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] Date Posted:22:58:35 01/18/06 Wed In reply to:
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's message, "Lafayette & This League" on 22:34:04 01/18/06 Wed
remove bucknell and this league is about as strong at it was last year. if youll remember, we lost four games against those same 'aweful' opponents last season. were a much better team than lafayette, no doubt. but lets not let our heads get bigger than they ought to be.
Date Posted:11:05:48 01/19/06 Thu
Random thoughts on the above:
I agree 100% with Eric's post. Both Lehigh and HC have recruiting classes that could turn out to be better than ours for next year. I hope not, but only time will tell. BTW, Lehigh's Paul Bayer could turn out to be a steal, in addition to the others Eric mentioned.
It is far from a lock that BU will go through the league undefeated. I would put the odds at about 30%. Road games at HC and Lehigh are both tough, and BU was lucky to win at Colgate last year, which for some reason is always a tough place to play. The Chones twins could make Colgate into a respectable team as they knock the rust off their game.
Navy is definitely on the upswing with a good recruiter in Billy Lange and a team that is almost all frosh and sophs. And once Lafayette gets scholarships (which many think will be approved by their BOT in April), they will get into the upper echelon quickly since Fran is a very good coach.
I agree 100% that BU will lose the most through graduation. We may will the league but it will be a very tough fight next year since most teams will have gotten better as we get a bit weaker.
