TweetThis week is highlighted by three Patriot League – Colonial Athletic Association matchups. These are the first such games against the CAA since Colgate took down New Hampshire and James Madison in last year’s FCS Playoffs. The other game to really keep an eye on is Bucknell – Duquesne. The Bison make the 3 hour …
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Patriot League Week 1 Power Rankings
TweetIt was truly a mixed bag for the league to open the season. Half of the teams emerged victorious (Holy Cross, Georgetown, Lafayette) while the other half (Colgate, Fordham, Lehigh) saw their dream of an undefeated season go out the window. Colgate The defending Patriot League champions took one on the chin against their …
Patriot League Week 1 Preview
TweetPatriot League Week 1 What to Know The league kicks off its 31st season of football this weekend as all six members are in action. The top two teams in the preseason poll, Colgate and Fordham, start with daunting road trips against FBS programs while the rest of the league will battle fellow FCS foes. …
2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lehigh
Tweet2015 Results: 6-5 (4-2) Returning starters: Offense 8 Defense 8 Lehigh had its worst season in 22 years in 2014 when they bottomed out at 3-8. They responded last year by getting back to a winning season and competing for the Patriot League title despite a historically bad defense. There’s …
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2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lafayette
Tweet2015 Results: 1-10 (0-6) Returning starters: Offense 10 Defense 7 The 2016 Leopards are one of the prime examples of “Good news, everyone returns. The bad news is, every one returns.” After 16 seasons some fans may be feeling the second part of that statement about the coaching staff. Frank Tavani took …
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2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Holy Cross
Tweet2015 Results: 6-5 (3-3) Returning starters Offense 10 Defense 6 The Crusaders, fresh off of being named one of the top 100 college football programs during the Associated Press Poll era, are looking to get back to those winning ways as it seems like 2009’s 9-3 season was decades ago. …
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2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Georgetown
TweetThank you all who helped put this together, especially those from HoyaSaxa.com 2015 Results: Georgetown 4-7 (2-4) Returning starters: Offense: 4 Defense: 5 In a year when the Patriot League is fully stocked at 60 scholarships, the Georgetown Hoyas enter the 2016 season short on depth and facing questions on offense. The only FCS non-scholarship team …
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2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Fordham
Tweet*Thank you to the Patriot League posters who helped gather the information for this article 2015 Results: 9-3 (5-1); At-large bid, 1st round playoff loss Returning starters: Offense: 10 Defense: 8 The biggest hit Fordham faces from last seasons run to the playoffs is the loss of arguably the greatest coach in Fordham history, Joe Moorhead, …
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2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Colgate
Tweet2015 Results: Colgate 9-5 (6-0); Patriot League Champions, Quafterfinals Returning starters: Offense: 9 Defense: 9 Coming into the season Raiders look to be the most balanced team in the Patriot League. Senior quarterback Jake Melville is the focus of the Raiders offense, and honestly, he’d be the focus of most …
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2016 Patriot League Preview: Bucknell
Tweet*Thank you to the Patriot League posters on AGS who helped put this together 2015 Results: 4-7 (1-5) Returning starters: Offense – 8 Defense – 10 Bucknell is a team defined by its defense which will need to find ways to score points and the man charged with that is quarterback R.J. Nitti. Nitti …