Lehigh at Central Connecticut State Thread

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Kick off in about an hour....

This is a big game for both programs imo. Lehigh is coming off their worst season in over 20 years after a great 4 year run while CCSU has struggled the last few years. Ultimately, the Devils problems resulted in a coaching change two seasons ago iirc.

[RichH2]

Opening day jitters. So many frosh and soph players on the field. Well CCSU in same spot.Nick gotta lead this bunch.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Opening day jitters. So many frosh and soph players on the field. Well CCSU in same spot.Nick gotta lead this bunch.

Is Bragalone really expected to start at RB? Shaf's deep ball, the front seven on D and the freshman RB's are what I'm most interested to see....

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Game on! CCSU ball to start...

[RichH2]

LU D still cant tackle. Nice sack just now by Stubbs.3rd and 24

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Good start for the defense!

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bad decision by Shaf, wr looked double covered....

[RichH2]

Poor decision by Nick,INT,threw into double coverage. OL. getting pushed around.

[RichH2]

Well we're leadingvin dumb mistakes so far.

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Defense looks quick out there.

[RichH2]

Stubbs again for the sack

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Shaf doing it with his feet....

[RichH2]

Driving ,great catch by Knott.

[RichH2]

CCSU stuffing the box,OL not clearing it.

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Lehigh would have likely went for it but that's a tough call. offense looks like last year, lots of shaf running...

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Ugh, shaf fumbles at the one, CCSU recovers for a touch back....

[RichH2]

Holy crap.

[RichH2]

Not all of our guys are ready to play so far. Andy best light some fires.

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0-0 end of 1Q

Lehigh with 2 turnovers, one at the CCSU 1/2 yard line the story right now....

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Not all of our guys are ready to play so far. Andy best light some fires.

Lehigh controlling the play but just costly mistakes. CCSU has had some dumb penalties too. They need to get the wr's involved....

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Lehigh front seven is playing well. Time to finish a drive!

[RichH2]

Really dont like TP returning punts..O ,cept for Shaf,unproductive.Why is Folmar running everything up the gut.We only pass on 3rd.

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Lehigh driving again.....

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TD Lehigh! Shaf with a 22 yard td run!

Lehigh 7-0 10:10 2Q

[RichH2]

YYYEEESSS. Shaf runs in for TD. Folmar opened up O last 3 plays. Bout time.

[RichH2]

Army tied at 14.

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Wow! that was the right call! he started his slide to early...

[RichH2]

TP gimped off after catch,smh

[RichH2]

Casey TD.Great pass by Shaf.

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TD Lehigh!!

14-0 7;14 2Q

CCSU is lucky it's not 21-0. The Mountain Hawks can't let up....

[RichH2]

D has settled in pretty well. Coverage good pressure much better.

[RichH2]

Casey tough catch. Dom running now.

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Lehigh offense is rolling....

[RichH2]

Boy OL collapsed on that one.

[RichH2]

17-0
Not too bad :)

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Good drive, the FG kicker has a legit leg I'll take a fg there...

[RichH2]

CB blitz great call if kid took right angle. He didn't.

[RichH2]

CCSU TD
17-7
Montgomery got beat one on one.

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Ugh, Lehigh kicks the ball out of bound, CCSU gets good field position and strike 3 plays later. Big momentum shift to end the half that was dominated by LU....

[RichH2]

Andy best rev these guys. We get ball.

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17-7 at half...

The 2 turnovers hurt as did the CCSU TD before half but overall darn good. Lehigh gets the ball to start the second half....

[RichH2]

owl, could you see if TP ever came back in to game?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

owl, could you see if TP ever came back in to game?

no idea...likely he wouldn't have been in during that final possession anyway...

[RichH2]

Great screen to Dom for 30+

[RichH2]

Trevor to the 9

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Need to get points here....

[RichH2]

OL. Right side getting beat like a drum.

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TP not back on field.

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20-7

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Surprised they don't throw the ball down the field more. They have good athletes in space...

FG good!

20-7 Lehigh 10;27 3Q

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speed and pursuit by the front 7 much better than last year...

[RichH2]

Gee,we may survive this yr on our D :)

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Lehigh still can't, or won't, throw the ball downfield. Lehigh with their first punt of the game....

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turnover would be nice....

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Game still one big play away from being real dicey...

[RichH2]

WRs aren't separating down field. Dont know why we aren"t running more crosding patterns

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Can't say enough good things about the defense this game. Thus far. Need to keep it up.

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#4 for Lehigh with what looked like a nasty leg injury

[Lehigh Football Nation]

#4 for Lehigh with what looked like a nasty leg injury

Lambert? Ugh if true.

[RichH2]

Laub gets the sack

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Pelletier does appear out......man hopefully nothing serious...Lambert's injury looked ugly

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Time to force turnover. Lehigh kind of hanging on. Shaf with happy feet....

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Lehigh stops CSSU on 4th down! Offense needs to put the nail in the coffin....

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A big pass to a TE!!!

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Lehigh and Shaf stuffed on 4th and one at the CCSU 30. Still not over...

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TD CCSU! Lehigh with a blown coverage....not it's real interesting....

20-14 Lehigh 3:47 4Q

payback for 2013? Lehigh really have failed on many opportunities to extend this lead....

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OL showed up on the final drive! 2 knees should do it

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Lehigh wins 20-14!

Great performance by the D. Offense a big enigma due to lack of explosive pass pays.....

[RichH2]

TP and Quan ,high price for W. Ugly W but team showed flashes on OD was vastly better than last year and better than I thought they would be tonite. The Bs started slow but both are very good. Better OL push they would have had very big nights.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

TP and Quan ,high price for W. Ugly W but team showed flashes on OD was vastly better than last year and better than I thought they would be tonite. The Bs started slow but both are very good. Better OL push they would have had very big nights.

Hopefully TP not too bad. He did leave the field on his own. Lambert injury looked bad. You could see his knee hyperextend.

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Congratulations to the Engineers!

[citdog]

A six point victory for le high. going to be a LONG year for y'all. of course to hear the patsy leagu e guys tell it Hudson high school is a GREAT fbs win and le high should be ranked in the top 10 after a lackluster win over a BAD nec team.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

A six point victory for le high. going to be a LONG year for y'all. of course to hear the patsy leagu e guys tell it Hudson high school is a GREAT fbs win and le high should be ranked in the top 10 after a lackluster win over a BAD nec team.

At least we're not Delaware.

[RichH2]

A six point victory for le high. going to be a LONG year for y'all. of course to hear the patsy leagu e guys tell it Hudson high school is a GREAT fbs win and le high should be ranked in the top 10 after a lackluster win over a BAD nec team.
:)Nice to have you back citdog. No ,our win over a middling NEC not a noteworthy W. Important to us given our season last year.
Fordham is a very nice W. As if The Citadel could even come close to beating Army.xrolleyesx

[UNHWildcat18]

A six point victory for le high. going to be a LONG year for y'all. of course to hear the patsy leagu e guys tell it Hudson high school is a GREAT fbs win and le high should be ranked in the top 10 after a lackluster win over a BAD nec team.

It could be a long year for Lehigh, but your season ends November 21st. 😁

[Lehigh'98]

A six point victory for le high. going to be a LONG year for y'all. of course to hear the patsy leagu e guys tell it Hudson high school is a GREAT fbs win and le high should be ranked in the top 10 after a lackluster win over a BAD nec team.

CCSU > Davidson.

[Southsider]

Traveled up. 4.5 hours, I-84 a parking lot! Couple thoughts:

1. Getting a ticket took almost as long as getting there. Missed half of first Qtr.
2. Maybe just my old eyes, but lighting seemed poor?? Otherwise, nice place.

As for the game, Shaf is who he is. Does not see field well. As mentioned earlier, O-line got pushed around. Bragalone was very good. Brisker will be also. But, just don't like the whole O scheme. Too much running side to side/delays. Whatever happened to the I formation, especially in short yardage situations? Like last year, we call a TO on 4th and short, then Shaf runs into the middle of the line for zippo. Folmar does not impress me. D looked good at times, still lots of work to do. I like the new kicker. You can hear the thud when he puts his foot on the ball! Off to JMU.

[Southsider]

...............and one more thing. I didn't think is was possible, but there is another venue where the PA system/PA guy is worse than LU's. Could not hear a thing on the visitors sidexthumbsdownx

[citdog]

CCSU > Davidson.

We try and schedule teams we can beat the first week. You know like Davidson, le high etc etc

[ngineer]

I made the the same 3 hour trip in 5 hours. Terrible holiday weekend traffic. Nice stadium, but I agree the lighting needs to be improved, especially along the sides of the field--"shadowy".

As for the game, typical opening game with a lot of inexperience mistakes and opening night jitters. Some things will sort out. Score much closer than the game. Defense much improved. Much more aggressive calls and decent pressure on QB. Pelletier did not play second half as precaution. Looked like a charley horse to me on the helmet to leg hit. Lambert took a shot on the knee but was walking ok afterward. Duffy in an ankle boot second half as well. I too get perplexed on some of the calls by Folmar. Too reliant on Shaf running, I knew what was coming on that 4th and one we did not make. The fumble into the endzone was questionable. Those at the goal line said he had already broken the plane. The WR corps looks very solid and deep. Casey, Knott and Socarras really made a nice opening game statement that teams cannot double Pelletier and not get burned. Frosh RBs did a nice job. OL could have given them some better openings. To me, that was the most concerning. Frosh kicker put on nice show. Very crisp and accurate leg, though not a long distance cannon. CCSU has some good athletes (QB and some receivers) and overall their tackling was very good, but we had a better overall collection of talent. It was a good win for an opener and leaves plenty for the coaches to harp upon. Definitely need to step it up next week at JMU.

[RichH2]

ngineer
Part of the OL issues was Duffy's ankle and Micah didn't play. Not much push up front for inside runs. Part of that was CCSU gap blitzes. We never seemed to adjust to that. No backside flares,RB screens. A few WR screens ,not particularly productive. Did seem OL got their footing a bit better in the 4th.

[ngineer]

ngineer
Part of the OL issues was Duffy's ankle and Micah didn't play. Not much push up front for inside runs. Part of that was CCSU gap blitzes. We never seemed to adjust to that. No backside flares,RB screens. A few WR screens ,not particularly productive. Did seem OL got their footing a bit better in the 4th.

What's up with Tenant? Duffy ankle came late in first half. Even up to then I thought OL was struggling. Agreed, OL did better in the fourth and especially when needed on game nailing drive. Too many points left on the field that will kill us if not cleaned up. Need to develop the 'killer instinct' when you start trampling someone. We let them hang around to make things more tense than they should have in the fourth. But it was a win. I give it a C+