Category: Colgate Raiders
Big 33 Week is More than just Football for Eachus
Double-sessions in the sweltering heat. Going over Xs and Os with an unfamiliar coaching staff. Getting to know new teammates and a faster speed to the game.
These are all a part of the week leading up to the Big 33 Football Classic.
Nate Eachus lea… more »
Colgate's Eachus Happy to Earn ‘Honor’
Hazleton’s Nate Eachus, who is bound for Colgate, is excited about showing his talents with some of the best recruits from Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Hazleton linebacker/running back Nate Eachus knows a lot about the Big 33 football game.
He’s well aw… more »
Utica Sports Hall Of Fame Inducts Colgate Grid Stars
UTICA — When the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame’s six new inductees spoke or were spoken for at Sunday’s ceremony, the candle-lit crowd at the Radisson Hotel-Utica Centre heard common themes.
Nearly all of the presenters spoke about the characte… more »
Colgate's Boykin Played Football For Full Contact
Carl Boykin is a mild mannered guy.
Quiet. Self-effacing.
Don’t let that fool you, though. He’s about as competitive as can be, and he wouldn’t feel guilty knocking you head over heels or running you into the turf if it meant helping his team wi… more »
Colgate Legend Antone Was Presence On and Off Field
OL/DL Antone lined up against legendary RB Jim Brown as a meber of the Red Raiders.
Ralph Antone was a 1950s All American boy; a good student and a good athlete but he wasn’t perfect.
For all of Antone’s accomplishments at Thomas R. Proctor Senio… more »
Patriot And Ivy Leagues Top NCAA Academic Performance List
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Kansas and North Carolina are regulars at the top of college basketball polls. They were recognized on another list Thursday.
The men's teams at the two national powers, which met in the Final Four earlier this month, were includ… more »
Colgate's Nolan hoping for chance to play pro football
Ryan Knowles remembers the conversation he had with Pat Nolan midway through Nolan's senior season with the Colgate University football team. It was a conversation that convinced Nolan to pursue a job in the National Football League.
"I told him, 'Yo… more »
Scott On Field for Colgate Spring Practice
HAMILTON — Colgate University’s sports information department distributed a 23-page spring football prospectus last week, with a main cover photo of Andy Kerr Stadium.
But it’s the smaller photo, one of record-setting tailback Jordan Scott, that tell… more »
The Businessman Who Finds Time to Fight
The New York Times details the career of Jamal Patterson, a Colgate football alum who is salesman by day.. and ranked fighter at night.
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — He had wrestled as an all-American, led high school and college football teams to winning seas… more »
Colgate's Lock To Play in Foothills Football All-Star Game
When a team goes undefeated, its players often have a desire to play just one more game.
Four Jeannette senior football players will get that opportunity this summer.
The Jayhawks' Matt Gabris, Adam Lock, Jason Marquis and Montel Walker will play… more »
Former FCS Coaches Settle In At Rutgers
PISCATAWAY — Kirk Ciarrocca has nearly 20 years of experience coaching at the collegiate level, but he's not much different than the typical freshman arriving in camp.
Like a player entering Rutgers as a recent high school graduate, Ciarrocca is doin… more »
Colgate Football Players Visit Cancer Patients At Local Hospital
SYRACUSE, N.Y. 2/29/08 - Members of the Colgate football team recently made a visit to the Upstate Medical Hospital in Syracuse. The Raiders visited with cancer, sickle cell and post-op patients under the age of 18.
The trip was organized by junior… more »
Eastern PA Recuits Commit To FCS Schools
A big signing at Colgate, and other signings at the Raiders' big rivals Cornell and Albany, too.
The signings and college commitments of local athletes continue to come in.
One athlete who is not from the Lehigh Valley, but certainly one who made… more »
Chatting With Colgate's Mark Murphy, the New Head of the NFL's Packers
In 1977, current Green Bay Packers President and Chief Executive Office Mark Murphy graduated from Colgate and headed to our nation's capital to play safety for the Washington Redskins, but he was unsure of what lay ahead. While at Colgate, Murphy had b… more »
Jeannette's Locke commits to Colgate
Locke, who is headed to Colgate, steals the thunder of the most sought-after college recruit in the country.
There was a Jeannette High School football player who did sign a letter of intent last Wednesday on National Letter of Intent Day. It just wa… more »