Lehigh Picked 1st, Lafayette 4th In Patriot League Poll

Published On: Aug 16 2011 10:08:39 PM EDT  Updated On: Aug 02 2011 08:04:45 AM EDT

Patriot League football teams will open practices next week, and that means they spent today talking about the upcoming season. For Lehigh, the 2011 season is a season of defending last year's title. The Mountain Hawks are picked to win another title by the coaches in the league, and it makes sense. They return a lot of talent from last year including starting quarterback Chris Lum and preseason All-American Mike Groome at linebacker. The Mountain Hawks enjoyed winning last year, but know nothing will be handed to them this year. For the Lafayette football team the motivation is simple. The Leopards want and expect to be better despite being picked 4th in the league's preseason poll. They had record numbers at their summer workouts. They have several starters and letter winners returning including 19 freshmen who lettered. All that experience means optimism.

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