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Lehigh At Holy Cross Game Breakdown And Fearless Prediction: Wading Into Uncharted Territory

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Lehigh At Holy Cross Game Breakdown And Fearless Prediction: Wading Into Uncharted Territory

We break down the Holy Cross game – and we give our fearless prediction below the flip.

It’s often said that preseason publications aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, and almost unusable when the actual regular-season matchup comes around.

And in the case of Holy Cross, that’s especially apt.

Much of the hype around the Crusaders centered around their star QB, unofficially anointed the best quarterback in the Patriot League, senior QB Peter Pujals.  Much of my writings about Holy Cross centered around what he can do, what he brings to the table, and what his weapons are.

But a left ankle injury in the first half of the Dartmouth game didn’t just sideline him for that contest – it sidelined him for the season, forcing his ankle in a boot and will almost certainly have him apply for a medical redshirt for next season – unless head coach Tom Gilmore decides, against the odds, to have Pujals play this weekend if he’s healed up enough.

That and a slew of other injuries pretty much wrecked anything I wrote before this past August about breaking down this Holy Cross offense.  However it also, in a way, makes Holy Cross more dangerous.  They won’t be facing off against the regular cast of characters.
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Know Your 2016 Opponents: Holy Cross

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Know Your 2016 Opponents: Holy Cross

Today’s “Know Your 2016 Opponents” series continues with the team that is predicted by College Sports Journal to finish 3th in the Patriot League: Holy Cross.

Scared of the Purple People eaters this year?  I am.

They’re a veteran-laden offense, with a four year letterman at quarterback, hosting Lehigh this year at their home in “Woostah”.  Defensively, conventional football scholarships have the Crusaders with a quickly built defense that got better as the season went along.

They’re a team that hasn’t made the jump – yet – but could, playing Lehigh at home, poach the Mountain Hawks.

It’s a game I have circled on the calendar.

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