Holy Cross at Lafayette Game Thread

[Andy]

65 degrees, no rain, light wind at kickoff

Catching up--Randolph intercepted by Leggiero, Quilling at QB for Pards.

Shaun Adair nifty moves on bubble screen for TD. 7-0 LC
Dominator for TD on deep post 7-7.

HC 3 and out after 79 yard punt.

[Andy]

End of 1st Quarter LC 7- HC 7
Pards ball 4th and 5 on HC 30

Adair great moves after catch to HC 4. 1st down Pards.

[Andy]

HC defense holds. Rodriguez FG makes it 10-7 Pards.

[Andy]

First and ten HC at their 26.

[Andy]

Shuffle pass on 3rd loses 2. Monster punt, 1st down LC at their 17.

[Andy]

Ten yard Coon run for 1st. Conte on a drag for 5. 3rd and 5 at 42.

[Andy]

Quilling poorly thrown. 4th down, punt is muffed, recovered by Mr Adair. 1st down Pards on HC 18.

[Andy]

29 yd FG is....Good! 13-7 LC.

FGs in lieu of TDs concerning one Pard fan. Quilling not sharp on that drive.

[Andy]

1st down Dominator at his 41.

[Andy]

Pards hold, 4th and 9. Punt formation, procedure penalty. 1st and 10 Pards at their 33.

[Andy]

Back up QB scrambles for a first at HC 44, NO inches short. 1s down Leopards.

[Andy]

Quilling throws it into the dirt. 3rd down, 43 yd line. False start, back to the 47. Pards are eating clock. Quilling throws short to open Adair. 4th and 13.

[Andy]

1st and 10 HC at their 14, 1:41 in the half.

[Andy]

Interference call, 1st down Dom at his 43

[Andy]

3rd and 15 HC at their 44

[Andy]

Droped pass, punt, 1st and 10 Pards at their own 14. 50 seconds in first half. Looks like LC gonna run out clock.

[Andy]

Pards ball start of 2nd half. Has to be 70 degrees, sun peeking thru. Tavani sticks with back up Qb. ??????
Punt.

[Andy]

Middle screen for 1st down HC at LC 38.

Delay pattern 1st on 24.

[Andy]

LC Pick in the endzone by McGover,! Pard 1st down at their 20

[Andy]

Speedster DeAndre Morrow returns from injury to scamper for a first down to LC 30

[Andy]

Morrow again on third and one, 1st down LC at HC 44

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lafayette's Oline looks real good right now....

[Andy]

Morrow again, 1st down on HC 24. Hitch pattern to Adair, ball on the 6.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

That was a very impressive drive by Lafayette.

The "greatest" QB in PL history seems to be choking again in a big game.

[Andy]

Pitch to Morrow--TD!!!

Lafayette 20 HC 7.

Morrow providing a spark vs league's best rush defense.

[Andy]

7:49 third quarter. First down HC at their 35.

[Andy]

Brock catch and run to the LC 10. 53 yd play.

[Go...gate]

Surprised to see HC having such a hard time. Great defense by LC.

[Andy]

Brock catch and run to the LC 10. 53 yd play.

3rd and 10, pass interfernce. 1st down at the 2.

[Andy]

Having trouble with the Blackberry, sorry.

HC held to a FG. LC20 HC 10.

Huge play Lc 4th and 1 comes up short. If LC loses, that call will be spotlighted.
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HC driving, end of third. First down at LC 15.

[Andy]

HC FG is GOOD! LC 20 HC 13.

[Andy]

Block in the back call ruins a nice return by Adair. 1st and 10 Pards at their 11. Calls are killing LC.

[Andy]

Nice grab by Watson, 1st down Pards LC 42

[Andy]

3rd and short, STOPPED! That's two big third downs not converted.

Ball back to HC at their 14.

Whew, 60 yd pass is dropped.

3rd and 1

[Andy]

ANOTHER pass interference call met with boos at FIsher.

14t down HC at LC 29

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Tavani has been on the field arguing with the refs a lot here in the second half.

[Andy]

3rd and 10 from 30. 6:28 left. Scrambles and gets it.
First down at the 13, holding call. 1st down at 23.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

TD Crusaders!!

Tied at 20 with about 5 minutes to go

[Andy]

Pards give him all day to throw--Touchdown HC. 20-20.
Timeout for The Lafayette Sports Network broadcasting this game all over the free world.
536 remaining in the game.

[Andy]

First and ten LC at their 31. It's been back up QB Quilling all day for Pards.

[Andy]

They're evening out the calls now, hong call on HC. First down LC at HC 39.

[Andy]

Adair I the flat for 11yds to the 26

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

TD Lafayette, missed XP!! Lehigh knows all about those, uh-oh!!

26-20 Lafayette, about 3:30 left.

[Andy]

TOUCHDOWN MORROW!!!
As he dives for the cone.
Extra point NO GOOD!!!
Are you kidding me??!!!
2:12 left.
Fourth down, crowd going wild!

[Andy]

Dom runs for first.
Safety blitz, SACK! HC takes last TO. Third and 11 from HC 40.

[Andy]

Damn nail biter.
Pass complete to TE, third and 2 at 49.

[LehighFan11]

3rd and 2 or 4th and 2?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

3rd and 2 or 4th and 2?

4th and 2...

[Andy]

55 seconds left. Dom runs for first.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Maybe the 'Pards will lose a heartbreaker for a change?

[Andy]

First down at the 2 but it's coming back on a hold. 19 secs

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

TD Holy Cross!!! XP Good!!

27-26 HC...

[LEHIGH61]

Guess What Lafayette? You are out of it! Halleluyah

[LehighFan11]

Wow great game. Good thing it isn't going OT, Tornadoes are coming this way.

[LEHIGH61]

Couldn't happened to a more deserving team. HAHAHAHA

[letsgopards04]

Guess What Lafayette? You are out of it! Halleluyah

At least we were in it unlike your 'hawks.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Guess What Lafayette? You are out of it! Halleluyah

They're still going to be sizeable favorites over Lehigh next week and rightfully so. If nothing else it's good to see Lafayette lose a heartbreaker. HC's TD looked somewhat like the Hurts play in '05 against Lehigh.

[LEHIGH61]

Lehigh will RUB IN IN NEXT WEEK! YES YES YES

[DFW HOYA]

Meanwhile in the Bronx, Georgetown's starting QB was 0-3, with two interceptions. Fordham 17, Georgetown 0.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh will RUB IN IN NEXT WEEK! YES YES YES

Did listen or watch the Lehigh game today? If they would have played Lafayette or HC today they would have lost by 3+ TD's.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

I'm actually sad that Lafayette lost, even though I predicted the HC win. Had Lafayette won, the conversation would next week would have been about Lafayette's playoff chances, win or lose. Now, Lehigh and Lafayette will only have one game left in the season.

[UMass922]

Congrats Crusaders! You're my team now that UMass is cooked. I'll be rooting for you to beat Colgate next week. If that happens and Maine beats UNH, we could have three New England teams in the playoffs.

[Andy]

Touchdown HC!! And THEY make the extra point.


Same problem as last week, FGs instead of TDs in first half killed us. And the extra point. Great game for HC! Congratulations, I guess it doesn't get any better than that.

Brutal, brutal loss ending championship hopes for Lafayette.

[TheValleyRaider]

Heck of a game Leopards. Tough loss, but you played very well xbowx

As for the Cross, we'll see you on Saturday....

[LEHIGH61]

Lehigh was out of it because of an extra point also. THAT MAKES YOUR MISS EVEN MORE SWEET!!!!!!!!! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ALSO RANS!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh was out of it because of an extra point also. THAT MAKES YOUR MISS EVEN MORE SWEET!!!!!!!!! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ALSO RANS!

LOL....wow Lehigh's 4-6 hasn't beaten Lafayette in years and you're talking trash? lol xoopsx

[LEHIGH61]

The good news is that Lafayette WILL NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS no matter what happens next week. But Lehigh will be on a mission, baby. Count on it.

[LEHIGH61]

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

[hc12]

I think Dom is great, but you cant just look at stats. If we did that then Timmy Chang is the GOAT with those crazy numbers he put up. If Dom can win a PL championship and make some noise in the playoffs his legacy will be firm. If not he will have Dan Marino and formerly Peyton Manning syndrome of not winning the big games.

francis what do you think of dom now? what a game pards!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

As long as the weather isn't horrible next week in Hamilton i think HC will get it done. Colgate has quite a few chinks in their armour, pass defense being one of them.

[Go...gate]

Hmmmmm...Tornado Warning for Central NJ.

[ngineer]

I enjoyed reading the thread since I was at Goodman. I have to go with Holy Cross right now. AS pointed out, Colgate's pass defense is porous. Clark threw well over 300 yards last week against it. Plus, Gilmore will have the D up to stop the 'gate ground game. Of course, bad weather will ground Air Dom, so that is the big caveat.

I, also, would have liked Lafayette to have won today because it would have added even more juice to The Game, and, nothing would be sweeter than to knock the 'pards out of contention. Now, it's ''Just" Our Bowl Game...but what a Game it is!xnodx

Current long range forecast for November 22 is cold and POSSIBILITY of snow!

[crusader11]

So much for Dom not coming through in the clutch and winning a big game. The offense was somewhat slow today, albeit because of the Lafayette defense, but when we needed to score, we did. Dom is the real deal, more people around the FCS world really need to start taking notice. Enough of Cameron Higgins and Nathan Brown, they are fabulous QB's, but the better QB resides in Worcester. The kid is just a playmaker.

[crusader11]

That was a very impressive drive by Lafayette.

The "greatest" QB in PL history seems to be choking again in a big game.

Yea, ok Owl.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Yea, ok Owl.

That was right when he did throw an INT in the endzone. Hindsight is always 20/20.

[crusader11]

This is true, at the time it was a very bad pass. How about we compromise though and you admit he is one of the best QB's in the country and did anything but choke today.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

This is true, at the time it was a very bad pass. How about we compromise though and you admit he is one of the best QB's in the country and did anything but choke today.

I'll agree he's one of the top 10 QB's in the country right now....

[Go...gate]

We will have a very hard time stopping HC and they put up points fast. They will have a very hard time stopping us, and we like to grind it out. If the weather is any good at all, it may be a track meet.