Category: Lafayette Leopards
Lafayette's Blake Costanzo Gives Browns Coach Eric Mangini First Win
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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 »
Leopards Keep their Feet on the Ground after Win
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 »
Lafayette-Fordham: Rams' Masella Blasts Refs
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 »
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 »
No. 24 Liberty U. Big Test for Lafayette
Leopards, coming off opening win over Georgetown, will have little room for error.
If Frank Tavani and his Lafayette football team were in even a little hot water Saturday night in Washington, D.C., that was nothing compared to the Flames that will e… more »
Leopards Healthy, Happy After Opening Victory
Two dozen doughnuts went uneaten Sunday in the Lafayette trainer Matt Bayly's physical therapy room in the Bourger Varsity Football House.
''Leftover doughnuts,'' head coach Frank Tavani said, ''is a good Sunday morning.''
What it meant was the Le… more »
Lafayette Opens Season at Georgetown
EASTON - A new-look coaching staff has led to a streamlined playbook with the goal of a more efficient offense as Lafayette College prepares for its season opener Saturday night at Georgetown.
After a rare bye in Week 1, the Leopards can't wait to tr… more »
Leopards are preparing for a championship
Diets, workouts have a bunch of Lafayette seniors focused on one thing -- a league title.
It was probably no coincidence that Tyrell Coon and DeAndre Morrow sat at a table with offensive linemen Ryan Hart-Predmore, Michael Wojcik and Brian Wycinowski… more »
Lafayette Excited About Prospects for Return to Top
Considering how banged up the Lafayette College Leopards are at the moment, being idle until Sept. 12 might be the best thing that could happen to them.
Actually, the schedule sets up nicely for them in their quest to get back to the top of the Patri… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Can the Ivy League Get Its Game Back?
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 »