Oct. 9, 2006

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Offensive Player of the Week
Dominic Randolph, Holy Cross; So., QB, Amelia, Ohio
Randolph becomes the first Patriot League football student-athlete to be honored twice this season as the second-year signal caller earned his second-straight Patriot League Offensive Player of the week nod. Just one week after setting new career highs in passing touchdowns and yards, Randolph shattered them in an encore performance with four touchdown strikes and 329 yards on 30-of-39 passing to lead the Crusaders to its third-straight win.

Defensive Player of the Week
Chris Nielsen, Holy Cross; Sr., LB, Center Line, Mich.
Nielsen recorded a career-high three sacks and four tackles in Holy Cross' 35-30 home win over Brown. Three of Nielsen's stops were solo tackles and his three sacks were for losses of 14 yards. Nielsen's biggest hit on Brown quarterback Joe DiGiacomo came on the first series of the second half with the Crusaders up 21-10. With the ball on the Bears' 45 and third-and-3, Nielsen hit DiGiacomo for a nine-yard loss, ending the Bears' seven-play drive.

Special Teams Player of the Week
Jason Leo, Lehigh; So., P/K, Harleysville, Pa.
If the situation called for a leg, Leo was the Mountain Hawks' man in its 28-3 Patriot League win over Georgetown. The second-year kicker/punter averaged 57.2 yards on five kickoffs, 39.5 yards on six punts and was a perfect 4-for-4 on point after attempts.

Rookie of the Week
John Skelton, Fordham; Fr., QB, El Paso, Texas
Making just his second career start, Skelton racked up 207 yards of total offense, including 150 in the second half. He finished the game 11-for-21 for 160 yards. His 26-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Richard Rayborn gave the Rams a then 10-7 lead. Skelton added a career-high 47 yards on the ground.

Honorable Mention Performances Last Week

Alex Buzbee, Georgetown; Sr., DE, Chester, N.J.
Recorded game-high 12 tackles and seven solo stops ... Two tackles for losses of 20 yards, including 12-yard sack.

Mike Gallihugh, Colgate; Jr., LB, Midlothian, Va.
Recorded game-high 15 tackles with nine solo stops, pass break up and quarterback hurry.

Thomas Harrison, Holy Cross; Jr., WR, Wilimington, Del.
Pulled down career-high two touchdowns (29 and 9 yards) ... Hauled in six passes for 87 yards.

Todd Rinaldo, Bucknell; So., DL, Spring Lake Heights, N.J.
Recovered fourth-quarter fumble and returned it eight yards to the Penn 4, setting up Kevin Mullen touchdown one play later ... Recorded five tackles, four solo and broke up pass.

Mike Saraceno, Colgate; Sr., QB, Sunrise, Fla.
Ran for a pair of touchdowns and added another in the air (26-yard score in overtime) ... Went 14-for-26 for 243 yards ... Added 17 yards on the ground.

Jordan Scott, Colgate; So., RB, Hyattsville, Md.
Accumulated 121 all-purpose yards on 79 rushing and 42 receiving ... Rushed for one-yard score and caught 26-yard touchdown in overtime ... Finished game 93 rushing yards shy of 2,000 in career.

Marques Thompson, Lehigh; Sr., RB, Baltimore, Md.
Rushed for career-high 122 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns ... Pounded out 81 yards in the second half, 49 in the final quarter ... Also pulled down four-yard pass.

Marcello Trigg, Bucknell; Fr., QB, Tampa, Fla.
Pushed into duty due to injuries and appearing in just his second collegiate game ... Threw Bison season-high 125 yards and first Bucknell touchdown pass of season ... Went 10-for-19 with no interceptions.

Patriot League Notebook

Logjam
Week six is in the books and Lehigh becomes the fourth undefeated team in Patriot League play, opening its 2006 slate with a win at Georgetown. The victory also left the Mountain Hawks a perfect 2-0 away from Goodman Stadium.

Four teams are tied at the top of the Patriot League standings, with Holy Cross in front at 2-0. The Crusaders are also leading the Patriot League with a 4-2 overall record, earning its third-straight win last Saturday.

Midway Point
Just 23 games remain in the 2006 campaign, and the juiciest portion of the schedule still awaits as the final 16 Patriot League contests will come over the next six weeks, including 15 in the final five ... Week seven will mark the final out-of-league contests for Colgate, Fordham, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh ... Bucknell concluded its out-of-Patriot League schedule last weekend.

Honor Roll
College football's most played rivalry Lafayette vs. Lehigh will be featured on ESPNU Honor Roll: College Football's Top 10 this weekend as part of its College Football's Top 10 Greatest Rivalries ... The 60-minute episode will air on ESPN2 on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Oct. 15 on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m. ... Lafayette and Lehigh will face one another for the 142nd time on Nov. 18 at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pa. ... Full-time Patriot League members Army-Navy (I-A in football) will also be featured on the rivalry broadcast.

Y2K
Three Patriot League running backs continue to inch their way towards the 2,000-rushing yard plateau with Fordham senior James Prydatko just 73 yards shy of the mark ... Colgate sophomore Jordan Scott is right on Prydatko's heels, 93 yards short ... Lafayette senior Jonathan Hurt is also closing, 198 yards away from the milestone.

It Has To Be The Shoes
Fordham senior kicker Micah Clukey moved into seventh-place all-time in Patriot League history in kicking points with 202 ... Clukey kicked in five on his 33rd career field goal (second among active Patriot League student-athletes) and four PATs against Duquesne last Saturday ... Clukey is just three points shy of 20th-place all-time in Patriot League history in overall scoring.

Number Two
Colgate senior linebacker Mike Gallihugh currently sits second in I-AA in tackles, averaging 12.4 per game ... Gallihugh is just 0.4 off the I-AA leader, Idaho State's Pago Togafau.

Quotable
''We got back to playing Lehigh football today, especially defensively. A lot of guys stepped up and made big plays. Our guys were flying around.'' - Lehigh senior Julian Austin after Lehigh defeated Georgetown, 28-3.

This Week in the Patriot League

Bucknell (3-3, 0-1) at Georgetown (1-5, 0-4)
Multi-Sport Field; Washington, D.C. = 1 p.m.

Series Bucknell, 9-8-1; Streak Georgetown, one win
Last Meeting Georgetown 19-16 OT (9.3.05)
Last 10 Games Georgetown, 5-4-1

Bucknell Tim Landis, Randolph-Macon 1986
Career Record 70-75-1 (14th season) overall; 17-23 (Fourth season) Bucknell; 8-12 Patriot League

Georgetown Kevin Kelly, Springfield 1982
Career Record 1-5 (First season) overall/Georgetown; 0-3 Patriot League

Generally these games have not been close affairs since Bucknell and Georgetown renewed its gridiron relationship in 2000, with the winning team outscoring the other by an average of 16.5 ppg ... Last season was of course the exception as Georgetown overcame a 16-point first-half deficit to Bucknell, scoring 16 second-half points and winning in overtime on Eric Bjonerud's 33-yard field goal ... the game was the first overtime contest in 18 meetings between the two.

Bucknell Notebook Despite being held to under 100 yards on the ground against Penn, the Bison rushing attack remained in the top five in I-AA ... The Bison are fourth in the nation in rushing, averaging 238.5 yards per game ... A.J. Kizekai leads all Patriot League rookies with four touchdowns ... Bison freshmen lead the Patriot League in seven individual rookie categories and have been named Patriot League Rookie of the Week four times.

Georgetown Notebook Kenny Mitchell is one of three Patriot League student-athletes to average at least 100 all-purpose yards per game this season (second with 115.7) ... Mitchell is 24th in I-AA in kickoff returns, averaging 24.9 yards per return ... Alex Buzbee's 12-yard sack on Sedale Threatt gave the Hoya senior 3.5 on the season, second in the Patriot League ... Buzbee leads the Patriot League with 8.0 tackles for loss.

Holy Cross (4-2, 2-0) at Dartmouth (0-4, 0-2 Ivy)
Memorial Field; Hanover, N.H. = 12:30 p.m.

Series Dartmouth, 34-31-4; Streak Holy Cross, two wins
Last Meeting Holy Cross, 28-16 (10.15.05)
Last 10 Games Dartmouth, 7-3

Dartmouth Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth 1979
Career Record 62-111-2 (17th season) overall; 28-34-2 (Seventh season) Dartmouth

Holy Cross Tom Gilmore, Penn 1986
Career Record 13-15 (Third season) overall/Holy Cross; 6-8 Patriot League

Dartmouth enters the contest still looking for its first win of 2006 ... The Big Green might have picked the wrong week as Holy Cross is 2-0 against Dartmouth under Head Coach Tom Gilmore ... Holy Cross' win over Brown last weekend gave the Crusaders its second three-game winning streak in its last 13 games (8-5 during that span) ... The last time the Crusaders won eight of 13 was in 1999-00 ... Holy Cross and Dartmouth first kicked off on the gridiron in 1903, the third oldest series in Crusaders' history.

Holy Cross Notebook Since returning to the starting lineup after being sidelined with an injury sophomore signal caller Dominic Randolph has tossed seven touchdowns (tied for first in the Patriot League) and 615 yards the last two weeks (49-of-66, 74 percent) ... The Crusaders received votes in this week's Sports Network Top 25 poll ... Ryan Maher leads the Patriot League with 5.7 receptions per game ... Maher hauled in a career-high 10 passes for 118 yards against Brown ... The Crusaders lead the Patriot League in passing offense (215.0) and total offense (360.7) ... Holy Cross is averaging 30.0 ppg and allowing just 17.0 ppg during its three-game win streak.

Lehigh (2-3, 1-0) at Yale (3-1, 2-0 Ivy)
Yale Bowl; New Haven, Conn. = 12:30 p.m.

Series Yale, 11-5; Streak Lehigh, five wins
Last Meeting Lehigh, 28-21 (10.15.05)
Last 10 Games Tied, 5-5

Lehigh Andy Coen, Gettysburg 1986

Career Record 2-3 (First season) overall/Lehigh; 1-0 Patriot League

Yale Jack Siedlecki, Union 1974
Career Record 106-64-2 (19th season) overall; 50-42 (10th season) Yale

Yale Head Coach Jack Siedlecki picked up his 50th career win in New Haven last week against Dartmouth ... The Bulldogs are 1-0 against the Patriot League this season (37-34 over Lafayette) ... Yale is one of four series which began before the 20th century for Lehigh (1890) ... Of those four series, Lehigh has faced Yale the least amount of times (16) ... The Bulldogs won the first 16 games of the series before Lehigh responded by winning the next five.

Lehigh Notebook Sedale Threatt went over the 2,000-yard passing plateau against Georgetown as the third-year signal caller tossed 155 yards in the win ... Threatt is tied for second among active Patriot League signal callers with 21 touchdown passes ... Lehigh is averaging 29.5 ppg on the road.

Lafayette (2-3, 1-0) at No. 15 Harvard (4-0, 2-0 Ivy)
Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Mass. = 1 p.m.

Series Harvard, 8-2; Streak Harvard, five wins
Last Meeting Harvard 24-17 (10.15.05)
Last 10 Games Harvard, 8-2

Lafayette Frank Tavani, Lebanon Valley 1975 Career Record 34-39 (Seventh season) overall/Lafayette; 20-20 Patriot League

Harvard Tim Murphy, Springfield 1978 Career Record 102-88-1 (19th season) overall; 70-43 (12th season) Harvard

Lafayette, which was off last week, is 2-1 in the last three seasons when returning from a bye ... Harvard is Lafayette's final out-of-League game and fourth-straight Ivy League opponent ... Harvard is 2-0 against the Patriot League, having defeated both Holy Cross and Lehigh ... Crimson Head Coach Tim Murphy earned his 100th career victory in a week two win against Brown.

Lafayette Notebook Brad Maurer is the Patriot League's active leader in passing yards with 3,856 ... Maurer is also the lone 1,000-yard rusher (1,093) among active Patriot League signal callers ... Lafayette is one of four Patriot League teams holding opponents under 20 points per game (19.6) ... Although the Leopards did not play last week, it received votes in the Sports Network Top 25 poll for the first time since week four.

Marist (2-4, 1-0 MAAC) at Fordham (1-4, 0-1)
Jack Coffey Field; Bronx, N.Y. = 1 p.m.

Series Fordham, 3-0; Streak Fordham, three wins
Last Meeting Fordham, 46-0 (9.9.95)

Marist Jim Parady, Maine 1984
Career Record 73-62-1 (14th season) overall/Marist

Fordham Tom Masella, Wagner 1981
Career Record 18-30 (Fifth season) overall; 1-4 (First season) Fordham; 0-1 Patriot League

Marist is Fordham's second-straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent ... Marist will be facing the third of four Patriot League foes in the Rams ... The Red Foxes are 0-2 this season against the Patriot League, dropping its games against Holy Cross and Bucknell ... This is only the fourth meeting between the two programs on the gridiron ... The series began in 1981 with the lone meeting in Poughkeepsie ... Fordham shutout Marist, 46-0, at Jack Coffey Field in 1995 in the last meeting between the two.

Fordham Notebook Marcus Taylor is one of only two Patriot League student-athletes averaging over 10 tackles per game (10.2, 17th in I-AA) ... Taylor's 1.4 tackles for a loss per game leads the Patriot League ... Last week's Patriot League Rookie of the Week, Isiejah Allen, accumlated 71 return yards on a punt, two kickoff and one interception return against Duquesne ... The pick was Allen's second and tied him for the team lead.

Colgate (2-3, 1-0) at Cornell (1-3, 0-2 Ivy)
Schoellkopf Field; Ithaca, N.Y. = 1 p.m.

Series Cornell, 46-39-3; Streak Colgate, 10 wins
Last Meeting Colgate 34-20 (10.1.05)
Last 10 Games Colgate, 10-0

Colgate Dick Biddle, Rochester 1977
Career Record 86-38 (11th season) overall/Colgate; 51-11 Patriot League

Cornell Jim Knowles, Cornell 1987
Career Record 11-13 (Third season) overall/Cornell

This year marks the eighth-straight meeting between Colgate and Cornell, its longest run since nine-straight from 1980-88 ... The Big Red lead the all-time series by seven games (46-39-3) despite Colgate having won the last 10 games ... The Raiders have outscored Cornell by 13.1 ppg in the 10 victories ... Cornell is the Raiders' second oldest rival this season, with the series first kicking off in 1896.

Colgate Notebook Believe it or not, but Jordan's Scott's 26-yard receiving touchdown in overtime against Princeton was the first of his career ... Scott had rushed for 16 touchdowns before making the grab in the endzone ... Mike Saraceno is seven yards shy of the 3,000-yard passing plateau ... Only two other active Patriot League signal callers have thrown for more yards ... Saraceno's 21 career touchdown strikes ties him for second among active Patriot League signal callers ... Colgate is 10th in I-AA in turnover margin at plus 1.4.