155 student-athletes receive Honor Roll recognition Center Valley, Pa. - A record 155 student-athletes, including 2009 Patriot League Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year Travis Nissley of Bucknell, were named to the Patriot League Football Academic… more »

With two CAA teams dropping football, Maine and three other schools find themselves isolated. They are fierce rivals on the football field. Off the field, the universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are about to come t… more »

Citing a lack of interest within the college community and increasing costs of operation, Hofstra University announced Thursday that it was terminating its football program. The move will free up $4.5M to enhance academic programs at the Long Island sch… more »

They didn't dance in the Lafayette locker room Saturday following the Leopards' 26-21 Patriot League victory over Fordham. It wasn't that the victory was insignificant. It was that the dancing was inappropriate. ''That was for the first half of th… more »

You know you're in for something when the coach starts his press conference by saying, "I have to be careful what I say today because, uh ... it's hard to beat 18 guys. Lafayette's a helluva football team but it's hard to beat 18 guys." That was Ford… more »

Imagine, for a second, that instead of traveling to Holy Cross tomorrow to watch Harvard take on the Crusaders, you were one of over 30,000 fans packing into a maximum-capacity Harvard Stadium as the Crimson kicked off its season against a major-confere… more »

John Skelton knew he was being watched. He could feel the eyes trained on him, analyzing his footwork, dissecting his throwing motion, even scrutinizing the way he carried himself during Thursday's practice. Fordham's senior quarterback knew an NFL s… more »

Dominic Randolph remembers it well: The interception. In fact, he brought it up himself earlier this month during a conversation at the Patriot League's annual football media day at Green Pond Country Club in Bethlehem Township. The pick, by Colgate… more »

EL PASO -- Football season is slipping in, a special time ... a time John Skelton has known for most of his young life. But this is a special season for the former Burges High School star. Skelton is ready to begin his senior season at Fordham Univer… more »

Bethlehem, Pa. - After finishing one game off the pace in each of the last three seasons, Holy Cross has been picked to capture the 2009 Patriot League Football Championship in a poll of the League's head coaches and sports information directors, it was… more »

Fordham has declared its intent to offer athletics scholarships for football student-athletes beginning in 2010, and the Patriot League now will grapple with whether to allow its member institutions to follow suit. The league’s presidents will decide… more »

Center Valley, Pa. - Six Patriot League football student-athletes have recently been named to a preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-America team, including a pair of honors for Holy Cross senior quarterback Dominic Randolph and Colgate senio… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins. Too many? Too few? Or just right? Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »

Rams Will Remain an Associate Member in Patriot League, but Ineligible for League Title Beginning in 2010 Fordham has notified the Patriot League that it will begin awarding athletic scholarships to its football class entering in the fall of 2010. A… more »

Lackluster teams prompt calls for change; a new chief’s listening tour. The schools of the Ivy League are among the nation’s finest and richest, with billions in endowments under their command. From law to business to medicine, they’re No. 1 in pract… more »