Pete's Schedule Previews

The 2006 Patriot Schedules

Key games for 2006:

9/2/2006 Bucknell vs. Duquesne
9/2/2006 Colgate at Massachusetts
9/9/2006 Lehigh at Villanova
9/16/2006 Lafayette vs. Penn
9/30/2006 Holy Cross vs. Fordham
10/28/2006 Colgate vs. Lafayette
11/4/2006 Lehigh vs. Colgate
11/18/2006 Lehigh vs Lafayette

Pos	Team	Rating
1	Lafayette	42.66
2	Bucknell	43.86
3	Holy-Cross	47.15
4	Lehigh	47.78
5	Colgate	49.37
6	Georgetown	52.03
7	Fordham	56.05

Pete's 2006 Patriot Pre-Season Schedule Previews

Lafayette: Looking to repeat as conference champions, the Leopards have the most challenging schedule in the Patriot League for 2006. A three game stretch of Penn, Princeton, Yale, and Harvard highlight a non-conference slate that also includes an opener at Sacred Heart. League play comes early, as week to finds Lafayette traveling to Bucknell. Lehigh an Colgate are split …home vs. away.
Bucknell: Looking to improve on 2005’s 1-10 record; unfortunately the Bison have a more difficult schedule than last season with which to do it. The 2006 OOC games include Duquesne, Cornell, and Penn at home … along with Richmond and Marist away. The conference slate is evenly split …home vs. away.
Holy-Cross: The last couple of seasons have seen a “changing of the guard” in the Patriot League. Once again, the Crusaders have to be considered a serious threat in the conference. Although they have lost quite a few seniors on offense, this is a good schedule to keep Holy-Cross competitive. Non-conference games include Northeastern, Brown, Dartmouth, and Marist …along with a difficult game at Harvard. The Crusaders will be home for Lehigh, but traveling for Colgate and Lafayette.
Lehigh: One of the main reasons Pete’s has selected Lehigh to capture the Patriot crown in 2006, is the schedule. The non-conference action sees both Harvard and Princeton at home, while Yale is away. There is an opening game against Albany. There is also a contest at Villanova, and the final game against the Leopards that should determine the Engineers entire season. Villanova will be much improved in 2006, and Lafayette has no intentions of giving up that conference trophy. Rivals Colgate and Fordham are both at home this year for the Hawks.
Colgate: As with the Mountain Hawks, Colgate’s schedule strength can be quite deceiving. The main reason for this is the non-conference matches. This opener at UMass will be a great game, and go a long way in determining the Raiders post-season fate. Dartmouth and Monmouth should be hurdles they can jump over … although there are indications that Princeton could have a solid team this year, but this is a home game for Colgate. The raiders will have Lafayette at home, and Lehigh on the road.
Georgetown: New head-coach Kevin Kelly hopes to take Hoya football program where it has not been since they joined the Patriot League …competitive. This schedule certain provides him with a venue to post some first-year success. The Hoya's will travel to Brown, Columbia, and Charleston Southern; and home games with Stony Brook and Marist. Conference play includes home bouts with Bucknell and a season-opener at home against Holy Cross.
Fordham: Fordham hopes this will be the year to return them to dominance in the Patriot League. If so, this is the schedule do it with. Four of the Rams five non-conference games are against non-scholarship clubs, the remaining OOC contest is with Columbia. There should be some serious concerns about allowing a team, with a schedule like this, into the post-season with an at-large berth. Solution … win the conference.

Pete's 2006 Patriot Pre-Season Schedule Previews

Bucknell
9/2/2006 Duquesne
9/9/2006 Lafayette
9/16/2006 Cornell
9/23/2006 at Richmond
9/30/2006 at Marist
10/7/2006 Penn
10/14/2006 at Georgetown
10/21/2006 at Lehigh
10/28/2006 Fordham
11/4/2006 at Holy Cross
11/18/2006 Colgate

Colgate
9/2/2006 at Massachusetts
9/16/2006 Dartmouth
9/23/2006 Monmouth
9/30/2006 Georgetown
10/7/2006 Princeton
10/14/2006 at Cornell
10/21/2006 at Fordham
10/28/2006 Lafayette
11/4/2006 at Lehigh
11/11/2006 Holy Cross
11/18/2006 at Bucknell

Fordham
9/2/2006 Monmouth
9/9/2006 at Albany (N.Y.)
9/16/2006 at Columbia
9/30/2006 at Holy Cross
10/7/2006 Duquesne
10/14/2006 Marist
10/21/2006 Colgate
10/28/2006 at Bucknell
11/4/2006 Lafayette
11/11/2006 at Lehigh
11/18/2006 Georgetown

Georgetown
9/2/2006 Holy Cross
9/9/2006 Stony Brook
9/16/2006 at Brown
9/23/2006 at Columbia
9/30/2006 at Colgate
10/7/2006 Lehigh
10/14/2006 Bucknell
10/28/2006 at Charleston So.
11/4/2006 Marist
11/11/2006 at Lafayette
11/18/2006 at Fordham

Holy-Cross
9/2/2006 at Georgetown
9/9/2006 Northeastern
9/16/2006 at Harvard
9/23/2006 at Marist
9/30/2006 Fordham
10/7/2006 at Brown
10/14/2006 Dartmouth
10/21/2006 at Lafayette
10/28/2006 Lehigh
11/4/2006 Bucknell
11/11/2006 at Colgate

Lafayette
9/2/2006 at Sacred Heart
9/9/2006 at Bucknell
9/16/2006 Penn
9/23/2006 at Princeton
9/30/2006 Yale
10/14/2006 at Harvard
10/21/2006 Holy Cross
10/28/2006 at Colgate
11/4/2006 at Fordham
11/11/2006 Georgetown
11/18/2006 Lehigh

Lehigh
9/2/2006 Albany (N.Y.)
9/9/2006 at Villanova
9/16/2006 Princeton
9/30/2006 Harvard
10/7/2006 at Georgetown
10/14/2006 at Yale
10/21/2006 Bucknell
10/28/2006 at Holy Cross
11/4/2006 Colgate
11/11/2006 Fordham
11/18/2006 at Lafayette