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Post by inhocsigno on Jan 14, 2019 19:18:28 GMT -5
Reports are that he is stepping down. Not great for the Bison recruiting at this point.
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Post by JRGNYR on Jan 14, 2019 20:38:40 GMT -5
Release says he's stepping down to take a position in the athletic department.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 14, 2019 21:33:37 GMT -5
His win over us saved him from a winless season - whatever the story is, it’s a positive development for bucknell
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Post by hchoops on Jan 14, 2019 22:08:19 GMT -5
Why did Bucknell wait so long ?
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jan 15, 2019 15:57:25 GMT -5
Why did Bucknell wait so long ? Because football is something to do between lacrosse and basketball seasons
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 15, 2019 18:52:40 GMT -5
I always found it weird that an FCS school down the road from Penn State, and in a state with strong HS and D-2 football, could be so apathetic about the sport for so long. Bucknell last won the league in 1997 IIRC, coincidentally the last season of the postseason ban.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 16, 2019 13:20:26 GMT -5
I always found it weird that an FCS school down the road from Penn State, and in a state with strong HS and D-2 football, could be so apathetic about the sport for so long. Bucknell last won the league in 1997 IIRC, coincidentally the last season of the postseason ban. Lafayette as well.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 16, 2019 15:39:32 GMT -5
I always found it weird that an FCS school down the road from Penn State, and in a state with strong HS and D-2 football, could be so apathetic about the sport for so long. Bucknell last won the league in 1997 IIRC, coincidentally the last season of the postseason ban. Lafayette as well. Lafayette's latest effort to become the next Georgetown is a bit of a head scratcher. School invested heavily in refurbished stadium and field house after finding itself on the brink of dropping DI athletics. Under Tavani, had a really nice run of being competitive at the top of the PL from 2005-2009. And then nothing but losing since. Got lucky with their 2013 league crown where Fordham, Colgate and Lehigh all faced the Leopards with their starting QB out with injury. And the win over Lehigh at a sold out Yankee Stadium must've been cool but nothing but losing otherwise this past decade.
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Post by richh on Jan 16, 2019 17:21:28 GMT -5
Lafayette's latest effort to become the next Georgetown is a bit of a head scratcher. School invested heavily in refurbished stadium and field house after finding itself on the brink of dropping DI athletics. Under Tavani, had a really nice run of being competitive at the top of the PL from 2005-2009. And then nothing but losing since. Got lucky with their 2013 league crown where Fordham, Colgate and Lehigh all faced the Leopards with their starting QB out with injury. And the win over Lehigh at a sold out Yankee Stadium must've been cool but nothing but losing otherwise this past decade. To be clear Lafayette didnt spend a dime on athletic facility upgrades. It was all paid for by a deep pocket alum. He wanted it, College just went along with it.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 16, 2019 17:39:44 GMT -5
Not a Bucknell topic but I believe Lafayette will be making institutional commitments to improve athletics with this program which came along with the new AD It's a tall order there as things are really substandard across the board sites.lafayette.edu/climb-the-hill/
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 16, 2019 18:08:45 GMT -5
May not mean anything but Lafayette has one of the most loyal fan bases in small-college Division I.
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Post by richh on Jan 16, 2019 18:23:56 GMT -5
May not mean anything but Lafayette has one of the most loyal fan bases in small-college Division I. "had". After the last decade the program is a wreck. I hope new AD can resurrect the program. Not overly optimistic, as Lafayette has a rabid anti athletics faculty. She has not been given much independence or power. Proof will be over the next few years. She has the ability, not clear whether College has the will. Fingers crossed.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 16, 2019 18:55:10 GMT -5
May not mean anything but Lafayette has one of the most loyal fan bases in small-college Division I. "had". After the last decade the program is a wreck. I hope new AD can resurrect the program. Not overly optimistic, as Lafayette has a rabid anti athletics faculty. She has not been given much independence or power. Proof will be over the next few years. She has the ability, not clear whether College has the will. Fingers crossed. I'll never understand this myopic outlook by academia sitting high in in an ivory tower. Bucknell and Colgate do it the best in my mind in the PL. Strong in athletics pretty much across the board, along with still being strong academically. In fact, Bucknell and Colgate are ostensibly more competitive and better schools academically than HC and Lafayette. Funny how that works.
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Post by richh on Jan 17, 2019 15:10:34 GMT -5
"had". After the last decade the program is a wreck. I hope new AD can resurrect the program. Not overly optimistic, as Lafayette has a rabid anti athletics faculty. She has not been given much independence or power. Proof will be over the next few years. She has the ability, not clear whether College has the will. Fingers crossed. I'll never understand this myopic outlook by academia sitting high in in an ivory tower. Bucknell and Colgate do it the best in my mind in the PL. Strong in athletics pretty much across the board, along with still being strong academically. In fact, Bucknell and Colgate are ostensibly more competitive and better schools academically than HC and Lafayette. Funny how that works. +1
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Post by beaven302 on Jan 21, 2019 14:22:28 GMT -5
Why did Bucknell wait so long ? Because football is something to do between lacrosse and basketball seasons This about sums things up. In fact, football may rank below stargazing and bird watching at Bucknell. When my son went there from 1997-2001, he and his friends never went to a game. On one visit, HC was playing the Bison, and when we entered the stadium, the lady taking tickets said: "Thank you for coming." Attendance was dismal and the atmosphere, if one could call it atmosphere, was that of a poorly-attended high-school game.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 21, 2019 15:39:30 GMT -5
I also attended exactly one football game at Bucknell a number of years ago - think it was the last game of the season the year HC won the PL and we lost down there. If memory serves, we would have won he PL outright with a win but instead won it as a tie breaker with the loss. The folks seemed to be thankful we were there and very polite.
Despite the much bigger crowds, for me, the best and most welcoming environment is at UNH. All the staff and all the people in the surrounding area and on campus are very friendly despite us wearing purple and HC attire.
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Post by JRGNYR on Jan 22, 2019 22:12:22 GMT -5
I also attended exactly one football game at Bucknell a number of years ago - think it was the last game of the season the year HC won the PL and we lost down there. If memory serves, we would have won he PL outright with a win but instead won it as a tie breaker with the loss. The folks seemed to be thankful we were there and very polite. Despite the much bigger crowds, for me, the best and most welcoming environment is at UNH. All the staff and all the people in the surrounding area and on campus are very friendly despite us wearing purple and HC attire. HC had actually won the championship outright the week before with the win over Lafayette. There was a trophy presentation immediately after that game. As well as HC had played the week before vs. Lafayette, it was the complete opposite the next week. Giving up nearly 200 yards rushing to Bucknell's top RB didn't help either. IIRC, they did what the Pats did to the Chiefs and ran the ball constantly to keep their offense off the field.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 23, 2019 1:14:53 GMT -5
I also attended exactly one football game at Bucknell a number of years ago - think it was the last game of the season the year HC won the PL and we lost down there. If memory serves, we would have won he PL outright with a win but instead won it as a tie breaker with the loss. The folks seemed to be thankful we were there and very polite. Despite the much bigger crowds, for me, the best and most welcoming environment is at UNH. All the staff and all the people in the surrounding area and on campus are very friendly despite us wearing purple and HC attire. . Giving up nearly 200 yards rushing to Bucknell's top RB didn't help either. IIRC, they did what the Pats did to the Chiefs and ran the ball constantly to keep their offense off the field. It was 2009, and you're half right about the Bucknell rushing game. At that time, they used the triple option and it was the Bison QB, CJ Hopson, who got nearly 200 yards rushing. In total, I think BU had about 325 yards rushing and about 30 passing. That was Tim Landis' last game as Bucknell's head coach btw. I was one of the people in the sparse crowd, but the main reason I was there was for a hoops game later in the day. Muscala's freshman year.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 23, 2019 8:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by JRGNYR on Jan 24, 2019 21:42:33 GMT -5
Well, thank you both for correcting my memory. I think that maybe I was looking for the Crusaders to beat Bucknell and sweep the PL that year and the disappointment with the loss left me the impression we had backed into the championship but you both jogged my memory and are correct as I now recall also being at Fitton for that win the week before. I mean, why else would a sane person drive all the way down to Bucknell for a football game? It was, as I recall, the flattest I'd seen HC all year.
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Post by purplepig on Jan 25, 2019 15:47:06 GMT -5
So Chesney is No. 4 in wins and will probably be No. 3 by October. lehighvalleybriefs.com/2019/01/21/lafayettes-john-garrett-is-now-no-3-among-patriot-league-football-coaches/The league is off right now. Hunt, 36 wins. Colgate is Colgate. Sgarlata, 16 wins. Georgetown’s Ivy-like academics and financial aid may keep them going but they seem more like a Pioneer League team. Garrett, 6 wins at Lafayette and who knows where they are headed. Chesney, 5. Conlin (Fordham) has 2 wins. Bucknell is vacant and Gilmore gets a clean slate at Lehigh. His 72 victories don’t count apparently. I have family or other ties to almost all the football-playing schools and outside of Colgate, the league is a mess. Somebody has to be at the bottom but it is as if are competing for last.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 25, 2019 16:02:47 GMT -5
So Chesney is No. 4 in wins and will probably be No. 3 by October. lehighvalleybriefs.com/2019/01/21/lafayettes-john-garrett-is-now-no-3-among-patriot-league-football-coaches/The league is off right now. Hunt, 36 wins. Colgate is Colgate. Sgarlata, 16 wins. Georgetown’s Ivy-like academics and financial aid may keep them going but they seem more like a Pioneer League team. Garrett, 6 wins at Lafayette and who knows where they are headed. Chesney, 5. Conlin (Fordham) has 2 wins. Bucknell is vacant and Gilmore gets a clean slate at Lehigh. His 72 victories don’t count apparently. I have family or other ties to almost all the football-playing schools and outside of Colgate, the league is a mess. Somebody has to be at the bottom but it is as if are competing for last. Stay tuned for the next three years and watch what Bob Chesney's Crusaders do
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Post by HC92 on Jan 25, 2019 21:11:51 GMT -5
So Chesney is No. 4 in wins and will probably be No. 3 by October. lehighvalleybriefs.com/2019/01/21/lafayettes-john-garrett-is-now-no-3-among-patriot-league-football-coaches/The league is off right now. Hunt, 36 wins. Colgate is Colgate. Sgarlata, 16 wins. Georgetown’s Ivy-like academics and financial aid may keep them going but they seem more like a Pioneer League team. Garrett, 6 wins at Lafayette and who knows where they are headed. Chesney, 5. Conlin (Fordham) has 2 wins. Bucknell is vacant and Gilmore gets a clean slate at Lehigh. His 72 victories don’t count apparently. I have family or other ties to almost all the football-playing schools and outside of Colgate, the league is a mess. Somebody has to be at the bottom but it is as if are competing for last. HC football is hardly a mess at the moment.
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Post by purplepig on Jan 25, 2019 21:25:53 GMT -5
Darn right. My comment was imprecise. Chesney’s recruiting is stellar. Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and Fordham will probably be bad next year. Georgetown, maybe. A Cross/Colgate battle for the league would be fun to watch.
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Post by HCFC45 on Jan 25, 2019 23:04:36 GMT -5
Darn right. My comment was imprecise. Chesney’s recruiting is stellar. Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and Fordham will probably be bad next year. Georgetown, maybe. A Cross/Colgate battle for the league would be fun to watch. If that becomes reality, set your calendar for this game on Saturday, October 25, 2019, Family Day game at Fitton Field, looking forward to it! !
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