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The year was 2004. For about a year I had been blogging about Lehigh football, thanks to the relatively new Blogger platform that allowed me to collect my thoughts (as soon as I could get to a computer) and post them instantly on the interne…
What does a guy who covers the Patriot League do when there’s no Patriot League events to cover?In ordinary years, this would be a rhetorical question. Ordinarily, I would be pushing out pieces about Lehigh football, Patriot League sports, or per…
What does a guy who covers the Patriot League do when there’s no Patriot League events to cover?In ordinary years, this would be a rhetorical question. Ordinarily, I would be pushing out pieces about Lehigh football, Patriot League sports, or per…
The Patriot League could very well be in a huge bind assuming the Ivy League goes forward with their college football restart plans.
According to Mark Blaudschun of TMG Sports, the Ivy League is considering two plans for their 2020 college football season – neither of which allow for any out of conference games.
13 out-of-conference games involving Patriot League teams would be on the chopping block, and when you add to it the Patriot League presidents’ guidance to not fly to games, every single member of the Patriot League is affected. If you add to that the fact that the opening of the college football season is going to at best start in late September (yes, you read that correctly), the Patriot League would count as one of the most deeply affected by Covid-19-influenced delays and decisions in the entire college football landscape.
It is a bind to be sure – but not one that should see the Patriot League cancel the 2020 football season.
If we start with the assumption that the season will start late at best, and we assume that the TMG Sports report is accurate (and nobody has come forward to deny the basic thrust of the report), it should be possible to craft a nine-week Patriot League football season with seven league games and two out-of-conference games. There are a lot of moving parts, and the Patriot League would need some partners. But it should be possible.
Late last week I caught up with Lehigh head football coach Tom Gilmore to ask him some questions about the incoming class and the recruiting season in general. Here’s what he told me.
Late last week I caught up with Lehigh head football coach Tom Gilmore to ask him some questions about the incoming class and the recruiting season in general. Here’s what he told me.
Happy holidays and hope everyone has a merry 2020 and beyond. Here at LFN, we wanted to compile a post listing the best and most memorable victories in the 2010 decade as voted on by one superfan who’s been doing this for a very long time.As the …
Happy holidays and hope everyone has a merry 2020 and beyond. Here at LFN, we wanted to compile a post listing the best and most memorable victories in the 2010 decade as voted on by one superfan who’s been doing this for a very long time.As the …
Below, we’re going to do a quick once-over of Lehigh’s game notes and possible injuries, then we’ll dive right into 5 things to look for with Sacred Heart, my Keys to the game, and the cherry on top will be my Fearless Prediction.You can read my Colleg…
LFN: So it must be interesting being back here coaching in The Rivalry. Tom Gilmore: It is. I mean, you know, when you step back and you think this is the most played game in college football, that’s pretty neat. And it’s such a big rivalry. It’s …
