Category: Colgate Raiders
Patriot League Announces Football Academic Honor Roll
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 »
Colgate Head Coach Receives Contract Extension
Colgate University Director of Athletics Dave Roach is pleased to announce that Colgate has extended football head coach Dick Biddle on a three-year contract extension through June 30, 2013.
“The Colgate football family is pleased that coach Biddle w… more »
Purple Bursts Colgate Balloon
Holy Cross Avenges Heartbreaker.
WORCESTER — It had been 343 days since Holy Cross’ heartbreaking loss to Colgate in the 2008 season finale, but time did little to wipe that painful memory from the minds of the Crusaders.
“That was probably the w… more »
’Saders Ready to Exact Revenge
The chance to play another year of college football, to hone his skills and polish his game were all reasons Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph came back for a fifth season. One last crack at a Patriot League championship was another.
“Definitel… more »
Colgate Plows Through Cornell to 45-23 Victory
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Déjà vu must have set in for the football team early in the first quarter when Colgate sophomore tailback Nate Eachus ran for a 10-yard score. The setting changed, as did some of the players, but the outcome certainly didn’t; for the se… more »
Patriot Games: Scholarships Pose Threat to the Ivy Way
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 »
Colgate's Eachus out for at least three weeks
The Colgate Raiders will be without starting running back Nate Eachus for at least three to four weeks.
Eachus rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns in Colgate's opening win against Monmouth. However on his third touchdown, he appeared to injure… more »
Dominic Randolph, Holy Cross Vying for First Patriot League Title Since 1991
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 »
Colgate Looks for Offensive Line
Colgate has some big offensive guns but needs some people to block for them.
Colgate is picked to finish second in the Patriot League, but coach Dick Biddle has to find replacements for four offensive linemen.
“We’re trying to find that combinatio… more »
2009 Patriot League Football Preseason Poll and Award Winners Announced
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 »
Colgate’s SID Cornell Retires After 33 years
HAMILTON — His was a vital role, even if Bob Cornell didn’t see it that way.
In the chain of players, coaches, officials and media, Cornell was an important link bringing sports information to life for 42 years.
“Bob’s role is seamless,” said Fred… more »
Patriot League discusses football scholarships
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 »
Eachus Looking for Big Things in 2009 at Colgate
At first, Nate Eachus wasn't expecting much from his freshman year at Colgate.
He never could have guessed that he would end up as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year for the Raiders, who won the conference championship by going 5-0 in the league,… more »
Six Patriot Leaguers Receive Preseason FCS All-America Recognition
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 »