – Two up and down teams in the most interesting game of the week. A vote for the home team, but with reservations.

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH – The Squawks’ two week run vs. UNH and Fordham is sandwiched between some pretty so-so performances that ended as wins. If the Hoyas rise up and make a game of this, the DungBrowns are once again in the “suspect” class.

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard – Could begin well for the Pards. Will not end well.

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth – The Indians are something of a mystery team. The Buffaloes, not so much.

[Sader87]

Just curious, has there ever been a weekend, like this one, where 4 games involving PL schools will be played in New England?

I'm sure it's probably happened before in the past but it sort of jumped out at me just now.

[ngineer]

Which Bulldog teams shows up? Fordham has been pretty consistent. Fido gets Rammed, 41-28.

Without McCarney, 'gate can't swing. 'saders learning to live young with new QB. Time to take the next step for the Gilmore crew, 31-20.

M-Hawks will be more focused this week returning home and entering league play. Each game is a championship game and Coen will have his charges ready. 45-17.

Leotards have some runs, but not enough to stay with the Johnnies, the Yard, 35-17.

Bison's chips are already dung for. Goin' Green. 31-10.

[bonarae]

FORDHAM @ Yale

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth

[Skyhawk71]

Fordham @ Yale
Colgate @ Holy Cross
Georgetown @ Lehigh
Lafayette @ Harvard
Bucknell @ Dartmouth

[van]

FORDHAM @ Yale

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth

Seems right to me!

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Dartmouth 34 Bucknell 13 - Dartmouth is solid, Bucknell, not so much...

Fordham 34 Yale 24 - The Eli's loss last week took the luster off. Even so, I think Yale plays the Rams tough at The Bowl.

Harvard 30 Lafayette 27 - The 'Pards take Harvard to the wire.

Holy Cross 40 Colgate 27 - This is the type of game that Gilmore loses more often than he should. Thankfully for HC, Colgate is just THAT bad...

Lehigh 41 Georgetown 13 - Lehigh cleans up the mental mistakes and finally dominates a team on the scoreboard...

[Bill]

Well, I move on to week 8 with a 27-11 record. On a side note, it's good that I didn't go through and take the over in the Lehigh game!

This week:

FORDHAM @ Yale

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth

[TheValleyRaider]

Finally back from the great north. Nice to see the campus again, even if the game was a (swiftly-moving) drag. 4-1 last week (I think you know the one), up to 22-16 on the season

Fordham at Yale Fordham Is this the last hurdle to an unbeaten campaign for the Rams? Well, in the most technical sense, no, given there are still a few more to play. But Yale is probably the best team left for them to play, and it's a road game. Fordham has seemed sluggish in their last two contests, but a big game like this one will hopefully be enough to shake off the rust. Yale is certainly improved from a year ago, but we can easily say that about Fordham. One step at a time on the road to the playoffs, but the Fordham wall still stands

Colgate at Holy Cross Colgate Super-frosh Pujals was at it again as the Crusaders picked up a victory, while would-be super-frosh Melville struggled mightily against Stony Brook. I was actually somewhat impressed with the defense the past week, even if the Seawolves were committed to only running 4 different plays. Colgate is missing a big chunk of their team, but everyone deals with injuries. Hard to replace a guy like McCarney, and I do think the experience could be a boon to Melville down the road. But of this year? Well, the Raiders won resoundingly last year, but now both teams are much closer than they were a year before. Does the Crusader defense more resemble Cornell's or Stony Brook? We shall see

Georgetown at Lehigh Lehigh What happened to the Lehigh team that looked good in knocking off UNH? Or kept up with Fordham for a good chunk of that contest? I suppose we could also ask what happened to the Lehigh that struggled for 3 quarters in their early games before furiously rallying to victory. Perhaps they too have been sluggish coming off their big clash in the Bronx. Whatever the reason, the Hoyas need to represent an opportunity to gain more consistency heading into the PL stretch. Lehigh may be the best team eligible for the title by default, but that's hardly a way to get excited about the postseason

Lafayette at Harvard Harvard Another week, another curse for the Leopards. Of course, is it really a curse if your opponent is better than you? Harvard looks like one of the Ivy best (again), while Lafayette looks like middle of the road PL at best (also, again). Standard caveats about picking Lafayette apply as always, but I'm not sure what else there is to say about this one. Crimson take it at home

Bucknell at Dartmouth Dartmouth I admit I don't know a great deal about Dartmouth. Given they have dropped Colgate from the schedule, we don't see them every year, so it's hard to even really feign some knowledge of their team. While I haven't really seen Bucknell this year either, I have seen enough to know they just aren't very good. The offense continues to struggle, and now their apparent strength also looks less formidable. The possibility of a wounded club salvaging their pride and putting together a (what passes for) vintage performance and getting a road win always exists, but honestly there's a pretty easy choice here

[Bogus Megapardus]

unless Lafayette AND Bucknell shock the world

I'm picking the Lafayette to shock the world this weekend. As lopsided as the Princeton score seemed last weekend, there were true signs of life.

[Bill]

Bogie - what's the meaning behind the avatar? No pop tops? Just curious...

[Southsider]

. Fordham has seemed sluggish in their last two contests,??? Sluggish against Lehigh?? If that was sluggish, I'd hate to catch them when they're feeling good!

[carney2]

I'm picking the Lafayette to shock the world this weekend. As lopsided as the Princeton score seemed last weekend, there were true signs of life.

i hope so. I'd hate to think that I'll be driving all the way to Maine and then backtracking to Cambridge to see more of the same. I'd feel much better about this however, if Tavani misses the bus.

[TheValleyRaider]

. Fordham has seemed sluggish in their last two contests,??? Sluggish against Lehigh?? If that was sluggish, I'd hate to catch them when they're feeling good!

Gah, I thought St. Francis was after Lehigh, not before xdohx

[Pards Rule]

I'm picking the Lafayette to shock the world this weekend. As lopsided as the Princeton score seemed last weekend, there were true signs of life.

Yes! Pards to win!

[LehighU11]

Bogie - what's the meaning behind the avatar? No pop tops? Just curious...

Bogie's going for no "Can Tabs," a nice little nickname for Harvard. Short for Cantabrigian, or a graduate from the University of Cambridge.

[blackbeard]

Yale
COLGATE
LEHIGH
Harvard
Dartmouth

[Bill]

Bogie's going for no "Can Tabs," a nice little nickname for Harvard. Short for Cantabrigian, or a graduate from the University of Cambridge.

Wow. That one didn't even register on my radar screen!

[Bogus Megapardus]

Bogie's going for no "Can Tabs," a nice little nickname for Harvard. Short for Cantabrigian, or a graduate from the University of Cambridge.

Winner winner, chicken dinner! Too easy, Lehigh U11!

[CFBfan]

i hope so. I'd hate to think that I'll be driving all the way to Maine and then backtracking to Cambridge to see more of the same. I'd feel much better about this however, if Tavani misses the bus.


I have an uncle that can make that happen for you.....

[Go Green]

Which Bulldog teams shows up? .

Yale's best receiver got hurt against Dartmouth, and their passing game was largely ineffecrive afterwards. If he can't play, then Yale will be a one-dimensional team on Saturday.

[PAllen]

Fordham
Holy Cross
Lehigh
Harvard
Dartmouth

+1

[RichH2]

Fordham
LU
Dartmouth
Harvard
Cross

[Kramer]

Fordham
LU
Dartmouth
Harvard
Cross

What he said

[bulldog10jw]

Yale's best receiver got hurt against Dartmouth, and their passing game was largely ineffecrive afterwards. If he can't play, then Yale will be a one-dimensional team on Saturday.

Nah! The QB just had a bad game against Dartmouth. Randall has been just as good as Smith as a receiver this year and the backups have been pretty decent as well. Yale has had 5 different receivers catch multiple passes in a game this year and that's not counting the running backs. Missing Smith will hurt, of course, but Yale still has receivers who know how to get open.

I always thought that when Smith is out, Yale misses him more as a kick returner than as a wide out, even as good as he is as a receiver.

[ColgateTD]

Risking my 29-9 record with one of these picks..

Yale - yeah, this one. Seems like a booby-trap game for the Rams.
LU - the "gov't shutdown' defense works again.
Harvard - CanTabs just too much for 'Pards.
Dartmouth - not a contest
Holy Cross - Pujols (sic) should be able to hit a home run vs. 'Gate D. Don't often pick against alma mater, but even if McCarney is a go, this team is broken.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Week 8 Sportsbook:

Fordham (-7) at Yale o/u 55½

Holy Cross (-7½) vs Colgate o/u 63½

Lehigh (-22) vs Georgetown o/u 56

Harvard (-22½) vs Lafayette o/u 61½

Monmouth (-4½) vs Cornell o/u 59½

Dartmouth (-21) vs Bucknell o/u 43½

Penn (-19½) at Columbia o/u 45½

Brown (-4½) vs Princeton o/u 58


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Bonus Line of the Week:

Mercer (-31) vs Carnegie Mellon o/u 54

Carnegie Mellon?

[Pard4Life]

Week 8 Sportsbook:

Fordham (-7) at Yale o/u 55½

Holy Cross (-7½) vs Colgate o/u 63½

Lehigh (-22) vs Georgetown o/u 56

Harvard (-22½) vs Lafayette o/u 61½

Monmouth (-4½) vs Cornell o/u 59½

Dartmouth (-21) vs Bucknell o/u 43½

Penn (-19½) at Columbia o/u 45½

Brown (-4½) vs Princeton o/u 58


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Bonus Line of the Week:

Mercer (-31) vs Carnegie Mellon o/u 54

Carnegie Mellon?

Fordham
Holy Cross
Lehigh
..oooff.. Harvard-Laf game tough one to call... I'll go Pards, under
Cornell
Bucknell
Columbia
Princeton

Carnegie Tech.. lol

[Bill]

Week 8 Sportsbook:

Fordham (-7) at Yale o/u 55½



Really? My betting instincts have proved lousy this year, but how in the world does Fordham NOT win by more than 7???

[RichH2]

Agree Rams should win by at least 14 if not more

[Sader87]

Cranking up the HAL-9000 once again:

Yale 32 Fordham 25 HAL doesn't agree but he hasn't caught off the oxygen in the lab yet...we agree to disagree. Hunch that the Rams are due for a stumble and any team that can go out to Cal-Poly and win must be pretty good.

Lehigh 38 GTown 6 This is turning into a very tough season for the Hoyas. HAL wonders why a school of such renown as Georgetown doesn't support its football program better.

Harvard 34 Lafayette 17 Harvard just too deep and athletic for the Pards in Allston.

Dartmouth 27 Bucknell 13 I have a feeling our win over the Big Green is going to look better and better as the season progresses. HAL concurs.

HC 37 Colgate 21 Pujals& co. just too much for a beleagured Red Raider defense.

[Fordhamanhattan]

Yale please! The Maroon 60 The Eli 23. Fordham's Connecticut men include Governor Brien McMahon and Jamie O'Neill who was thrown out for trying to pass showgirls into the dorms as his sisters.

[Bill]

Just what do you think you're doing, Sader?:)

[Sader87]

No disrespect to our Jesuit cousins in Gotham, just a hunch that the Rams are prime for a bit of a slip and the Yale Bowl will be where this occurs.

[Lehigh'98]

Fordham - Just better
Lehigh - Another game we should win by 30, but final will probably be inside 10
Harvard - Hoping Harvard gets knocked off, but Lafayette has yet to prove they can snatch a victory from a good team.
Dartmouth - The Bucknell/G'town game is starting to look real interesting to me. How do you set a line for that one, pickem, ov/un - 3.5??
HC - Colgate doesn't seem to be able to pull things together this year.

[crusader11]

Thursday afternoon and not even on page five yet. Also, haven't seen the Frankosauraus chalkboard yet, either.

Way to go, Bogie. Work has become that much more insufferable thanks to you.

[Pard4Life]

The real season begins next week for Lafayette.

We are losing again, likely badly.

The question is if we show or no-show. Show, and we may have a shot in our other non-Fordham games. No show, and we will be running split WRs and OL with only the center on the ball like 2011 against Lehigh.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Thursday afternoon and not even on page five yet. Also, haven't seen the Frankosauraus chalkboard yet, either.

Way to go, Bogie. Work has become that much more insufferable thanks to you.

The Chalkboard was laid to rest by popular vote on the Lafayette Board.

[crusader11]

The Chalkboard was laid to rest by popular vote on the Lafayette Board.

Lame.

[Pard4Life]

Lame.

As an 'aye' voter, I say the chalkboard was becoming associated with humiliating losses.

You know what's lame? Holy Cross football being ruined by the Patriot League. :D

[FordhamFan]

Fordham's slip up was the second half against Georgetown. Offense was terrible. Expect them to be ready to roll against an Ivy team that lost to Dartmouth last week.

Other than that...

Lehigh rolls
Harvard also rolls over Lafayette
I wish Bucknell could man up and get a win for the PL, but there is no way they go up to New Hampshire and get a win. Dartmouth in that one
Holy Cross wins but in a close one against Colgate. Pujals is awesome though. Kind of excited for when he comes down to the Bronx.

[Sader87]

I actually hope FU wins this weekend as they will be undefeated (Rams are idle next week) going into the HC game. Just a gut feeling they go down in New Haven Saturday.

[FordhamFan]

We shall see. I don't think Yale can hang barring a bunch of turnovers. I think I've said it before on the forum, but down here at Fordham the thinking is if the defense holds the opponent under 30, Fordham will win. I tend to agree. Don't know if Yale is going to put up 30, although Varga (their RB) and their OLine are plenty talented.

As for the HC game, I too am looking forward to that. Last year's game was super exciting and you know Fordham is going to have a target on it's back.

Obviously I'm biased but since Moorhead took over in the Bronx, Fordham has only lost one game at home, and that was by 2 to PL Champ Colgate last year. Team just brings it at home. I'll give Cross some credit though, they can score and like I said, Pujals man, he is awesome. Love Fess too. Some good talent on that team. Definitely a rising team in the league.

[Pard4Life]

A garrolous bunch this week... guess Lehigh people have taken the season off until HC?

[RichH2]

How much can one say about GU w/o sounding mean spirited?

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

How much can one say about GU w/o sounding mean spirited?

Yeah, there isn't a lot to talk about this week. Hopefully, LU can get the 2nd teamers some reps and everyone remains healthy.

[van]

Yeah, there isn't a lot to talk about this week. Hopefully, LU can get the 2nd teamers some reps and everyone remains healthy.

+1

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Yeah, there isn't a lot to talk about this week. Hopefully, LU can get the 2nd teamers some reps and everyone remains healthy.

That's not what I'm predicting.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

That's not what I'm predicting.

That would be a really bad omen imo. They can't keep struggling with these bad teams. A come from behind win against the Hoya's? That would be embarrassing. A single digit win against GTown and two more losses become a distinct possibility.

[Pard4Life]

That's not what I'm predicting.

THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ HAS SPOKEN!!!

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[Pard4Life]

Well here we go, another doozy of a week in PL play... let me put down my whiskey on the rocks while I try to do this...

Fordham 38, Yale 21... back in the day, this woulda filled the bowl! And Sader87 would be telling us how HC, not Fordham, was the premier Jesuit institution in America.

Lehigh 30, Georgetown 7... Hoyas have never beaten Lehigh. You think this year will be it? http://hypervocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/so-youre-telling-me-theres-a-chance-dumb-and-dumber-lloyd-christmas-meme-600x324.jpeg

Harvard 35, Lafayette 17... I invented a time machine and travelled to the future: Saturday afternoon. Tavani blames loss on government shutdown, light refracting off of Venus and interfering with QB's vision, Obamacare... Paul Reinhard blames it on injuries; the Express-Times blames it on the talent dispairity between the two teams. c2 can no longer take it and starts distilling his own bourbon. Meanwhile, color analyst Mike Joseph points out that Pards had a chance but mismanaged turnovers, red-zone opportunities, and could not adjust to Harvard's halftime strategy change. Joseph mysteriously disappears and is replaced by John Leone, who keeps repeating. "This team is still feeling the effects of the 2008 financial crisis. This team is still feeling the effects of the 2008 financial crisis." I promptly destroy the time machine.

Holy Cross 42, Colgate 28... Sader87 insists that both programs are not what they once were; gives rousing halftime speech on why both teams should not exist. Holy Cross is fired up and wins in a case of tragic irony gone awry.

Dartmouth 28, Bucknell 20... Who can out-chug and out-bro the other in this battle of the party schools located in the lands that time, er, the Civil War, forgot. Keggy the Keg's presence motivates Big Green to win so they can go drinking faster.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

My first perfect week (5-0) puts me at 26-10 on the season, though that wasn't the greatest of achievements from a bunch of mismatches last week.

This week:

Lehigh 31, Georgetown 23. Read why here. (http://lehighfootballnation.blogspot.com/2013/10/game-breakdown-georgetown-vs-lehigh.html)

Fordham 28, Yale 17. Fordham seems due for a letdown, but even a letdown Ram team seems like they'll have enough in the tank to beat the beat-up Bulldogs.

Harvard 44, Lafayette 16. Harvard's quest to remain undefeated will not be undone by a team that ranks dead last in turnover ratio.

Colgate 35, Holy Cross 33. Playing a hunch here that it won't be an easy go for the Crusaders and that Colgate somehow finds a way to win this game thanks to their offense. Anyone else at all concerned that Deep Purple gave up that many points to the Bison?

Dartmouth 35, Bucknell 6. Big Green are pointed in the right direction, and Bucknell isn't.

[Bill]

LFN

Your comments remind me - who is keeping track of these picks anyway? I wondering how you're 26-10 if I'm 27-11....

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

LFN

Your comments remind me - who is keeping track of these picks anyway? I wondering how you're 26-10 if I'm 27-11....

I think LFN missed two games. I have a 24-14 record for a total of 38 games picked like you......

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I'll count them as wins xlolx

[RichH2]

Just added mine up 25-13.Thought I was doing better,gotta object to the official scorer. Do we have instant replay?
Gate D is getting better,they now have a real coach on D. Healthy McCarney they are in it.As are Cross and LU.

[Bill]

LFN

Don't worry - I struggled with Math too!:)

[RichH2]

Fordham, LU, Cross should be a fun afternoon. 3 very good QBs. Lookingto seeif McCarney is going to play,noticed a cautionary fact for those giving Rams and Cross the gold stars for next yr, Biddle has practically all sophs and frosh on his 2 deep this yr and Shaffner to fix Gate's perennially bad D.

[RabidRabbit]

FORDHAM @ Yale

COLGATE @ HOLY CROSS

GEORGETOWN @ LEHIGH

LAFAYETTE @ Harvard

BUCKNELL @ Dartmouth

I agree with these picks.

[CrusaderBob]

Almost a week for nothing but home cooking.

Fordham
Lehigh
Harvard
Dartmouth
Holy Cross

[Bogus Megapardus]

Great game in Worcester so far.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Colgate beating HC in Worcester has to be a surprise. Granted, these are the games that Gilmore's teams lose far too often imo.....

[RichH2]

Shaffner now has Gate playing D. Healthy McCarney and a D make Gate formidable.Both will be tough. UNH beating Nova sure helps LU's RPI tho.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Shaffner now has Gate playing D. Healthy McCarney and a D make Gate formidable.Both will be tough. UNH beating Nova sure helps LU's RPI tho.

Both teams looked slow. Colgate's defense has improved but HC has very few difference makers on offense. It was an entertaining game between two very "blah" teams....

[Sader87]

I defy anyone to match the way we've lost games over the last 5 or so years in terms of in a "gut-wrenching, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" fashion. There really can't be anyone.

[RichH2]

I defy anyone to match the way we've lost games over the last 5 or so years in terms of in a "gut-wrenching, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" fashion. There really can't be anyone.
True enuf. Terrible way to lose. We went thru it with Andy's 1st 3 yrs. Believe we lost something like 19 out of 20 games decided by a TD or less. Pujols gives you another dimension,entertaining.
owl Dont disagree that both teams lack speed but we lack a D. Sort of evens out. Both have agile QBs who can pass and run. Sometimes thats enuf in PL to win some games.

[Gater]

Great win for Colgate. Brutal lose for HC. Colgate seems to win a lot of these games once they get into league play. HC would have need a few more big plays but felt bad for the dropped pass to end the game. That kid is a really good player. HC QB is a monster on third down. Just kept converting. Throws a really good ball. 31 seems to be a good running back--fast and good at making something out of nothing. I think the league is going to have its hands full dealing with those two over the next four years. On a side note, Colgate (last week) and HC (this week) need to stop scheduling home games when students are on break. Makes the schools look bad to see empty stands. On a note attached to that note, HC and Colgate should play each other the last game of the year. Good luck the rest of the way HC. Hope you guys win out.

[Engineer86]

True enuf. Terrible way to lose. We went thru it with Andy's 1st 3 yrs. Believe we lost something like 19 out of 20 games decided by a TD or less. Pujols gives you another dimension,entertaining.
owl Dont disagree that both teams lack speed but we lack a D. Sort of evens out. Both have agile QBs who can pass and run. Sometimes thats enuf in PL to win some games.


I was ok with our D today. The 2nd team was in there midway through the 3rd quarter and gave up two of the drives

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Was Bucknell the most stunning outcome of the week? The season?

[RichH2]

I was ok with our D today. The 2nd team was in there midway through the 3rd quarter and gave up two of the drives
Hard to say they were good vs a very bad team. But OK, backups,altho great to see them on the field,were a bit like a Chinese fire drill. Keystone Kops.
Was impressed with Haupt and Cohen and frosh C.

[RichH2]

Bucknell win was really good for them vs a decent team. Bison D ,as usual very good. Will be a battle next week

[bison137]

Bucknell win was really good for them vs a decent team. Bison D ,as usual very good. Will be a battle next week


BU finally had some good things happen today. Got back QB Brandon Wesley, who is very dangerous, at QB after missing the past 3 weeks. They really have no other QB at the moment, although freshman Nitti might be OK in a year. Also got back All-PL DE Sean Sellers, who has been out for almost the whole season. Dartmouth couldn't block him most of the game. Also got a good game out of freshman CB Nick O'Brien, who was a PA AAA all-state QB last year, in his first start. That is a position where they have had a lot of problems.

Bison started a total of four seniors today.

[ColgateTD]

Both teams looked slow. Colgate's defense has improved but HC has very few difference makers on offense. It was an entertaining game between two very "blah" teams....

Couldn't disagree more. Both teams were very fast, and played intense, passionate fb. Pujols is the second coming of Gordie Lockbaum or Dom Randolph. He's going to be a handfull for the rest of the league the next four years. McCarney is now 90% healthy and able to throw darts when he has to. Armiento is a stud at FS, and Pavalko, FB, carried the ball a few times, which gives us some strength up the middle. Good luck to HC the rest of the way. Looking forward to 'Gate taking on the rest of the PL.

[Bogus Megapardus]

I'm done. I give up. We suck beyond comprehension. Best of luck in the PL for the rest of you guys (except Lehigh).

See you next season.

[Engineer86]

I'm done. I give up. We suck beyond comprehension. Best of luck in the PL for the rest of you guys (except Lehigh).

See you next season.

we we will see you in a few weeksxthumbsupx

[hawkineer]

Will be a battle next week

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! NO!xsmiley_wix

[RichH2]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! NO!xsmiley_wix

xlolxxthumbsupx

Ok, I'll go with your gut. My point is Bison have a real D. First one we face this year. Their O sucks, so expect a closer game.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Couldn't disagree more. Both teams were very fast, and played intense, passionate fb. Pujols is the second coming of Gordie Lockbaum or Dom Randolph. He's going to be a handfull for the rest of the league the next four years. McCarney is now 90% healthy and able to throw darts when he has to. Armiento is a stud at FS, and Pavalko, FB, carried the ball a few times, which gives us some strength up the middle. Good luck to HC the rest of the way. Looking forward to 'Gate taking on the rest of the PL.

The teams are a combined 5-10 so I think things must be kept in perspective. Colgate's defense has improved some but the level of competition might have something to do with it. SBU ran about 3 different plays last week without Coker at RB. HC will ride Pujols as far as he can take them.

[Bill]

Still upset with myself for not finding an online betting site to take Fordham -7....uggh, that would have been taking candy from a baby...xbawlingx

[ngineer]

I was impressed with the Crusaders today. DVR'd it while at the Lehigh game. Two horrific turnovers in the red zone says it all. McCarney looks like he's back on his game. I think either one of these team could upset Fordham if the Rams are not 'up' for them. Over/under could be around 90. Lehigh showed a number of receiving weapons today besides Kurfis. Coyle has great hands for a TE. Gaul made some nice grabs and Parris was a step from breaking some very long ones and did a nice return job with punts today. ST's were pretty good, and Pandy got to show how real his leg is. Despite records, HC and CU certainly showed enough talent to make the next five weeks very interesting.

[FordhamFan]

What a day! Another 50 spot!

Honestly we all should have saw this coming from the Rams. Yale starts three freshman in the defensive backfield. Ajala's 282 yard, 4 TD game was bound to happen. If not for him it would have been another receiver. Glad the team stayed hungry. Team got its second half swagger back, scored 35 in the second half.

Four more hurdles to go. In other news, glad to see Bucknell get a W. Patriot League putting those stuck up Ivy Leaguers in their place.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

PL 2-1 record vs. Ivy this week puts the series at .500 for the season. Incredible how year in and year out the series either finishes at .500 or just around it.

[carney2]

I'm done. I give up. We suck beyond comprehension. Best of luck in the PL for the rest of you guys (except Lehigh).

See you next season.

It will still be The Frankosaurus in charge, so why bother? I, for one, will be looking for a season ticket that does NOT include the Lehigh game. Not going to Yankee Stadium to watch this crap.

Resignation or termination - TAVANI MUST GO!!!!!

[Pards Rule]

Still upset with myself for not finding an online betting site to take Fordham -7....uggh, that would have been taking candy from a baby...xbawlingx
Starting Nov. 26th in Atlantic City!

[Engineer86]

It will still be The Frankosaurus in charge, so why bother? I, for one, will be looking for a season ticket that does NOT include the Lehigh game. Not going to Yankee Stadium to watch this crap.

Resignation or termination - TAVANI MUST GO!!!!!

Tavani forever! xlolx but man I feel you guys pain.

[Pards Rule]

Tavani forever! xlolx but man I feel you guys pain.

Just what I said over on the Pard board - it's the bottom when you get empathy from the Hawk fans!

[Lehigh'98]

I would rather see Lafayette winning, makes for a much more interesting rivalry. It does seem time for a change there.

[Pards Rule]

I would rather see Lafayette winning, makes for a much more interesting rivalry. It does seem time for a change there.
We're trying to pull Bob Heffner back from Northwestern...He makes Hawks ***** in their birdbaths!

[RichH2]

We're trying to pull Bob Heffner back from Northwestern...He makes Hawks ***** in their birdbaths!

:) Little doubt but that Heffner could Moorhead Pard football.xcoffeex It may be worth our while to fund a raise forhim out therexchinscratchx

[carney2]

We're trying to pull Bob Heffner back from Northwestern...He makes Hawks ***** in their birdbaths!

If it were Heffner or Loose, I would be disappointed. Not the direction we should go. Forward, not backward.

All moot. It will be Tavani until Rothkopf's vision of deemphasized athletics is finally and officially in place. The Frankosaurus is a Rothkopf plant to realize his dreams.

[Fordhamanhattan]

I was all over the 56 over

[Pards Rule]

If it were Heffner or Loose, I would be disappointed. Not the direction we should go. Forward, not backward.

All moot. It will be Tavani until Rothkopf's vision of deemphasized athletics is finally and officially in place. The Frankosaurus is a Rothkopf plant to realize his dreams.

So who would you go for C2? Dick Biddle? xlolx