Heavens to mergatroid, my old friend 94 seems to be having a severe backup of liver bile. But I live to serve. If he didn't have me to kick around and relieve the stress, we'd be reading about him in section A. He needs a history lesson however. His beloved Pards actually placed number one in the Patsy Ratings in the first year - 2007 I believe.

There is a cure for all of this - recruit better. I have contended frequently before that Lafayette's facilities give them a recruiting edge that is not being fully exploited. It could be that the coaching staff is being hamstrung by the administration, but the alumni who chipped in for that Taj Mafootball are not getting full bang for their buck in the recruiting process. 94 and his fellow travelers would counter that the recruiting is going just fine. I have 4 words for he and his friends:

Show me the trophy!

I'll expand it to five words for anyone out there who does not have the benefit of an elite Patriot League education:

SHOW ME THE FREAKIN' TROPHY!!!!!

Oh yeah, LFN, for you and your fellow South Mountain Buzzards, the same to you. You are at the other end of this argument, but showing even lesser results.

One final word to 94 and his psychiatrist, I don't make it up. I have virtually no control over the point distribution and the final rankings. As flawed as it is - and it is seriously flawed - the Patsy Rankings are about as objective as we can get in this silly game of evaluating 18 year old football recruits. I contend (again) that if 94 or LFN or anyone sat down with the Patsy Rules and the school press releases, all of us would arrive at the exact same point totals in 6 of the 8 categories.