IAmA Die-Hard Lehigh Fan......Ask Me Anything.

[MNLonghorn10]

Why did u skip my questions in post 28

[LehighGuy]

Whats your best win outside of towson? did that team make the playoffs? where does the patriot league rank among fcs conferences? Do u think lehigh is just as battle tested as ndsu? whats ur prediction

This year, best win outside of Towson was Liberty. We took UNH to OT and lost. Liberty did not make the playoffs. UNH obviously and lost this past week. We never have a crazy schedule where we play a bunch of FCS powerhouses. We have a long-standing (over 100 years) relationship with the Ivys, so between those game and our own conference games we only have 1 or 2 open slots a year to fill.

Where does the Patriot League rank? It's a pretty subjective question. Part of being in the PL means no athletic scholarships whatsoever. The PL champ does receive an auto-bid. If we don't get an auto-bid, PL teams are seldom considered at-large, so I don't really get too wrapped up in SoS.

Lehigh has performed well in the playoffs. They are 5-2 in the first round over the past 10 years, beating the likes of Richmond, W. Ill, Uni, and Hofstra. This year's team, in particular, is very focused. They have the tools and the attitude to win. UNI went home last year thinking Lehigh was going to be pushover.

[Answer Guy]

All I see is one sexy A-Team Van.

Is that the one that was parked under my window at the Days Inn in Minneapolis?

[HerdBot]

Weak points for Chris Lum is a tough one. I would say that your best shot at containing him would be hurry him with your defensive line. If you have to send in a blitz package just to pressure him, he's going to eat you up in the screen game. If you can keep constant pressure, I'm not sure what will happen because no one we've played has been successful at doing that all year. Besides that, he's deadly accurate and smart with the football. All the haters like to point out that he threw 15 picks this year. The part of the equation that they are missing is the ~470 pass attempts he made. That's only ~3%.

The biggest mismatch I'm worried about is the trenches. We've not faced anyone of your size yet. Our lines are talented and fast, I just don't know if it'll be enough. I'm pretty content with the fact that you guys play a Tampa-2. I think it plays right into our normal offensive strategy. It also prevents your all-star corner following Spadola around on every down.

The stat that really matters is the total number of turnovers on offense. Lehigh has 20 on offense which is pretty middle of the road. Not bad.Not great. Our defense gets pressure without blitzing and we have depth so we never tire. Our rotation has 7 or 8 guys we rotate in and there is not significant drop off. I guarantee you that Lehigh will move the ball between the 20's. We do that by design. But we will get turnovers. It all comes down to the red zone defense.

[LehighGuy]

The stat that really matters is the total number of turnovers on offense. Lehigh has 20 on offense which is pretty middle of the road. Not bad.Not great. Our defense gets pressure without blitzing and we have depth so we never tire. Our rotation has 7 or 8 guys we rotate in and there is not significant drop off. I guarantee you that Lehigh will move the ball between the 20's. We do that by design. But we will get turnovers. It all comes down to the red zone defense.

If you can actually do that, it's going to be a long day for Lehigh. If not, I think we're in a GREAT game.

[56BISON73]

[QUOTE=gabe;568678]The stat that really matters is the total number of turnovers on offense. Lehigh has 20 on offense which is pretty middle of the road. Not bad.Not great. Our defense gets pressure without blitzing and we have depth so we never tire. Our rotation has 7 or 8 guys we rotate in and there is not significant drop off. I guarantee you that Lehigh will move the ball between the 20's. We do that by design. But we will get turnovers. It all comes down to the red zone defense.[/QUOTE]

Ive never liked that philosophy. The object is to keep them out of the red zone. Well for most teams that is.

[BadlandsBison]

Reminds me of MNlonghorn's favorite QB Rhett Bomar coming to the the dome. Lehigh might put up some points in the first half but hopefully we get some big stops.

[IBleedYellow]

If our D plays like we did last week, which was BISON Football, it will be a long day of Lehigh. I can't wait for this game! I'm very nervous about your QB, but I feel Marcus will be making some CATCHES this weekend!

[Bison_since_Birth]

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• Fargo ranked 9th on Forbes list of best small places for business, careers.
• Fargo ranked number 15 among best college towns by the American Institute for Economic Research.
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• North Dakota ranked 1st in Road Maintenance by the Reason Foundation.
• Fargo was number 24 in Fortune Small Business magazine’s top 100 best places to live and launch a business in 2008.
• Fargo-Moorhead ranked 11th on a list of the best small metro areas for business and careers by Forbes magazine.
• North Dakota ranked 9th and Minnesota 10th on the annual list of the Best States for Business by Forbes magazine.
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• North Dakota ranked 7th in the nation in the Best States for Jobs list by CareerBuilder.com.
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There is the Red River Valley

[Bison_since_Birth]

Lehighguy, walk through the student line (south side of dome) to get students all riled up....wear Mt. Hawks gear too!